Headed into the month of May, the highest-rated game of 2026 on OpenCritic was Pokémon Pokopia. That changed today, the second Mixtape reviews went live. The upcoming coming-of-age game currently has an impressive 94 on OpenCritic at the time of writing, putting it 4 points higher than Pokopia.
We gave Mixtape a 10/10 in our review, giving it extremely high praise.
Naturally, with such high praise from critics, there's a lot of buzz leading into the game's release today. In 2026, that buzz means people are wondering if their favorite Twitch streamers and content creators will be streaming the game.
There's just one possible catch with that: Mixtape features a lot of copyrighted music. Unless you've been living under a rock, you know all too well that Twitch streams and YouTube videos do not get along with copyrighted music. As such, people were wondering whether or not Mixtape would see a Streamer Mode. It turns out that, no, there won't be, and for good reason.
The Music Is Too Essential To The Mixtape Experience
Developer Beethoven and Dinosaur put out a statement on social media today defending the reason for the lack of Streamer Mode for the...
