CoryxKenshin disappeared from YouTube 18 months ago. Now he’s back – with a big announcement.

In June 2023, CoryxKenshin uploaded a video to YouTube reacting to the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie trailer. As a long-time game creator and Five Nights enthusiast, he was quite excited to reveal that he had a cameo in the film. Fans flooded the comments section with congratulations, and the video ended up getting nearly 18 million views. His channel brought in a total of 100 million views that month. Things were looking good.

Then he disappeared.

In the last 18 months, not a single video has gone up on his channel. Not a single community post. His Twitter account? Quiet. For viewers, it was an unexpected absence. CoryxKenshin (aka Cory DeVante Williams) had been on YouTube since 2009 and was a prominent voice for gamers and anime enthusiasts. He had risen to prominence in 2022 after he challenged YouTube’s moderation team for allegedly playing favorites and gained support from Markiplier. He had not announced a planned hiatus…