It's been a while since Seán “Jacksepticeye” McLoughlin uploaded a gaming video on his YouTube channel. His latest gameplay video was for Resident Evil Village, uploaded back in June, two months ago. The last gaming video before that one was way back in May, for Subnautica: Below Zero.
His Current Hiatus from Gaming
Jacksepiceye is one of the biggest personalities in the YouTube gaming space with more than 27 million subscribers. Before his hiatus, he streamed almost daily. He is also well-known for his energetic and animated antics while streaming.
In an interview with Polygon for his cameo role in the movie Free Guy, he detailed his current hiatus and future plans. He said:
“I think I’ll take a break for a little longer from it. It’s one of those things that I can always come back to, but right now I don’t really know what I’d even play.” Additionally, he stated: “I feel like I’ve done it so often for so long that I just burnt myself out on it. I feel like if I’m not putting the energy that I’m known for; the energy that I like to put into my content, then I’d rather just take a step back from it and do something else.”
During Jacksepticeye's gaming hiatus, he's been uploading more experimental videos, different from his usual content. One example of this is his “15 MONTHS” video, uploaded on July 21. It details his experiences throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “I wanted to just get a bit more creative and do things that challenged me a bit more and got me out of my comfort zone,” he said.
When is Jacksepticeye coming back to making gaming content?
However, his fans have nothing to worry about. He still plans to return to making gaming content in the future, though it might be a while still. He said:
“When the new God of War and things like that come out, I obviously want to play those,” he said. “But right now, it’s just kind of nice. I think with the pandemic going on, it was great at the beginning; ‘Oh, well we work from home anyway, I can just do that and just keep it going.’ But the fact that the freedom of being able to go out and do other things was taken away — I don’t know, [that] burnt me out even harder.”
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