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Blizzard's PR nightmare with China.

https://kotaku.com/blizzards-hong-kong-missteps-prove-video-games-arent-ne-1838913631

Shawn Layden departs Sony, announced by a tweet from Sony. No word from Layden.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-01-shawn-layden-departs-sony-interactive-entertainment

In contrast, Xbox's VP of Gaming, Mike Ybarra, announced his departure via tweet this week.

https://twinfinite.net/2019/10/mike-ybarra-leaves-microsoft/

Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to PC, launching first on Rockstar's exclusive client.

https://twinfinite.net/2019/10/red-dead-redemption-2-now-available-to-pre-purchase-first-screenshots-and-details-revealed-by-rockstar/

Google Stadia will reportedly have “negative latency,” lol

https://kotaku.com/yeah-okay-sure-1838916867

Mixer viewership down, and twitch viewership up, despite Ninja's jump

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-10-04-ninjas-move-to-mixer-fails-to-driver-viewership