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The toxic backlash against Pokemon Sword and Shield continues to grow.

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[Metacritic] Pokemon Sword 

[IGN] Pokemon Sword and Shield review

[Ars Technica] Pokemon Sword and Shield review 

[Gamespot] Pokemon Sword and Shield review 

[VG 247] Pokemon Sword and Shield review 

[Eurogamer] Pokemon Sword and Shield review 

Consoles have a history of rough launch lineups, but Stadia's looks ESPECIALLY bad.

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[Ars Technica] https://Only 12 games will be available on Google Stadia in time for Nov. 19 launch [Updated] 

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[CNET] Your Xbox One starting games lineup

[IGN] PlayStation 4 Launch Titles

[Team Beyond] 

It's no secret Death Stranding has been a divisive game. But is part of its reception problem that it's just too much for Americans to digest?

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[TGcom24] Con Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima vuole combattere l’odio sui social: “È il momento di riconnetterci” 

[WCCFTech] [UPDATE] Kojima: Death Stranding Had Stronger Criticism in the US, Possibly Because It’s Not a Shooter 

[Indie Wire] ‘Death Stranding’ Is the Best Video Game Movie Ever Made 

[Rolling Stone] Hideo Kojima on War, Video Games and ‘Death Stranding’ 

[Metacritic] Death Stranding 

Death Stranding was initially hit with mixed reviews, but it seems to be evening out as the public gets their minds around it.

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[IGN] Death Stranding Review https://tinyurl.com/y59u7yv2

[Stevivor] Death Stranding Review https://tinyurl.com/y27rm8tm

[Giant Bomb] Death Stranding Review https://tinyurl.com/y6tx2e2w

[GameSpot] Death Stranding Review https://tinyurl.com/y3qzhsh8

[TIME] Death Stranding Is the Weirdest Game I've Ever Played, and I Loved Every Minute https://tinyurl.com/yy65uebz

[Digital Chumps] Death Stranding https://tinyurl.com/y3vqrpv6

[Metacritic] Death Stranding https://tinyurl.com/y4jpgxg5

[Youtube, IGN] Death Stranding Review https://tinyurl.com/yyphddzu

[Youtube, Stevivor] Steve reads mean Death Stranding review comments https://tinyurl.com/y6hzhbfy

[Twitch] All Categories https://tinyurl.com/jah4o9q

[Reddit] To all the people giving a free copy to people who can't afford, you're doing a great job. https://tinyurl.com/y43unqvw

[Reddit] Better than what I was expecting https://tinyurl.com/y3rnzhbz

[Reddit] For those of you currently play Death Stranding, how is it? (No spoilers) https://tinyurl.com/yyzs4net

[Metacritic] League of Legends https://tinyurl.com/y673msc7

[Metacritic] Warframe https://tinyurl.com/y458unvg

We break down some recent sleazy trading practices by corporations in the games industry.

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[The Atlantic] The Stock-Buyback Swindle https://tinyurl.com/yxzlysun

[The Washington Post] Company insiders are selling stock during buyback programs and making additional profits when stock prices jump. And it’s legal. https://tinyurl.com/y3g39h8t

[Kotaku] Activision Blizzard Lays Off Hundreds Of Employees https://tinyurl.com/yxjdv89h

[Kotaku] EA Lays Off 350 People In Marketing, Publishing, And More https://tinyurl.com/y2qex6fz

The long-awaited PC launch of Red Dead Redemption 2 has been a broken mess, and players aren't happy.

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[Eurogamer] Rockstar scrambles to patch launcher after Red Dead Redemption 2 PC woes

[Rockstar] RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 COMING TO PC NOVEMBER 5TH https://tinyurl.com/y3nkaxgt

[Rockstar Support] Rockstar Games Launcher Release Notes - v1.0.9.164 https://tinyurl.com/y5qnvlet

[PC Gamer] Rockstar has released its own game launcher https://tinyurl.com/y64lnbc8

[Twitter] @RockstarSupport https://tinyurl.com/yy2fczx5

[Twitter] @d_kamu https://tinyurl.com/y2xp3lgz

[Twitter] @Sarge_701 https://tinyurl.com/yyv6zg49

[Engadget] Rockstar rolls out its own PC games launcher https://tinyurl.com/y4alf5ux

[Reddit] RDR2: Launch issues megathread! https://tinyurl.com/y4d7b9bu

[Reddit] RDR2: Launch issues megathread! https://tinyurl.com/y6hoh7om

[Kotaku] Red Dead Redemption 2 Is Having A Rough Launch On PC [Updated] https://tinyurl.com/y6nkojdc

[Reddit] Stutter / Freeze Temporal Fix Red Dead Redemption 2 https://tinyurl.com/y2yvbe9h

[Ars Technica] Unready for takeoff: The five worst PC game launches (that aren’t SimCity) https://tinyurl.com/y3mhnpn4

[Penny Arcade] Cha Cha Cha Changes https://tinyurl.com/yxg7szfy

[PC Gamer] The worst launches in PC gaming history https://tinyurl.com/ybxdme6p

[PC Gamer] Pete Hines apologizes for Fallout 76 beta download issue, says it won't be 'the last bump on the road' https://tinyurl.com/y4rly4l7

[Metacritic] Red Dead Redemption 2 https://tinyurl.com/y8gcgp77

[Polygon] Red Dead Redemption 2 PC mods add The Joker, among others https://tinyurl.com/y4dg6257

[Forbes] Blizzard Apologizes for Diablo 3 Launch Debacle https://tinyurl.com/y44czgyu

Now that we're a couple of months out from the Ninja/Twitch breakup back in August, we have some data on how that arrangement is going. And it's not good. For Ninja OR Mixer.

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[Kotaku] Twitch Star Shroud Moves To Mixer https://tinyurl.com/y5efcc7k

[Kotaku] Another Popular Twitch Streamer, King Gothalion, Moves To Mixer https://tinyurl.com/yxgbo6fd

[Youtube] CouRage https://tinyurl.com/yyylbbdr

[Stream Elements] State of the Stream Q3 2019: Just Chatting keeps on growing, Mixer makes it move, and Asmongold continues his reign https://tinyurl.com/y6cyoe66

[New Zoo] Streamlabs and Newzoo Q3 2019 Game Streaming Report: How has Ninja’s move impacted Mixer and Twitch? https://tinyurl.com/y3o5nxvv

[Mixer] Ninja https://tinyurl.com/yy7hshvg

[Twitch Metrics] The Most Followed Twitch Streamers, November 2019 https://tinyurl.com/y3zh2pcc

[Dot Esports] How much money has Mixer paid Ninja to stream on its platform? https://tinyurl.com/yygm6cbh

[Youtube, Ninja] Videos https://tinyurl.com/y7dael99

[New York Times] Can Conan O’Brien Reinvent ‘Conan’? https://tinyurl.com/y7ppapbq

[USA Today] Fallon Talking a blue streak to take over for Conan https://tinyurl.com/y5vs7x59

Blizzard sticks to their guns about their Hong Kong controversy, but hopes a fresh batch of new games will distract from the PR crisis for good.

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[Venture Beat] Blizzard president apologizes and takes responsibility for Hearthstone free speech blunder https://tinyurl.com/y35sw7ph

[Kotaku] Blizzard CEO Addresses Gamergate Saga In Everything But Name https://tinyurl.com/yyex4ck2

[PC Gamer] Blizzard president clarifies decision to ban Hearthstone player and two casters over Hong Kong controversy https://tinyurl.com/y2vm4a4c

[Youtube, TinyTopHats] BlizzCon 2019 WoW Q&A Panel - FREE HONG KONG! https://tinyurl.com/y24lsncr

[PC Gamer] Despite Hong Kong protests, the mood at BlizzCon was cheerful https://tinyurl.com/yyaxcrhz

[Youtube, PlayOverwatch] Overwatch 2 Announce Cinematic | “Zero Hour” https://tinyurl.com/y6npmjuo

[Youtube, PlayOverwatch] Overwatch 2 Gameplay Trailer https://tinyurl.com/yydbxuka

[Kotaku] Overwatch 2 Announced With Emotional Trailer https://tinyurl.com/y6mvp7j7

[Youtube, Diablo] Diablo IV Announce Cinematic | By Three They Come https://tinyurl.com/y42x2uxf

[Gamespot] Diablo 4 Won't Have An Offline Mode, All Versions Are Online-Only https://tinyurl.com/yxhr8bk2

[Washington Post] ‘Just forget your gender’: Xiaomeng ‘VKLiooon’ Li becomes first female Hearthstone Grandmasters Global Finals champion https://tinyurl.com/y22ztqpf

[ESPN] Scarlett becomes first woman to win major StarCraft II tournament https://tinyurl.com/yyzl36qa

[Scope Weekly] Women Who Game – 11 Top Female Esports Champions https://tinyurl.com/y5u8b7xo

[ESPN] Team USA sweep China to win Overwatch World Cup at BlizzCon https://tinyurl.com/y5e9cxnm

[IGN] Every Major BlizzCon 2019 Announcement https://tinyurl.com/yydjsndk

Bioware seems like its finally ready to send Anthem out to sea, as the game's live services directer leaves.

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[Twitter] @crobertson_atx https://tinyurl.com/y4rslbm4

[Twitter] @crobertson_atx https://tinyurl.com/y2c6l9ap

[Twitter] @anthemgame https://tinyurl.com/y3yuecaf

[EA] LIGHTER – A SEASON OF SKULLS STORY https://tinyurl.com/yxtlge9s

[Gamespot] Anthem Fails To Meet EA's Expectations, But Company Is Committed To Improving It https://tinyurl.com/y4hb9ull

[Bioware] September Update https://tinyurl.com/yxkqgkvk

[Twitter] @crobertson_atx https://tinyurl.com/y3s8jh28

[Twitter] @crobertson_atx https://tinyurl.com/yyf5fz5q

[Twitter] @BenIrvo https://tinyurl.com/y2xud8wx

[Microsoft] Most played games https://tinyurl.com/y3z75d8j

[Twitch] ANTHEM https://tinyurl.com/jah4o9q

[Twitch Tracker] https://tinyurl.com/jah4o9q

[Reddit] Anthem's Head of Live Service Chad Robertson leaves BioWare https://tinyurl.com/y53ffzys

[Kotaku] How BioWare's Anthem Went Wrong https://tinyurl.com/y43fdhhc

The recently released Modern Warfare seems to have been the life boat Activision needed after years of waning popularity of the Call of Duty series.

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[Variety] Blizzard Hit With 209 Layoffs as Part of Activision Blizzard Restructuring https://tinyurl.com/y65pb3jg

[Google] Activision Blizzard https://tinyurl.com/y3lue6hq

[Activision] CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE DELIVERS BLOCKBUSTER OPENING WEEKEND, OVER $600 MILLION SELL-THROUGH IN FIRST THREE DAYS https://tinyurl.com/yxp5w4lu

[IGN] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Single-Player Review https://tinyurl.com/y4d4o8q6

[Polygon] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a thrill ride that turns you into a monster https://tinyurl.com/yyk4edt4

[VG 247] Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has made over $500 million worldwide in three days https://tinyurl.com/y425773p

[VG 247] Call of Duty: WW2 sales surpass $500 million worldwide over release weekend https://tinyurl.com/y5dhe8tv

[Twitter] @ZhugeEX https://tinyurl.com/y5zzlp9l

[Kotaku] How Much Does It Cost To Make A Big Video Game? https://tinyurl.com/y5eapsj4

[Statista] All time unit sales of selected games in Call of Duty franchise worldwide as of February 2019 (in millions) https://tinyurl.com/l69lg8e

[Activision] ANNOUNCEMENT: CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE POST-LAUNCH APPROACH TO NEW CONTENT https://tinyurl.com/y4lyukts