FIRST HALF:

- Mrs Kevin (Pulp talks about being a wedded woman

- Lay offs, lay offs everywhere. Bungie laid off 8% (about 100 people) after talking about being 45% under projections and egging on staff to turn it around

- Those employees also lose the shares they were promised as part of the Sony acquisition as they're not yet vested

- Should also be noted that Sony literally said the acquisition would not lead to restructuring/lay offs!

- The Final Shape also delayed by 3 months

- Marathon delayed to 2025, internal feedback hasn't been great

- TwitchCon Las Vegas happened:

Stories

Featured Clips getting more features

Guest Star renamed to Stream Together (terrible name) and being adapted to combine viewer count and has slightly more customisation within OBS (layouts, etc.)

More Twitch Alerts (used by new streamers with less familiarity with third parties like StreamElements, StreamLabs, et al)

Seasonal Events - EG a December version of Subtember

Doxxing/swatting (off platform) now officially against ToS

Channel-level chat warnings

Automod Smart Detection rolled out to everyone

Twitch Embeds; auto-play will be disabled if the player isn't a 'substantive or meaningful component of the page'

Simulcasting

SECOND HALF:

- Pulp plays Alan Wake II

- Poochy plays Cities Skylines 2

- The Day Before delayed again, people are still sceptical and is going to go into early access in December.

- BlizzCon - Phil Spencer was there. Bunch of announcements:

Diablo IV's first expansion: Vessel of Hatred, late 24. Follows the Mephisto plotline.

World of Warcraft, next three expansions announced, all focused on one story ark.

Something or other about the other franchises ¯\_(ツ)_/¯