E3 lives, Stadia dies, and Twitch continues to make bad moves that alienate its community. Also: Saudi Arabia and Tencent look to step up investments, and a beefy labor report.
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:02:21] – Twitch Has a Child Predator Problem (That it Tried to Cover Up with Different Bad News)
- [00:28:39] – Investment Interlude (Netflix, Saudi Arabia, Tencent, Fandom)
- [00:44:10] – Quick Hits
- [00:50:56] – Labor Report (Activision and OSHA, Respawn, Nintendo Tester Speaks Out, Studio ZA/UM)
- [01:05:41] – E3 Lives!
- [01:12:04] – FAFO Award
SOURCES
- Child Predators Use Twitch to Systematically Track Kids | Bloomberg (Paywall)
- A Letter from Twitch President Dan Clancy on Subscription Revenue Shares | Twitch
- Twitch loses VP after revenue split controversy | Eurogamer
- Respawn Speaks Out in Defense of Harassed Developers | Respawn (@Respawn) on Twitter
- Activision QA worker warns OSHA about the devastating impact of crunch | Polygon
- THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ZA/UM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION | Martin Luiga on Medium
- Exclusive: Fired Nintendo worker speaks out, alleging union-busting | Axios
- A message about Stadia and our long term streaming strategy | Google
INVESTMENT INTERLUDE
- Building Our Internal Games Studios | Netflix
- HRH Crown Prince announces Savvy Games Group strategy | Saudi Press Agency
- Tencent shifts focus to majority deals, overseas gaming assets for growth | Reuters
- Fandom Acquires Leading Entertainment & Gaming Brands Including GameSpot, TV Guide and Metacritic | Fandom