Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron is stepping down, replaced by Humam Sakhnini effective April 28; Citron will stay on the board and become a CEO advisor
to help friends talk while playing games—has grown into something far bigger than I ever imagined. I'll be transitioning to a new role as Board Member and Advisor, and continuing to support Discord t...
More than half a dozen celebrity video game streamers returned exclusively to Twitch in 2024, after their multimillion-dollar YouTube and Kick contracts expired
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg : X: @cecianasta X: Cecilia D'Anastasio / @cecianasta : New: Streamers are returning en masse to Twitch after 7 and 8-figure content deals dried up. Twitch and YouTube...
Ex-FaZe Clan staff describe mismanagement at the creator collective as its valuation falls from $725M during its 2022 SPAC merger to ~$15M; FaZe fired its CEO
The board fired CEO Lee Trink following a steep decline in the shares — Three months after its July 2022 debut on the Nasdaq … X: @cecianasta , @cecianasta , @joonian , @celineorelse , @mattjmcd , @...
Several current and former Roblox employees say Roblox is not doing enough to address concerns about diversity and the marginalization of women and minorities
Current and former employees say Roblox's efforts have not gone far enough to address their concerns Twitter: @cecianasta Twitter: Cecilia D'Anastasio / @cecianasta : NEW: Women describe sexism and ra...
Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to lay off an additional 9,000 employees, mostly in AWS, PXT, Advertising, and Twitch, after cutting 18,000+ jobs in January 2023
Today I shared with Twitch employees that we've … Annie Palmer / CNBC : Amazon's post-Bezos experiment hasn't gone exactly as planned Bloomberg : Amazon to Cut 9,000 More Jobs, Deepening Biggest Pullb...
An interview with Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu on the “crypto winter”, raising funds, breaking up Meta and Microsoft's “digital dictatorships”, and more
Bloomberg : Tweets: @pingroma , @ysiu , @cecianasta , @markmilian , @cecianasta , and @animocabrands Tweets: Zheping Huang / @pingroma : Animoca Brands says its goal is to end Big Tech's “digital dic...
Activision Blizzard will convert all its 1,100 temporary and contingent QA workers to full-time employees on July 1 and raise the minimum hourly rate to $20
To Ubisoft, then, and a chance to end the week with a merry dance … Rhiannon Bevan / TheGamer : Union Calls Out Activision For Undermining Strike Effort By Not Including Raven Workers In Pay Rise Bren...
Top gamers are quitting esports to become Twitch and YouTube influencers as esports organizations and game publishers reallocate resources to streamers
Cecilia D'Anastasio / Wired : Tweets: @epro , @wiredculture , @rukizzel , @unitedtalent , @fairchild , @jacobwolf , @danasissons , @cecianasta , and @taylorlorenz Tweets: Emil Protalinski / @epro : T...
Sources detail Google's troubles with game development as the company couldn't stomach the complicated creative process amid Stadia's poor streaming numbers
Great read by @cecianasta. https://www.wired.com/... Brian Crecente / @crecenteb : Some great insight here. I'd add that there's also probably an issue of lost opportunity costs for both companies as ...
Interviews with former Amazon Game Studios employees suggest Amazon's efforts to develop games have been unsuccessful due to hubris, fueled by success elsewhere
After brute-forcing its way to dominance in so many industries, the tech leviathan may finally have met its match. Tweets: @cecianasta , @gadgetlab , @matpiscatella , and @paultassi Tweets: Cecilia D'...