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• Xbox taps YouTube, Facebook vet Leo Olebe to lead gaming partnerships
• YouTube has chosen its next Head of Gaming

  YouTube has chosen Leo Olebe, who previously worked at Google Play, to be its next Head of Gaming. Olebe replaces Ryan 'Fwiz' Wyatt.

  
• The Facebook Gaming app will “no longer be available” after October 28

  The Facebook Gaming app, a standalone mobile hub for Facebook's live streaming content, will no longer be available after October.

  
• Facebook Ups Streamer-Fan Interactivity With New ‘Play Watch Connect’ Features

  “Imagine a world where you didn’t just watch a gaming creator stream their play session, but instead you could jump in and play with them live without needing to buy, download, or install the game--or a world where the gaming video you were watching becomes interactive itself,” Facebook said in a blog post today.

  
• Facebook Gaming Is Scoring More Watch Time Than YouTube, Despite Having 100,000 Fewer Streamers
• Facebook Gaming Finally Reveals Eligibility Criteria To Achieve ‘Partner’ Status
• CAA Signs Fast-Growing Facebook Gaming Creator Zack ‘ZLaner’ Lane
• Facebook Gaming Creators Pocketed $50 Million Worth Of ‘Stars’ Virtual Currency In 2020
• Facebook Launches ‘Black Gaming Creator Program’ With Monthly Pay, Other Perks
• Facebook Gaming Introduces Non-Gaming Content Hub For Partners Called ‘Hanging Out’
• Facebook Gaming Signs Esports Pro ‘King’ Richard Nelson (Exclusive)
• Following Dissolution Of Mixer, Gaming Luminary Ninja Hosts First YouTube Live Stream