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Wesley Yin-Poole
@wyp100
Husband. Father. IGN Director, News. Former Eurogamer Editor-in-Chief. Chelsea, Street Fighter and journalism. [email protected] for tips, DM for Signal
Angmering / Brighton
Born June 30
Joined February 2009
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    Glad to see our games of the decade series is sparking insightful debate
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    The Irish accents in Starfield are... yeah. I'm crying lol
    00:00
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    As I'm hearing, today's news is not going down well internally at Bethesda at all
    This is absolutely terrible. Permission to be human : to any executive reading this, friendly reminder that video games are an entertainment/cultural industry, and your business as a corporation is to take care of your artists/entertainers and help them create value for you.
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    Riot: “We’ve found that the best way to hire Rioters is to hire gamers." Nintendo: "Well..."
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    OMG, Apple's lawyer just asked Tim Sweeney: "What is Eurogamer?"
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    Get your first look at Henry Cavill in The Witcher!
    GIF
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    Microsoft and @bethesda have entered into an agreement in which Microsoft will acquire Bethesda Softworks and its studios. Learn more here: news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/09/…
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    You're all looking at the PS5 dev kit images wrong. It's actually a new isometric RPG.
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    This might be my favourite IGN comment since I joined the site
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    I’m thrilled to announce I’ve joined IGN as UK News Editor! I'm working with a world class news team led by the brilliant @The_Katbot. IGN has done some fantastic reporting in recent years, and I’m really excited to get stuck in
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    Microsoft has now cut 2,550 staff from its gaming business since buying Activision Blizzard for $69 billion last year
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    I wrote a huge, oral history of Perfect Dark for the game's 20 year anniversary. Martin Hollis! Dr. Doak! Ken Lobb! Mark Edmonds! Brett Jones and more! They’re all here, speaking candidly about the making of an against-all-odds masterpiece:
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    Some personal news: after 13 wonderful years, today is my last day at Eurogamer / Gamer Network / ReedPop. I have a brief break to spend some time with my family before embarking on a new adventure I’m extremely excited about. More on that soon!
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    10 years at Eurogamer. I've had some fantastic moments with this team and made the best of friends. Proud of my work over the last decade, but I'm most excited about the work we continue to do and what's next ❤️