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Xbox’s first chief operating officer is leaving Microsoft after just three months in the role.

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Tencent’s Lightspeed announces urban supernatural open-world RPG

Tencent’s Lightspeed Studios announced a new open-world RPG from its H.STUDIO, also called COSMICPUP STUDIO, on October 21. The announcement included a 22-minute gameplay video and described an urban supernatural setting.

Why it matters: The reveal adds a new original RPG project to Tencent’s development pipeline.

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