YouTube\u2019s Head of Gaming Fwiz leaves Google for Web3 & NFT venture Twitter: FwizYouTube\u2019s Head of Gaming, Ryan \u2018Fwiz\u2019 Wyatt, has announced his impending departure from the company after over seven years with the company, as he moves into a role in the blockchain and Web3 world. Fwiz\u2019s history in gaming spans far further than his work with YouTube. Prior to joining the Google-owned company, he was heavily involved in esports, working predominantly in Call of Duty and with the historic OpTic Gaming brand. On January 25, 2022, Fwiz made the announcement that he was vacating his role as Head of Gaming at YouTube, saying: \u201cI came to YouTube almost eight years ago to help give gamers a voice and represent the gamer\u2019s needs every day. \u201cI am proud knowing that YouTube Gaming serves over 250m logged-in users every single day, and drives hundreds of billions of hours of gaming watch time each year.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fwiz\/status\/1486020750607740928 Fwiz went on to thank CEO Susan Wojcicki and CBO Robert Kyncl for taking him on in the first place, before revealing his next steps. Read More: Top 10 most expensive NFTs ever sold – \u201cI am fascinated by blockchain app development and am beyond thrilled to enter the Web3 space,\u201d he said. \u201cI am elated to be joining Polygon Technology as their CEO of Polygon Studios. \u201cI will be focused on growing the developer ecosystem through investment, marketing and developer support and bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3. I\u2019ll be leading the Polygon Studios organization across gaming, entertainment, fashion, news, sports, and more.\u201d Polygon aims to support developers by offering \u201ca wide range of secure, fast, affordable and energy-efficient Ethereum scaling solutions.\u201d How Fwiz helps progress the company going forward will be interesting to see. February is his last month at YouTube, and a successor has not yet been named.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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