He left like a month ago - I am sure they had a private send off, drinks or whatever. Also the kid was dropping about that time so he had other things to worry about.
I believe he said they held off the announcement until the replacement was decided and Dave got to address it himself.
It was a clever bit of PR. If the announcement was "Dave's gone!" there would have been am internet shit storm with conspiracy theories and proclamations of doom and gamespot mergers. Instead it was "Dave's gone - we are all sad - but look at this shiny new Matt Rorie!".
Besides, as someone said, he isn't dead. He wasn't fired. He isn't moving state and just bought a house in the same town as Jeff and Ryan. Any gushing farewell tribute would have been a bit odd.

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