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Dead Drop News EP019 (NFTs, Steam Deck, Butt Stomps and more!)
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
04/14/22 • 9 min
Delivering the news as of 14th April, 2022. Today's transfer includes Valve ramping up Steam Deck production, Terra Virtua NFTs to be central in game development, Elden Ring speed-runner butt-stomps big bosses, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.
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Sources for the stories in this episode:
Story 1: Valve ramping up Steam Deck production, and a hacked GPU!
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/4/23010130/valve-steam-deck-shipments-order-emails
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/steam-deck-owner-manages-to-output-at-4k60-with-an-external-graphics-card/
Story 2: Terra Virtua to create game studios for their NFT collectibles
https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/30/terra-virtua-launches-terra-virtua-studios-for-games-with-nft-characters/
Story 3: World’s largest SSD in production at 200 Terabytes
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/worlds-first-200tb-ssd-is-nearly-here-but-you-cant-use-it/
Story 4: RimWorld’s “Refused Classification” in Australia to be reviewed
https://www.classification.gov.au/about-us/media-and-news/media-releases/classification-review-announced-for-computer-game-rimworld
Story 5: Elden Ring speedrunner butt-stomps big bosses
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/04/elden-ring-speedrunner-kills-toughest-bosses-with-only-his-arse/
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Dead Drop News Ep016
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
04/04/22 • 8 min
Delivering the news as of 4th April, 2022. Today's transfer includes E3 cancellation for physical and digital attendance, Capcom increases staff salaries by 30%, Bandai Namco approaches Brandon Sanderson for Elden Ring collab, VR shown to disconnect gamers from reality, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.
Sources for the stories in this episode:
Story 1: E3 2022 has been cancelled both physically and digitally.
https://www.ign.com/articles/e3-2022-officially-canceled
Story 2: Four US Senators urging FTC to oppose Activision Blizzard merger.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/four-us-senators-deeply-concerned-about-proposed-xbox-activision-merger/
Story 3: Capcom staff salaries to increase by 30% in Japan.
https://www.toisthe.com/2022/03/capcom-is-increasing-its-employees-base-salaries-by-30-in-japan.html
Story 4: Twitch removes Paid Boosts promotional feature indefinitely.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-04-01-twitch-indefinitely-stops-the-paid-boost-promotional-feature
Story 5: Elden Ring publisher approaches Brandon Sanderson for collaboration.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/elden-rings-publisher-wants-to-work-with-author-brandon-sanderson-and-he-has-a-soulsborne-pitch/
Story 6: VR shown to cause depersonalisation and derealisation in gamers.
https://www.psypost.org/2022/04/virtual-reality-can-induce-mild-and-transient-symptoms-of-depersonalization-and-derealization-study-finds-62831
Story 7: Paramount+ Halo Series episode 1 streaming for free.
https://gizmodo.com/halos-first-episode-is-now-available-for-free-1848738589
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Dead Drop News Ep015
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
03/31/22 • 8 min
Delivering the news as of 31st March, 2022. Today's transfer includes Sony's "New Playstation Plus" tiers announcement, Fortnite has stolen a copyrighted dance move for the game, Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 game delayed until Spring 2023, an Activision Blizzard lawsuit has been settled, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.
Sources for the stories in this episode:
Story 1: Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 delayed until Spring 2023.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/29/23001375/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-2-sequel-delay-release-date
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_vgseuw_o8&ab_channel=Nintendo
Story 2: New Playstation Plus tiers announced, release in June.
https://blog.playstation.com/2022/03/29/all-new-playstation-plus-launches-in-june-with-700-games-and-more-value-than-ever/
Story 3: Activision Blizzard settles federal lawsuit for $18m.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/29/activision-blizzard-eeoc-settlement/
Story 4: Russian devs of Loop Hero condone pirating of game.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-30-loop-hero-developer-encourages-players-to-pirate-the-game
Story 5: Another Fortnite dance lawsuit...
https://www.polygon.com/23002010/fortnite-dance-lawsuit-emote-kyle-hanagami-its-complicated
Story 6: Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe Release soon!
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-30-the-stanley-parable-ultra-deluxe-finally-gets-a-release-date-and-of-course-its-427
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Dead Drop News Ep014
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
03/28/22 • 8 min
Delivering the news as of 28th March, 2022. Today's transfer includes Sony's "Spartacus" announcement coming this week, Call of Duty Modern Warfare coming to Switch, Fortnite raises $70 million USD of Ukraine, FIFA game's name to change, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.
Sources for the stories in this episode:
Story 1: “Spartacus” announcement to come this week
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22996376/sony-playstation-spartacus-subscription-game-pass-rumor-ps5
Story 2: GTA Online is adding a new subscription service.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22996408/gta-online-rockstar-games-subscription-service
Story 3: Fortnite has raise $70 million USD for Ukraine
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/03/fortnite-players-have-now-raised-over-us70-97-million-for-ukraine/
Story 4: Microsoft won’t stand in the way of Raven Software’s Union efforts
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-25-microsoft-will-not-stand-in-the-way-if-activision-blizzard-recognises-raven-softwares-union
Story 5: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare rumoured to be coming to Nintendo Switch
https://screenrant.com/call-duty-modern-warfare-nintendo-switch-rumor/
Story 6: EA’s “FIFA” is rebranding to “EA Sports Football Club”
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-26-ea-is-reportedly-rebranding-its-fifa-franchise-as-ea-sports-football-club
Story 7: Netflix acquires Boss Fight Entertainment game studio
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-26-netflix-acquires-boss-fight-entertainment-its-third-gaming-studio-acquisition-in-six-months
Story 8: Bloodborne Kart PS1 Demake announced by Dev
https://www.ign.com/articles/bloodborne-ps1-demake-developer-announces-bloodborne-kart
https://twitter.com/b0tster/status/1507177525352443935
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064 Mick Gordon scathing on Doom Eternal, ActiBlizz acquisition under investigation, Halo Infinite features to come and plenty more!
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
11/09/22 • 9 min
//DeadDrop{TRANSFER}:"10th November, 2022"// Today's transfer includes Mick Gordon’s tell-all on developing Doom Eternal music, Halo Infinite features finally coming, EU to investigate ActiBlizz acquisition, Returnal coming to PC, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.
Sources for the stories in this episode:
Story 1: Mick Gordon reveals all about Doom Eternal’s OST controversial development
https://medium.com/@mickgordon/my-full-statement-regarding-doom-eternal-5f98266b27ce
Story 2: Disco Elysium key members confirmed to be dismissed after controversy
Story 3: EU has opened an in-depth investigation into Activision Blizzard acquisition
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/eu-opens-in-depth-investigation-into-activision-blizzard-acquisition
Story 4: Ubisoft cancel pre-orders for Prince of Persia remake
Story 5: Nintendo’s latest Indie World Showcase
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Quick Headlines:
QH 1: EA shuts down Project Cars
https://www.polygon.com/23447447/project-cars-canceled-shut-down-ea-electronic-arts-codemasters
QH 2: Horizon MMO reported to be in development
https://www.eurogamer.net/horizon-mmo-reportedly-in-the-pipeline
QH 3: 343 to finally add important features to Halo Infinite
QH 4: Saints Row dev promises a massive update to squash bugs
QH 5: Cancelled RTX 4080 12GB graphics card will become the RTX 4070 Ti in January
QH 6: Take Two says GTA 6 leak won’t impact development
QH 7: Steam database seemingly confirms Returnal on PC
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/steam-database-update-seemingly-confirms-returnal-pc/
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NEWS: Marvel’s Avengers game ends support, The Last of Us co-director calls for unionisation, Giant Bomb & Gamespot staff laid off, and more!
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
01/22/23 • 9 min
//DeadDrop{NEWS}:”23th Jan, 2023”// Encrypted in this episode:
More layoffs hit games, including Jess O’Brien and Jason Oestreicher of Giant Bomb; 343 confirms they’ll continue Halo series; The Last of Us ex-staffer bemoans lack of credit on TV show; Sony confirms PSVR2 launch game catalogue; Ubisoft CEO apologises; PowerWash Simulator getting an update.
Welcome the Dead Drop Game News, your quick source for gaming news.
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News Sources in this episode:
“GameSpot and Giant Bomb latest affected in wave of media layoffs.” - GamesIndustry.biz
“Google laying off 12,000.” - GamesIndustry.biz
“Riot Games lays off 46 staff as part of "strategic shifts." - GamesIndustry.biz
“Phil Spencer tells Xbox employees layoffs were ‘painful’.” - Video Games Chronicle
“Former Halo developers criticise Microsoft for 343 Industries layoffs.” - Video Games Chronicle
@Halo 343 Industries tweet confirming ongoing Halo development.
“Majority of game devs see harassment from players as major problem, survey claims.” - Eurogamer
“Marvel's Avengers reportedly announcing end of development "as early as next week".” - Eurogamer
“Ubisoft CEO apologises for placing his foot so deeply into his mouth.” - PC Gamer
“I can't believe I'm saying this again but Skull and Bones is delayed again.” - PC Gamer
“Ubisoft confirms its PvP game ‘Project Q’ has been cancelled.” - Video Games Chronicle
@SifuGame tweet showing footage of Sifu Arenas
“PowerWash Simulator is getting a free Tomb Raider crossover later this month.” - Eurogamer
“Returnal launches on PC February 15.” - Playstation Blog
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046 God of War gameplay footage emerges, new Assassin’s Creed game announced, Domina removed from Steam for transphobic updates, and plenty more!
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
09/05/22 • 9 min
//DeadDrop{TRANSFER}:"5th September, 2022"// Today's transfer includes transphobic dev updates for Domina game leads to removal, a new Assassin’s Creed game announcement, Callisto Protocol CEO tweets about crunch, new God of War footage available, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.
Sources for the stories in this episode:
Story 1: “Domina” game removed from Steam for continuous trans-phobic posts.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/domina-removed-from-steam-after-studios-anti-trans-post
Story 2: 11-bit Studios declares it will no longer send Steam Curators free keys
https://www.eurogamer.net/11-bit-studios-will-no-longer-give-keys-to-steam-curators
Story 3: New Assassin’s Creed game, “Mirage”, announced with reveal this week
https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-mirage-officially-announced-reveal-next-week
Story 4: “Riot x Take This” launch wellbeing tools for creators.
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/09/arcane-wins-an-emmy-as-riot-games-releases-making-of-documentary/
Story 5: Third-party purchased orbs in Diablo Immortal removed, leaving players with a debt
Story 6: “Callisto Protocol” studio founder’s deleted posts inferring crunch culture at studio
Story 7: Quidditch not playable in Hogwarts Legacy
Story 8: Game Informer features exclusive God of War Ragnarok gameplay
Story 9: New Cyberpunk 2077 stream to announce what’s next for the game
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Dead Drop News EP018 (BAFTAs, Kingdom Hearts 4, Sega and more!)
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
04/11/22 • 8 min
Delivering the news as of 11th April, 2022. Today's transfer includes Returnal winning Best Game at the BAFTAs, the surprise announcement of Kingdom Hearts 4, Sega's foray into multi-game development for cloud and NFTs, the new Witcher Game Cookbook, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.
Sources for the stories in this episode:
Story 1: Returnal wins Best Game at the BAFTAs
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-04-08-returnal-wins-best-game-at-bafta-2022
Story 2: Kingdom Hearts 4 and Missing-Link announced at the 20th Anniversary
https://www.ign.com/articles/kingdom-hearts-4-and-kingdom-hearts-missing-link-announced-at-the-series-20th-anniversary-event
Story 3: Sega developing the “Super Game” with cloud and NFTS
https://www.eurogamer.net/sega-says-it-is-a-natural-extension-for-future-games-to-include-cloud-gaming-and-nfts
Story 4: In-game add platform Gadsme raises $8 million in seed fund round
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-04-08-in-game-ad-platform-gadsme-raises-usd8m
Story 5: Witcher Cookbook now available for preorder
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-witcher-is-getting-an-official-cookbook
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Dead Drop News Ep017
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
04/07/22 • 8 min
Delivering the news as of 7th April, 2022. Today's transfer includes Activision Blizzard removing their vaccine mandate for employees, Unreal Engine 5 available for download, a new Tomb Raider game now in development, Fortnite raises $144 million for Ukraine, Xbox GamePass is great for gamers, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.
Sources for the stories in this episode:
Story 1: Activision-Blizzard Vaccine Mandate backpedalled
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/1/23007115/activision-blizzard-workers-walkout-vaccine-mandate-a-better-abk
https://www.polygon.com/23010343/activision-blizzard-vaccine-mandate-demands-abetterabk
Story 2: New Tomb Raider game built in Unreal Engine 5
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-new-tomb-raider-is-now-in-development-using-unreal-engine-5
https://www.xda-developers.com/epic-games-launches-unreal-engine-5/
Story 3: Niantic acquires NZXR (Magic Leap)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-04-06-niantic-acquires-former-magic-leap-developers-nzxr
Story 4: Microsoft launches Rivercraft, a Minecraft world on climate change
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-04-05-minecraft-launches-rivercraft
https://news.microsoft.com/en-gb/features/turning-the-tide-a-new-minecraft-world-is-inspiring-children-to-tackle-flooding-and-climate-change/
Story 5: Fortnite raises $144 million for Ukraine relief
https://www.toisthe.com/2022/04/epic-games-fortnite-raises-144-usd-million-funds-for-ukraine-aid.html
Story 6: Ubisoft no longer updating Ghost Recon Breakpoint
https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-walking-away-from-ghost-recon-breakpoint-home-to-its-first-big-nft-experiment
Story 7: Xbox GamePass: the best deal in gaming so far
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/04/05/game-pass-coming-soon-april-2022/
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Dead Drop News EP009 (12-03-2022)
The Dead Drop: Dailyish Video Game News
03/12/22 • 8 min
Delivering the news as of 12th March, 2022. Today's transfer includes a stack of Steam Deck updates, newest games from Sony’s State of Play, EA loot box lawsuit is dismissed, Xbox working on their new console hardware, more plaintiffs join a gender discrimination lawsuit against Sony, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.
Sources for the stories in this episode:
Story 1: Games to look for from Sony State of Play
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/03/heres-everything-shown-at-todays-playstation-state-of-play/
Story 2: The Steam Deck Stack
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/10/22971108/valve-steam-deck-windows-runs-drivers-no-support
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/10/22971257/microsoft-steam-deck-xbox-game-studios-list
https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl
Story 3: Elden Ring speedrunners & bananas
https://www.ign.com/articles/elden-ring-speedrun-world-record-seemingly-broken-twice-in-a-day
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-11-elden-ring-boss-beaten-with-an-actual-banana
https://twitter.com/SuperLouis_64/status/1501057719175946242
Story 4: Dutch Court rules for EA: Loot boxes aren’t gambling
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-09-dutch-court-rules-in-eas-favor-and-says-that-loot-boxes-isnt-gambling
Story 5: Xbox could be working on new console
https://gamerant.com/new-xbox-console-rumor-keystone/
Story 6: Ubisoft hit by a cyber attack
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-11-ubisoft-victim-of-cyber-security-incident
Story 7: ID@Xbox Showcase next week
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-11-id-xbox-showcase-set-for-next-week
Story 8: Eight women join gender discrimination suit against Sony
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-09-report-eight-women-join-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-against-playstation
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