Dead Drop News EP009 (12-03-2022)

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

PROMO: Super Bracket Bros
https://pod.link/1486717268
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6na2Al2NVlcwG1M7yfEyJt
https://www.patreon.com/superbracketbros

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