046 God of War gameplay footage emerges, new Assassin’s Creed game announced, Domina removed from Steam for transphobic updates, and plenty more!

//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

https://www.thegamer.com/domina-dev-posts-transphobic-rant-in-patch-notes-following-own-community-forums-ban/

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.gamesindustry.biz/riot-and-take-this-launch-mental-health-tools-for-marginalised-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

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/diablo-immortal-players-are-being-stripped-of-third-party-orbs-leading-to-huge-debts/

Story 6: “Callisto Protocol” studio founder’s deleted posts inferring crunch culture at studio

https://www.eurogamer.net/striking-distance-studios-ceo-posts-then-deletes-a-tweet-thought-by-some-to-promote-crunch-culture

Story 7: Quidditch not playable in Hogwarts Legacy

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/quidditch-wont-be-playable-in-hogwarts-legacy-its-been-confirmed/

Story 8: Game Informer features exclusive God of War Ragnarok gameplay

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/god-of-war-ragnarok-gameplay-footage-shows-off-new-weapons-and-abilities/

Story 9: New Cyberpunk 2077 stream to announce what’s next for the game

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/cd-projekt-to-reveal-whats-next-for-cyberpunk-2077-in-upcoming-live-stream/

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