Episode 61

057 Among Us VR announced, Meta Quest Pro coming in October, graphics card melts power supplies, and plenty more!

Published on: 13th October, 2022

//DeadDrop{TRANSFER}:"13th October, 2022"// Today's transfer includes Meta Connect 2022 announcements like Xbox Cloud on Quest, Among Us VR & Quest Pro headset coming in October, RTX 4090 Ti shelved for melting PSUs, 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: Meta Connect game announcement rollup + Xbox Cloud on Quest VR

https://www.shacknews.com/article/132603/meta-connect-2022-game-announcements-oculus-quest

https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-cloud-gaming-is-heading-to-meta-quest-vr-headsets

Story 2: Meta Quest Pro launching Oct 25

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/meta-quest-pro-headset-announced-launching-october-25

Story 3: Meta acquires game studios, announced at Connect

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/meta-has-acquired-the-studios-behind-iron-man-vr-and-resident-evil-4-vr/

Story 4: Google announces cloud gaming on Chromebooks (but Stadia still dead)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/google-announces-cloud-gaming-chromebooks-in-the-wake-of-stadia-shutdown

Story 5: Rumours RTX 4090 Ti melted PSUs and dissolving spontaneously

https://www.techspot.com/news/96261-nvidia-rtx-titan-ada-reportedly-canceled-after-melted.html

Story 6: Quantic Lab testing lied to devs and mistreated employees

https://www.pcgamer.com/quantic-QA-tester-report/

Quick Headlines:

QH 1: Dead Space Remake not coming to PS4, despite rumours

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dead-space-remake-is-not-coming-to-ps4-contrary-to-rumors/1100-6508148/

QH 2: PS5 shipments up 400% (by weight, not consoles)

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/us-playstation-shipments-were-reportedly-up-400-last-month/

QH 3: Square Enix Montreal rebranded to “Onoma”

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/square-enix-montreal-rebrands-as-onoma

QH 4: Twitter user Samperson emulates original DOOM - in Notepad

https://twitter.com/SamNChiet/status/1579140903150964736

QH 5: Windows 95 had contained a fix specific to Sim City bug

https://www.pcgamer.com/windows-95-had-dedicated-code-to-nix-an-og-sim-city-bug/

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