069 The Game Awards wrapped up, the Australian Loot Box Bill, FTC blocks Microsoft’s acquisition and plenty more!

//DeadDrop{TRANSFER}:"12th December, 2022"// Today's transfer includes my summary and thoughts on Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards plus all the announcements, a Loot Box bill submitted to Australian parliament, the FTC sues Microsoft to block Acti-Blizz acquisition, Sifu gets a movie adaptation, 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:

The Game Awards winners: https://www.ign.com/articles/the-game-awards-2022-winners

Announcements List:

Death Stranding 2

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty DLC with Idris Elba

FromSoftware’s Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon

Final Fantasy 16 Release Date: 22/06/2023

Diablo IV Release Date: 06/06/2023

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor coming 17/03/2023

Judas from Bioshock Creator Ken Levine

Hades II from SuperGiant coming in 2023

Last of Us Part 1 on PC 03/03/2023

Returnal on PC early 2023

For all Game Awards content, check out The Game Awards YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thegameawards

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Quick Headlines:

QH 1: Loot box bill filed in Australia

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/loot-box-bill-filed-in-australia

QH 2: FTC sues Microsoft to block Activision Blizzard acquisition

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-says-its-ready-for-a-court-battle-after-ftc-sues-to-block-activision-deal/

QH 3: Reports of crunch and low pay at FromSoftware

https://www.pcgamer.com/report-highlights-underpay-and-some-level-of-crunching-at-fromsoftware/

QH 4: Riot sues NetEase for copying popular game “Valorant”

https://www.eurogamer.net/riot-sues-netease-for-its-alleged-valorant-copy-hyper-front

QH 5: Microsoft games to begin at $70 USD next year

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/12/starfield-and-other-major-microsoft-games-will-jump-to-70-in-2023/

QH 6: Callisto Protocol and NFS Unbound quietly release with little fanfare

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/did-you-know-a-new-need-for-speed-came-out-last-week-uk-boxed-charts

https://www.pcgamer.com/patch-fixes-the-callisto-protocols-stuttering-which-glen-schofield-blames-on-a-freakin-error/

QH 7: Sloclap’s “Sifu” to get a film adaptation with John Wick film series creator

https://deadline.com/2022/12/story-kitchen-sloclap-sifu-1235187397/

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