Dead Drop News 024 (Steam Lawsuits, EA drops FIFA, XBox Stick coming soon, and more!)
Delivering the news as of 12th May, 2022. Today's transfer includes Valve loses chance to dismiss anti-trust case on Steam, Gotham Knights no longer coming to XBox One/PS4, EA officially drops FIFA branding, Microsoft is making a cloud-streaming stick , 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: EA is officially dropping the FIFA name
https://www.eurogamer.net/after-almost-30-years-ea-is-officially-ditching-the-fifa-brand-1
Story 2: EA’s earnings are majority from live service games.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-10-ea-live-service-offerings-drove-its-fourth-quarter-earnings
Story 3: Valve loses chance to end anti-trust case over Steam platform
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/class-action/valve-loses-bid-to-end-antitrust-case-over-steam-gaming-platform
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-10-us-district-judge-says-that-valve-will-face-antitrust-ligation
Story 4: New Gotham Knights game no longer coming to XBox One/PS4
https://wbgamesmontreal.com/2022/05/gotham-knights-official-nightwing-pre-orders-available-today/
https://twistedvoxel.com/batman-gotham-knights-coop-4-players/
Story 5: Activision Blizzard continues to push employees not to vote to unionise
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-10-activision-blizzards-anti-union-efforts-continue-ahead-of-next-weeks-raven-vote
Story 6: Microsoft will make a streaming device and Samsung app to play cloud streaming games
https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/06/xbox-streaming-stick-when/
Story 7: Indie World Nintendo Stream from 11th May
https://press-start.com.au/news/nintendo/2022/05/12/everything-announced-at-todays-indie-world-nintendo-direct/
https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-indie-world-showcase-set-for-tomorrow
Story 8: Weird Elden Ring news is still happening…
https://www.eurogamer.net/watch-elden-ring-legend-let-me-solo-her-beat-that-tricky-boss-for-the-1000th-time
https://www.eurogamer.net/elden-ring-player-hides-in-a-bush-for-three-hours-to-thwart-a-rune-farmer
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