Episode 2
Dead Drop News EP002 (24/02/2022)
Sources for the stories this week:
Story 1: Street Fighter 6 announced
https://www.ign.com/articles/street-fighter-6-announced
https://twitter.com/Charalanahzard/status/1495649352836079622
https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/21/fans-have-problems-with-the-street-fighter-6-logo/
Story 2: Who would have thought Vikings were inclusive?
https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-valhallas-saga-difficulty-mode-makes-vikings-raids-more-accessible
Story 3: Guardians of the Galaxy performing below expectations
https://www.vgchartz.com/article/452650/marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-sales-fell-below-initial-expectations/
https://www.marvel.com/articles/games/marvels-guardians-of-the-galaxy-wins-best-narrative-the-game-awards
Story 4: CDPR quietly releases 1.5 patch for Cyberpunk
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/cyberpunk-2077-update-patch-1-5-youtube-changes/
https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/41435/patch-1-5-next-generation-update-list-of-changes
Story 5: PC Gamers’ white whale: the MSRP GPU
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/new-leak-says-gpu-prices-will-drop-in-march/
https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1495220167839662081
Story 6: Bethesda closing launcher, moving to Steam
https://bethesda.net/en/article/2RXxG1y000NWupPalzLblG/sunsetting-the-bethesda-net-launcher-and-migrating-to-steam
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/21/915308028/microsoft-to-buy-bethesda-in-7-5-billion-deal-acquiring-fallout-the-elder-scroll
Story 7: Destiny 2 released with known bugs
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/02/22/bungie-issues-destiny-2-pre-witch-queen-warnings/?sh=6f73ba166de9
https://twitter.com/BungieHelp/status/1495959853830975492
What am I playing this week?
"Sifu": Grab it on PC or Playstation now if you'd like to play along with me!
https://sifugame.com/
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