Delivering the news as of 7th April, 2022. Today's transfer includes Activision Blizzard removing their vaccine mandate for employees, Unreal Engine 5 available for download, a new Tomb Raider game now in development, Fortnite raises $144 million for Ukraine, Xbox GamePass is great for gamers, 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: Activision-Blizzard Vaccine Mandate backpedalled
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/1/23007115/activision-blizzard-workers-walkout-vaccine-mandate-a-better-abk 
https://www.polygon.com/23010343/activision-blizzard-vaccine-mandate-demands-abetterabk

Story 2: New Tomb Raider game built in Unreal Engine 5
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-new-tomb-raider-is-now-in-development-using-unreal-engine-5 
https://www.xda-developers.com/epic-games-launches-unreal-engine-5/

Story 3: Niantic acquires NZXR (Magic Leap)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-04-06-niantic-acquires-former-magic-leap-developers-nzxr

Story 4: Microsoft launches Rivercraft, a Minecraft world on climate change
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-04-05-minecraft-launches-rivercraft 
https://news.microsoft.com/en-gb/features/turning-the-tide-a-new-minecraft-world-is-inspiring-children-to-tackle-flooding-and-climate-change/ 
Story 5: Fortnite raises $144 million for Ukraine relief

https://www.toisthe.com/2022/04/epic-games-fortnite-raises-144-usd-million-funds-for-ukraine-aid.html 
Story 6: Ubisoft no longer updating Ghost Recon Breakpoint
https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-walking-away-from-ghost-recon-breakpoint-home-to-its-first-big-nft-experiment

Story 7: Xbox GamePass: the best deal in gaming so far
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/04/05/game-pass-coming-soon-april-2022/

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