Delivering the news as of 1st March, 2022. Today's transfer includes Bandai Namco's salary bump and flexible working, good-guy Gaben's new marketing push for the Steam Deck, the announcement of new Pokemon titles Scarlet and Violet, 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: Elden Ring studio showing their true colours

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-27-the-challenge-of-from-software-games-is-part-of-the-studios-identity-says-hidetaka-miyazaki

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-26-japanese-development-studio-gives-staff-paid-time-off-to-play-elden-ring

https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/bandai-namco-announces-significant-pay-raise-for-developers

Story 2: Gabe Newell: head of marketing for Steam Deck

https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/26/22952086/valve-microsoft-pc-game-pass-steam-comments

https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-deck-higher-end-models-gabe-newell

Story 3: New Core Pokemon Games

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-27-pokemon-scarlet-and-pokemon-violet-coming-to-switch-later-this-year

https://www.respawnstation.com/2022/02/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-announced.html

Story 4: Playstation Spartacus “test run?”

https://gamerant.com/playstation-now-games-march-2022-shadow-warrior-3/

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/18/22406059/xbox-game-pass-subscribers-25-million-microsoft-activision

Story 5: Nvidia compromised by cyber attack

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nvidia-has-reportedly-been-completely-compromised-by-a-cyber-attack/

Story 6: ActiBlizz being sued by shareholder for sale

https://www.polygon.com/22949594/activision-blizzard-shareholder-lawsuit-sec-violation

Dead Drop Shopper: Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt (GOTY)

https://store.steampowered.com/sub/124923/

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