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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