Delivering the news as of 5th March, 2022. Today's transfer includes the acquisition of Bandcamp by Epic Games, the Nvidia Ultimatum from the cyber hacker Lapsus$, the Twitch employee exodus from a culture clash, Nintendo copyright takedowns of Steam Deck emulation, 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: Epic Games acquires Bandcamp?!
https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/03/02/epic-games-acquires-bandcamp
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/epic-games-begins-to-show-its-more-than-games-acquires-bandcamp/
https://blog.bandcamp.com/2022/03/02/bandcamp-is-joining-epic/
Story 2: A hack, Nvidia and the Ultimatum
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/cybercriminals-who-breached-nvidia-issue-one-of-the-most-unusual-demands-ever/
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/next-gen-nvidia-gpu-plans-revealed-in-massive-data-hack/
Story 3: Twitch employee exodus from culture clash
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/twitch-is-facing-an-employee-exodus-amid-a-culture-clash-reports-claim/
Story 4: Game developers show support for Ukraine during conflict
https://www.ign.com/articles/ukrainian-game-studios-industry-support-ukraine?utm_source=twitter
https://techbomb.ca/gaming/ea-stops-sales-of-games-and-content-in-russia-belarus/
https://www.aroged.com/2022/03/04/the-developers-of-this-war-of-mine-raised-700-thousand-dollars-to-help-ukraine/
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60592658
Story 5: Nintendo issuing take-downs of emulated content on Steam Deck
https://exputer.com/news/nintendo/switch-emulation-steam-deck/
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