Delivering the news as of 25th April, 2022. Today's transfer includes Ads in Sony and Xbox coming soon, Joy-con drift issues by the thousands, leaks on PC Ports for PlayStation games, upcoming God of War news, 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: Microsoft and Sony thinking about ads in video games
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-is-reportedly-exploring-integrating-ads-into-free-to-play-games/
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-also-reportedly-planning-to-put-ads-in-playstation-games/
My spiel on the Game 'n Watch Podcast: https://youtu.be/OZom2mzRxNs?t=4714

Story 2: Leak about PC Ports for Sony games and more
https://exputer.com/news/playstation/playstation-studios-alleged-pc-ports/

Story 3: Nintendo reports thousands of stick-drift issues on Switch
https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-us-reportedly-received-thousands-of-faulty-joy-cons-each-week-at-height-of-drift-issues

Story 4: Pokemon Go study shows decrease in depression-related searches.
https://www.thegamer.com/pokemon-go-study-found-it-led-to-decrease-in-depression-related-internet-searches/amp/

Story 5: New Tales from the Borderlands game announced
https://www.polygon.com/23036233/tales-from-the-borderlands-new-game-announced-gearbox

Story 6: God of War Ragnarok promised to come in 2022
https://www.eurogamer.net/god-of-war-ragnarok-is-still-on-track-for-2022-release

Story 7: GPU prices are starting to drop in price significantly
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/04/gpus-are-back-baby/

Recommendation: State of the Arc Podcast series on from “Resonant Arc” on FFX
https://www.youtube.com/c/ResonantArc/featured

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