Episode 31

Dead Drop News 028 (Project Keystone, New Sony TV Shows, The Embracer's Archive and more!)

Published on: 30th May, 2022

Delivering the news as of 30th May, 2022. Today's transfer includes news of Xbox's streaming stick "Project Keystone", Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War and Gran Turismo to become TV shows, Cyberpunk 2077 DLC story leaks, the new Embracer Archives, 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: Project Keystone is Xbox’s new cloud streaming stick
https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-cloud-gaming-streaming-device-project-keystone

Story 2: Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War and Gran Turismo to becomes television shows/movies
https://www.polygon.com/23141668/horizon-zero-dawn-tv-series-netflix-sony

Story 3: Cyberpunk 2077 story leaked from new DLC
https://twistedvoxel.com/cyberpunk-2077-major-story-expansion-script-leak/
Story 4: The Embracer Group to start a game archive to preserve the industry
https://www.eurogamer.net/embracer-establishes-the-embracer-games-archive-to-save-as-much-of-the-games-industry-as-possible
Story 5: Raven Software’s QA team successfully becomes a union
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-23-raven-software-qa-group-becomes-the-first-us-major-video-game-union  
Story 6: Phil Spencer says they will recognise Raven Software’s union after acquisition
https://www.ign.com/articles/phil-spencer-will-recognize-raven-software-union
Story 7: Activision Blizzard shareholders urged not to re-elect board members
https://www.eurogamer.net/activision-blizzard-shareholders-urged-not-to-re-elect-board-members-following-inexcusable-passivity

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