Dead Drop News EP008 (10-03-2022)

Delivering the news as of 10th March, 2022. Today's transfer includes Lost Ark addressing sexualised character outfits, a new rumoured God of War TV Show, potential Google Stadia Windows emulation, new Valve games uncovered by data miners, the 2K loot box lawsuit, 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: Illinois parent sues Take-Two for loot boxes.
https://www.polygon.com/gaming/22965885/nba-2k-lawsuit-loot-boxes-myteam-microtransactions-class-action

Story 2: Amazon explains gendered classes in Lost Ark.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-08-amazon-games-addresses-criticism-of-female-representation-in-lost-ark 
https://www.ign.com/articles/lost-ark-devs-are-working-on-solutions-for-gender-locked-classes-and-revealing-outfits

Story 3: Itch.io “Bundle for Ukraine” raises millions.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/8/22967069/itch-io-ukraine-bundle-support-charity 
https://itch.io/b/1316/bundle-for-ukraine

Story 4: Sony looking to make God of War live action TV show
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/7/22966267/sony-god-of-war-amazon-prime-tv-show

Story 5: Activision Blizzard shareholders under investigation for insider trading
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-03-09-activision-blizzard-shareholders-reportedly-under-investigation

Story 6: Google Stadia running Windows games?
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/9/22969081/google-windows-games-stadia-emulator

Story 7: Data miners find four Valve games in new title code.
https://www.ign.com/articles/valve-datamine-aperture-desk-job-combine-csgo-source-2

Story 8: Nintendo Switch Online 2.0 adds functionality.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/7/22965222/nintendo-switch-online-app-ios-android-version-2-update-friend-code-friend-status

Story 9: Game Delays & Announcements.
https://www.ign.com/articles/forspoken-delayed-october 
https://www.polygon.com/22968807/gotham-knights-release-date-2022-batman-arkhamverse 
https://www.polygon.com/22968764/advance-wars-remake-switch-reboot-camp-release-date-delay-russia-ukraine

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