Podquisition 406: Lucozade Lifestyle

Our secret agenda is laid bare.

Games we played this week include:

Dreamlight Valley (16:00)

Return to Monkey Island (22:00)

BioShock 2 (30:30)

FRANKEN (35:05)

The Binding of Isaac (37:00)

Trombone Champ (38:00)

Middle Earth: Shadow of War (39:25)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Activision Blizzard found to have withheld raises from unionizing workers

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/10/03/activision-raven-union-raises-nlrb/

Key writers and artists on Disco Elysium were quietly pushed out of ZA/UM last year (47:55)

https://www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysium-dev-reveals-some-team-members-left-involuntarily

PC ports of PlayStation titles will arrive at least a year after console release (57:05)

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-games-will-wait-at-least-a-year-before-their-pc-release-except-for-live-service-titles/

Stadia is dead (1:00:10)

https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/

Saudi Arabia wants to own a major game publisher (1:04:50)

https://www.eurogamer.net/saudi-arabia-is-eyeing-up-the-acquisition-of-a-major-game-publisher

Tencent now wants controlling interest in game companies outside of China (1:05:35)

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/tencent-shifts-focus-majority-deals-overseas-gaming-assets-growth-sources-2022-10-01/

Beyond Good & Evil 2 has now been in development longer than Duke Nukem Forever was (1:06:50)

https://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evil-2-overtakes-guinness-record-holder-duke-nukem-forever-as-game-longest-in-development

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