A Glitch – Infection – The SURVIVAL PODCAST Episode 378

More Chinese Games, Activision/Blizzard Unions and more on this week’s episode of Infection – The SURVIVAL PODCAST

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• GOG

• • • GOG is returning to its ‘Good Old Games’ roots | PC Gamer
    •  Source: GOG 2022 update #3: The future that comes from the past

• Epic

• • • Sony and Lego invest $2B into Epic to help build the metaverse | PC Gamer
    • Epic ‘accidentally’ teases a big Fortnite Star Wars crossover | PCGamesN

• Riot

• • • Riot Games drops vaccine and mask requirements as employees return to office | PC Gamer

• Microsoft

• • • Microsoft disrupts Russian cyberattacks targeting Ukraine by seizing domains | PC Gamer
      • Source: Disrupting cyberattacks targeting Ukraine – Microsoft On the Issues

• Activision/Blizzard

• • • • Vicarious Visions is now officially merged into Blizzard | PC Gamer
      • US Senators call out ‘unacceptable’ lack of accountability for Bobby Kotick in Microsoft buyout | PC Gamer
      • Activision Blizzard is converting over 1,000 QA workers to full-time employees | PC Gamer
      • Activision-Blizzard promotes over a thousand QA testers and bumps their pay – but not the ones unionizing | Massively Overpowered
      • Activision Blizzard ends, then quickly reinstates employee vaccination requirement | PC Gamer
        • Tweet: https://twitter.com/ABetterABK/status/1509999545459134469
      • Call of Duty player tries to prove he isn’t cheating, accidentally proves he’s cheating | PC Gamer
      • Blizzard removes pro-Russia war symbol from Zarya skins in Overwatch | PC Gamer

• China

• • • China issues first new videogame approvals in almost a year | PC Gamer
      • Source: China ends gaming approval freeze, grants first licenses since July last year | Reuters
    • China is expanding online gaming limits to include livestreaming and social media | PC Gamer

• Source: China tech crackdown: Beijing to tighten regulation on internet platforms that profit from teenage users | South China Morning Post

• • $3M worth of AMD graphics cards seized by Chinese authorities | PC Gamer
  • China’s Silicon Valley is shutting down for a week due to Covid-19 restrictions | PC Gamer
  • Chinese customs arrests man dubbed the ‘walking CPU’ for smuggling 160 CPUs taped to his body | PC Gamer