Blizzard Bloodbath – Infection – The SURVIVAL PODCAST Episode 342

Shakeups at Blizzard, Icarus Delays, Tencent stock and more on this week’s episode of Infection – The SURVIVAL PODCAST

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• Microsoft

• Windows 10: The Windows 10 gaming performance fix is out, here’s how to get your PC up to date

• Google

• • • Google may start licensing out its Stadia game streaming platform to ‘industry partners’

• Cheaters

• • • Bungie and Ubisoft are taking cheat-makers to court

• Blizzard

• • • Blizzard’s president is out, studio to be co-led by a woman for first time in its history
    • The game industry shares messages of solidarity with Activision Blizzard walkout
    • Take-Two CEO says company will not “tolerate harassment or discrimination”
    • Inside The Cosby Suite From The Activision Blizzard Lawsuit
    • Activision-Blizzard Q2 2021 financials: Activision revenues are up, Blizzard MAUs are down (again) against backdrop of sexism scandal
    • An Activision-Blizzard worker was arrested for bathroom peeping in 2018

• Riot

• • • The same government agency that’s suing Activision Blizzard has an ongoing lawsuit with Riot Games

• Valve

• • • Valve responds to antitrust lawsuit, defends Steam’s 30% cut

• Steam Deck

• • • • Valve developers detail how legacy hardware inspired the Steam Deck
      • Percentage of Linux Gamers on Steam Tops 1% for First Time in Years
      • Valve and AMD buddy up to improve Steam Deck CPU performance on Linux

• Tencent

• • • Tencent stocks plunge amid fears of a Chinese government gaming crackdown
      • Tweet: https://twitter.com/TheRealJoshYe/status/1422382642540908548
    • Tencent reacts to Chinese state media calling online games ‘spiritual opium’ by adding new restrictions

• Icarus

• • • Delay: Survival game Icarus delayed until November

• PUBG

• • • PUBG on PC could likely be going free-to-play soon

• Destiny 2

• • • Destiny 2 is on the verge of full cross-play between all platforms

• Chronicles of Elyria

• • • The Chronicles of Elyria class-action lawsuit has been split up between two states now

• 7 Days to Die

• Video: Alpha 20 City Tile Tech