Discord on Xbox – Infection – The SURVIVAL PODCAST Episode 393

Discord coming to Xbox, Chip News and more on this week’s episode of Infection – The SURVIVAL PODCAST

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• Random

• • Factorio studio angers Russian gamers by increasing regional price from $9 to $174
  • Chronicles of Elyria admits to running out of money in 2021, ‘hemorrhaging cash’ ever since | Massively Overpowered
    • Source: https://chroniclesofelyria.com/blog/35072/State-of-Elyria-Q2-2022-Update

• BMW

• • BMW owners are figuring out how to pirate their heated seats | PC Gamer
    • Source: BMW’s Heated Seats as a Service Model Has Drivers Seeking Hacks | WIRED

• Russia

• • After the tech exodus, Russian state prepares to fund its own ‘national game engine’ | PC Gamer
  • Russia fines Google for refusing to censor ‘fake’ Ukraine war news | TweakTown

• Economy

• • PC industry suffers worst sales drop in almost a decade
  • Corsair is expected to announce a quarterly financial loss as the economy struggles | PC Gamer

• Intel

• • Nvidia and AMD aren’t thrilled about pending law that stands to give Intel $20+ billion | PC Gamer

• AMD

• • AMD invests in a new CPU R&D facility in New York | PC Gamer
  • AMD hack due to some of its passwords being just ‘password’ | PC Gamer

• Microsoft

• • Microsoft changes its mind about open source monetization | PC Gamer

• • Activision/Blizzard

• • • Activision further embraces Steam with official publisher homepage | PC Gamer

• • Blizzard

• • • Blizzard aims to bring BlizzCon back in 2023 | PC Gamer

• • Discord

• • • Xbox users can finally join us in Discord voice chat | PC Gamer
      • Video: Discord Voice is coming to Xbox
      • Source: Connect Your Worlds – Discord Voice Chat Comes to Xbox Consoles for Xbox Insiders – Xbox Wire