Developers react to Ukraine crisis, Tencent commits to carbon neutrality, ELDEN RING acclaim
- Author
- SIFTER
- Published
- Sat 26 Feb 2022
- Episode Link
- https://omny.fm/shows/sifter/developers-react-to-ukraine-crisis-tencent-commits
NEWS THIS WEEK
- Game developers react to Ukrainian invasion, pledging support and soldarity
- Tencent investor in Epic Games, Activision Blizzard commits to carbon neutrality by 2030
- IT TAKES TWO wins Game of the Year at the 2022 D.I.C.E Awards, Australian title Unpacking wins Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game
- Video Game History Foundation calls for more support from Nintendo for museums and archivists after the annoucement of the 3DS and WiiU online stores
- ELDEN RING is OpenCritic's top game of all time, while Bandai Namco apologises for PC performance issues
- The Steam Deck is the anti-Switch, a handheld that actually trusts you
- APEX LEGENDS is coming to mobile this week
- NIER AUTOMATA is getting an anime adaptation
- DISCO ELYSIUM and LIFE IS STRANGE have been optioned for TV adapations
- Epic Games is making hundreds of temp testers into full employees with benefits
RELEASE RADAR
- APEX LEGENDS MOBILE - 28 February 2022
- SHADOW WARRIOR 3 - 1 March 2022
- CONAN CHOP CHOP - 1 March 2022
- GRAN TURISMO 7 - 4 March 2022
- TRIANGLE STRATEGY - 4 March 2022
SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Kyle Pauletto, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.
