068 Pokemon players demand refunds, tax breaks for Aussie and Irish developers, Playstation banning shovelware, and plenty more!

//DeadDrop{TRANSFER}:"24th November, 2022"// Today's transfer includes governments in Australia and Ireland offering subsidies to game development, Sony hinting it will ban devs selling “easy-Platinum” shovelware, Pokemon Scarlet/Violet players demand refunds for performance, Ubisoft games return to Steam, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.

Sources for the stories in this episode:

Story 1: Australian and Irish governments providing subsidies to game devs to promote production

https://igea.net/2022/11/australian-game-developers-celebrate-introduction-of-dgto-bill-into-parliament/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/tax-credit-to-support-game-development-launches-in-ireland

Story 2: Playstation warns devs that it will ban/de-list shovelware on PS Store

https://twistedvoxel.com/playstation-warning-ban-easy-platinum-shovelware-store/

Story 3: Ubisoft is bringing their games back to Steam (prev. Epic and Ubi Connect)

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-has-confirmed-that-its-games-are-returning-to-steam/

Story 4: NOT NEWS - God of War Ragnarok Director wants to make Castlevania

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/god-of-war-ragnaroks-director-says-he-wants-to-work-on-castlevania-next/

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Quick Headlines:

QH 1: Nintendo lawyers going after SteamGridDB website for images on Steam Deck

https://gamerant.com/nintendo-dmca-takedown-steamgriddb-art-sharing-website/

QH 2: God of War Ragnarok music intern uncredited - complains on Twitter

https://www.eurogamer.net/god-of-war-ragnarok-music-intern-goes-uncredited-for-work-on-game

QH 3: I spotted a “Beyond Good and Evil 2” tweet - must be happening!

https://twitter.com/hzloiz/status/1594771742823960576?t=GyboS3bPKudWrUM7Gl_w4g&s=03

QH 4: Team Ninja clarifies rumoured return of Ninja Gaiden & Dead or Alive

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/team-ninja-moves-to-clarify-ninja-gaiden-dead-or-alive-reboot-reports/

QH 5: Pokemon Scarlet/Violet players want refunds - Nintendo obliges

https://www.vg247.com/pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-players-want-one-thing-refunds

QH 6: Microsoft offered Sony a 10-year contract for Call of Duty - Sony doesn’t comment

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-says-it-offered-sony-a-10-year-deal-to-keep-call-of-duty-on-playstation/

QH 7: Bayonetta 3 ending disappointing; Bayonetta 4 in development

https://www.polygon.com/23471133/will-there-be-bayonetta-4-announced-platinumgames-hideki-kamiya-bayo-3-ending

QH 8: Four Square Enix Montreal / Onoma games will be shut down

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/four-square-enix-montreal-mobile-games-including-deus-ex-go-are-shutting-down/

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