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Kotaku: Report: Twitch Is Hacked And Its Source Code Is In The Wild. https://kotaku.com/report-twitch-is-hacked-and-its-source-code-is-in-the-1847808252

Polygon: Blizzard removes sexually suggestive content from World of Warcraft.

https://www.polygon.com/22711256/blizzard-world-of-warcraft-removes-suggestive-content

IGN: Diablo 4 Has a New Director - IGN.
https://www.ign.com/articles/diablo-4-gets-new-director

PC Gamer: Activision-Blizzard lawsuits in chaos as federal agency accuses California's DFEH of ethics violations. https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-lawsuits-in-chaos-as-federal-agency-accuses-californias-dfeh-of-ethics-violations/

Dexerto: Apex Legends players plan boycott against Halloween event for “health” update. https://www.dexerto.com/apex-legends/apex-legends-players-plan-boycott-against-halloween-event-for-health-update-1673502/

ComicBook.com: Halo Infinite Season Pass Leaks and Xbox Players Are Divided About It. https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/halo-infinite-xbox-one-series-x-pc-battle-pass-leak/

Unpopular opinion

Twitch pay to win is just fine

https://www.ginx.tv/en/twitch/twitch-s-new-boost-feature-is-literally-pay-to-win


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Nick is back and its like we never missed a beat.  We talk about Destiny 2, Splitgate, Hades, Bloodhunt and Nicks inability to get his game account deleted for a mobile game.  More activision news and its not good.  Some great demos coming out in october for Steams Next Fest and Evan says Nintendo is the Apple of video games. 

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Kotaku: Here's Everything You Can Play During Steam's Big October Event
https://kotaku.com/heres-everything-you-can-play-during-steams-big-october-1847709985

Game Informer: Activision Blizzard Now Under SEC Investigation According To A Wall Street Journal Report.
https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/09/20/activision-blizzard-now-under-sec-investigation-according-to-a-wall-street-journal

Kotaku: Blizzard's Chief Legal Officer Quits Amid Lawsuit.
https://kotaku.com/blizzards-chief-legal-officer-quits-amid-lawsuit-1847714940

Kotaku: We're Just Never Getting Another Titanfall, Are We [Update]. https://kotaku.com/were-just-never-getting-another-titanfall-are-we-1847727356

Hot Hardware: Epic's Tim Sweeney Explodes After Apple Refuses To Allow Fortnite Back Into The App Store.https://hothardware.com/news/tim-sweeney-lashes-out-at-lying-apple-fortnite

TechSpot: Steam could soon let you play games while they're downloading.
https://www.techspot.com/news/91366-valve-looks-set-introduce-play-while-downloading-featuring.html

The Dad: N64 & Sega Genesis Games Are Coming to Nintendo Switch Online This October.
https://www.thedad.com/n64-sega-genesis-nintendo-switch-online/


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Catching up with special Co-host Chris , aka CMB2G this episode.  And boy oh boy do we get into it on Unpopular Opinion.

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Playing:  Bloodhunt, Splitgate, Apex, Destiny 2, Cyberpunk 2077

PC Gamer: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake announced. https://www.pcgamer.com/kotor-remake/

Taipei Times: End profit focus, China's gaming firms instructed.

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2021/09/10/2003764106

Eurogamer.net: Respawn moves to reassure concerned Titanfall 2 players after security vulnerability reports cause panic.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-09-respawn-moves-to-reassure-concerned-titanfall-2-players-after-security-vulnerability-reports

Dot Esports: New World open beta release notes reveal massive changes to weapons, progression, PVP, and more.
https://dotesports.com/mmo/news/new-world-open-beta-release-notes-reveal-massive-changes-to-weapons-progression-pvp-and-more

The Verge: Google Stadia’s director of games has left for Google Cloud.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/9/9/22665805/google-stadia-jack-buser-games-cloud

https://kotaku.com/epic-wins-big-fortnite-lawsuit-against-apple-1847653612


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A few warm up articles to get you all started then we dive into multiple reported articles about the investigation into Blizzard and it's HR Practices and toxic work culture. Everything is "alleged" per the investigation but all the reports coming out and the multiple stepdowns of Executive Leaders at Blizzard doesn't paint a great picture. 

Playing - the ascent, Apex Arenas, curse of the dead gods, watching falcon and winter soldier

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Sources:

Dexerto: Hot tub streamers abandon Linktree after crackdown on “inappropriate content”. https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/hot-tub-streamers-abandon-linktree-after-crackdown-on-inappropriate-content-1621896/

VICE: Activision IT Worker Secretly Filmed Colleagues in Office Bathroom.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvm8g/activision-it-worker-secretly-filmed-colleagues-in-office-bathroom

The Verge: Blizzard’s head of HR is out.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/3/22608320/blizard-jesse-meschuk-leave-company-hr-svp

PC Gamer: Defensive Activision Blizzard executive deletes her Twitter account. https://www.pcgamer.com/defensive-activision-blizzard-executive-deletes-her-twitter-account/

PC Gamer: Epic has sunk $500M into the Epic Games Store, doesn't expect to make a profit until 2027. https://www.pcgamer.com/epic-has-sunk-dollar500m-into-the-epic-games-store-doesnt-expect-to-make-a-profit-until-2027/


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We got Brant from Ragebarrell hanging out with Evan and Nick.  Some good news tidbits and discussion then a barrage of questions for Brant 

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Join Our Discord - discord.gg/F2JwN7YJeZabout all the things he does. 

Kotaku: Tencent Wants To Buy Sumo Group For $1.3 Billion [Update].
https://kotaku.com/tencent-buys-sumo-group-for-1-3-billion-1847317285

Followup on Indiefoxx ban
https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/what-happened-to-indiefoxx-controversial-twitch-streamer-remains-banned-1614025/

Joycon drift fixed
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-joy-con-drift-hack-fix-the-problem/

Vertagear Sexist Tweet
https://kotaku.com/gamer-chair-apologizes-for-bad-tweets-promises-to-do-b-1847319624

Kotaku: Amazon's New MMO Is Killing Some High-End PC Graphics Cards [Update].
https://kotaku.com/amazons-new-mmo-is-killing-some-high-end-pc-graphics-ca-1847335269

SteamDeck Thoughts

Interview with Brant from Ragebarrel


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It's been a few weeks and Evan acts like he doesn't know what he is even doing!  General catch up and chit chat, but we get into twitch's ban policy, hackers hacking Apex to save Titanfall and the New Nintendo Switch. 

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Hackers hack to plea for less hacks??

https://dotesports.com/apex-legends/news/hackers-take-down-apex-servers-as-a-plea-to-save-titanfall-from-hackers

GameRant: Indiefoxx's Lost Twitch Partnership and Permanent Ban Could Mean Big Changes. https://gamerant.com/indiefoxxs-twitch-partnership-permanent-ban-policy-changes/

Yahoo Finance: Chinese antitrust regulator to block Tencent's videogaming merger: sources.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-antitrust-regulator-block-tencents-091439306.html

Dexerto: Twitch bans with “no reason” could be made unlawful by court. https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/twitch-bans-with-no-reason-could-be-made-unlawful-by-court-1605449/

Topic - new Nintendo switch..is it really an upgrade

CNET: Nintendo's OLED Switch is the right move, just not for you.

https://www.cnet.com/news/nintendos-oled-switch-is-the-right-move-just-not-for-you/

Unpopular Opinion - Don't let game reviews persuade you not to play a game.


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