Xbox Developer Direct News

0:00 - Intro

00:18 - Talking About Piracy Can Get You Sued

https://www.pcgamer.com/have-you-discussed-pirating-media-on-the-internet-these-film-studios-might-like-a-word

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/film-studios-demand-ip-addresses-of-people-who-discussed-piracy-on-reddit/

https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/motion-to-compel.pdf

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/reddit-beats-film-industry-wont-have-to-identify-users-who-admitted-torrenting/

02:03 - Remedy v Rockstar Update

https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/status/1747989755634053475

https://www.gamesradar.com/nothing-to-see-here-the-trademark-dispute-between-gta-6-and-alan-wake-parent-companies-was-already-settled-last-year/

03:22 - Video Game Industry Layoffs Continue

https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2024/01/18/lords-of-the-fallen-publisher-ci-games-lays-off-10-of-its-staff

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/indie-publisher-thunderful-to-lay-off-20-of-its-workforce/1100-6520404/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f

https://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/83245/support-studio-ptw-cuts-45-positions-as-game-industry-layoffs-continue/

https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2024/01/18/dead-by-daylight-studio-behaviour-interactive-has-reportedly-laid-off-45-people#:~:text=These%20Behaviour%20Interactive%20layoffs%20join,had%20laid%20off%20170%20employees.

https://www.gameinformer.com/news/2024/01/18/lords-of-the-fallen-publisher-ci-games-lays-off-10-of-its-staff

04:59 - Larian Studios CEO Diagrees with Ubisoft

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/consoles-pc/baldurs-gate-3-director-says-players-wont-ever-find-larian-studios-games-on-a-subscription-service

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-new-ubisoft-and-getting-gamers-comfortable-with-not-owning-their-games

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-wholly-subscription-driven-games-industry-would-be-savage-says-larian-ceo?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed

https://twitter.com/LarAtLarian/status/1747556874562457799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1747556874562457799%7Ctwgr%5E9c120b3276138c6af70c523e9bcada7fc9b0d4f3%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techradar.com%2Fgaming%2Fconsoles-pc%2Fbaldurs-gate-3-director-says-players-wont-ever-find-larian-studios-games-on-a-subscription-service

06:22 - Xbox Planning to Publish For Competition

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-can-be-a-good-publisher-across-all-platforms-including-sony-and-nintendo-ceo-says/1100-6520407/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f

https://youtu.be/p--YZ1QKVj4

07:20 - Game Deals

Epic Game Store

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/avatar-frontiers-of-pandora

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/dying-light-franchise-bundle

Fanatical

https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mystery-star-bundle (random pick of game keys)

https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/focus-entertainment (Focus Entertainment Games)

https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/digimon-world-next-order

Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/mega-man-franchise (Mega Man Franchise Sale)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/960090/Bloons_TD_6/ (Bloons TD 6)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313140/Cult_of_the_Lamb/ (Cult of the Lamb w/ New Sins of the Flesh DLC)

https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/sub/698765 (FFXIV Complete Edition)

09:19 - Zookeeper Horror Game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx76uvIDU3s&ab_channel=IGN

09:56 - Until Dawn Movie Adaptation

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/until-dawn-is-getting-a-movie-adaptation

10:52 - Batman Arkham Developers New Studio

https://www.ign.com/articles/founders-of-batman-arkham-developer-rocksteady-start-new-studio

https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1574545

https://www.hundredstar.games/

11:51 - Square Enix Tired of Splatoon Comparisons

https://www.ign.com/articles/square-enix-dev-is-tired-of-people-comparing-foamstars-to-splatoon

12:59 - Xbox Developer Direct News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELFSdlFmDNI&ab_channel=Xbox

16:35 - Comment Response