Unlike Goddess of Victory: NIKKE, EA's Gacha rates are worse than the Powerball
229Episode 89 of Necro News. This week we cover Blizzard's New EULA, League of Legends match fixing, Final Fantasy 14 bans on Xbox, the true death of TimeSplitters, South Korea's crackdown on gacha, and more.
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro - Blizzard's new EULA | You'll own nothing...
01:08 Esports | LoL's match fixing investigation
02:39 Esports | Counter Strike Major soured by trophy breaking stunt
03:25 Xbox | Final Fantasy 14 players banned for "Free Company"
04:24 Xbox | Phil Spencer talks about "theoretical" Xbox handheld
05:26 TimeSplitters to likely stay dead, outside of fan games
06:58 South Korea forces gacha devs to disclose rates
08:21 Guessing Game | Can you guess the drop rate?
09:02 South Korea inspires gacha regulation in Spain
09:23 Tetris creator reveals concept for "Tetris Reverse" at GDC
10:32 Buried Alive Banger | Finding Frankie (Horror Parkour)
11:18 Weekly game releases & streaming schedule
11:31 Credits and Outro | Have a good week everyone!
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Articles:
Blizzard changes EULA to include forced arbitration & you "dont own anything:
https://old.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1bnizf4/blizzard_changes_eula_to_include_forced/
https://youtu.be/5YU8xw_Q_P8
League of Legends Tournament sees 32 individuals arrested for match rigging:
https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1bpo1cn/vcs_announcement_32_individuals_across_all_8/
Counter Strike tournament trophy smashed:
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/pgl-major-copenhagen-stage-crasher-trophy/
XBOX PLAYERS BEING BANNED FROM FFXIV:
https://twitter.com/envinyon/status/1774178519846670581
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/1bpl7tt/help_if_anyone_can/
XBOX MAKING A HANDHELD HANDHELD:
https://www.ign.com/articles/as-official-xbox-handheld-rumors-swirl-phil-spencer-reveals-what-he-wants-from-it
TimeSplitters, Time to say goodbye AND hello:
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/timesplitters-boss-says-cancellation-was-a-big-letdown-and-hes-likely-done-with-the-series
https://www.eurogamer.net/fan-made-timesplitters-rewind-reemerges-with-call-for-help-to-reach-finish-line
Nexon, EA, and the worst gacha game rates of all time:
https://discord.com/channels/848382479597305887/1223811563539005574
The Tetris Sequel that never happened - Reveals Creator at GDC 2024:
https://www.ign.com/articles/tetris-creator-reveals-sequel-prototype-called-tetris-reversed-that-might-never-see-the-light-of-day
Buried Alive Banger:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2597970/Finding_Frankie/
Games Coming out
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