Team17’s decision to dabble in NFTs has empowered employees to talk about the company’s history of workplace problems. Also: Trouble at Intellivision, Microsoft gets ahead of regulation, and SPACs run into problems…
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TIME STAMPS
- [00:01:20] – Intellivision in Trouble
- [00:27:34] – NPD for January 2022
- [00:40:07] – Investment Interlude
- [00:50:42] – Quick Hits
- [01:08:22] – Labor Report (Microsoft, Activision, Team17, IGDA)
- [01:32:33] – Nintendo Direct Trends
- [01:44:13] – Microsoft is Trying to Get Ahead of Regulation Concerns
- [01:52:56] – FAFO Award
SOURCES
- Intellivision CEO Tommy Tallarico Steps Down | IGN
- Intellivision asks fans for more money, reveals massive Amico debts | Ars Technica
- NPD Report on U.S. Video Game Spending for January 2022 | Mat Piscatella (@matpiscatella) on Twitter
- Microsoft announces new app store principles | CNBC
- ‘Scorched earth’ and big profits: How embattled gaming titan Bobby Kotick outlasts his opponents | Washington Post
- Inside Team17, following the Worms NFT firestorm | Eurogamer
- IGDA mishandled complaints of harassment, conduct violations | GamesIndustry
- Adapting ahead of regulation: a principled approach to app stores | Microsoft
- Bowser gets 3+ years in prison over Nintendo Switch hack scheme | Polygon
- Original Halo composers sue Microsoft over unpaid royalties dating back 20 years | Eurogamer
INVESTMENT INTERLUDE
- SPACs Head for Metaverse After Results in Real World Flop | Bloomberg (Paywall)
- Hiro Metaverse SPAC plans London IPO, eyes UK video games industry | Reuters
- Hiro Metaverse Acquisitions raises £115m via IPO | GamesIndustry
- NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Announce Termination of NVIDIA’s Acquisition of Arm Limited | Nvidia