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Last episode of 2021!!!!! And it's a short and sweet one too. Ubisoft making NFTs for their games, why don't they just NFT themselves at this point. 

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News

(0:50) - Judge dismisses Wolfire’s antitrust lawsuit against Valve

(2:23) - Sony is planning a new subscription service, code-named Spartacus

(4:36) - PlayStation acquires Valkyrie Entertainment

(7:11) - Bungie's toxic workplace culture

(8:08) - Ubisoft adding NFTs in games

(10:43) - Kickstarter is moving to blockchain

(12:49) - Thoughts on Ubisoft and Kickstarter news

Shownotes

Bungie Toxic workplace - https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-report-battle-soul-work-culture-harassment-crunch

Wolfire lawsuit against Valve - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-22-judge-dismisses-wolfires-antitrust-lawsuit-against-valve

PlayStation Game Pass - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-03/playstation-plans-new-service-to-take-on-xbox-game-pass

PlayStation Acquisition - https://www.ign.com/articles/playstation-fifth-acquisition-valkyrie-entertainment

Ubisoft NFTs - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-12-07-ubisoft-adding-nfts-to-ghost-recon

Kickstarter - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-12-09-kickstarter-shifting-to-the-blockchain