The Biggest Gaming News For March 26, 2022
Saturdays are for sleeping in, so you’ve probably gotten behind on the gaming news, but don’t worry because that’s precisely what these roundups are all about. Today, we found out that Activision Blizzard sponsored an event called Women in Games that was full of creeps, Destiny content creators have been getting hit with fraudulent copyright violations, and Pokimane has been speaking out about overwork during subathons. There’s much more below, so read on for the rest.
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Chief Executive Officer of Gaming at Microsoft Phil Spencer just revealed that regular game sales are every bit as important for the Xbox as Game Pass. This of course comes in the wake of speculation that subscription services might just become a requirement for studios to succeed. "I often get asked by developers 'if I'm not in the subscription, am I just not viable on Xbox anymore?' It's absolutely not true," Spencer noted. "We look at retail. People selling games, buying games. It's an important part of our business.”
Streamers and other content creators on YouTube have been getting hit with copyright takedown requests for music and other media from Destiny 2 for several weeks now. The trick is that Bungie had nothing to do with any of them. The company revealed a few days ago that “we’re aware of a series of copyright takedowns on YouTube and we're actively investigating." Bungie announced today that hardly any of these copyright takedowns were in fact legitimate. "Over the past week, we have noticed an escalation in strikes against content creators in the Destiny 2 community, both big and small, and while some of the takedowns in the past have been legitimate violations of our established
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