Developers react to Ukraine crisis, Tencent commits to carbon neutrality, ELDEN RING acclaim

NEWS THIS WEEK

• Game developers react to Ukrainian invasion, pledging support and soldarity
• Tencent investor in Epic Games, Activision Blizzard commits to carbon neutrality by 2030
• IT TAKES TWO wins Game of the Year at the 2022 D.I.C.E Awards, Australian title Unpacking wins Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game 
• Video Game History Foundation calls for more support from Nintendo for museums and archivists after the annoucement of the 3DS and WiiU online stores
• ELDEN RING is OpenCritic's top game of all time, while Bandai Namco apologises for PC performance issues
• The Steam Deck is the anti-Switch, a handheld that actually trusts you
• APEX LEGENDS is coming to mobile this week
• NIER AUTOMATA is getting an anime adaptation
• DISCO ELYSIUM  and LIFE IS STRANGE have been optioned for TV adapations
• Epic Games is making hundreds of temp testers into full employees with benefits

RELEASE RADAR

• APEX LEGENDS MOBILE - 28 February 2022
• SHADOW WARRIOR 3 - 1 March 2022
• CONAN CHOP CHOP - 1 March 2022
• GRAN TURISMO 7 - 4 March 2022
• TRIANGLE STRATEGY - 4 March 2022

SIFTER is produced by Nicholas Kennedy, Kyle Pauletto, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

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