{"id":17982,"date":"2019-06-25T17:14:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T22:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=17982"},"modified":"2019-07-25T17:16:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T22:16:51","slug":"destiny-2-eververse-alpha-protocol-shutdown-ea-surprise-mechanics-and-nba2k19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/25\/destiny-2-eververse-alpha-protocol-shutdown-ea-surprise-mechanics-and-nba2k19\/","title":{"rendered":"Destiny 2 Eververse, Alpha Protocol Shutdown, EA \u201cSurprise Mechanics\u201d and NBA2K19!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRa_qBbk3NE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to this week\u2019s Line of Sight! For this week we have SEGA pulling Alpha Protocol from Steam, EA attempts to mislead the UK Parliament with \u201cSurprise Mechanics\u201d, NBA2K19 outrage over non skippable video ads in the game\u2019s loading screen, and Bungie overhauls items and bright dust for the Eververse Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to this week\u2019s Line of Sight! 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