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Ubisoft Pulls Licenses for The Crew, Makes the Game Completely Inaccessible to Buyers

From the same company trying to sell you a $130 version of Star Wars Outlaws.

From announcing a $130 edition of Star Wars Outlaws to pulling game licenses from those that bought The Crew, Ubisoft sure is on a roll this week.

The Crew was Ubisoft's open-world racing game that was pulled from sale back in December 2023. As of March 31, 2024, Ubisoft shut down the online servers for The Crew. This effectively made the game unplayable across all platforms, including: PC,...
 

Tim Sweeney Called Valve 'Assholes' in Email to Gabe Newell, Valve COO Says 'You Mad Bro?'

Tim Sweeney is always mad.

The antitrust lawsuit against Valve from Wolfire Games got a little spicy this week. To quickly get you up to speed: Wolfire claims that Valve uses its position with Steam to control game prices and muscle out competition. Though the initial lawsuit against Valve was dismissed, Wolfire amended their suit in May 2022 and the legal battle was back on.

It may have taken almost two years, but we are now starting to see some of the documents that...
 

900 People Laid Off Across Multiple PlayStation Studios

Multiple studios across all SIE regions impacted.

Sony just laid off about 900 people across multiple PlayStation studios around the world. These 900 or so laid off employees account for roughly 8% of the total workforce for Sony Interactive Entertainment.

President and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Jim Ryan, announced the layoffs to the public today. The public statement came after an email was sent to all employees informing them of the layoffs. From Ryan's...
 

Xbox Confirms PlayStation 5 Releases, Diablo 4 on Game Pass, and Future Hardware Plans

No, Starfield and Indiana Jones are not going multi-platform any time soon.

The heads of Xbox stayed true to their word and were indeed a part of a special edition of the Official Xbox Podcast. During today's pre-recorded podcast and subsequent blog post, head of Xbox Phil Spencer stated that four Xbox exclusives are going to be multi-platform releases. Is it Starfield? Indiana Jones? Gears of War? Halo?! No, no, no, and no. Though Spencer did not specify what those four titles ...
 

Embracer Lays Off 97 Employees from Eidos; Cancels New Deus Ex

Embracer's rampage continues.

Eidos-Montreal, a development studio currently under the Embracer umbrella, made the sad announcement that employees at the studio were being laid off. Eidos took to social media to confirm that 97 people have been let go "from development teams, administration, and support services".

The studio says that "global economic context, the challenges of our industry, and the comprehensive restructuring announced by Embracer have...
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  • Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 Preload is Live

    Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 Preload is Live

    Start downloading now ahead of Warzone 2.0's launch on Wednesday.

    Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 is currently available for preload, at least through Steam and Battle.net on PC. However, the console preload process might be a bit cumbersome at the moment.

    See, if you want to download Warzone 2.0 on PlayStation 5, you will first need to go to the page for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, hit the Options button to get to the Warzone 2.0 page, and go from there. For Xbox, it should...
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  • Call of Duty: Warzone to be Taken Offline for Nearly Two Weeks

    Call of Duty: Warzone to be Taken Offline for Nearly Two Weeks

    Activision says they will bestow some compensation gifts on players when Warzone 2.0 launches.

    As Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 nears its November 16 (at 8AM PT) release date, Activision is taking the first Call of Duty: Warzone offline. Warzone will be down for a period of 12 days so that the team can focus on getting the sequel launched and situated in a stable state. Once Warzone 2.0 is in a good spot, the plan is to bring the first Warzone back online on November 28 at 10AM (PT)....
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  • Modern Warfare 2 Surpasses $1 Billion in Copies Sold

    Modern Warfare 2 Surpasses $1 Billion in Copies Sold

    It took just ten days.

    It was only a week back that we shared news of how Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 pulled in $800 million in its first three days of sales. Already, this was a record-smashing sales figure for the franchise that has been around since 2003. Now, Activision says that Modern Warfare 2's record-setting ways are far from over.

    In the ten days following its release on October 28, 2022, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has surpassed the $1 billion (USD) in...
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  • Modern Warfare 2 Composer Ditches Call of Duty Due to Challenging 'Working Dynamic'

    Schachner issued this brief statement after fans began asking where the soundtrack was.

    The music composer for both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Warzone, Sarah Schachner, says that she will no longer be composing music for the franchise due to a challenging "working dynamic" with the audio director.

    Schachner did not directly name who this audio director is. However, reporting by Variety notes that the Modern Warfare 2 director of sound design...
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  • Nvidia Releases Hotfix Driver to Fix Modern Warfare 2 Flashing Issue

    Nvidia Releases Hotfix Driver to Fix Modern Warfare 2 Flashing Issue

    Get your hot and tasty hotfixes here.

    Nvidia is now offering GeForce drivers version 526.61 that should help fix a couple of issues that either popped up following the last major release or were lingering issues from before. These drivers should be downloaded for those playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 who downloaded the previous 526.47 drivers. If you did not download and install those drivers, you can probably hold off on this hotfix release until the next major driver release....
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  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Smashes Sales Records

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Smashes Sales Records

    The latest installment approached the $1 billion mark in just three days.

    The latest Call of Duty game just set a sales record for the entire franchise. In its first three days since release, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 pulled in $800 million (USD) worldwide. This makes it the biggest release for the franchise that dates back to 2003.

    Activision did not specify how many actual copies of Modern Warfare 2 were sold, only that the sales surpassed that $800 million figure....
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  • Activision Blocks Modern Warfare 2 from Steam Family Sharing

    Activision Blocks Modern Warfare 2 from Steam Family Sharing

    The change was quietly made without any announcement.

    Those playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 through Steam may have just discovered they lost the ability to share the game via Steam's Family Sharing feature. According to findings reported on by Rock Paper Shotgun, Activision quietly disabled the use of this feature just yesterday without any sort of warning or announcement.

    The change was noted on SteamDB.

    In case you are unaware, Steam Family Sharing...
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  • Modern Warfare 2 Players Need a Phone Number to Play

    Modern Warfare 2 Players Need a Phone Number to Play

    Pre-paid phone numbers may not work.

    Activision Blizzard seems to be very keen on ensuring their potential players have mobile phones. You guys all have phones, right? When Overwatch 2 launched just last week, Blizzard had a policy in place right from the get-go that you needed a cellphone in order to play the game. The catch there was that this ruled out those using pre-paid phones.

    For a lot of people, this meant that they were now unable to play the game (Overwatch)...
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  • First New Details for Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

    First New Details for Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

    Some changes include a new AI faction, new circle mechanics, new gulag system, and more.

    Some of the first details for Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 came to light today from Activision and Infinity Ward. Warzone 2.0 is being billed as a "fully revamped experience" that has been built from the ground up for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S hardware. Set to launch on November 16, Warzone 2.0 will still be free-to-play just as its predecessor is.

    Warzone 2.0 takes...
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  • Third-Person and Raid Modes Announced for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's Multiplayer

    The co-op Special Ops mode is also coming back.

    Infinity Ward revealed some additional details about the multiplayer component to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. We now know that there will be a new third-person playlist, the addition of a three-person Raid mode, and return of the two-player co-op mode, Special Ops.

    The third-person mode will drastically change the way you play. Anybody who has played a first-person shooter and a third-person game will know that third-person...
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  • Final Season for Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone Begins August 23

    Final Season for Call of Duty: Vanguard and Warzone Begins August 23

    Will feature a heroes vs. villains mode.

    On August 24, the final seasons for both Call of Duty: Vanguard and Call of Duty: Warzone will begin. On this date, there will be a new Heroes vs. Villains Community Event, Operation: Last Call, two new multiplayer maps, and a new Zombies map set in Egypt called "The Archon."

    In Last Stand, four of the most notable villains in Call of Duty history will return. You can play as or play against Raul Menendez, Khaled Al-Asad,...
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  • All Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Pre-orders Can Play the Campaign a Week Early

    That's one way to get people to play the campaign.

    Activision announces that those who pre-order Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be able to play the entire campaign up to an entire week early. The early campaign access starts on October 20, 2022, with the game's official launch date not hitting until October 28, 2022.

    This should give everyone a solid week to play through the single player campaign before the competitive multiplayer drops on the 28th. Activision says...
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  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Event Scheduled for September

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Event Scheduled for September

    A deep-dive into the next Call of Duty, plus some beta weekends to add to your schedules.

    To close out the Call of Duty League Championship Weekend, Activision announced an event that they are calling Call of Duty: Next. Next is not a new game in the franchise but rather a special event where Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 developer Infinity Ward will share tons of new details about this year's game.

    Call of Duty: Next will be held on September 15. This event will lead...
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  • Lawyer Ordered to Compensate Activision for Failing to Play Enough Call of Duty

    A lawsuit involving Infinite Warfare went nowhere in a hurry.

    In July 2022, a lawsuit against Activision Blizzard was dismissed because the plaintiffs did not play enough Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. This is part of the actual ruling made by a judge in the Southern California District Court as relayed by Kotaku.

    A report by the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati says that Activision Blizzard was sued in November 2021 by Brooks Entertainment Inc., a company...
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  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Images and DMZ Confirmation Leaked by the LA Rams

    The LA Rams didn't want to be outdone by an MMA fighter.

    Last month, our first ever look at the Yakuza: Like a Dragon sequel came from a behind-the-scenes office tour by an MMA fighter. Today, we get our first look at some of the multiplayer stuff coming with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 thanks to the professional American football team, the LA Rams.

    The leaks came from various members of the LA Rams that were treated to a special look at the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare...
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