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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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  • GOG Giving Free Games to Workers Affected by the Government Shutdown

    GOG Giving Free Games to Workers Affected by the Government Shutdown

    GOG.com has a special "Shutdown Promo" underway for those government employees that are affected by the shutdown of the United States' Government.

    For those that aren't employees, you can save 50% on select titles. If you are a government employee, simply shoot an email off to thanksobama@gog.com with a picture of you holding the official furlough letter you received. If you get those emails in prior to October 11 at 12:00 (ET), GOG will give you all of the titles included in this...
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  • Konami Announces Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection

    Konami Announces Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection

    On November 5, the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection will be released in the Americas for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
    Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection comprises: • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Users guide Gabriel Belmont, a holy knight charged with protecting innocents from the malevolent Lords of Shadow, as his murdered wife's spirit guides him to his ultimate destiny. Included with the first chapter are the 'Reverie' and 'Resurrection' DLC chapters. • C
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  • New Obliteration Mode Added to the Battlefield 4 Beta

    New Obliteration Mode Added to the Battlefield 4 Beta

    Earlier today, the official Battlefield Twitter account revealed that the game's new Obliteration mode was added to the Battlefield 4 beta....
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  • New 'Security Breach' Trailer for XCOM: Enemy Within

    New 'Security Breach' Trailer for XCOM: Enemy Within

    2K and Firaxis have released the new trailer for XCOM: Enemy Within in this "Official 'Security Breach Trailer."

    A rogue organization, known as EXALT, is threatening to undermine XCOM operations by acquiring alien technology for their own use. You will need to send in covert operatives to track down the source of this new threat and eliminate it.

    Enemy Within is an expansion to XCOM: Enemy Unknown. It is slated for release on November 12 for the PC, 360, and...
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  • Tactical Intervention Officially Launched... Again

    Tactical Intervention Officially Launched... Again

    This is at least the second launch of Tactical Intervention, possibly even the third time. I've honestly lost track. However, here we are with the official launch of the game and some fresh new content since the beta release and previous launch.
    New Content • Two new maps – Skyrise and Office – with more just around the corner • A brand new "Quickstarter Crate" available in the Black Market section of the shop to help New Players get started! • Recent additions to the
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  • New Thief Gameplay Trailer

    New Thief Gameplay Trailer

    The latest gameplay trailer for Thief was released today. Check out Garrett's swish hideout and more.

    In this gameplay trailer, get your first in-game look at Garrett's hideout, the dark alleys of the City, and your old friend Basso. See all the pillars of Thief gameplay in action - Infiltration, Theft and Escape - as Garrett enters the Baron's manor, grabs the shinies and leaves without a trace.

    The challenge is everything.
    As always, you can find out mo...
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  • Watch the First Five Minutes of BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea

    Watch the First Five Minutes of BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea

    The Burial at Sea DLC is rapidly approaching release for BioShock Infinite. As such, Irrational Games has released a video of the first five minutes of the DLC alongside a handful of new screenshots.

    I think this goes without saying but if you don't want any spoilers, don't watch the first five minutes of gameplay.




    We still don't have any solid idea on the release date for this DLC. Hopefully it's very, very soon....
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  • Dungeon Defenders II Shifts Focus Off MOBA and Back to Tower Defense

    Dungeon Defenders II Shifts Focus Off MOBA and Back to Tower Defense

    Originally, Dungeon Defenders II was going to be another MOBA-style game despite the original being almost purely tower defense. It seems as though developer, Trendy Entertainment, has changed their mind and is again shifting focus off of the MOBA gameplay elements and back to tower defense for the sequel.

    “We’ve been listening very closely to our community, getting feedback from fans of the first game on what they want to see in a sequel, and we realized we needed a
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  • Gone Home and Kentucky Route Zero Among 2013 IndieCade Award Winners

    Gone Home and Kentucky Route Zero Among 2013 IndieCade Award Winners

    The 2013 IndieCade award winners have been selected. IndieCade selects the best Indie developed titles from the past year and gives out awards based on various categories such as visuals, audio, impact, and much more.

    The Grand Jury Award went to Quadrilateral Cowboy, developed by Blendo Games. This is a game that may not fit into other categories but is still recognized for its "overall excellence." A couple of other games awarded this in the past have been Fez (2011) and Unm...
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  • Galactic Starfighter Adding PvP Space Battles to Star Wars: The Old Republic

    Galactic Starfighter Adding PvP Space Battles to Star Wars: The Old Republic

    If you're still involved with Star Wars: The Old Republic, you may be happy to hear about the Galactic Starfighter expansion coming to the MMORPG. This expansion finally adds 12 vs. 12 player space battles to the game.
    With a variety of unique starships, a wide set of customization and upgrade options, multiple battle zones and gameplay modes, Galactic Starfighter brings the thrill of epic 12v12 space battles to Star Wars: The Old Republic for the first time. Active Star Wars:
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  • Call of Duty: Ghosts Recommends a GTX 780 and 50GB Free Hard Drive Space

    Call of Duty: Ghosts Recommends a GTX 780 and 50GB Free Hard Drive Space

    In a bit of a "haha, what the hell" story comes the system requirements for Call of Duty: Ghosts. According to the Geforce website, the game will not only require 50GB of HDD space but they are recommending a GeForce GTX 780 video card.
    Minimum System Requirements - OS: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit - CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66 GHZ / AMD Phenom X3 8750 2.4 GHZ or better - RAM: 6 GB RAM - HDD: 50 GB HD space - Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 58
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  • Watch_Dogs May Have Some Very Steep System Requirements

    Watch_Dogs May Have Some Very Steep System Requirements

    Earlier today the PC system requirements for Watch_Dogs were briefly up on the Ubisoft store website. The requirements were since removed, possibly due to being incorrect or not yet finalized, but many people copied them down anyway.
    MINIMUM - Supported OS: Windows Vista SP2 64bit, Windows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8 64bit - Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 @ 2.66Ghz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0Ghz - RAM: 6 GB - Video Card: 1024 VRAM DirectX 11 with Shader Model 5.0 (see s
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  • Triad Wars - Sleeping Dogs Sequel Announced

    Triad Wars - Sleeping Dogs Sequel Announced

    United Front Games has announced that they are hard at work on a sequel to Sleeping Dogs. Details are scarce at present, but it seems as though the new title will be entitled Triad Wars or perhaps Sleeping Dogs: Triad Wars.

    UFG will again be working with Square Enix on the project. They hope to provide more details in 2014.

    (via UFG)...
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  • Call of Duty: Ghosts to Include Dedicated Server Support on All Platforms

    Call of Duty: Ghosts to Include Dedicated Server Support on All Platforms

    While both the Xbox One and PC versions of Call of Duty: Ghosts were already slated to include some dedicated server functionality, news broke today that all current and next-gen consoles will include the same dedicated server .

    Mark Rubin from Infinity Ward dishes the goods on how the game will use a combination of dedicated servers and listen servers.
    "Dedicated servers will be used on current gen, next gen and PC with Ghosts," confirmed Rubin. "And, in order to make sur
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  • Steam Client Update Released (October 7, 2013)

    Steam Client Update Released (October 7, 2013)

    An update has come out today for the Steam client. It includes some performance improvements and more.

    Changelog for Steam client for October 7, 2013

    Steam - Improve connection ping for selecting Steam servers to connect to on logon - Improved performance when updating lots of games metadata on startup - Added "My Games" library filter in desktop UI in case games from other uses are visible - Fixed game “Purchase” button to open the game store page - Fixed
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