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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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  • Battlefield: Bad Company Series Will Return Says Director

    Battlefield: Bad Company Series Will Return Says Director

    Lars Gustavsson told reporters at a recent Battlefield 4 event that a third installment in the Battlefield: Bad Company series will happen, you know, eventually.
    "My feeling is that I would love to do it. For me, when we started the company with 1942, it was really a work of passion," Gustavsson said. "And then we worked our way through the era of different wars, and I loved them all, like my little babies. When it came to Bad Company, it was creative freedom; don't take yourself
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  • Minerva's Den Added to Steam as GFWL Removed from BioShock 2

    Minerva's Den Added to Steam as GFWL Removed from BioShock 2

    According to the Steam news page, BioShock 2 was updated today with some fairly significant changes. First and foremost, it seems as though the requirement for Games for Windows Live has been removed.

    In addition, the much loved Minerva's Den DLC has been added, for free (if you own the game already), to the Steam version of the game. That's not all, though.
    Not only that, but the Steam version of BioShock 2 includes all available multiplayer downloadable content,
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  • Terraria 2 is in Development

    Terraria 2 is in Development

    Hot on the heels of the 1.2 update for Terraria comes word that Terraria 2 is currently in development. Andrew "Redigit" Spinks shared the news with Rock, Paper, Shotgun and spilled the beans on some of what games can expect in the sequel.
    “I’m super excited about starting Terraria 2. It’s a ways out, but it’s gonna have a lot in common with the original. It’s gonna be quite different as well. I really want to expand on the whole Terraria universe.” “There’s a lot of st
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  • Lead Designer for Assassin's Creed 4 Explains PC Delays

    Lead Designer for Assassin's Creed 4 Explains PC Delays

    PC gamers should be used to this by now as Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is slated to be released after the console versions. So, what's the excuse this time? Lead Designer for the game, Jean-Sebastien Decant, explains why.
    "It all depends on what is the master version," Decant said. "If for instance, the [Xbox 360] version was the master version, or the PlayStation 3 version was the master version, then we'd need a little bit more time to adapt it for the PC. But we need to finish that
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  • Team Fortress 2 Update Includes Two New Fall Crates (October 2, 2013)

    Team Fortress 2 Update Includes Two New Fall Crates (October 2, 2013)

    An update was just released for Team Fortress 2. Included in the update are two new Fall crates and a new promotional item, The Grandmaster.

    Changelog for Team Fortress 2 for October 2, 2013

    - Added the Fall 2013 Acorns Crate #72 - Added the Fall 2013 Gourd Crate #73 - Added a new promo item: The Grandmaster - Fixed several bugs that would cause inconsistent behavior when switching between or modifying loadout presets - Fixed a bug that would cause modifying (i.e., painting, renami
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  • Xbox One Reserves 10 Percent of the GPU for Kinect and Snap

    Xbox One Reserves 10 Percent of the GPU for Kinect and Snap

    Microsoft has revealed that 10% of the GPU's power on the Xbox One is reserved for the Kinect and the system's snap mode. Microsoft's Andrew Goossen informed Digital Foundry of this system reservation.
    "Xbox One has a conservative 10 per cent time-sliced reservation on the GPU for system processing. This is used both for the GPGPU processing for Kinect and for the rendering of concurrent system content such as snap mode." "The current reservation provides strong isolation between the
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  • Day 2 of the Battlefield 4 Beta - Share Your Thoughts

    Day 2 of the Battlefield 4 Beta - Share Your Thoughts

    Here we are, on the second day of the Battlefield 4 beta and there is just one thing on my mind: What are your thoughts on the game so far?


    How are you liking "Levolution" that was talked up by DICE and EA? What about the changes made to the kit loadouts? Is it running as smoothly as you would expect it to on your system? What would you like to see added to the beta?

    In general, what are your thoughts on the beta thus far?...
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  • Valve Files for Half-Life 3 Trademark as Private Tracker Reveals 46 Developers Assigned to Half-Life 3 Development

    Earlier today, it was noticed by those at NeoGAF that Valve has indeed filed for a trademark on Half-Life 3.


    In addition, a tool used by Valve to show which staff are assigned to which project was discovered as being public just about an hour ago. The tool showed that 46 developers are assigned to Half-Life 3 with 71 developers assigned to Left 4 Dead 3.


    Things are getting exciting now!...
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