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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...
 

Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 People from Gaming Divisions

Impacted teams include Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.

Layoffs are happening again within Microsoft as roughly 1,900 employees are being let go. The initial report comes from an IGN report that says the layoffs hit Microsoft owned Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.

Xbox lead Phil Spencer sent out a memo to staff which announced these layoffs. In the memo, Spencer says that as Microsoft is "committed to aligning on a strategy and an execution plan with...
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  • Ghostbusters: Spirts Unleashed Dated for October 18

    Ghostbusters: Spirts Unleashed Dated for October 18

    There's nothing better than busting with a group of friends.

    Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed is a 4v1 haunt or be haunted asymmetrical multiplayer game. This one is from IllFonic, the studio that brought you the equally asymmetrical Friday the 13th: The Game.

    Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed will be out on October 18, 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via the Epic Games Store. Pre-orders for digital copies of the game have also started...
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  • A Plague Tale: Requiem Gamescom Gameplay Trailer

    A Plague Tale: Requiem Gamescom Gameplay Trailer

    The sequel will also be playable at Gamescom.

    Asobo Studio and Focus Entertainment shared a new gameplay overview trailer for A Plague Tale: Requiem today. The follow-up to A Plague Tale: Innocence is also said to be present at Gamescom, which runs from August 24-28. Those going to Gamescom will get a chance to go hands-on with a playable demo.

    The public will get access to the same level shown at the Tribeca Festival when it was shown there in June. The press attending...
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  • Dead Island 2 Release Date, Screenshots, Cover, and Story Details Leaked on Amazon

    Dead Island 2 seems to be back from the dead... again.

    Dead Island 2 was announced way back at E3 2014. The announcement trailer was pretty great. It was supposed to be out Spring 2015. Then it was delayed until 2016. Then the Dead Island 2 developer, Yager, was dropped by Deep Silver. Then in 2016 it was reported that Sumo Digital took over the development of Dead Island 2. Then in 2019, Sumo Digital partnered with 2K for some mystery projects, with at least one presumed to be Dead...
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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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  • Elden Ring Surpasses 16.6 Million Copies Sold

    Elden Ring Surpasses 16.6 Million Copies Sold

    Another huge milestone reached by Elden Ring.

    Elden Ring continues to grow its status as FromSoftware's most successful game to date. In May, we learned that Elden Ring sold 13.4 million copies just in its first month of availability. Already, that made it FromSoftware's biggest game release ever.

    Today, Gematsu shared the latest sales figures on this open-world action-RPG. So far, Elden Ring has sold 16.6 million copies. This was revealed as part of Bandai Namco's latest...
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  • Embracer Acquires The Lord of the Rings, Tripwire Interactive, and Several Other Companies

    The one company to rule them all. We are all Embracer now.

    Last night around midnight (ET) that Embracer Group made several acquisition announcements that have been turning heads all day. First off, Embracer says that they have acquired the rights to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien through its acquisition of Middle-earth Enterprises.

    Middle-earth Enterprises is a company that holds the licensing rights to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and other...
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  • EA Honors Massive FIFA 23 Pricing Error

    EA Honors Massive FIFA 23 Pricing Error

    A discount of almost 99.9% will be honored by EA.

    For a brief period of time, pre-orders of FIFA 23 went on sale via the Epic Games Store in India for just 4.80 rupees. A quick conversion turns those 4.80 rupees into just $0.06 (USD).

    If this price error wasn't bad enough, it wasn't for the basic version of FIFA 23, which retails for 3,499 rupees (or about $44 USD). The pricing error was actually for the Ultimate Edition of FIFA 23, which normally retailed for 4,799 rupees...
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  • Nexusmods Bans Mods Replacing Pride Flags

    Nexusmods Bans Mods Replacing Pride Flags

    The world's biggest modding site won't tolerate the intolerant.

    Spider-Man Remastered recently released on PC and, for the most part, people have been enjoying the game without issue. Of course, there was at least one person that didn't much like the depiction of a handful of Pride flags present in the game. This person created a mod that replaces the Pride flags with the American flag, aka the Stars and Stripes.

    The mod was uploaded to Nexusmods, which is arguably the...
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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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  • Bungie Details Arc 3.0 Subclass Changes for Destiny 2

    Bungie Details Arc 3.0 Subclass Changes for Destiny 2

    Like with Solar and Void, Arc is also getting a major overhaul in Destiny 2.

    Today, Bungie blew the lid off of the big changes that are coming to the Arc subclass for Destiny 2 Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks. Dubbed Arc 3.0, this is the latest effort by Bungie to get all of the old subclasses up to the same level of refinement and freedom of choice that was first introduced with the addition of the Stasis subclass in Destiny 2: Beyond Light.

    The Arc 3.0 subclass update...
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  • First Story DLC Teased for Dying Light 2

    First Story DLC Teased for Dying Light 2

    Get a look at the upcoming story DLC in a "blink and you'll miss it" teaser.

    Techland just released a new teaser trailer for the first story DLC coming to Dying Light 2 Stay Human. The new DLC is entitled Bloody Ties and while today's teaser really does not show much at all, there will be more revealed on August 23 during Gamescom Opening Night Live.

    The only other thing that today's press release mentions is a place called "Carnage Hall" and "true...
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  • World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Classic Pre-Patch Goes Live August 30

    The Lich King's arrival begins again at the end of the month.

    Blizzard announces that the pre-patch for Wrath of the Lich King Classic for World of Warcraft Classic will go live on August 30. This will set in motion a series of events that will eventually lead up to the launch of the full Wrath of the Lich King Classic on September 26.

    Blizzard provided a look at the exact dates on their pre-patch announcement page on what all will be happening in the MMORPG and when....
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  • AMD to Reveal Future Ryzen CPUs on August 29

    AMD to Reveal Future Ryzen CPUs on August 29

    The next generation of computer processors from AMD to be fully revealed later this month.

    If you are waiting for "the next big thing" in terms of computer hardware, you should probably stop doing that because you'll never upgrade. However, if you insist on waiting, you may want to hold off until August 29 to determine your near-future PC upgrades because AMD will have a big livestream to show off their Zen 4 CPUs.

    AMD has been dishing out some details about...
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  • Life is Strange Arcadia Bay Collection Hits Switch on September 27

    Life is Strange Arcadia Bay Collection Hits Switch on September 27

    You know, Chloe, life really is strange on the Nintendo Switch.

    Square Enix gave a September 27, 2022 release date for Life is Strange Arcadia Bay Collection for the Nintendo Switch. Pre-orders for the physical version of this release are available right now.

    As you probably already figured out, this release includes both Life is Strange Remastered in addition to Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Both games are included in this package deal. The games are the remastered...
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  • Way of the Hunter is Now Available

    Way of the Hunter is Now Available

    This beautiful looking hunting game is available now.

    Today, you will become the new owner of Bear Den Ranch. Congratulations! Now, head out into the open-world and start hunting. Way of the Hunter is out today for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. I don't play hunting games, but this one looks rather amazing, at least visually.

    In Way of the Hunter, you will... hunt. You will also make use of highly realistic weapons, play through a story, "face the challenges...
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  • Poll: What is 2024's Biggest Gaming Disappointment So Far?
    by Shawn Zipay
    It's AAAA vs WB.

    March isn't even over yet and we've already seen a couple of stinkers come out from major gaming studios. While we tend to focus on the surprise hits or quality titles in these polls, this time it's a little bit different.

    Between the Rocksteady developed live-service Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and the "AAAA" quality Ubisoft developed Skull and Bones: Which is the bigger disappointment for you?

    Playing these games isn't...
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