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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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  • Cyberpunk 2077 'Phantom Liberty' Expansion Revealed

    Cyberpunk 2077 'Phantom Liberty' Expansion Revealed

    Get a sneak peek at the expansion coming in 2023.

    CD Projekt Red hosted a special episode of Night City Wire today where they showed off a brief peek at Phantom Liberty, the first major expansion in development for Cyberpunk 2077. This reveal came alongside the reveal and release of Patch 1.6 "Edgerunners," which is available right now for all owners of the game.

    Today's short reveal for Phantom Liberty was made by game director Gabe Amatangelo. He says that...
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  • Edgerunners Update for Cyberpunk 2077 Adds Transmog System

    Edgerunners Update for Cyberpunk 2077 Adds Transmog System

    The newly released update ties into the upcoming Cyberpunk anime.

    During the latest episode of Night City Wire by CD Projekt Red, the studio announced the release of Patch 1.6 for Cyberpunk 2077. This update is nicknamed Edgerunners Update and it takes its name from the upcoming anime, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. This is a new Netflix show that will air starting on September 13.

    This tie-in to the anime will feature some new equippable items seen throughout the show. One of...
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  • Was the Last of Us Remake Necessary?

    Was the Last of Us Remake Necessary?

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    The remake of The Last of Us was just released on PlayStation 5 and well, was it really necessary to remake a game that came out less than a decade ago? Maybe it was, but is the $70 (USD) price justified for a game that has already been released twice prior in 2013 and again in 2014?
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  • Best Ways to Get MUT Coins Fast in Madden NFL 23

    Best Ways to Get MUT Coins Fast in Madden NFL 23

    EA Sports has once again released the latest in their yearly American football sports franchise. We are, of course, talking about the latest Madden game. Madden NFL 23 was put out there just in time for the start of the new football season. EA Sports says that this year’s release is their “most polished” game in years, but as fans have quickly discovered it still suffers from a myriad of flaws.

    One aspect of Madden NFL 23 that fans and reviewers agree isn’t...
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  • The Callisto Protocol Director Deletes Tweet Boasting About Crunch Culture at Studio

    U do it cause ya luv it

    Game director on The Callisto Protocol, Glen Schofield, recently put up a tweet talking about the game's development. In the tweet, Schofield says that the team at Striking Distance Studios is working "6-7 days a week" with 12-15 (hour) days" to try to meet the game's December 2 release date. In addition, he says that this is being done while dealing with issues such as exhaustion and COVID.

    As you can imagine, Schofield's tweet immediately...
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  • Valve Says They Have Several Games in Development

    Valve Says They Have Several Games in Development

    Though whether or not any of them will be released is anybody's guess.

    In a recent interview conducted by Famitsu (via Tweaktown) with long-time Valve employee Greg Coomer, the Half-Life studio is still very much in the business of creating games. Coomer told the publication that Valve has a lot of projects currently in development.

    Coomer says, "Valve has a lot of games in development. We will continue to release games. Game development is very important to Valve....
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  • Here's Biomutant Running on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S

    Here's Biomutant Running on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S

    Get a look at some of the next-gen visual upgrades coming very soon.

    If you own Biomutant already and have a next-gen console, you may be happy to hear that a next-gen update is coming on September 6 for the open-world adventure game. On the 6th, those who already own Biomutant on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will get free upgrades to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions.

    If you do not yet own the game and you want to (we won't judge), you will be able to buy this...
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  • Overwatch, Diablo, and Call of Duty Coming to Game Pass

    Overwatch, Diablo, and Call of Duty Coming to Game Pass

    Cross-platform play also confirmed for these Activision Blizzard titles.

    Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, took not to the Xbox Wire page but rather to the official Microsoft Blog to talk about some of the changes and concerns over Microsoft's potential acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In the blog, Spencer tries to put to bed fears that long-standing multi-platform titles like Call of Duty would suddenly become Xbox exclusive.

    In the blog post, Spencer also says that franchises...
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  • Assassin's Creed Mirage Officially Announced

    Assassin's Creed Mirage Officially Announced

    The announcement comes shortly after a leak made the rounds online.

    Ubisoft has officially confirmed a rumor that sprung up less than a day ago. The company announced via Twitter that the next Assassin's Creed game will be called Assassin's Creed Mirage. They also said that more information will be coming at the Ubisoft Forward event that is planned for next week.

    Alongside confirmation of the new game, comes a single screenshot. The image shows off a character that may...
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  • 343 Industries Delays Next Halo Season, Cancels Local Co-op

    343 Industries Delays Next Halo Season, Cancels Local Co-op

    343's handling of the Halo franchise has left a lot of fans very angry.

    343 Industries released the latest roadmap for Halo Infinite today and the news is not exactly great. The roadmap showcases multiple delays, a small amount of new content, and even the outright cancellation of an anticipated feature. The ever shrinking fanbase for Halo Infinite's multiplayer have not taken too kindly to any of this.

    Right now in Halo Infinite, the second season has been underway since...
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  • The Mortuary Assistant is Being Turned into a Movie

    The Mortuary Assistant is Being Turned into a Movie


    A feature film adaptation of the horror game is now in production.

    The Mortuary Assistant is a fairly competent horror game that released way back in the far-off time of August 2022. As far as new horror games go, it wasn't exactly terrible which meant that it picked up quite the decent following from horror fans of the world. Apparently, it was popular enough that publisher DreadXP and developer DarkStone Digital just announced a film adaptation of the game.

    In...
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  • Can Counter-Strike Global Offensive Remain at the Top of the Esports Scene Forever?


    Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the best-known, most popular, and longest-running eSports games in the world. Indeed, the game from Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment has been around since 2012, which is when the eSports scene started to really kick off. Over the last decade, the industry has grown and is now worth over $1 billion.

    CS:GO has played a massive part in this success, and it’s hard to imagine it ever being tipped off its perch as one of the top...
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  • Lady Gaga Might be the Next Fortnite Concert

    Lady Gaga Might be the Next Fortnite Concert

    Assuming some leaks and rumors are to be believed.

    Several little snippets of leaks are adding up to suggest that Lady Gaga will be the next major concert event coming to Fortnite. The most recent piece of evidence pointing at this becoming a reality comes from a major Fortnite leak and datamining Twitter account, FNLeaksAndInfo.

    On their Twitter is an audio clip for an emote named "Jug Band." Jug Band is one of those synced emotes that, as more people join in,...
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  • Sons of the Forest Delayed Again

    Sons of the Forest Delayed Again

    This is now the second time the game has been delayed.

    The open world survival horror game, Sons of the Forest, has once again been hit with a delay. This sequel to the similarly themed game, The Forest, was first slated for release on May 20, 2022. It was then delayed until October 2022. Now, the game has been moved all the way to February 23, 2023.

    Developer Endnight Games announced the delay by way of a short tweet. They say that "it has been hard to pinpoint an...
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  • Ubisoft Postpones Plan to Decommission Old Games

    Ubisoft Postpones Plan to Decommission Old Games

    You can still play these old Ubisoft games, at least for now.

    In July, Ubisoft updated their list of decommissioned games to add 15 titles that would soon have their online services turned off. At the time, it was also said that access to several pieces of downloadable content would no longer be accessible by players. There was also a worry that at least one game, Assassin's Creed Liberation HD wouldn't be accessible at all, but Ubisoft made a correction on that one to say the game...
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