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Microsoft Shutdown Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Games

The company valued at over $3 trillion just closed several game studios.

Arkane Austin, the studio behind Redfall and 2017's Prey, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within series and the multiple award-winning Hi-Fi Rush, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Alpha Dog Games, the studio behind the mobile game Mighty Doom, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Roundhouse Studios will not be shutdown but will instead be absorbed by The Elder Scrolls Online...
 

TikTok Ban Signed Into Law by President Biden

Owner ByteDance has 270 days to sell off TikTok.

On April 24, President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that also included a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States. This ban can only be averted if the China-based company that owns TikTok, ByteDance, sells off the popular social media app before the 270 day time limit is up.

This gives ByteDance until January 19, 2025 to sell TikTok. An additional 90 day extension could be offered by President Biden if...
 

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...
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  • Returnal Appears on SteamDB

    Returnal Appears on SteamDB

    Codenamed "Oregon."

    It looks like another PlayStation-only IP is coming soon to the world of PC gaming. The looping roguelike Returnal was recently added to SteamDB under the codename of "Oregon."

    This is just the latest game that seems to confirm that the Nvidia leak from roughly eight months back was indeed the real deal. A significant number of titles included in that Nvidia leak have now turned out to be very real, including Crysis 4, God of War,...
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  • God of War Ragnarok Rated in South Korea

    God of War Ragnarok Rated in South Korea

    A 2022 release date is looking more and more likely.

    God of War Ragnarok has been rated in South Korea. This seems like a pretty decent sign that the game is on track for a 2022 release.

    This rating was first spotted by ResetEra user modiz. God of War Ragnarok was rated by the Game Rating and Administration Committee in South Korea and given an "18 and over" rating. Usually when a game is given a rating, it's a pretty safe sign that the game is complete or very...
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  • Get All Three BioShock Games for Free

    Get All Three BioShock Games for Free

    You have one week.

    This week's free offering through the Epic Games Store is none other than a collection of all three main BioShock titles. BioShock: The Collection is up for grabs right now and will be until next Thursday (June 2nd).

    BioShock: The Collection includes BioShock Remastered, BioShock 2 Remastered, and BioShock Infinite: The Complete Edition. As always, all you have to do is add BioShock: The Collection to your account before it's no longer free and it's...
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  • The Quarry Online Co-op Delayed

    The Quarry Online Co-op Delayed

    But the game itself is still coming in June.

    Supermassive Games, the studio known for Until Dawn and The Dark Pictures Anthology titles just made an unfortunate announcement today. Their upcoming title, The Quarry, will have a key component delayed until a month after the game's release.

    Though the game itself will still be released on June 10, the game will not include online multiplayer until July 8. If you had planned to play this horror title with a friend, you will...
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  • Horizon, God of War, and Gran Turismo All Getting Television Shows

    Horizon, God of War, and Gran Turismo All Getting Television Shows

    Different shows for different services.

    Sony just announced that they are making TV adaptations of three major PlayStation franchises. Included in this is a TV series based on Horizon for Netflix, a God of War series for Amazon, and some sort of Gran Turismo series (not at all pictured above, unless...) going to a currently unannounced platform or network.

    These shows were revealed during Sony's latest investor briefing that took place earlier in the day on May 26. Sony...
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  • EA Suggest Holding 'Healing Circles' Instead of Taking Stance on Abortion Rights

    Another studio too cowardly to take a stand.

    Electronic Arts is taking quite the cowardly approach to how they are handling a woman's right to abortion and essential healthcare. During a company-wide town hall meeting on May 24, EA management told staff that it could not take a stance on this issue, saying that "being an inclusive company means being inclusive of all those points of view."

    That is one hell of a take.

    Given the timing of this town...
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  • Time Loops and Space Whales Added to No Man's Sky

    Time Loops and Space Whales Added to No Man's Sky

    Latest expedition offers a chance to get your very own space whale.

    No Man's Sky "Leviathan" is the latest expedition to arrive for space adventurers. Leviathan adds in some interesting new game mechanics for players to work their way through, including a little time looping and space whales.

    I suppose technically, they aren't whales, but they are in space. They are alien leviathan creatures, but they have already been come to be seen as space whales by the community....
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  • Customizable Pronouns Added to The Sims 4

    Customizable Pronouns Added to The Sims 4

    Launched in English first.

    One of the more progressive game franchises out there just got a bit more progressive. An update has rolled out to The Sims 4 that now allows you to customize the pronouns applied to characters within the game. This is a change from the previous system that defaulted set pronouns to characters based on chosen body types.

    With today's update, players can now enter into the Create a Sim menu to choose from a couple of premade options such as They/Them....
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  • Daybreak Cancels Marvel MMO

    Daybreak Cancels Marvel MMO

    Funds will now move to several smaller projects instead of one big game.

    Last year, a Marvel MMO was announced to be in development at Daybreak Game Company. This is the same studio that made DC Universe Online which still continues to operate to my surprise.

    Daybreak's parent company, Enad Global 7, says that instead of dumping a ton of money into making one big game, they will instead spread that money out across several smaller projects. Some of these "smaller...
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  • Real Witcher School Has License Pulled by CD Projekt Red

    Real Witcher School Has License Pulled by CD Projekt Red

    The alt-right might have something to do with it, because of course.

    There once existed a real Witcher school in Poland. I say "once" because the school had its license pulled by CD Projekt Red back in February. The reason for the license getting pulled may be due to one of the school's staff belonging to a prominent alt-right group.

    The Witcher school in question was named 5 Żywiołów, or 5 Elements. It began in 2015 and held roughly 40 events over...
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  • Is Overwatch 2 Doomed to Fail?

    Is Overwatch 2 Doomed to Fail?

    Reinventing a service or game is never easy, whilst there are a few that have done it in the past, it’s often not something that turns out all that well. There’s a reason why many services have a certain formula and approach that they stick to and is proven to work. Many of the biggest genres like betting for example will seem familiar in how they operate and even in the bonuses as players can check BetMGM Registration code in Ontario for bonuses for example – operators won’t...
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  • DICE Talks Specialist Changes, Map Updates, and More in Latest Battlefield 2042 Briefing

    The latest developer briefing contains a lot that will be coming in the future.

    Members of the Battlefield 2042 development team at DICE sat down to talk about a variety of topics today. Among those topics were some art passes coming to both maps and Specialists, adjustments to Specialist dialogue, changes to animations, and some of what is coming throughout the game's first season of content.

    In addition to announcing that they are ditching Hazard Zone support, today's...
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  • To Nobody's Surprise Hazard Zone Support is Ending for Battlefield 2042

    To Nobody's Surprise Hazard Zone Support is Ending for Battlefield 2042

    This is the least shocking news ever.

    DICE announced that they are no longer going to support or release new content for the Hazard Zone mode in Battlefield 2042.

    Now, I know what you're thinking: "How could they end support for something that they never supported in the first place?" And you would be correct in asking that rhetorical question. What this essentially means is that DICE isn't going to convert any new maps into Hazard Zone variants. The mode will...
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  • Hogwarts Legacy Has Some PS5 Exclusive Features

    Hogwarts Legacy Has Some PS5 Exclusive Features

    You can feel the magic.

    The PlayStation 5 version of Hogwarts Legacy will include a bunch of exclusive features. Developer Avalanche Software detailed some of these features, including how they will be making use of the DualSense controller for the PS5.

    These features were revealed both in a new PlayStation Blog post as well as a new trailer (seen below). Avalanche says that players will see "more flexibility in combat" thanks to the adaptive triggers in the...
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  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Releasing October 28

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Releasing October 28

    The sequel remake to the remake and reboot of a game that was remastered.

    Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will be released on October 28. This is the follow-up to the Call of Duty: Moden Warfare game that came out in 2019, which was a remake of a 2007 game which led to a direct sequel, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, in 2009. Got it? Good.

    Today's release date reveal included a weird video clip and what is possibly the cover art for the game. With a literal boatload of money...
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