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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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  • Battlefield 2042 Scoreboard Arrives March 8 with Update 3.3

    Battlefield 2042 Scoreboard Arrives March 8 with Update 3.3

    DICE has done the unthinkable and added a scoreboard to Battlefield.

    DICE just detailed the changes and content coming in Update 3.3 for Battlefield 2042. This update, set to drop on March 8, includes the long-awaited scoreboard. Yep, a scoreboard is a highlight of a patch releasing some four months after the game's initial release. What a time to be alive.

    Besides the scoreboard, this update also includes more bug fixes, some changes related to control and key bindings,...
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  • Forspoken Delayed Until October

    Forspoken Delayed Until October

    The delay will help the team focus on polish.

    Luminous Productions announced a delay for their upcoming open-world action-RPG Forspoken. The delay will see the release shift from May 25 all the way to October 11, 2022.

    The Forspoken team says that the additional time will allow them to focus on "polishing the game." The original May release date was only revealed this past December. Forspoken is a PlayStation 5 and PC title that was first announced back in 2020....
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  • LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga to Get Mandalorian and Rogue One DLC

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga to Get Mandalorian and Rogue One DLC

    These will be some of the seven planned DLC packs for the base game.

    LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is about to get even larger. The game will be getting some extended universe DLC that includes content from The Mandalorian and even Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

    According to Nintendo Everything, there are seven total DLC packs planned for The Skywalker Saga. These have apparently been revealed by Warner Bros. Games, TT Games, LEGO Group, and Lucasfilm Games today....
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  • Poll: Are You Playing Elden Ring?

    Poll: Are You Playing Elden Ring?

    5
    Yes, I'm playing Elden Ring
    40.00%
    2
    No, I'm not playing Elden Ring
    60.00%
    3

    The poll is expired.

    A simple one for March 2022.

    Maybe I'll do another poll later this month. I just wanted to get something up so that we can have a new poll going!

    So, the question is pretty simple here: Are you playing Elden Ring? I'll leave it as a simple "yes" or "no" option, but feel free to share some thoughts in the comments below.

    If you chose "yes," then maybe comment about whether or not you're enjoying your time with it. If you said "no,"...
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  • Battlefield 2042 Team Begins 'Core Feedback' System for Maps

    Battlefield 2042 Team Begins 'Core Feedback' System for Maps

    A new blogpost suggests DICE has some doubts about their 128-player count.

    Battlefield 2042 hasn't had what anybody would consider to be a "good" launch. Here we are, less than 4 months since release with a game that can't even get as many Steam players as Battlefield 4, a game that came out over eight years ago now. In terms of player count, Battlefield 2042's 24-hour peak Steam player count (2,090) sits behind Battlefield 4 (2,195), Battlefield 1 (7,498), and Battlefield...
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  • Twitch Has Banned Several QAnon Streamers

    Twitch Has Banned Several QAnon Streamers

    Twitch, like most every other sane person, is tired of the group's lies.

    Twitch just updated their community guidelines with a new section aimed at weeding out those who spread "harmful misinformation." The new section is listed as "Harmful Misinformation Actors" and some streamers have already gotten hit with the ban hammer as a result of this new policy update.

    Twitch says that this policy probably isn't going to "impact you or the streamers...
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  • John Romero Released a New Doom 2 Map to Raise Money for Ukraine

    John Romero Released a New Doom 2 Map to Raise Money for Ukraine

    All proceeds raised are going to help Ukraine.

    The co-founder of id Software John Romero just released a new Doom II level. Yes, a new Doom II level was released from one of the game's original creators almost 30 years after the game was released.

    This is a special map release. Romero is selling the level to every interested party for a price of €5.00 (or $5.53 USD). All of the proceeds raised are going to the Red Cross and the UN Central Emergency Response Fund,...
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  • Babylon's Fall Now Available on PC and PlayStation

    Babylon's Fall Now Available on PC and PlayStation

    Play alone or play with a group, either way you always need to be online.

    Square Enix and PlatinumGames just released Babylon's Fall for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. The game features a lot of combat for either solo play or co-op with up to four players in total. Sadly, for those playing solo, you will still need to be connected to the Internet in order to play.

    If you aren't entirely upset about that maybe you should check out the demo for the ...
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  • Stalker 2 Development Halted by Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    Stalker 2 Development Halted by Russian Invasion of Ukraine

    GSC Game World developers are trying to survive.

    GSC Game World, the Kyiv-based development studio working on S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, say that their current focus is focused on helping employees and their families survive the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The studio released a brief video today emphasizing the danger present within their country.

    This reveal actually came in a video that opens with a look inside the studio's motion capture work, which was recorded last week....
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  • Arcade Racer Agent Intercept Coming to Consoles on March 30

    Arcade Racer Agent Intercept Coming to Consoles on March 30

    Race around in a transforming spy car.

    Agent Intercept is an "over-the-top arcade action game with a transforming spy vehicle." The game is coming at you from developer PikPok for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch on March 30, 2022.

    This spy car is able to transfer into a speedboat, jet, and even an offroad sled. You will be racing against enemies and utilizing spy gadgets and weapons to rack up points.
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  • Capcom to Release Updated Versions of Resident Evil 2, 3, & 7 on Next-gen Consoles and PC

    These three titles are coming to PS5, Series X|S, and PC this year.

    Capcom is about to deliver a trio of survivor horror on a new generation of consoles. Later in 2022, Capcom will release updated versions of Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 7.

    These updated versions will include new graphical features like ray tracing, higher framerates, and 3D audio support. PS5 owners will also get the benefit of the Haptic Feedback and Adaptive Triggers in the DualSense....
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  • New PowerWash Simulator Content Released

    New PowerWash Simulator Content Released

    New jobs have been added, including the largest one yet.

    Those of you who like to relax by playing a game where you do work are in luck. New content was just released for PowerWash Simulator.

    Today's new content release includes four new maps, including one which is said to be the largest one created thus far by the devs at FuturLab. This update is free to everyone that owns this Steam Early Access release.

    The 0.8 update includes those four new jobs, Vintage...
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  • Massive Title Update 1.04 Released for GTA Trilogy

    Massive Title Update 1.04 Released for GTA Trilogy

    Title Update 1.04 includes a mountain's worth of improvements.

    Another massive update hit earlier today for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. Title Update 1.04 introduces a number of fixes, with many of them targeting some of the many issues dealing with textures, collision, and performance.

    This is the latest effort to attempt to address the myriad of issues that plagued The GTA Trilogy since its release in November 2021. The games released in such...
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  • Battlefield 2042 Scoreboard Update is Delayed Until Next Week

    Battlefield 2042 Scoreboard Update is Delayed Until Next Week

    At least it's only a week this time?

    In February, DICE announced that the planned February update for Battlefield 2042 would be pushed until March. This was the update that was set to include things like a scoreboard. Well, guess what? Yep, that update has been delayed again.

    DICE just announced that they are pushing the update live next week, which is a week later than they previously said. This shouldn't be too surprising to anybody who has followed the recent news...
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  • Elden Ring Director to Continue Making Difficult Games

    Elden Ring Director to Continue Making Difficult Games

    Hidetaka Miyazaki says that it's FromSoftware's "identity."

    If you don't know the name Hidetaka Miyazaki, it may be because you aren't a fan of the challenging games that he creates. Miyazaki is the Japanese game director and executive at FromSoftware and is responsible for the creation of the Souls series, Bloodborne, Sekiro, and the recently released Elden Ring.

    While there is certainly an argument to be made for difficult games to be made more accessible to...
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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...
    Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
    0%
    0
    Skull and Bones
    100.00%
    2
    03-12-2024, 11:07 AM
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