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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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  • Xbox Reveals New Game Pass Titles Arriving in the First Half of January 2024

    Xbox Reveals New Game Pass Titles Arriving in the First Half of January 2024

    Some good and some mediocre arrivals headline the new additions.

    Microsoft just revealed the new titles that are being added to Game Pass in early January 2024. The list offered up on the Xbox Wire extends only until January 16th, which seems to suggest another batch of games for the second half of January will be revealed at a later date.

    Starting today, the horror-adventure game about Nikola Tesla, Close to the Sun, is available starting January 3, 2024. That is otherwise...
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  • Poll: Ever Make a Gaming Related New Year's Resolution?

    Poll: Ever Make a Gaming Related New Year's Resolution?

    6
    Yes, and I stuck to it!
    16.67%
    1
    Yes, but I did not stick to it
    0%
    0
    No, I never made a "resolution" related to gaming
    83.33%
    5

    The poll is expired.

    Resolving to lose weight is so 2000 and late.

    It's a new year and a new you. Maybe it's the same you. Either way, it's still a new year. With New Years having come and gone, it's long past the time you probably made your New Year's resolutions.

    This month's poll, and I admit it's kind of a lame one but I can't think of anything else right now, asks: Have you ever made a New Year's resolution related to gaming?

    No, I do not mean 1080p or 4K, or whatever other...
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  • Star Wars Outlaws May or May Not Arrive in Late 2024

    Star Wars Outlaws May or May Not Arrive in Late 2024

    Schrodinger's Outlaws.

    For a brief period of time, a narrowed down release window for the Ubisoft developed open-world heist game, Star Wars Outlaws, was known to the world. That window placed the game's release nearer to the end of 2024. Then Ubisoft came along and said "uhhh, no?"

    The late 2024 release window was first shared online via a blog post from Disney Parks. The mention of the Star Wars Outlaws game said simply, "Star Wars Outlaws, the open-world...
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  • Jack Black Joins Cast of Minecraft Movie

    Jack Black Joins Cast of Minecraft Movie

    The guy that starred in a TV commercial for Pitfall is set to take on another iconic gaming role.

    Jack Black is no stranger to the world of video games. His career started back in 1982 when he appeared in a television commercial for Pitfall. Black voiced the main character in the Double Fine Productions game Brutal Legend. Brutal Legend also included the song "The Metal" which is a song by Black and his rock partner Kyle Gass, better known together as Tenacious D.
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  • Winners for the 2023 Steam Awards Include Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, and Red Dead Redemption 2

    Some of the winners here sure are interesting picks.

    The community nominated, the community voted, and now the winners of The Steam Awards 2023 have been revealed! Remembering that every winner listed below was nominated and voted on purely by the Steam community, regardless of game ownership. That said: There are some very interesting winners that have been selected for each category.

    For instance, we see that Red Dead Redemption 2 has won the Labor of Love category!...
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  • Shawn Zipay's Favorite Games of 2023

    Shawn Zipay's Favorite Games of 2023

    It was the best of years, it was the blurst of years.

    2023 sucked, at least as far as the gaming and tech industries are concerned. It was an absolutely terrible year full of layoffs and "restructuring" plans across a multitude of companies. No matter how you phrase it, a lot of good developers and employees lost their jobs, and a lot of good studios were shut down and that is terrible. Hopefully 2024 is better on that front. Now, to make one of the least graceful topic transitions...
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  • A Plague Tale: Requiem Leads PlayStation Plus Games for January 2024

    A Plague Tale: Requiem Leads PlayStation Plus Games for January 2024

    The new games arrive on January 2, 2024.

    A new year, a new you, and a new batch of "free" PlayStation Plus titles arriving. January 2, 2024 will usher in a new year of new monthly PlayStation Plus titles that active subscribers will get to enjoy.

    The games coming on the 2nd include the action-adventure game A Plague Tale: Requiem, which is the sequel to A Plague Tale: Innocence. Both titles are excellent and if you liked the first title you're probably going to...
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  • Grinch Releases Full Grand Theft Auto 5 Source Code to Public on Christmas

    Grinch Releases Full Grand Theft Auto 5 Source Code to Public on Christmas

    The shared content also includes files for Bully 2 and Grand Theft Auto 6.

    It's still Christmas Eve here in the States, but in some parts of the world it's already Christmas Day. Perhaps it's that "spirit of giving" that pushed one "random British guy in the 360 modding community" to publicly release the full Grand Theft Auto 5 source code.

    News of this public release started to trickle out late in the day on December 24. It was first mentioned by...
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  • Grand Theft Auto 6 Hacker Sentenced to an 'Indefinite Hospital Order'

    Grand Theft Auto 6 Hacker Sentenced to an 'Indefinite Hospital Order'

    The hacker used an Amazon Firestick, hotel TV, and a mobile phone to steal the data.

    One of the hackers that accessed Rockstar Games servers, stole data related to Grand Theft Auto 6, and subsequently leaked the stolen data online has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Arion Kurtaj is the name of the hacker that will now be indefinitely detained at a secure hospital until it is determined that he is no longer a danger.

    According to a report by the BBC, Kurtaj...
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  • The Day Before Servers Shutting Down in January

    The Day Before Servers Shutting Down in January

    The game will have been active for just 45 days when the servers go down.

    The Day Before is the grift that keeps on grifting. On December 7, The Day Before was Released. On December 11, The Day Before developer Fntastic, shuttered their entire studio. Today, December 22, the announcement was made that servers for The Day Before will be shut down on for good on January 22, 2024. That is a mere 45 days after the game was released on Steam.

    The server shutdown was announced...
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  • Insomniac Games Shares Message Following Massive Hack

    Insomniac Games Shares Message Following Massive Hack

    The studio says that they are "resilient."

    Earlier in the week, over 1.6TB of stolen data from Insomniac Games was published online. Ransomware group, Rhysida, claimed responsibility and demanded 50 BTC for the stolen data, else they would release the data publicly. The time limit on the payment came and went and Rhysida did indeed release the stolen data to the public as they threatened to do.

    Some of that stolen data included a wealth of gameplay and details...
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  • The Finals Surpasses 10 Million Players

    The Finals Surpasses 10 Million Players

    That's a whole lot of destruction.

    Embark Studios just launched their free-to-play team-based shooter on December 7th and already the game has pulled in more than 10 million players. The Finals had a surprise release during The Game Awards on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam.

    Executive producer on The Finals at Embark, Rob Runesson, offered a big thanks to players and fans for this rather lofty milestone. Runesson says that the team is "so humbled...
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  • Steam Now Allows All Porn Game Enjoyers to Hide Their Shame

    Steam Now Allows All Porn Game Enjoyers to Hide Their Shame

    You can now safely enjoy all the hentai games your heart desires.

    If you like to play some of the adult games on Steam, and there are many, but you don't want your friends to know about them then this new Steam update is for you. Starting today, those that opt-in to the Steam Client Beta will see some new versions of the Steam shopping cart along with a new feature that will hide any game from the eyes of friends.

    The updated Steam shopping cart adds in three new features....
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  • Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Adds Smoothing Toggle to PC in Latest Update

    The update is out now for PC.

    Konami has released the 1.4.0 update for just the PC version of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1. This update unfortunately won't be available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch until some time in January 2024.

    It's perhaps for the best that the PC version got this update sooner rather than later. The PC release of the Master Collection was perhaps a tad bit worse off than the console versions....
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  • PSA: The Steam Winter Sale is Live Now Through January 4

    PSA: The Steam Winter Sale is Live Now Through January 4

    It's beginning to look a lot like empty bank accounts.

    Hey Steam users, did you know that the Steam Winter Sale for 2023 is now live and underway? It's true. You probably noticed it already the moment you fired up your Steam clients. If you are at work and did not know about the sale yet, I thank you for using your lunch break to read Total Gaming Network.

    The Steam Winter Sale is live from now through to January 4, 2024. As always, there are big, big discounts on thousands...
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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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