Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

News

Collapse
 

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...
  •  
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Payday 3 Set in New York City

    Payday 3 Set in New York City

    The heist game will take place in a "living, enormous representation" of the Big Apple.

    Starbreeze Studios and Overkill Software revealed some fresh new information for Payday 3during a recent Payday 10th anniversary stream this past weekend. Payday 3 is set to take place in the Big Apple, otherwise known as New York City. Game director Erik Wonnevi says that it will take place in a "living, enormous representation" of the city.

    The events of Payday...
    Go to post

  • Top Game Releases on Steam for September 2021

    Top Game Releases on Steam for September 2021

    It's a whole New World.

    Valve just released their list of the top new games released on Steam for September 2021. In their brief blog entry announcing the new releases, they touch upon some of the hottest titles that players picked up this past month.

    These titles cover a wide range of genres, as usual, and that means there's a little something for everyone. For instance, one of the biggest releases in September 2021 was from Amazon Games and the release of their new MMORPG,...
    Go to post

  • Is Playing NHL 22 a Slick Experience?

    Is Playing NHL 22 a Slick Experience?


    Gigantic games developer EA Sports have been churning out NHL games annually since 1991. That’s right, they’ve been releasing ice hockey games yearly for twenty years,and it can’t be easy coming up with exciting new features, and tinkering with the game enough to satisfy customers on a year by year basis.

    Yet at the same time, EA will be acutely aware that ice hockey fans who play video games, will more often than not, shell out for the new game, just so...
    Go to post

  • Rockstar Games Shows Off Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition

    Get your first actual look at the games with enhanced visuals.

    On October 8, Rockstar Games announced one of the worst kept secrets around. The studio has been working on Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, a compilation of Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. These three titles have been remastered with some enhanced visuals and various gameplay enhancements.

    Today, Rockstar Games finally showed off some...
    Go to post

  • The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is Now Available

    The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes is Now Available

    There are things that go bump in the night.

    Bandai Namco just released the latest in the Supermassive Games' developed horror series, The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes. The game was released today alongside a new trailer for the game in case you were still left in the dark about what to expect in this latest entry.

    House of Ashes takes place in Iraq around 2003. Special Forces are looking for weapons of mass destruction in and around the Zagros mountains. Of...
    Go to post

  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Adds Stockholm 2021 Content

    Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Adds Stockholm 2021 Content

    Yeah, we're talking about eSports here on CS-Nation.net TotalGamingNetwork.com, what of it?

    A new update came out this evening for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, or CS:GO as the kids say these days. This update is mostly about the addition of some new content related to the Stockholm 2021 CS:GO Major Championship that is set to take place starting October 26.

    Today's update includes the 2021 Viewer Pass, Team Sticker Capsules, and Team Patch Packs that you can now optionally...
    Go to post

  • Seagate Announces New Expansion Card Sizes for the Xbox Series X|S

    Seagate Announces New Expansion Card Sizes for the Xbox Series X|S

    Two new sizes are joining the already existing 1TB option.

    Segate and Microsoft just announced that there are two additional options coming that will offer additional storage space for Xbox Series X|S owners. Near the launch of the console, Seagate released their 1TB Seagate Storage Expansion Card. Soon, they will offer a 512GB Storage Expansion Card and a 2TB Storage Expansion Card to consumers.

    the Seagate 512GB Storage Expansion Card is currently available for pre-order...
    Go to post

  • AMD Releases Fix for Windows 11 Bug that Impacted Ryzen Performance

    AMD Releases Fix for Windows 11 Bug that Impacted Ryzen Performance

    This is just one part of the fix however.

    Earlier this month, it became apparent that there were some issues with AMD Ryzen performance when using Windows 11. In fact, these issues were present since some of the earliest betas for Windows 11 but they largely went ignored until the operating system's first public release. Some testing showed that system performance could decrease by roughly 15% compared to the same hardware running on Windows 10. At the time, AMD and Microsoft said...
    Go to post

  • The First Look at Apex Legends: Escape

    The First Look at Apex Legends: Escape

    Everybody needs a little vacation sometimes, even Apex Legends.

    Respawn Entertainment debuted their launch trailer for the upcoming 11th season of play for Apex Legends. This new season, entitled Escape, shows that even a bunch of Legends need a little R&R from time to time.

    Apex Legends: Escape is slated to launch on November 2. This is your first look at the new season and a peak at some of the new content that awaits players when this update drops. We already know...
    Go to post

  • New Uncharted Trailer Shows Off Iconic Scene from Third Game

    New Uncharted Trailer Shows Off Iconic Scene from Third Game

    Hey! Hey I saw this before!

    A new trailer for the upcoming Uncharted film made its way online today. Well, it made its way online last night through a leaked, shaky cam upload by someone, but we don't talk about that here. The official release of the trailer shows off the youngster known as Tom Holland playing one Nathan Drake. It also features a mustache-less Sully played by Mark Wahlberg.

    The trailer footage should be immediately familiar to those who are fans of the...
    Go to post

  • DICE Shares What They Learned from the Battlefield 2042 Beta

    DICE Shares What They Learned from the Battlefield 2042 Beta

    Specialists are still here to stay though.

    DICE has a new and rather lengthy write-up about what they learned from the recent Battlefield 2042 beta that took place. First and foremost, the Specialists are here to stay. You may want to get used to them now because the "traditional" classes as you have come to know them from previous titles are no more.

    DICE says that they "see Specialists as the next evolution of the classic Battlefield class system that will...
    Go to post

  • Five Additional Specialists Revealed for Battlefield 2042

    Five Additional Specialists Revealed for Battlefield 2042

    New Specialists bring new abilities to the Battlefield.

    Love them or hate them, the Specialists are here to stay in Battlefield 2042. The recent beta for the game only featured four out of the ten Specialists that the game will launch with, which often made it seem like there was a lack of variety between players. Most people definitely gravitated towards the grapple hook after all.

    The other five Specialists were revealed today by DICE and they include: Constantin "Angel"...
    Go to post

  • RPG-themed Steam Digital Tabletop Sale is Now Underway

    RPG-themed Steam Digital Tabletop Sale is Now Underway

    Perfect for those that like tabletop games but also video games.

    Valve just launched their latest Steam Digital Tabletop Fest. The latest is focused on RPG games and runs from today, October 21st through to October 25 at 10AM (PT). This sale is perfect for those that like tabletop games but prefer that they come in video game format instead. It's an odd paradox, but it makes sense in a weird sort of way.

    I'm not going to pretend like I understand how you can have a tabletop...
    Go to post

  • No Man's Sky's Newest Expedition Features a Giant Dune-like Worm

    No Man's Sky's Newest Expedition Features a Giant Dune-like Worm

    But will there be any spice?

    Hello Games just keeps on delivering the goods when it comes to No Man's Sky. The game's newest expedition, Emergence, tasks players with hunting down a massive space worm, eliminating the "wretched Hungering Tendrils," and then collecting "the Vile Spawn that lingers behind."

    Expeditions were first added to No Man's Sky in March 2021. They are structured chunks of adventures that players can optionally partake of. These...
    Go to post

  • Next-gen Upgrades for The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 are Delayed

    Next-gen Upgrades for The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 are Delayed

    Fans will need to wait a bit longer for all that upgraded eye candy.

    CD Projekt Red announced that they would release a next-gen version of The Witcher 3 would be coming at some point in 2021. The studio announced this free, next-gen upgrade back in September 2020, but as 2021 is nearing an end CD Projekt Red realized that they just won't make their deadline.

    The development studio just announced that they are pushing back the release date from a nebulous 2021 window to...
    Go to post
There are no articles in this category.
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Please log in to your account to view your subscribed posts.

Follow Us On

Collapse

TGN on Twitter TGN on Facebook

Support the Site!

Collapse

Use Creator Code "Zips" at checkout for any purchase made in the Epic Games Store!

Monthly Poll

Collapse

  • Poll: Favorite Video Game Genres?
    by Shawn Zipay
    Action
    100.00%
    4
    Adventure
    75.00%
    3
    Horror
    25.00%
    1
    Party
    0%
    0
    Puzzle
    25.00%
    1
    Role-playing
    50.00%
    2
    Sandbox/Creative
    0%
    0
    Simulation
    50.00%
    2
    Strategy
    25.00%
    1
    Sports
    25.00%
    1
    04-15-2024, 01:34 PM
widgetinstance 282 (Latest Blogs) skipped due to lack of content & hide_module_if_empty option.
Working...
X