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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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  • Some Whacky Halo Infinite Armor Designs Leaked

    Some Whacky Halo Infinite Armor Designs Leaked

    These aren't your father's standard issue helmets here.

    Some more data for Halo Infinite was pulled from the recent Technical Test for the game. While there were already some leaks concerning the game's storyline, which we will not talk about here, today's leaks concerns some multiplayer content.

    Specifically, we have a look at some of the armor designs that seem to be planned for Halo Infinite's multiplayer component along with some images of maps that were not included...
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  • Abandoned Demo Delayed by Technical Issues

    Abandoned Demo Delayed by Technical Issues

    This train wreck just keeps on delivering.

    Today was supposed to be the release of the "Realtime Experience" patch for Abandoned. This is the game that Blue Box Game Studios is apparently working on. If you haven't heard about this game or Blue Box Game Studios, consider yourselves lucky. This update which was supposed to do something was going to be out at 12PM (PT) today after being announced yesterday.

    That obviously didn't happen. Blue Box Game Studios says...
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  • Idris Elba is Knuckles in new Sonic Movie

    Idris Elba is Knuckles in new Sonic Movie

    Yes, THAT Knuckles.

    Idris Elba will take on his most challenging role yet: A red echidna. That's right, Elba is playing the role of Knuckles in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog movie sequel (presumably Sonic the Hedgehog 2) that is slated to arrive in 2022. The Hollywood star tweeted out the announcement today. ...
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  • Stardew Valley is Coming to Game Pass

    Stardew Valley is Coming to Game Pass

    Enjoy the farming/mining/fishing life this Fall.

    During today's ID@Xbox indie showcase today, Stardew Valley developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone announced that the game will be coming to Game Pass. A solid release date was not yet announced but Barone said that it'll probably drop "sometime in the Fall."

    Stardew Valley is a game where you can farm, you can fish, you can go mining in caves, and you can form relationships with the townsfolk. It was first...
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  • Dr Disrespect is Starting His Own Development Studio

    Dr Disrespect is Starting His Own Development Studio

    What happens when "mega influencers" come together to form a game?

    A new game development studio is being cooked up by Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm. This was revealed via a job posting on his website (via PC Gamer). Beahm is currently searching for someone to lead a new gaming studio that has the aim of teaming up "with a select list of mega influencers" in order to create "their dream gaming title."

    The job listing continues on to...
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  • Godfall Hits PlayStation 4; New Expansion Released

    Godfall Hits PlayStation 4; New Expansion Released

    Now PlayStation 4 owners will get to fell a God.

    The PlayStation 4 release of Godfall is now available courtesy of Gearbox. While I don't know anybody personally that has been clamoring for Godfall to be released on the PlayStation 4, I'm sure there are some people out there. You know, somewhere. Players on the PS4 and PS5 will be able to party-up together with friends via PlayStation Network.

    Godfall is a game where you will battle your way through a bunch of enemies...
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  • Online Gambling in the US using PayPal

    Online Gambling in the US using PayPal

    Online gambling is the internet version of betting in a land-based casino. The player has to be online using their gadgets before they can wager. Games such as poker, slots, casino, and sports can be played here.

    Online casinos in general offer lots of promos and bonuses and payback percentages which are higher than land-based casinos while enjoying the same kind of games and entertainment we experience in a real casino minus the atmosphere.


    Two categories of online...
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  • Trailer for Cancelled Duke Nukem Begins Appears Online

    Trailer for Cancelled Duke Nukem Begins Appears Online

    Third-person Duke and four-player co-op looked like the main focuses.

    A trailer for the cancelled, and probably long-forgotten about, Duke Nukem Begins has surfaced online. The game was in the works at Gearbox around 2008 when it was cancelled, probably due to legal issues surrounding the use of the IP, which is a battle that is still raging even now.

    Animation studio Janimation was hired by Gearbox to put together a cinematic trailer for the game before it was scrapped....
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  • No Man's Sky Turns Five; New Frontiers Add-on Revealed

    No Man's Sky Turns Five; New Frontiers Add-on Revealed

    Five years and one impressive glow up later...

    Hello Games is celebrating its fifth anniversary since the release of No Man's Sky. The open world universe space sim game was first released back on August 12, 2016 to some less than favorable opinions. Since then, the team at Hello Games has worked relentlessly to turn No Man's Sky into one of the best must-have games of all time.

    A new post hit the PlayStation Blog today by Sean Murray. In the entry, Murray talks about...
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  • Forza Horizon 5's Full Map Revealed

    Forza Horizon 5's Full Map Revealed

    Where do you want to drive today?

    Developer Playground Games has just revealed the full map for their upcoming open-world racing game, Forza Horizon 5. Just as you probably expected, the map is absolutely massive.

    The studio revealed the map via Twitter earlier today. It includes a look at some of the location names you will get to experience. It also includes a look at the different biomes that Playground Games talked about in detail just a couple of weeks back. It should...
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  • Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Gets a Nice Series X Optimization Update

    Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Gets a Nice Series X Optimization Update

    Visual improvements, faster loading, and a chapter select.

    One of the best games released in 2017, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, has been updated today with a special optimization patch for the Xbox Series X|S. Developer Ninja Theory released an update that improves some of the game's visuals, including the addition of ray tracing.

    Today's update bumps the resolution up to 4K with framerates that make use of the system's 120Hz mode. Ray tracing is available on both the...
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  • Xbox Confirms Gamescom Showcase

    Xbox Confirms Gamescom Showcase

    Just don't expect to see any new games.

    Xbox has confirmed that it will be holding a Gamescom stream on August 24. It will show off "new looks at upcoming games." The event will begin on August 24 at 10AM (PT). From the sounds of things, this event seems like it'll focus on games that have already been announced by the studio. The whole event takes place before the official start of Gamescom on August 25.

    A post on the Xbox blog says that fans will get "in-depth...
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  • Fans are Remaking Team Fortress 2 in Source 2

    Fans are Remaking Team Fortress 2 in Source 2

    A group of modders are working together to update the game they love.

    Facepunch Studios is hard at work developing a spiritual Garry's Mod successor that they're calling s&box. The sandbox style game started life out as an Unreal Engine project but has since swapped to using Source 2, the engine developed by Valve that is currently in use in games like Dota 2 and Half-Life: Alyx.

    Thanks to the limited public availability of s&box to eager developers, Source 2 is...
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  • Here is Ariana Grande's Full Fortnite Concert

    Here is Ariana Grande's Full Fortnite Concert

    In case you don't want to download the game.

    This evening included the first of five planned showings of a virtual Ariana Grande concert in Fortnite. This is being called the Rift Tour and while you still have at least four more opportunities to catch the show live, I understand that not everyone really cares enough to download Fortnite just for a short virtual concert.

    That's totally fine because we have you covered. Some viewers that caught the first show recorded the...
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  • More of Blizzard's 'Frat Boy' Culture Revealed in New Report

    More of Blizzard's 'Frat Boy' Culture Revealed in New Report

    The toxic culture extends far into Blizzard's past but the merger with Activision just made it worse.

    A new report from Bloomberg has uncovered even more details about the "frat boy" like culture that has been festering for years at Activision Blizzard. This includes an incident from 2018 involving then Blizzard chief information officer Derrick Ingalls. While addressing the departure of chief technology officer Ben Kilgore, Ingalls made a crude joke about having sex with...
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