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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...
 

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 ...
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  • These Are the Games Coming and Going from Game Pass in May 2021

    These Are the Games Coming and Going from Game Pass in May 2021

    Say goodbye to Final Fantasy IX and hello to Red Dead Online.

    Microsoft just released an updated list of games that will be removed from Xbox Game Pass in May 2021 and a list of new games that will be added at the same time. First up, let's take a look at the games that are leaving Xbox Game Pass for both consoles and PC on May 15. ...
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  • 97 Games Feature FPS Boost

    97 Games Feature FPS Boost

    This marks the largest drop of games to date to get FPS Boost.

    The total amount of Xbox titles that now feature FPS Boost totals a whopping 97 games. This is an increase today of 74 new titles that got the FPS Boost treatment on Xbox Series X|S hardware.

    Just as a quick refresher here, FPS Boost is an enhancement made to previously released backwards compatible titles that boost framerates to nearly double that of their original release. This is done in addition to other...
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  • PlayStation Announces New Partnership with Discord

    PlayStation Announces New Partnership with Discord

    Discord is coming to PlayStation early next year.

    Sony just announced that they are teaming up with Discord to bring the popular social app to the PlayStation ecosystem early next year. Jim Ryan, the president and CEO of PlayStation shared the news via the Sony Interactive Entertainment website just a short while ago today.

    Ryan says that there are already people at Sony working to connect "Discord with your social and gaming experience on PlayStation Network."...
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  • Two Leaked Images Surface for Battlefield 6

    Two Leaked Images Surface for Battlefield 6

    The leaks are flowing freely now.

    Hot on the heels of a massive Battlefield 6 leaked information blowout comes two leaked screenshots from the upcoming game. These images were originally quite small but Reddit user, Uberkritz2, took it upon himself to use some A.I. upscaling to increase the resolution a bit.

    You may doubt the images are authentic, but they were vouched for by known Battlefield leaker Tom Henderson just a short time ago on Twitter.

    The images...
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  • Leaker Claims Battlefield 6 to Include Day/Night Cycles and Dynamic Weather

    Leaker Claims Battlefield 6 to Include Day/Night Cycles and Dynamic Weather

    Known leaker Tom Henderson is at it again with the Battlefield 6 leaks.

    Tom Henderson is at it again with some possible new leaks for the upcoming Battlefield game for 2021. We don't yet know if it will be called Battlefield 6 or just Battlefield as one rumor suggested or even if it will be something else entirely. What we do "know" is what Henderson shared with the world just about a day ago during his latest YouTube livestream.

    The latest from Henderson comes...
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  • Crash Bandicoot Developer Toys for Bob is Now a Call of Duty Studio

    Crash Bandicoot Developer Toys for Bob is Now a Call of Duty Studio

    Toys for Bob is now working on Warzone.

    Toys for Bob, the studio that brought us the fantastic Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, is now working on the Call of Duty franchise. Specifically, they are now a support studio for Call of Duty: Warzone, the free-to-play battle royale game that just recently surpassed 100 million players.

    The studio made the announcement last night on Twitter. They say that "Toys for Bob is proud to support development for Season 3 of Call...
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  • CD Projekt Red Management Receive Multi-Million Dollar Bonuses in Spite of Cyberpunk 2077 Woes

    It's good to be king.

    CEOs and other board members of CD Projekt Red will receive multi-million dollar bonuses this year, despite the still ongoing issues surrounding their latest release, Cyberpunk 2077.

    Co-CEOs Marcin Iwiński and Adam Kiciński will each get end of the year bonuses of about $6.3M (USD) each. This is according to the company's annual report. CD Projekt Red board member and director of Cyberpunk 2077, Adam Badowski, will be awarded $4.2M in bonuses....
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  • Five qualities of Best payout Casino

    Five qualities of Best payout Casino

    There are ample reasons why people like to play Online casinos worldwide. Thousands of players play Casino online games not just as a hobby but as a passion. However, you need to be careful about selecting the casino game you would like to play. Among all imperative aspects to be considered, qualities of best payout casino UK do stand apart from the crowd. Thus, here are 5 qualities of best payout casino that anyone should look at in an online casino:


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  • Fall Guys is Delayed on Switch and Xbox

    Fall Guys is Delayed on Switch and Xbox

    However, the good news is that crossplay is coming.

    We have some bad news to share with Xbox and Switch owners today: The release of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has been delayed for both of these platforms. Mediatonic announced the delay today in a new blog update. The game was originally supposed to launch on these platforms in Summer 2021.

    Mediatonic now says that the previously announced release date was "just too soon for (them) to include all of the tasty new...
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  • PSA: Titanfall 2 is Free for the Weekend on Steam

    PSA: Titanfall 2 is Free for the Weekend on Steam

    Where we droppin'?

    For this weekend you can play Titanfall 2 for free through Steam. The much beloved game recently saw player counts high all new highs in the wake of the new Apex Legends season, so why not pump those numbers up even higher?

    To participate in the free Steam weekend for Titanfall 2, simply head on over to the aptly named Titanfall 2 Steam page. From there you are free to download the game. You have until May 3 at 10AM (PT) for the free weekend. If you...
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  • Outer Wilds DLC 'Echoes of the Eye' Spotted

    Outer Wilds DLC 'Echoes of the Eye' Spotted

    More Outer Wilds is possibly coming.

    A new SteamDB entry for Outer Wilds was spotted last night by some eagle eyes. The time looping adventure that many people seem to love may soon get some DLC going by the name of Echoes of the Eye.

    The DLC listing was spotted on SteamDB by Simon Carless on Twitter. It was then teased by publisher Annapurna Interactive and later by developer Mobius Digital Games with some eye emojis. It seems pretty safe to say that something is coming...
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  • Over 15 Minutes of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Gameplay from State of Play

    Over 15 Minutes of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Gameplay from State of Play

    Just watch it.

    Insomniac Games and Sony just shared a meaty gameplay video for Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. This was shown off as part of this evening's latest State of Play. Check it out below.

    Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is due out on June 11, 2021 for the PlayStation 5. ...
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  • Gina Gershon to Play Moxxi in Borderlands Film

    Gina Gershon to Play Moxxi in Borderlands Film

    Gershon along with others were announced today for the Borderlands movie.

    Today, Lionsgate revealed that Gina Gershon, Cheyenne Jackson, Charles Babalola, Benjamin Byron Davis, Steven Boyer, and Ryann Redmond are all joining the cast of the Borderlands movie.

    Gershon will play the role of Moxxi. Jackson will play Jakobs. In the film Jakobs is getting ready to marry Hammerlock, whom will be played by Babalola. Boyer will play the role of Scooter. Redmond will assume the...
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  • Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Cuts Salary by 50%

    Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Cuts Salary by 50%

    Half of a buttload of money is still a buttload of money.

    This morning, an agreement filed with the SEC found Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick agreeing to cut both his salary and annual bonus by 50%. Other incentives, such as the Transformation Transaction Award and Shareholder Value Creation Incentive were also eliminated. The Shareholder Value Creation Incentive was reported to be valued at upwards of $200 million in stock value, or $41 million after tax withholdings.
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  • Microsoft Lowers Store Commission on PC

    Microsoft Lowers Store Commission on PC

    A lower commission on par with the Epic Games Store.

    Microsoft made some new announcements today that show they're still committed to growing and supporting PC gaming. Among today's announcements is word that they are lowering the fee they take from each game sale made through the Windows Store from 30% to 12%. This means that they are equivalent to the Epic Games Store when it comes to the amount of commission they take from each sale.

    Microsoft says that this increased...
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