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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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  • PSA: Get PAC-Man Championship Edition 2 for Free

    PSA: Get PAC-Man Championship Edition 2 for Free

    Free for a limited time, but yours to keep forever.

    How's everyone out there doing? You staying home? If not, maybe another free game could entice you to spend more time self-isolating. This time the freebie comes from Bandai Namco.

    Bandai Namco is giving away PAC-Man Championship Edition 2 for free from now through May 10. If you add it to your accounts between then and now, it will be yours to keep forever. Free game. Keep forever. But ONLY if you add it before time...
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  • WWE 2K21 Officially Cancelled

    WWE 2K21 Officially Cancelled

    To the surprise of literally nobody.

    Earlier rumors suggested that there would not be a WWE 2K21 released later this year. That wasn't exactly the most far-fetched rumor ever out there given how absolutely God-awful WWE 2K20 was. We're talking about one of the worst reviewed games ever and the worst game released in 2020. It received only a 39% critical average with only 2% of all critics actually recommending the game.

    The confirmation comes from a First Quarter earnings...
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  • Nintendo Confirms 160,000 Accounts were Accessed via 'Hacking'

    Nintendo Confirms 160,000 Accounts were Accessed via 'Hacking'

    Nintendo themselves weren't hacked.

    Following up on an earlier report, Nintendo has confirmed that a limited number of Nintendo Accounts have been compromised via "hacking" attempts. Nintendo is currently disabling the ability to log into Nintendo Accounts through the use of the Nintendo Network ID (NNID) after they discovered that about 160,000 accounts were accessed by outside parties. Nintendo said that the IDs and passwords used were obtained outside of Nintendo and have...
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  • More Mayhem Added in Big Borderlands 3 Update

    More Mayhem Added in Big Borderlands 3 Update

    Welcome to Mayhem 2.0.

    Gearbox has released a new update for Borderlands 3 that takes their Mayhem Mode to Mayhem 2.0. In addition, there are the usual stability and balance changes that were made in the update dated for April 23, 2020.

    There is also a new seasonal event that launched today. This event is called Revenge of the Cartels and runs from April 23 through June 4. Today's update also marks the first week of the Loot the Universe event.

    Loot the Universe...
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  • Red Dead Redemption 2 Coming Soon to Game Pass

    Red Dead Redemption 2 Coming Soon to Game Pass

    Learn about having a little faith beginning May 7.

    On May 7, Red Dead Redemption 2 will be added to the Xbox Game Pass. This is only for the console version of the Game Pass and does not include the PC.

    However, with this bit of good news comes a little bit of bad news. On the same day, May 7, Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V will be removed from the Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft offers a kind reminder that your Game Pass subscription does offer a 20% discount on the game if...
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  • Horror Meets Roguelike in The Persistence

    Horror Meets Roguelike in The Persistence

    Will deliver some scares on May 21st.

    A new game that blends together survival horror with roguelike elements, The Persistence, was given a release date announcement today. The game, developed by Firesprite Games, offers players a chance to dive into a sci-fi horror experience. It is in development for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC and will be released on May 21, 2020.

    If the game and the name sound familiar to some of you, there is good reason for...
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  • DICE Cancels All Future Battlefield V Chapters

    DICE Cancels All Future Battlefield V Chapters

    No Normandy. No Eastern Front. It's all done.

    For the developers at DICE, the war is over. The team has made the decision to ditch their "Chapter" idea, which effectively brings an end to their idea that "every chapter brings a new battlefield." Originally, DICE had a grand idea to take players through a significant chunk of WWII. Their idea was to spread out the war over a series of chapters. Each chapter would take us to a new period of time and location in the...
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  • Yakuza Kiwami Available Now on Xbox One and Game Pass

    Yakuza Kiwami Available Now on Xbox One and Game Pass

    Get extreme on the Xbox One today.

    Xbox One owners can now purchase and play Yakuza Kiwami for the Xbox One. Yakuza Kiwami is a full, top to bottom remake of the first Yakuza game. In the Yakuza timeline, it follows the events of the stellar Yakuza 0 and obviously comes before Yakuza Kiwami 2. Yakuza 0 was released a short time ago for the Xbox One. Kiwami 2 will be coming soon to the Xbox.

    Both Xbox One owners and Windows 10 users that subscribe to Game Pass can download...
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  • GameStop Makes Stupid Decision to Reopen Stores Already

    GameStop Makes Stupid Decision to Reopen Stores Already

    Welcome to GameStop, where our employees are completely expendable.

    We're still in the midst of a global pandemic but that sure hasn't stopped the morons of the world from wanting to open everything back up. Speaking of which: GameStop corporate have started to reopen a number of stores around the world. They join city mayors, state governors, and a bunch of Trump supporting protesters that blindly threw themselves at an astroturfing campaign to force people back to work. It's easy...
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  • March 2020's Top Steam Releases

    March 2020's Top Steam Releases

    March was a very big month.

    Valve just released their list of the biggest Steam releases for March 2020. Included in the list of games included are games like Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Half-Life: Alyx, DOOM Eternal, and Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord amongst others.

    Valve also notes that a fair number of March's new releases also made use of the new standalone soundtrack feature that Valve rolled out recently. Some of those games that make use of the new soundtrack...
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  • Leaked Source Code for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 Resurfaces

    Code is from a 2018 leak.

    Update (April 22, 2020 at 9:18PM ET): According to a statement issued to PC Gamer from Valve, the leaked code is only for CS:GO, but it does include "very old pieces of Team Fortress 2." Valve says that they will continue to investigate.

    Valve also says that after an initial review of the leaked code they "believe it to be a reposting of a limited CS:GO engine code depot released to partners in late 2017, and originally leaked in...
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  • Metamorphosis CGI Trailer

    Metamorphosis CGI Trailer

    It's a trailer. It's CGI.

    Check out this new CGI trailer for Metamorphosis. This game is inspired by the Franz Kafka story of the exact same name. You will experience life as a talking bug and this trailer gives you a sneak peak at what to expect from the game. It's slated to release Summer 2020 for the PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One.

    You can currently add Metamorphosis to your Steam Wishlist if you are one of those PC gamers out there. The game is in...
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  • Square Enix Shares Final Fantasy VII Remake Sales Figures

    Square Enix Shares Final Fantasy VII Remake Sales Figures

    A lot. It sold a lot.

    Square Enix revealed how well their Final Fantasy VII Remake sold in its first three days. The remake of the much loved classic RPG saw a combined shipment and sale total that exceeded 3.5 million units in its first three days of availability.

    As always, the catch here is that this is a combined total that we were given. This does not differentiate between the number of copies that were actually sold and the number of copies that are just sitting...
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  • PONG is Officially an RPG Now

    PONG is Officially an RPG Now

    PONG Quest is out now.

    Atari's latest RPG is one that is based off of a game franchise that you would think doesn't lend itself very well to becoming an RPG. That is unless of course you read our first post about this game back when it was initially announced. Today marks the release of PONG Quest, a new RPG where you assume the role of a paddle and make your way through dungeons.

    Atari says that there is a Quest mode that allows players to experience a "single-player...
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  • Death Stranding for PC Delayed Until July

    Death Stranding for PC Delayed Until July

    Another delay as a result of working from home.

    You hate to see it happen, but this sort of thing is expected in our current day and age. Early in the day on April 21, Kojima Productions announced that they have delayed the launch of the PC version of Death Stranding. Originally slated to release on June 2, Kojima Productions pushed out the game's release by six weeks to July 14, 2020.

    The announcement was made through Twitter and the Death Stranding page on Steam. The...
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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
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    03-12-2024, 11:07 AM
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