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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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  • Future Minecraft Updates Not Coming to Older Consoles

    Future Minecraft Updates Not Coming to Older Consoles

    Mojang, the developers of Minecraft, said that the upcoming Aquatic update (or "Update Aquatic" as they call it) will be the last major update released for the last generation of consoles. That means the players left on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita, and the Wii U will no longer receive any more content updates. The plan for the Aquatic update is to have it out first for the Java Edition, Xbox One, Switch, mobile, and Windows 10 versions. The PlayStation 4 and the afo...
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  • Bus Simulator 18 Release Date Bumped Up

    Bus Simulator 18 Release Date Bumped Up

    Back in April we were told that Bus Simulator 18 would be released on June 20, 2018. Well, that was a lie. That was a damned dirty lie! The game will instead be released on June 13, 2018! That's right, Bus Simulator 18 is coming to you an entire week earlier than expected. Now, isn't that a nice change of pace from the usual news about games being delayed?
    In Bus Simulator 18 players will have the unique opportunity to manage their very own bus company either as a single-player or
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  • PUBG Disables Item Trading and Steam Market Selling

    PUBG Disables Item Trading and Steam Market Selling

    A short time ago tonight, PUBG Corp. announced that they have turned off personal item trades for all PUBG items. This also seems to include being able to buy and sell PUBG items through the Steam Marketplace.

    Here is their explanation:
    Some context: Normally, players can trade items using either the "Market trade" or "Personal trade" features. "Market trade" lets you sell items through the Steam market system. "Personal trade’" is supposed to allow friends to trade
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  • PSA: Free Multiplayer Weekend for Call of Duty: WWII

    PSA: Free Multiplayer Weekend for Call of Duty: WWII

    Just a little notice to inform you that there is currently a free weekend for the multiplayer component of Call of Duty: WWII going on right now for the PC version of the game.

    This free weekend runs from now until Sunday at 1PM (PT). It also includes a 35% off offer that runs until Monday at 10AM (PT).

    To participate, simply install Call of Duty: WWII multiplayer (direct install link for Steam) and... you know... play. Seems obvious....
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  • Dead in Vinland Demo Available Now

    Dead in Vinland Demo Available Now

    Steam users, that is to say pretty much everyone that plays games on the PC, can now download a demo for Dead in Vinland. The demo comes just a few weeks after the game was released on April 12. This here press release says that this survival management game was praised for its "gorgeous art style and challenging choices as players lead Eirik and his exiled family of Vikings on a quest too survive on a mysterious and unforgiving island."
    The public Steam demo will allow players to
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  • Jin and Akuma Added to Tekken Mobile

    Jin and Akuma Added to Tekken Mobile

    Tekken Mobile has a couple of new combatants today in the form of Jin from the Tekken franchise and Akuma from the Street Fighter franchise. The game, available now for Android and iOS devices is a free mobile fighting game with in-app purchases.
    TEKKEN Mobile fans will surely want to get in as much game time as possible to enjoy the addition of the legendary Akuma to the game’s character roster before he leaves the game at the end of May. This popular character will bring all his
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  • Latest Vampyr Trailer is Full of Action and Vampires

    Latest Vampyr Trailer is Full of Action and Vampires

    DONTNOD Entertainment released a new Vampyr trailer today that shows off how Dr. Jonathan Reid can grow in power "through savage combat gameplay." The latest "Becoming a Monster" gameplay trailer explores how you can sacrifice the very citizens that you swore to protect as the good doctor.
    In Vampyr, the greatest source of XP to learn and enhance abilities comes from the blood of London’s citizens, who Dr. Jonathan Reid has set out to save from the epidemic sweeping through the
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  • Little Nightmares Complete Edition Announced for Nintendo Switch

    Little Nightmares Complete Edition Announced for Nintendo Switch

    Bandai Namco confirmed that the Tarsier Studios horror game Little Nightmares will be released on the Nintendo Switch. Little Nightmares Complete Edition will be released in the Americas on May 18, 2018 and will feature 720p upscaled resolution and 30fps gameplay in handheld mode, and 720p native resolution with 30fps in TV mode. This release will also contain all content from the previous versions will be included. This includes pre-order bonuses such as the Upside-Down Teapot and Scarecr...
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  • Battlerite: Battle Royale Mode Announced

    Battlerite: Battle Royale Mode Announced

    What do you get when even an "action MOBA/arena brawler" jumps onto the battle royale bandwagon? You apparently get the Battlerite: Battle Royale mode that was just announced today. This new mode is slated to arrive this Summer and will combine its action MOBA roots/arena brawler gameplay with battle royale gameplay. It will feature gameplay on a map that is "30 times larger than the standard arena mode map" with up to 20 players.
    “With a top-down Battle Royale mode we’ve set
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  • Shoppe Keep 2 Out Today

    Shoppe Keep 2 Out Today

    Today sees the release of a game that is probably a lot more enjoyable than its title would suggest. Shoppe Keep 2, out now on PC, lets you and three of your friends, create and grow your own fantasy business. I mean it's literally a business set in a fantasy world like you would see in an RPG.
    Welcome to the world of Shoppe Keep 2, Customerania - a whimsical open world surrounded by rolling countryside, packed full of quaint little houses, six foot spiders, voracious wolves, angry
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  • God of War Sells Over 3.1 Million Units in 3 Days, Becomes Fastest Selling PS4 Exclusive

    Boy, it sure seems like a good week for both PS4 owners and Sony. Sony announced today that the Santa Monica Studio's recently released God of War has gone on to sell over 3.1 million units in its first 3 days of being on sale. This makes it the fastest selling PlayStation 4 exclusive ever.

    Santa Monica Studio's studio head Shannon Studstill passed along this message to fans.
    “I would like to personally thank the millions of fans around the world who decided to embark
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  • Destiny 2 is Activision's Largest PC Launch Ever

    Destiny 2 is Activision's Largest PC Launch Ever

    Activision low-key revealed that Destiny 2 is officially the "largest PC launch in Activision history based on units." They also said that it was the second highest grossing console game of 2017 in North America behind, you guessed it, Call of Duty: WWII.

    This is all according to Activision-Blizzard's proxy statement (PDF) with a nod to PCGamesN for bringing it to everyone's attention. Some other bits of information pulled from the document show that Activision-Blizzard had a recor...
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  • Battleborn Community Weekend

    Battleborn Community Weekend

    If I were to tell you that Battleborn has a new four-day community weekend coming up, what would you say? You'd probably laugh, right? Well, I looked it up and apparently there's still like 50 some people playing that game on PC, which is 49 more players than what you would find playing LawBreakers right now. Crazy, right?

    Gearbox has some stuff coming to those current players and any player who decides to once again fire up the game.
    Battleborn Day 4 is coming! The
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  • Pac-Man Stories Released for... Amazon Alexa?

    Pac-Man Stories Released for... Amazon Alexa?

    Bandai Namco announced that Pac-Man Stories was released today for all Amazon Alexa-enabled devices. Yes, the device that you interact with by simply by using your voice now has a new Pac-Man game on it that you can play. What a time to be alive.
    PAC-MAN STORIES is the very first announced project from the new BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe Innovation Department, which aims to find and develop new areas and heights in entertainment. “Voice-controlled services are an exciting
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  • The Third New Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer is Here

    The Third New Red Dead Redemption 2 Trailer is Here

    As expected, Rockstar Games released the third new trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2. I'm sure nobody is going to read these opening words anyway and will just skip straight to the trailer, embedded below, so nothing I'll say up here really matters anyway!
    America, 1899. The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs. Those who will not surrender or succumb are killed. After a robbery goes badly wrong in the western town of Blackwater,
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