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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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  • Immortal Redneck Brings Roguelike FPS Action to Nintendo Switch on May 10

    Immortal Redneck Brings Roguelike FPS Action to Nintendo Switch on May 10

    Crema's Immortal Redneck has been given a release date of May 10 for the Nintendo Switch version of the roguelike FPS. It has circle-strafing. It has bunny-hopping. It has a bunch of weapons, like 50 of them. It has upgrades. It has modifiers. It has procedurally generated levels. Yep, it's certainly a roguelike FPS.
    When the titular Redneck crashes his dune buggy in Egypt, he awakens as a mummy with guns in his hands and questions on his mind. By using classic FPS techniques like
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  • Around 50,000 Minecraft Users Infected with Hard Drive Reformatting Malware

    Around 50,000 Minecraft Users Infected with Hard Drive Reformatting Malware

    According to a report from Avast, nearly 50,000 Minecraft users could be infected with malware that was installed when they downloaded a number of skins from the official Minecraft website. Just in the past ten days alone, Avast notes that they have blocked 14,500 infection attempts. According to Avast, these skins had a malicious Powershell script embedded in the image. This script, while unimpressive in the grand scheme of things, could format your hard drive, affect performance, or even cau...
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  • Journey to Summerset Isle in New Edler Scrolls Online: Summerset Trailer

    Journey to Summerset Isle in New Edler Scrolls Online: Summerset Trailer

    A new trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset came out today that takes you all on a journey to Summerset. As you should recall, Summerset is the next planned expansion for ESO that will take you to Summerset Isle. Obviously. The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset is slated to be released on PC and OS X on May 21. The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 releases are slsated to arrive on June 5. You can pre-purchase the expansion now in order to get early access to various in-game rewards. ...
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  • Dark Souls: Remastered for Switch Delayed Until Summer

    Dark Souls: Remastered for Switch Delayed Until Summer

    Dark Souls: Remastered for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC will still be released on May 25. The Nintendo Switch version was supposed to be out on that date as well but it looks like that date has been pushed back to "later this Summer."
    The new release timing gives the development team the time needed to make sure Nintendo Switch players can fully appreciate the true DARK SOULS experience anytime and anywhere, thanks to the unique portable nature of the Nintendo Switch console.
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  • Sources Say Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 to Ditch Traditional Single-Player Campaign

    According to a report that went up today from Polygon, Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII will not feature a "traditional" single-player campaign. It will instead focus more on the multiplayer and Zombie modes.

    Sources close to Polygon said that development by Treyarch on Black Ops IIII has been going rather poorly. As a result, it seems as though the single-player campaign wasn't going to be completed in time for the game's release date, which is still set for October 12, 2018....
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  • Falke Coming to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition on April 24

    Falke Coming to Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition on April 24

    Come April 24, Falke will join the fight as a new combatant in Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition. The character was created as an alternate clone for M. Bison. Falke was then "heavily experimented on by Shadaloo and was forced to train day in, day out to achieve perfection." She can "infuse Psycho Power into objects and release it through them." This is seen primarily by how she uses her staff, which she has named Harmony. All that training caught up with Falke, throwing her into a deep...
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  • The Thin Silence to Donate 10 Cents for Every Copy Sold to Mental Health Awareness

    PM Studios and Nkiduo Games Inc. have partnered with the non-profit organization, CheckPoint, to help raise awareness for mental health. The partnership will find 10 cents of every copy purchased of The Thin Silence being donated to the charity.
    CheckPoint Organisation Ltd is a not-for-profit organization which connects mental health resources with video games and technology. More information about CheckPoint can be found on their website at https://checkpoint.org.au/. “When
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  • Explore Ivalice's Ridorana Lighthouse in Final Fantasy XIV Patch 4.3

    Explore Ivalice's Ridorana Lighthouse in Final Fantasy XIV Patch 4.3

    The 4.3 update for Final Fantasy XIV introduces players to the next piece of content for the Ivalice 24-man raid. The new content is entitled Under the Moonlight and it adds the Ridorana Lighthouse.

    Patch 4.3 includes new content such as a new dungeon, new trials, new Namazu beast tribe quests, new sidequests, and more.
    • New Main Scenario Quests – The story of Stormblood continues. • New Alliance Raid – The Ridorana Lighthouse. • New Trial •
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  • Myths Surrounding Online Gaming

    Myths Surrounding Online Gaming

    For many years, video games have been a mystery for people who don’t normally play them. When arcade games came around in the 70s, people who had never played them wondered what were the new coin-operated machines all about?! If not a pinball machine, were they some kind of jukeboxes? How much money did they make? Did they have anything to do with electronic foosball? Could they be addictive or make people sick? Even after 40 years, many of the myths associated with video games have stayed...
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  • Review: Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PS4)

    Review: Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PS4)

    How far would you go for family?
    For the past year now, the Yakuza series has been burning brightly on the PlayStation 4. We had the fantastic Yakuza 0 make its way to Western audiences early in 2017, followed up by the ever so slightly inferior but still amazing Yakuza Kiwami a few months later. Despite these games existing for more than a decade across three different console generations, these PS4 releases are the first time many of us have ever gotten to experience the amazing...
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  • Shenmue and Shenmue 2 Getting Re-Releases on PS4, XB1, and PC in 2018

    Shenmue and Shenmue 2 Getting Re-Releases on PS4, XB1, and PC in 2018

    Sega apparently announced tonight that they are re-releasing both Shenmue and Shenmue II for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC some time in 2018. People seem to be rather excited about this announcement. Also, the Steam Store listing for Shenmue I&II is already up.

    Sega says that the Shenmue I&II re-release is the "definitive versions" of both games. They will include such modern features like scalable screen resolutions, choice of modern or classic control schemes, various...
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  • Rumor: New BioShock in Development from 2K

    Rumor: New BioShock in Development from 2K

    According to some quick investigative work by Kotaku's Jason Schreier, a "top-secret" 2K studio is working on a "top-secret" new BioShock game. Schreier found this out while reporting on a story about Hangar 13 and how that studio lost its way with Mafia III.

    This should probably not come as too big of a surprise to anybody. It will be interesting to see how this new BioShock game fares without Ken Levine and Irrational Games.
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  • Virtual Espionage Action: Oculus and Twisted Pixel Announce Defector

    Virtual Espionage Action: Oculus and Twisted Pixel Announce Defector

    Twisted Pixel, the development studio behind such games as 'Splosion Man, The Gunstringer, and The Maw have just announced their next title: Defector.

    Defector is a first-person virtual reality title coming out exclusively for the Oculus Rift. You play as an undercover spy caught in the middle of some potentially over-the-top scenarios. Go loud or use your wits to accomplish your goals. It's entirely up to you and you alone.
    Inspired by the impossible missions of our
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  • Terraria: Otherworld Cancelled After 3 Years of Development

    Terraria: Otherworld Cancelled After 3 Years of Development

    Three years ago Re-Logic announced Terraria: Otherworld, an "alternate dimension" to the Terraria universe that you probably know and maybe even love. The game was going to task players with trying to restore a once-pristine world that has been "overrun by a malevolent force that has corrupted nature itself." It wanted to combine elements of sandbox gameplay with RPG elements and strategy elements. That is to say: It was essentially Terraria set in an alternate universe. Well, it's been c...
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  • What Remains of Edith Finch Wins Best Game at 2018 BAFTA Awards

    What Remains of Edith Finch Wins Best Game at 2018 BAFTA Awards

    What Remains of Edith Finch has won for "Best Game" at the 2018 British Academy Games Awards. Other big winners tonight include Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Cuphead, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and more.

    The full list of winners, broken down by category, can be found below. The full list of nominees can be found in our earlier posting or directly on the BAFTA website.

    I'll also note here that many of the games that were nominated are on sale through...
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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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    Skull and Bones
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    03-12-2024, 11:07 AM
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