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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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  • New Summerset Expansion Announced for The Elder Scrolls Online

    New Summerset Expansion Announced for The Elder Scrolls Online

    Bethesda Softworks announced that The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset will be the next major expansion for the ongoing MMORPG from ZeniMax Online Studios. Players will travel to the Summerset Isle for the first time since 1994's The Elder Scrolls: Arena. Players can obviously expect to explore this new zone, experience a new main storyline, obtain new Psijic Order skills, craft jewelry, and more. All of this begins on May 21 for the PC and June 5 on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. It...
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  • More Real Time Ray Tracing Demos from Epic Games and Futuremark

    More Real Time Ray Tracing Demos from Epic Games and Futuremark

    Fresh out of GDC 2018 come a few more tech demos showing off real time ray tracing technologies. These come just a day after Microsoft announced DirectX Raytracing along with support promised from Nvidia and AMD.

    First up is a tech demo from Epic Games. It's Star Wars themed and looks stunning, as you would expect. There is a catch, but we'll get to that after the video.
    During today’s “State of Unreal” opening session at the Game Developers Conference (GDC),
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  • Valve Discusses Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Negev Changes

    Valve Discusses Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Negev Changes

    In a blog posting that went up last night, Valve started to detail some of the changes and thoughts they have in mind for the Negev in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Some of these changes are already being tested as part of a beta update for CS:GO but they say that the changes, barring any issues, will go live soon. Their main focus right now is making the Negev a weapon that can provide adequate suppression in the heat of a battle.
    At this point it’s clear that the upside of
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  • A Big Steam Client Update was Just Released

    A Big Steam Client Update was Just Released

    Valve pushed out a rather beefy update to the Steam client. No, there aren't really any visual or layout changes in this update, but it does have a lot of improvements for the client for those across all platforms that Steam is available on.

    Changes for Steam client for March 21, 2018
    General • Reduced CPU usage of Steam when redrawing the UI, such as when the mouse is moved back and forth over part of the Library view • Improved behavior when re-installing from retail
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  • Crytek Now Taking a 5 Percent Cut from Games Made with CryEngine 5.5

    Crytek Now Taking a 5 Percent Cut from Games Made with CryEngine 5.5

    In an announcement made just today, Crytek announced that they will now take just a 5% royalty fee from commercial titles that make use of CryEngine 5.5 and above.

    This goes hand-in-hand with an update to CryEngine that introduced a "range of improvements, enhancements, new learning offerings, and full access to the editor source code."
    Creators who release games using CRYENGINE V will find development faster and easier than ever before and incur costs only after $5,000
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  • CD Projekt Red Opens new Studio for Cyberpunk 2077 Development

    CD Projekt Red Opens new Studio for Cyberpunk 2077 Development

    Joining forces with CD PROJEKT RED Warsaw and Cracow comes a new studio from the team that brought you The Witcher 3 and the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077. CD PROJEKT RED Wrocław located in Wrocław, Poland was created to help out with the development of Cyberpunk 2077.
    “Wrocław is one of the biggest and most technologically advanced cities in Poland and a playing field for serious creative talent. I think the scope of our current and future projects, as well as the overall package
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  • Vivendi Sells Entire Stake in Ubisoft, Tencent Takes Five Percent

    Vivendi Sells Entire Stake in Ubisoft, Tencent Takes Five Percent

    Back in October 2015, Vivendi began what appeared to be a takeover of Ubisoft when they purchased 10% of all Ubisoft's stocks. In June 2016, Vivendi upped their ownership to a bit over 20%. As of April 2017, Vivendi owned 25% of Ubisoft and were allegedly eyeing a takeover of the company late in 2017. Cut to the present, March 2018, and Vivendi has sold off all of their stock in Ubisoft, which represented 27.3% of Ubisoft's capital. The main buyer was Guillemot Brothers SE, meaning tha...
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  • GTA Online Got a Big Racing Focused Update Today

    GTA Online Got a Big Racing Focused Update Today

    New racing modes, five new vehicles, a new Adversary mode, and more are all speeding onward to GTA Online starting today. Rockstar is calling this update "GTA Online: Southern San Andreas Super Sport Series" and today's content update is only the beginning.
    NEW MODE: HOTRING CIRCUIT There's nothing more American than strapping yourself inside of the highly combustible turbo-charged death machine that is the new Declasse Hotring Sabre and tearing around a multi-lap track designed for u
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  • Epic Freely Releases Paragon Assets Valued at $12 Million

    Epic Freely Releases Paragon Assets Valued at $12 Million

    In January, Epic Games decided to shut down their action-MOBA title Paragon. The obvious reason being that they wanted to shift more attention on to Fortnite Battle Royale. Even though it's gone, Paragon won't soon be forgotten because Epic just released assets from the game that have been valued at $12 million (USD).

    The $12 million worth of Paragon assets have been released for free. That means that anybody using Unreal Engine 4 for development purposes can make use of any...
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  • GDC 2018: Microsoft Announces DirectX Raytracing

    GDC 2018: Microsoft Announces DirectX Raytracing

    Though the adoption of dedicated DirectX 12 games is near non-existent, that hasn't stopped companies like Microsoft from adding in new features and APIs. The latest announcement came today in the form of a new API dedicated to facilitating the creation of real-time ray tracing.

    This is a fairly simplified explanation from Wikipedia.
    Optical ray tracing describes a method for producing visual images constructed in 3D computer graphics environments, with more photorealism
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  • Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Launch Trailer

    Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Launch Trailer

    On March 23, 2018 PlayStation 4 and PC players will get to download and play the latest JRPG, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. As such, it's time for a launch trailer! And for those that missed it last week, there was a new character trailer that went up to introduce you to the character of Roland.
    All-Star Production LEVEL-5’s mastery of the RPG genre is combined with music created by the renowned Joe Hisaishi and character designs by animation artist Yoshiyuki Momose.
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  • New Behind the Scenes Video for OVERKILL's The Walking Dead

    New Behind the Scenes Video for OVERKILL's The Walking Dead

    A new behind the scenes video from Starbreeze, Skybound Entertainment, 505 Games, and Overkill takes a fresh look at some decidedly unfresh flesh in OVERKILL's The Walking Dead. The video takes a deep dive into the creation of last December's cinematic teaser trailer. The trailer, created by Goodbye Kansas Studios, showed off the game's first playable character: Aidan.
    Watch as the team goes in-depth on the creative and technical process to define Aidan’s lifelike persona and establish
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  • Sega Confirms New Sonic Racing Game; Sonic Mania Plus Announced

    Sega Confirms New Sonic Racing Game; Sonic Mania Plus Announced

    On their own, each of these would make for a really short news post. Together, however, they make for one grand news post that any Sonic fan should be excited for. Yesterday, Sega announced that Sonic Mania would be getting a special re-release as Sonic Mania Plus.

    This release will include the original Sonic Mania game, plus Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel added as playable characters, a new Encore mode, a four-player competition mode, special holographic...
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  • Yakuza Kiwami 2 Confirmed for a Western Release on August 28, 2018

    Yakuza Kiwami 2 Confirmed for a Western Release on August 28, 2018

    Just moments ago during a Yakuza 6 livestream, it was revealed that Yakuza Kiwami 2 will be making its way to Western audiences on August 28, 2018. The release will be in both a digital and physical form for the PlayStation 4. It's slated to retail for $49.99 (USD) on August 28.

    For those unaware, Kiwami 2 is a re-creation of Yakuza 2, the game that came out originally on the PlayStation 2 back in 2006. It was built on the same engine they're using for the upcoming Yakuza...
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  • Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time Announced for May 15 Release; Opening Cinematic and New Screenshots

    Bandai Namco announced a May 15, 2018 release date for Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time in the Americas. This is for both the PlayStation 4 and the PC (Steam) versions of the game.

    There is also a new video that shows the opening cinematic for the game. Plus, those that pre-order the game through the PlayStation Network will get an official theme and "the Magic Knight Grand Charion mini-game."
    Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time is a heart-pounding 2.5D action RPG
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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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