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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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  • 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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  • Everspace Enhanced Out Now on Xbox One X

    Everspace Enhanced Out Now on Xbox One X

    The roguelike 3D space shooter that made some decent waves on PC is now available on the Xbox One X. Everspace Enhanced takes everything you like about space combat and mixes it with some roguelike elements. One X users are looking at native 4K rendering at 30fps with other improved visuals, and an option for 1080p at 60fps.
    As of now, the free patch is ready for download from the Xbox Store featuring the option of rendering in native 4K resolution at 30 fps or with 60 fps and improved
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  • Shape of the World Also Announced for Nintendo Switch

    Shape of the World Also Announced for Nintendo Switch

    A new "first-person exploration" game called Shape of the World arrives in a few months on the Nintendo Switch. The game was previously announced for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, but the Switch is a new addition as of today. If you're feeling like you need a breather from your action packed games, this might be the game for you.
    You’re cast as an outsider in a surreal organic world that reacts to your presence. Travel at your own pace through a relaxing and psychedelically
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  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider Officially Announced

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider Officially Announced

    Pretend to act surprised at this news! Coming out of left field is today's announcement by Square Enix and Eidos Montreal for Shadow of the Tomb Raider! This final game in the Lara Croft origin story will be Lara's "defining moment."

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider is slated to be released on September 14, 2018 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. A larger reveal for the game will come on April 27. Fans can check out the Shadow of the Tomb Raider website for a chance to play...
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  • Game Nominations Announced for the 2018 BAFTA Awards

    Game Nominations Announced for the 2018 BAFTA Awards

    Today, a total of 45 games have been nominated by BAFTA in a variety of categories for the British Academy Games Awards for 2018. While the winners won't be announced until April 12, you can still take some time to see what games were nominated and maybe play through some of the best games of the past year.

    Just from the looks of it, games like Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Horizon Zero Dawn received a generous portion of the nominations...
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  • New Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Trailer Released

    New Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Trailer Released

    Bandai Namco released a new trailer today for the upcoming Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom. The Level-5 developed RPG sequel is slated to be released on PlayStation 4 and PC on March 23, 2018.

    The new trailer shines a light on Roland Crane. Roland is transported to Ni no Kuni after suffering a tragedy in his home world. He becomes a mentor to King Evan as he works towards rebuilding his lost kingdom.

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