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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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  • Nintendo Switch

    Nintendo Switch

    Every time a new piece of kit is in the pipeline, then the rumours and hype, specs and 'leaked' photos hit our screens as the excitement builds. This has been the case repeatedly and something that we have come to accept and even enjoy. Some might ask "why all of the excitement?" That question is pretty easy to answer when you take time to consider how much we rely on our Smartphones, laptops, consoles, tablets and all the other electronic innovations we can enjoy. Browsing the internet, ...
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  • Nioh Adding Harder Difficulty in Late March, PvP in April

    Nioh Adding Harder Difficulty in Late March, PvP in April

    Koei Tecmo announced some of their upcoming content drops for Nioh, the awesome not-quite-Dark-Souls game that just released this month on the PlayStation 4. Some of these updates include higher-difficulty missions in March and the implementation of PvP in April.
    Late March – High-difficulty missions added. There are 10 types of missions, including missions with the feel of boss rushes.
    Late April – PvP implemented.
    The above updates are free to everyone that owns t...
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  • Final Fantasy XV Booster Pack Released, 1.05 Update Released, and A King's Tale Game for Free

    Square Enix released the Final Fantasy XV Booster Pack and DLC today for all Season Pass owners of the game. In addition, the free version of the Booster Pack will be released soon. The big news is the release of the 1.05 update that was released this week. This update includes music tracks from NieR: Automata, an increased level cap, and a higher framerate for the PlayStation 4 Pro lite mode.
    Square Enix today launched the Final Fantasy XV Booster Pack + DLC, now available to all
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  • CS:GO Player Uses Exploit to Spam Chat and Avoid Kicks

    CS:GO Player Uses Exploit to Spam Chat and Avoid Kicks

    Reddit has made the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive community aware of a player (or players) that has been going around to servers, spamming chat, and avoiding being kicked.

    The user is on some sort of crusade to make Valve aware of cheaters in CS:GO by going about it in one of the most ass-backwards ways possible. All that Valve has done so far is provide a small solution to mitigate the exploit that the user is making use of. In the longer term Valve is "working on a solution"...
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  • Blizzard will Drop Windows XP and Vista Support Later this Year

    Blizzard will Drop Windows XP and Vista Support Later this Year

    Later this year, Blizzard will drop support for Windows XP and Windows Vista. The announcement came via a short Battle.net announcement.
    Starting later this year, we will begin the process of ending support for Windows XP and Windows Vista in World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm. Microsoft ceased mainstream support for these versions of Windows in 2009 and 2012, respectively, but since a decent portion of our audience was still using them
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  • Nintendo Brings the Hammer Down on Switch Thieves

    Nintendo Brings the Hammer Down on Switch Thieves

    You may have seen some people claiming to already have a Nintendo Switch in their possession. Many of these people are probably media outlets but a few of them are not.

    It turns out that some undisclosed number of Switch units were stolen by a distributor of the hardware located within the United States. Nintendo didn't let that slip by, not by a long shot.
    "Earlier this week, individuals claimed to prematurely purchase a small number of Nintendo Switch systems from
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  • Two New Screenshots for Final Fantasy VII Remake; One New Screen for Kingdom Hearts 3

    Today at the Magic Monaco event, Square Enix showed off some new screenshots for both Final Fantasy VII Remake and Kingdom Hearts 3. There really isn't much here, but we have two shots for Final Fantasy VII and one for Kingdom Hearts 3 for you to take a look at.


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  • Portal Writer Erik Wolpaw Leaves Valve

    Portal Writer Erik Wolpaw Leaves Valve

    Another amazing talent parted ways with Valve today. Erik Wolpaw, the writer best known for his work on the Portal games, both of the Half-Life 2 episodes, and Old Man Murray, has officially left Valve.

    Wolpaw was also a co-writer for Left 4 Dead. Prior to his work at Valve, Wolpaw helped to write Psychonauts with Double Fine Productions. Back in 2004, Wolpaw was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and planned to quit Valve as he wouldn't be able to fulfill his duties due to a worsening...
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  • Prophecy of the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III Trailer

    Prophecy of the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III Trailer

    A new trailer is out today for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III. The trailer is called "Prophecy of War" so you can probably see the quick thinking that led to that headline.
    It’s a race to the pointy stikk as Gabriel Angelos, Farseer Macha, and Gorgutz ‘Ead’unter command their massive armies in a search for a mythical weapon that can control the fate of their races! With the Space Marines, Eldar, and Orks all hunting for the same treasure, there’s only one thing they’re
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  • Watch Five Minutes of Combat Focused Gameplay from Mass Effect Andromeda

    Watch Five Minutes of Combat Focused Gameplay from Mass Effect Andromeda

    The first in a new gameplay series of videos from EA and BioWare for Mass Effect Andromeda kicked off today in style. The first video focuses on combat and gives you five minutes of fresh gameplay footage to feast your eyes upon.

    This video has combat, it has a good look at the various weapon times you will use, it has a look at skill trees, a look at Biotics, and so much more.
    Welcome to the Mass Effect: Andromeda gameplay series. In this video, learn all about combat.
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  • 14 Minutes of Uncut Gameplay from The Surge

    14 Minutes of Uncut Gameplay from The Surge

    The Surge is an upcoming sci-fi action RPG from Deck 13 and published by Focus Home Interactive. It's got what you want in a sci-fi action RPG including a dystopian world, big bosses, crafting, upgrades, implants of the cybernetic kind, and more sci-fi technical shizzle whizzle.
    Fitted with an industrial exoskeleton, you must fight your way through CREO, equipping the spoils of combat to your suit. Take advantage of The Surge’s unique limb-targeting system to attack and cut off
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  • Top 5 Gaming Deals

    Top 5 Gaming Deals

    1. Steam
    Steam’s sales are legendary, and rightly so. They have regular promotional events, for instance at Black Friday and over Christmas, where they slash the prices of top games. It’s no wonder that each event causes such as stir among PC and Mac gamers. For example, their recent event over Christmas 2016 was offering PC bargains such as 75% off Payday 2, 67% off Doom, and 50% off The Division.

    2. PlayStation Store There are also great deals to be had on th...
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  • Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Launches June 30

    Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Launches June 30

    Developer Vicarious Visions announced that Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will be released on the PlayStation 4 on June 30. This "AAA remaster" compilation of Crash's first three titles aims to keep the games as true to their original form as possible while updating the visuals for a new generation.

    The announcement came alongside a fairly detailed Q&A with the team over at the PlayStation blog. Below are just a few of the tidbits shared, so be sure to hit up the blog for...
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  • Ghost Recon Wildlands Open Beta Arrives February 23

    Ghost Recon Wildlands Open Beta Arrives February 23

    An open beta for Ghost Recon Wildlands is coming on February 23. You and your friends can join up for some adventures in this open world land of wild...ness as you take out the bad guys. The beta is slated to run until February 27 on consoles and PC.
    Each player entering this Open Beta will get access to an exclusive mission – the “Unidad Conspiracy” mission, in which players will spark a war between the Unidad, a local corrupt militia group, and the Santa Blanca cartel –
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  • Watch Dogs 2 DLC 'Human Conditions' Dated for February 21

    Watch Dogs 2 DLC 'Human Conditions' Dated for February 21

    Ubisoft announced that the upcoming Human Conditions DLC for Watch Dogs 2 will be released on February 21 on the PlayStation 4 and on March 23 for the Xbox one and PC versions of the game.
    There’s more adventure just around the corner for Watch Dogs 2, as the Human Conditions DLC gets ready to drop on February 21 on PS4, and March 23 on Xbox One and PC. The new expansion is a meaty one, adding three new multi-mission Operations to the story and giving Marcus Holloway and his DedSec
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