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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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  • Valve Issues Cease and Desist to 23 CS:GO Gambling Sites

    Valve Issues Cease and Desist to 23 CS:GO Gambling Sites

    Valve has sent a cease and desist letter to 23 different Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gambling sites. Citing violations of the Steam Subscriber Agreement (SSA), Valve has finally started to call for the closure of these sites.

    The official document, seen below, names 23 sites that are in violation of the SSA. This comes shortly after Twitch banned PhantomL0rd and other scumbags were added to a lawsuit against Valve for gambling.

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  • #NewsBits for July 20, 2016 - Dragon Quest Builders, ELEAGUE, INVERSUS, and More Capital Letters

    I received a number of press mailings today, most of which are kind of neat! However, there are so many hours in the day and I can't spend all of them tossing up individual news posts for each of them. It's the sad reality of the 24 hour days that we live in. Hopefully, you'll be able to find something in these snippets below that interest you enough to check out. Without further ado, here are the latest NewsBits for July 20, 2016.
    Day One Edition for Dragon Quest Builders was
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  • EA Begins to Reveal Madden NFL 17 Player Ratings

    EA Begins to Reveal Madden NFL 17 Player Ratings

    Starting today, NFL rookies will get their first look at their ratings in Madden NFL 17. The top rookie picks are the first to have their ratings revealed for the upcoming football game. Over the coming days, more and more rookies will have their ratings revealed. This includes the top quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers. On August 4 and 5 the team at EA Tiburon will reveal full team and player ratings. Madden NFL 17 is slated for release on August 23 on the XB1, 360, PS4...
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  • Get the First Episode of Life is Strange for Free

    Get the First Episode of Life is Strange for Free

    Square Enix and DONTNOD are giving out the first episode for Life is Strange for free starting July 21. This free episode will be yours to keep regardless of which platform you decide to download and play it on (PS4, PS3, XB1, 360, Mac, and PC).
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  • Spread the Zombie Love with Zombie Night Terror

    Spread the Zombie Love with Zombie Night Terror

    Zombie Night Terror was released earlier today on PC. It's a quaint little game that tasks you with spreading a virus that turns people into zombies. It's really a tales as old as time here.

    The game looks to play a lot like an updated zombie filled version of the classic Lemmings games.
    Control each moment of the zombie outbreak, spreading the virus as thoroughly as possible, and lead your own zombie horde using special mutations to bypass traps, and turn uncooperative
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  • Ana Officially Joins Overwatch Today

    Ana Officially Joins Overwatch Today

    The new hero, Ana, has been added to Overwatch today. The new character is joined by some additional balances and fixes.
    New Hero: Ana (Support) After being out of the fight for several years, one of Overwatch's founding members is returning. Introducing Ana—a battle-scarred veteran who supports her teammates from a distance using a unique and highly specialized collection of weapons. Ana’s primary weapon is her Biotic Rifle, which fires long-range darts that can restore
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  • Even More Stunt Races and Vehicles Added to GTA Online: Cunning Stunts

    Even More Stunt Races and Vehicles Added to GTA Online: Cunning Stunts

    The Cunning Stunts update for GTA Online continues to deliver the goods. Another update was released today that adds in six more stunt tracks, three additional vehicles, and more.
    SIX NEW RACES The Super, Muscle, Sports, Bikes and Off-Road classes can compete, plummet and get airborne through rings of fire in a new collection of Races taking place throughout Los Santos and Blaine County: Afterburner (Bikes) A bike race thousands of feet above an urban area in the middle of t
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  • Hitman Summer Bonus Episode is Now Live

    Hitman Summer Bonus Episode is Now Live

    The "Summer Bonus Episode" for HITMAN was just released today from IO Interactive and Square Enix.

    This bonus episode includes two new missions in both Sapienza and Marrakesh. These targets are not a part of the overall story arc for the new HITMAN game.
    In Sapienza, ‘The Icon’, sees the town taken over by a film crew shooting a new sci-fi blockbuster complete with a 100ft mechanical killer robot in the middle of the town square – what sort of accidents lie in
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  • New Living World Season 3 Trailer for Guild Wars 2

    New Living World Season 3 Trailer for Guild Wars 2

    A new trailer came out today for Guild Wars 2's Living World Season 3. Season 3, Out of the Shadows, begins on July 26. More details can be found in our recent news post about Living World Season 3....
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  • New Titanfall 2 Inside Development Series Kicks Off

    New Titanfall 2 Inside Development Series Kicks Off

    The first of the "Inside Development" series for Titanfall 2 kicked off today with an intro from Titanfall 2 Producer, Drew McCoy.
    As we enter these last few months of development before shipping Titanfall 2, we thought it would be cool to give our fans an inside look here at Respawn and learn more about we've been up to for the last couple of years. You guys are the reason we exist and we love when we're able to bring you behind the scenes info and deeper knowledge on our games.
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  • Xbox One S Launches August 2

    Xbox One S Launches August 2

    Microsoft announced that the Xbox One S (Slim) will be released on August 2 in "select regions." They say that those that have pre-orders in will receive their consoles on that date in addition to being available at retailers.
    Xbox One S is the most compact Xbox yet, 40 percent smaller than the original Xbox One, and includes a built-in power supply. We also shifted one of the three USB ports and the pairing button to the front of the Xbox One S alongside the newly added IR blaster
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  • Rimworld Devs to Stop Giving Steam Keys Due to Fraud

    Rimworld Devs to Stop Giving Steam Keys Due to Fraud

    Rimworld was recently released on Steam Early Access. For those not aware, Rimworld is a bit like Dwarf Fortress but with a sci-fi twist. It's a game that tasks you with surviving on an alien planet after you crash land, building up a colony and eventually, if you so desire, escaping. Ludeon Studios was selling a DRM-free version on their site for quite some time now prior to its arrival on Early Access. The studio decided to reward those who supported them directly by giving everyone a ...
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  • Next Hitman Elusive Target is... Gary Busey?!

    Next Hitman Elusive Target is... Gary Busey?!

    A while back, IO Interactive and Square Enix held a little contest to see who would end up being one of Hitman's Elusive Targets. The vote was between actors Gary Cole and Gary Busey. It seems as though Gary Busey won the vote. Yep, Gary Busey is the seventh Elusive Target for Hitman.
    Following the successful online campaign to ‘Choose Your Hit’, where fans voted who would appear in HITMAN as a special target between two Hollywood big-hitters Gary Cole and Gary Busey. Gar
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  • Bob and Master Raven Announced for Tekken 7

    Bob and Master Raven Announced for Tekken 7

    During a special EVO 2016 announcement, Tekken Director, Katsuhiro Harada, announced that Bob and Master Raven are coming to Tekken 7. These two characters will be included in the game when it launches early 2017 for the PC, PS4, and XB1.
    Introduced in TEKKEN 6, Bob (full name: Robert Richards) is an American fighter that practices Freestyle Karate as his chosen fighting style. Possessing great strength, uncanny speed, and a wide range of attacks, Bob is one of the most well rounded
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  • Week in Review: INSIDE, Necropolis, and Battlefield 1 Alpha (July 10-16, 2016)

    This week in review will be a quick and dirty one, just like you like it. I'll be taking a quick trip through INSIDE, Necropolis, and offering my thoughts on the Battlefield 1 alpha as it comes to a close.

    INSIDE

    INSIDE is the latest game from Limbo developers, Playdead. Playdead played to their strengths in Inside, offering compelling gameplay, puzzles, a visually outstanding experience, and truly impressive audio. True to their Limbo roots, the story in Inside is...
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