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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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  • Tacoma Delayed Until Spring 2017

    Tacoma Delayed Until Spring 2017

    Tacoma, the upcoming game from Gone Home developer, Fullbright, has been delayed until Spring 2017. Fullbright put up a blog posting explaining this change and what it means for you.
    Hey all– we just sent out a newsletter (which you can sign up for at tacoma-game.com) which included the announcement that Tacoma’s schedule has been extended to Spring 2017. We’ve made some decisions about where the game was at and how much time and attention we believe it deserves, and have decided
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  • Unreal Engine Sizzle Reel for 2016

    Unreal Engine Sizzle Reel for 2016


    Epic released a new "Sizzle Reel" trailer for 2016. The trailer gives quick glimpses at some of the new and upcoming games that are using Unreal Engine in 2016.

    As some bonus good news, an Unreal Engine 4 plugin for Google's Project Tango is also live. And finally, Unreal Tournament is playable at GDC this week. For those that haven't seen it yet, a new trailer for the new map, Chill, came out earlier this week.

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  • Danganronpa 2 Coming to Steam April 18

    Danganronpa 2 Coming to Steam April 18

    The first Danganronpa just came to steam in February, but that's not going to stop Danganronpa 2 from coming to Steam on April 18.
    Jabberwock Island – once a popular tourist destination, this now uninhabited island remains oddly pristine. You and your classmates at the elite Hope's Peak Academy have been brought to this island by your super-cute teacher for a “lovey-dovey, heart-throbbing school trip.” Everyone seems to be having fun in the sun...until Monokuma returns to restart
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  • King's Quest - Chapter 3: Once Upon a Climb Arrives April 26

    King's Quest - Chapter 3: Once Upon a Climb Arrives April 26

    Sierra revealed an April 26 release for King's Quest - Chapter 3: Once Upon a Climb, the next chapter in the episodic King's Quest reboot.
    SANTA MONICA, Calif. – March 14, 2016 – Sierra™ has revealed that King’s Quest™ - Chapter 3: Once Upon a Climb, the next installment in the new King’s Quest, is expected to release worldwide on April 26 on the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Windows PC via Steam. King’s Q
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  • System Shock 1 Remaster Pre-Alpha Gameplay

    System Shock 1 Remaster Pre-Alpha Gameplay

    Night Dive Studios released some very early footage today for the System Shock remaster that they are working on. How early? Try pre-alpha levels of early.
    After 20 years, we are remastering and re-imagining the original System Shock. We will keep the new game true to the classic experience, keeping all the things you loved, while updating the user interface and graphics to use a modern day engine (Unity).

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  • Microsoft Announces Xbox Live Cross-Platform and Cross-Network Multiplayer

    Microsoft Announces Xbox Live Cross-Platform and Cross-Network Multiplayer

    Bundled together with a few other news items comes word today from Microsoft that they are allowing for cross-network play between Xbox One and Windows 10. On top of this, Microsoft is leaving the door open for developers (and Sony) to allow cross-platform play between the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
    Cross-Network Play First, in addition to natively supporting cross-platform play between Xbox One and Windows 10 games that use Xbox Live, we’re enabling developers to support cross
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  • Fallout 4 Gets Robotic in New Automatron DLC Trailer

    Fallout 4 Gets Robotic in New Automatron DLC Trailer

    Bethesda released the first trailer today for their Automatron DLC coming March 22 to Fallout 4.
    In Automatron, the mysterious Mechanist has unleashed a horde of evil robots into the Commonwealth, including the devious Robobrain. Hunt them down and harvest their parts to build and mod your own custom robot companions. Choose from hundreds of mods; mixing limbs, armor, abilities, and weapons such as the all-new lightning chain gun. Even customize their paint schemes and choose their
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  • SteamVR Desktop Theater Mode Enters Early Beta

    SteamVR Desktop Theater Mode Enters Early Beta

    Valve announced today that the SteamVR Desktop Theater Mode is now in an early beta phase. They say that this will be "showcased at next week's Game Developer Conference in San Francisco." What is Desktop Theater Mode? It's a mode that allows VR users to play non-VR games with their VR hardware still on. It doesn't magically turn your non-VR ready games into 3D experiences. It instead probably projects a flat virtual screen or monitor that you can view as if it were a real world screen or monitor ...
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  • Hitman Was Released Today

    Hitman Was Released Today

    In case you were unaware, Hitman was released today. Well, part of Hitman was released today since it's an episodic release. So it's the first part of Hitman that came out today.
    “We are doing something bold and new which has the potential to shape how we experience AAA games in the future, ,” said Hannes Seifert, Studio Head at Io-Interactive. “Hitman is back and it’s clearly the game many fans have been waiting for, so that feels pretty special. And this is just the start,
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  • Layoffs Hit WildStar Developer Carbine

    Layoffs Hit WildStar Developer Carbine

    NCsoft confirmed today that layoffs have hit Carbine Studios, the development studio behind WildStar. Carbine issued a statement on this "reorganization" via their forums.
    Earlier this morning, Carbine Studios completed a reorganization of its operating structure. Moving forward, the studio will focus on operating and updating WildStar as a live game in the US and Europe. As part of this change, the studio has canceled its plans to bring WildStar to China. Unfortunately, as a result
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  • Quantum Break Invites You to 'Come as You Are' in New Trailer

    Quantum Break Invites You to 'Come as You Are' in New Trailer

    A new trailer came out today for Quantum Break, the Remedy developed, time-bending, not-Alan-Wake game that is coming out April 5 on the Xbox One and Windows Store.
    Jack Joyce fights for survival in a world where time is broken. With his family in danger and the world at the brink of collapse, Jack must battle the evil Monarch Solutions using the only weapon he has: time itself. Set to a haunting cover of the iconic Nirvana track “Come As You Are,” this trailer immerses you in
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  • First Gears of War 4 Screenshots from Game Informer

    First Gears of War 4 Screenshots from Game Informer

    Game Informer released a few new, never before screenshots for Gears of War 4 today. They're kind of small though. One of them can be seen below. The rest can be found over at the Game Informer website.

    All of these are reportedly from the game itself with one exception. The screenshot where an enemy is being stabbed is specifically said to be a render.

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  • Rise of the Tomb Raider Updated to Use DirectX 12

    Rise of the Tomb Raider Updated to Use DirectX 12

    One of the first games to get the DirectX 12 upgrade is none other than Rise of the Tomb Raider.
    By adding DirectX 12 support to Rise of the Tomb Raider, processors will be able to spread CPU rendering work over all CPU cores, without introducing additional overhead. This will enable users with high-end graphics cards but low-end CPU to run the game at higher frame-rates, graphical settings and other technical enhancements like never before.
    This update is available first throu...
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  • NPD February 2016: Strong Initial Showings by Fire Emblem Fates and Far Cry Primal

    The NPD figures for February 2016 are now live for public consumption and debate. Once again, the PlayStation 4 was the top selling hardware in North America. Shockingly, Far Cry Primal was the best selling software for February in the region.
    Software Sales for February 2016
    1. Far Cry: Primal (PS4, Xbox One)
    2. Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Xbox One, PS4, 360, PS3, PC)
    3. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
    4. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm (PS4, Xbox One)
    5. NBA
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  • Steam Workshop Integration Added to Killing Floor 2

    Steam Workshop Integration Added to Killing Floor 2

    Today's Killing Floor 2 update adds in full Steam Workshop integration allowing users to download user created maps and mods from one location.
    "We now have our dream modding functionality for Killing Floor 2, a functionality which very few games have. Game servers can now subscribe to user generated content that community modders and mappers have made and submitted to Steam Workshop, and the servers will auto update when the modders update their content,” said Tripwire President
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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
    100.00%
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    03-12-2024, 11:07 AM
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