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Microsoft Shutdown Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Games, and Roundhouse Games

The company valued at over $3 trillion just closed several game studios.

Arkane Austin, the studio behind Redfall and 2017's Prey, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Tango Gameworks, the studio behind The Evil Within series and the multiple award-winning Hi-Fi Rush, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Alpha Dog Games, the studio behind the mobile game Mighty Doom, has been shutdown by Microsoft. Roundhouse Studios will not be shutdown but will instead be absorbed by The Elder Scrolls Online...
 

TikTok Ban Signed Into Law by President Biden

Owner ByteDance has 270 days to sell off TikTok.

On April 24, President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that also included a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States. This ban can only be averted if the China-based company that owns TikTok, ByteDance, sells off the popular social media app before the 270 day time limit is up.

This gives ByteDance until January 19, 2025 to sell TikTok. An additional 90 day extension could be offered by President Biden if...
 

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...
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  • New Developer Diary for Crytek's The Climb

    New Developer Diary for Crytek's The Climb

    Crytek released the next in its series of developer diaries for its VR focused title, The Climb.
    This new video goes behind the scenes with key members of the team to explore the challenges of hitting 90 fps with The Climb. Learn about the new techniques and processes Crytek’s artists adapted to make the game feel true to life, and get a closer look at the uncompromising visual detail that can be found right at your fingertips when you experience it in VR. The Climb lets player
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  • 20 Years of Resident Evil Video Series Kicks Off with Hiroyuki Kobayashi Retrospective

    20 years ago Resident Evil was first released. Capcom is celebrating the anniversary with a series of retrospective videos with the game's development team.

    The first video is with Resident Evil Producer, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, which can be seen below.
    20 years ago today with the debut of the first Resident Evil game, the doors to the infamous mansion first opened and ushered in fans to a whole new world of survival horror. Dark hallways and ominous corners led to thrills
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  • Sony Closes DriveClub Studio Evolution Studios

    Sony Closes DriveClub Studio Evolution Studios

    Evolution Studios, the development studio behind games like DriveClub and MotorStorm has been shut down by Sony. This unfortunate news comes about a year after Sony cut 55 people from Evolution.

    Sony issued a statement, which can be seen below in full.
    Regular reviews take place throughout SCE Worldwide Studios, ensuring that the resources that we have in such a competitive landscape can create and produce high quality, innovative and commercially viable projects.
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  • Report: Nintendo Ceasing Wii U Production and Unveiling NX This Year

    Report: Nintendo Ceasing Wii U Production and Unveiling NX This Year

    Nintendo is reportedly going to cease production of the Wii U this year, according to statements issued by Nikkei. According to the article, Nintendo has already started to cease production on some Wii U peripherals and will soon follow suit with the Wii U itself. They hope to deplete their current stock in the months ahead. The article also notes that Nintendo will reveal their new console later this year, currently codenamed NX. It needs to be noted that while the article says that N...
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  • 5TH Cell Lays off 45 Employees but Not Shutting Down

    5TH Cell Lays off 45 Employees but Not Shutting Down

    5TH Cell will not be shutting down, despite earlier reports that the Scribblenauts developer was closing up shop. Sadly, it is still true that employees were laid off but an official statement made by the company tonight says that the company itself will not be shutting down.
    Unfortunately, due to a project cancellation, we have had to let go of 45 of our very talented staff members today. Layoffs aren't something we take lightly and we'd like to thank all our employees for all the
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  • Fallout 4: Automatron DLC Out at Midnight Tonight

    Fallout 4: Automatron DLC Out at Midnight Tonight

    Bethesda's Pete Hines sent out a quick tweet today about when the Automatron DLC for Fallout 4 would be released tonight.

    For those in North America that dislike reading pictures and prefer to read non-pictures, those times are midnight (ET) for Steam and Xbox One, and 1PM (ET) for PlayStation....
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  • Scribblenauts Developer, 5TH Cell, Shut Down

    Scribblenauts Developer, 5TH Cell, Shut Down

    5TH Cell, the development studio behind Scribblenauts and Drawn to Life has shut down. Tim Borrelli made this somber Tweet earlier today.
    RIP 5TH Cell. If anyone is looking for kickass artists, programmers, designers, QA, IT, and more, let me know.

    According to CEO Jeremia Slaczka (in a statement made to Polygon), staff were laid off after WB cancelled Scribblenauts: Fighting Words earlier today. Given how quickly this happened, some matters are still in the air in...
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  • New One Piece: Burning Blood Screens and Trailer

    New One Piece: Burning Blood Screens and Trailer

    Bandai Namco got some new media out today for One Piece: Burning Blood, including new screenshots and a new trailer.
    The new action packed “Battle for Marineford” trailer gives One Piece fans a closer look at the different battle styles and game modes within One Piece: Burning Blood. One Piece fans will be happy to learn that they will be able to use Devil Fruit and Haki abilities to perform special attacks taken straight from the One Piece anime and manga series. The traile
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  • Doom Multiplayer Modes Include Freeze Tag, Soul Harvest, and More

    Doom Multiplayer Modes Include Freeze Tag, Soul Harvest, and More

    All of the Doom multiplayer modes were publicly announced today by Bethesda. It has modes like Soul Harves, Freeze Tag, Team Deathmatch, and more....
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  • Overwatch Animated Short - Recall

    Overwatch Animated Short - Recall

    The first Overwatch animated short from Blizzard came out today. "Recall" begins to introduce new players into the world of Overwatch, starting with Winston.
    As you can see in our brand-new “Recall” short (the first in a series of videos designed to give you a closer look at the heroes and how they fit into the world of Overwatch), ape scientist Winston is a mighty hero who wields high-tech gadgets, including a Tesla Cannon that spits lightning at his enemies from short range.
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  • Jackbox Announces Drawful 2 and The Jackbox Party Pack 3

    Jackbox Announces Drawful 2 and The Jackbox Party Pack 3

    Jackbox Games announced today a double whammy of new games that includes Drawful 2 and The Jackbox Party Pack 3.
    Drawful 2 is the follow-up to Drawful, the hit game in which players are prompted to draw weird, funny and sometimes borderline impossible things on their smartphones or tablets. The sequel will boast more colors and enhanced streaming tools, including an audience mode for up to 10,000 spectators to play along and influence a game’s outcome, as well as the ability to
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  • PSA: Sleepy Sheep Insomnia Sale at GOG Underway

    PSA: Sleepy Sheep Insomnia Sale at GOG Underway

    GOG is running a new "Sleepy Sheep Insomnia Sale" from now until quantities run out. New sales go up for a limited time and cycle over to a new game once the previous game's limited quantities run out.
    Don't fall asleep, don't look away… heck, just give up blinking. Described by the GOG.com community as "AAAAARRRRGHHHHHH!!!" and "Please, why won't you let me sleep?!" the fourth annual Insomnia Sale is an unstoppable marathon of super-awesome discounts in super-limited quantities.
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  • First Major Division Patch Arrives Tomorrow - Patch 1.0.2 Details

    First Major Division Patch Arrives Tomorrow - Patch 1.0.2 Details

    The first major post-release client patch for The Division will be released early tomorrow morning (4AM ET). Patch 1.0.2 will include a number of fixes and some major adjustments to the Dark Zone.
    Gameplay
    • Named enemies. will now drop better loot in Challenge mode than in Hard mode.
    • Added a cooldown period for the Static Turret stun attack in order to avoid a stunlock in PvP and PvE game modes.
    • Named NPCs will no longer respawn after being killed in the Open World. This will
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  • Halo 5 Warzone Firefight Gameplay Trailer Reveal

    Halo 5 Warzone Firefight Gameplay Trailer Reveal

    343 Industries and Microsoft revealed the first gameplay trailer for Halo 5: Guardians this evening. This mode has been something fans have been looking forward to for quite some time now. The Xbox site gives you the lowdown on what fans can expect and when they can expect it.
    Since it was first announced last month that Player vs. Environment (PvE) combat would return to the Halo franchise in the form of Warzone Firefight, fans have been eagerly waiting to get a glimpse of how the
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  • Rumor: Sony Working on PlayStation 4.5 Capable of 4K Resolution and More

    Rumor: Sony Working on PlayStation 4.5 Capable of 4K Resolution and More

    A few unconfirmed rumors from various sources have said that Sony is working on a "PlayStation 4.5" that includes a more powerful GPU and supports up to 4K resolutions. Kotaku's very own Patrick "Scoops" Klepek got this news out earlier today and the fan reactions have not been super great.
    Based on conversations with developers who have spoken with Sony, this ‘PS4.5’ will include an upgraded GPU both to support high-end 4K resolution for games and add more processing power that
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