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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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  • Steam Hits Record 12.3 Million Peak Users

    Steam Hits Record 12.3 Million Peak Users

    Today, Steam hit 12.3 million concurrent users. This is an increase of roughly 1.2 million users from late October 2015 and an all-time high for the digital distribution platform.

    The top games on Steam for the day include Dota 2 (940K+ peak), Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (653K), Fallout 4 (117K), Football Manager 2016 (81K), and Grand Theft Auto V (92.5K). Just three years ago around this time, Steam was around 5 million peak users. In 2013, Steam was around 7.7 million...
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  • AGDQ 2016 - Games Done Quick to Help the Prevent Cancer Foundation

    AGDQ 2016 - Games Done Quick to Help the Prevent Cancer Foundation

    AGDQ is once again here for 2016. "Awesome Games Done Quick" is a multi-day speed running marathon to help raise money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Your favorite streamers come from all over the world to play your favorite games as fast as possible all to help raise money for charity. The event just started at noon (ET) today, so there is still plenty of time to catch most of the action. The schedule features a wide assortment of games, including a two hour chunk for the TASBot on the...
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  • Valve Confirms Holiday Sale ARG is Not About Half-Life 3

    Valve Confirms Holiday Sale ARG is Not About Half-Life 3

    This past week, fans have been eagerly hanging on to every word and clue revealed in an apparent Valve ARG born from the Steam Holiday Sale 2015. There was even an apparent lambda symbol found!

    Well, it seems it's all for not. Someone received an email response from Valve's Marc Laidlaw, who made sure to crush everyone's hopes and dreams of this being anything related to Half-Life 3.

    And for those who don't want to (or can't) read Laidlaw's response in the abov...
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  • Lambda Symbol Possibly Revealed in Apparent Valve Winter Sale ARG

    Lambda Symbol Possibly Revealed in Apparent Valve Winter Sale ARG

    Valve might have hidden a bunch of secret clues in this latest Winter Sale of theirs. To make a super long story short, a bunch of people have been finding clues in backgrounds, web pages, and more during this latest Steam Winter Sale for 2015.

    In fact, they have gone so far as to unlock a special badge (seen below), which you can earn yourself (at least at the time of this posting). All you need to do is open up this Steam store link in Chrome, type in (without clicking anything...
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  • Final Fantasy IX Coming to PC and Mobile Soon

    Final Fantasy IX Coming to PC and Mobile Soon

    Square Enix is finally bringing Final Fantasy IX to a platform outside of the PlayStation! In 2016, Final Fantasy IX will finally be released on the PC and mobile (Android, iOS) platforms.

    Square Enix notes that the classic RPG will be "coming soon" to Japan. Sadly, they did not yet reveal their plans, if any, for bringing the game to the States. I'm sure it will happen eventually. The game will include "high-definition graphics, newly added achievements, auto-save, high speed...
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  • Oculus VR Controllers Delayed Until Late 2016

    Oculus VR Controllers Delayed Until Late 2016

    The controllers for the Oculus Rift VR device, called Oculus Touch, are now delayed until the second half of 2016. The news came today via the Oculus website.
    On Touch hardware, we’ve made significant advances in ergonomics, and we’re implementing many changes that make Touch even more comfortable, reliable, and natural. We’re also implementing changes that improve hand pose recognition. We’re also outputting larger numbers of pre-production runs, which means we can get
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  • Just Cause 3 Multiplayer - From the People that Brought you Multiplayer in Just Cause 2

    Just Cause 2 has an absolutely fantastic online multiplayer mod that a group spent ages working on. What they did was no small feat considering they added in large scale online multiplayer to a game that had none to start with.

    Well, they're doing it again with Just Cause 3. That's right, Just Cause 3 Multiplayer was teased earlier today by way of a new trailer. The mod is not yet publicly released and probably won't be for some time. What is shown below is the progress that...
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  • Valve Issues Apology to Steam Users Following Christmas Day Security Leaks

    Valve Issues Apology to Steam Users Following Christmas Day Security Leaks

    On Christmas day, a severe security issue allowed Steam users to view the private account information for other Steam users. This information included, but was not necessarily limited to, full names, full addresses, and full phone numbers. It also included partial credit card numbers (only the last two digits), purchase history, and wish list items. Valve had released a short statement on the matter, but o nly to outlets that contacted them for a statement. No mailings were sent out to...
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  • Biggest Video Game Disappointments 2015

    Biggest Video Game Disappointments 2015

    Other potential titles…
    Video Games are Dead – True but too dramatic
    Gamers are Dead - Too 2014 Fuck Video Games – Hmm… LOL VIDEO GAMES – So close Video games in 2015 felt like a huge bag of mediocrity and disappointment, at least in my quiet opinion. Games that tacked on another entry in some of my favorite franchises under delivered on multiple fronts, while many new franchises just became instantly forgettable. In fact, I would be willing to go so far as to say tha...
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  • Rise of the Tomb Raider PC Confirmed for January 2016 Release

    Rise of the Tomb Raider PC Confirmed for January 2016 Release

    The PC version of Rise of the Tomb Raider looks like it's locked into a January 2016 release. The date is visible and present on the Steam Store listing for Rise of the Tomb Raider, also seen below.

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  • Valve Claims 'No Unauthorized Actions' Took Place During Today's Steam Security Issue

    Earlier today, Steam went a little nuts. Since the initial story broke, it seems as though Valve has fixed the issue that exposed full names, addresses, and phone numbers of Steam users. The issue in question was merely "caching issue" that allowed Steam users to view the account details of other Steam users.

    Valve issued a brief statement on what happened to Kotaku.
    Steam is back up and running without any known issues. As a result of a configuration change earlier
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  • [UPDATED] Steam Security Issue Allows Users to View Private Account Details, Possibly Make Purchases, and More

    Update (6:03PM ET): It looks as though the issue is resolved with the Store. After a lengthy period of being offline completely, the Store pages returned and seem to be in working order.

    Of course, the extent of the damages from this afternoon's security breach are not yet known. We'll have more details are they are made available.

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    If you've been on Steam today, chances are you've already experienced this issue. If you log into Steam, you may see t...
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  • The Witness - Long Screenshot 2 Video and Development Updates

    The Witness - Long Screenshot 2 Video and Development Updates

    Developer Jonathan Blow updated The Witness blog with an update on the game's development and a second "long screenshot" video for everyone to enjoy.
    Voiceover
    This week we just finished recording the majority of the final voiceover. We’re going to do a little more in early January, but most of it is in the can. After New Year’s we’ll make some postings where we announce who the voice actors are (you may know some of them from other recent games!)

    Physical
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  • Uncharted 4 Delayed a Month to April 26, 2016

    Uncharted 4 Delayed a Month to April 26, 2016

    Uncharted 4: A Thief's End was originally slated to be released on March 18, 2016. The news came about today that the game will instead be delayed a month and is now coming out on April 26, 2016.

    Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley shared news about the delay on the PlayStation Blog today.
    Let’s start with the good news: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is wrapping up production and is shaping up to be the proper send off for Nathan Drake that we’ve promised
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  • Triad Wars Beta Closing Down in January

    Triad Wars Beta Closing Down in January

    On January 20, 2016, Triad Wars will officially close up shop. Specifically, the beta for the game will come to an end. There game will not actually be released. What was Triad Wars? It was a weird online game that tasked you with trying to build up your own empire while attacking others in the same city area. It was like Sleeping Dogs but if Sleeping Dogs was a bad game.

    But none of that really matters now because Square Enix and United Front Games are pulling the plug.
    “Since
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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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    03-12-2024, 11:07 AM
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