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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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  • Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Coming to Steam in February

    Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Coming to Steam in February

    Danganronpa is one of those franchises that you either have no idea about it or you love it. At least, that's what I gathered from forum postings because I never really heard of it before nor really cared. However, the news that Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc is coming to the PC via Steam is getting some people really excited.
    Danganronpa Comes to Steam Spike Chunsoft has been dropping clues and now it’s time for the big reveal: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc fires onto Steam
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  • The Witness Rated for Xbox One by ESRB

    The Witness Rated for Xbox One by ESRB

    The Witness has been rated by the ESRB for the Xbox One. The latest game from creator Jonathan Blow was only officially announced for the PC and PlayStation 4 prior to this....
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  • Ubisoft Wants You to Sleep in a Cave for Far Cry Primal Promo

    Ubisoft Wants You to Sleep in a Cave for Far Cry Primal Promo

    Ubisoft announced CaveBnB today, a new contest that they created for Far Cry Primal. To make a long story short, Ubisoft wants you to utilize this CaveBnB contest in which the winners will fend for themselves at an undisclosed location. That sounds like... fun?
    CaveBnB will give players the opportunity to experience the wild and untamed world of Far Cry Primal, while travelling back in time to the Stone Age to discover the extreme conditions in which our ancestors lived. The winner,
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  • Wargaming Announces "Project R" for World of Warships

    Wargaming Announces "Project R" for World of Warships

    Wargaming announced "Project R" today, a new community driven campaign for World of Warships. You can register for Project R at the World of Warships website.
    January 18, 2016 — Wargaming today announced “Project R”, the brand-new community campaign for World of Warships, is now live. In “Project R”, players must reach various milestones to earn Pearls, which they use to rebuild the famed Japanese destroyer Kamikaze with unique camouflage, as well as unlock fantastic in-game
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  • Prospekt - Fan Made Sequel to Half-Life: Opposing Force Coming Next Month

    Prospekt - Fan Made Sequel to Half-Life: Opposing Force Coming Next Month

    Prospekt is a fan made sequel to Half-Life: Opposing Force that Valve is allowing to be distributed through Steam. Priced at $10 (USD), the release is set for February 11 and will return players to City 17 from Half-Life 2.

    You can actually pre-order it right now for a 10% discount.
    Prospekt begins in the Nova Prospekt prison in the Half-Life universe. Gordon Freeman is slowly being overrun by soldiers in the prison, however unknown to him his Vortigaunt allies manage to find
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  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Released

    Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Released

    Capcom released Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen today on the PC.
    While providing beautifully crisp visuals and sound, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for PC also includes full Steam platform support with Achievements and expanded control options. Players can customize the way they play with options for both Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers or a traditional keyboard and mouse control scheme. Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen contains all the content from the original Dragon’s Dogma along
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  • New Story Trailer for Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

    New Story Trailer for Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

    Gearbox and Blackbird Interactive released a new story trailer today for Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak.
    You've denied their first decree for generations and your expedition to save Kharak treads on their land. This is the last straw. Meet the zealot forces of the Gaalsien fleet in the brand new story trailer for Homeworld: Desert of Kharak. Headed by chief science officer Rachel S'jet, the Coalition of the Northern Kiithid are set on discovering the primary anomaly lying in the dune
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  • The Division Beta Begins January 28 for Xbox, January 29 for PC and PS4

    The Division Beta Begins January 28 for Xbox, January 29 for PC and PS4

    Ubisoft announced their plans for the beta for Tom Clancy's The Division today. Xbox One owners will have a 24-hour head start with the beta starting on January 28. PC and PlayStation 4 owners will get to join in on the action on January 29.
    The Division doesn’t arrive until March 8, but if you’re itching to jump in, you’ll get an early chance to explore Manhattan’s pandemic-ravaged streets starting January 28, when the closed beta goes live. Xbox One owners will get the first
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  • Star Citizen Alpha 2.1 Update Now Available

    Star Citizen Alpha 2.1 Update Now Available

    Backers of Star Citizen can now download the 2.1 alpha update to the game.
    We are excited to announce that Star Citizen Alpha 2.1.0 is now available on the Live server for all players via the Star Citizen launcher. Alpha 2.1 features an array of bug fixes and balance updates aimed at enhancing the Star Citizen experience. Thanks to expert testing from backers on the PTU, we’ve been able to significantly improve the experience and stability of Star Citizen from the December 2.0 release.
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  • MMA Federation Released for iOS and Android

    MMA Federation Released for iOS and Android

    A turn-based strategy game, MMA Federation, was released today on iOS and Android.
    Manchester, United Kingdom – January 14th, 2016 – With $2 million of investment behind it, Manchester-based 360 Studios is about to begin its assault on mobile gaming with MMA Federation, the world's best turn based fighting game on smartphones. Now available globally in the English speaking world on iOS and Android, after a successful run in ‘early access’ launch in Canada, MMA Federation is a card b
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  • Play EA Games for Free Next Week on Xbox

    Play EA Games for Free Next Week on Xbox

    From January 19-24, EA Access will be free to everyone on the Xbox One. All you'll need to play is an Xbox One and an active Xbox Live Gold account.

    During this time, everyone will be able to access all of the games in the "Vault." This includes games like Battlefield 4, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, and a number of EA Sports titles among others.
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  • John Romero Releases First Doom WAD in 21 Years

    John Romero Releases First Doom WAD in 21 Years

    John Romero is going to make you his bitch released a new WAD for the original Doom today. According to his Facebook post, it's been 21 years since he last made a Doom level.

    Today's release isn't a full WAD so much as it is his take on the E1M8 map from the game. He also states that he limited himself to using assets found only in the shareware version of the game.

    You can download John Romero's E1M8 WAD either from this Dropbox link (provided by Romero) or...
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  • The Division - Gameplay and Impressions from Jackfrags, LevelCap, and More

    The Division - Gameplay and Impressions from Jackfrags, LevelCap, and More

    Looks like the embargo for a preview event for The Division was lifted today because we have seen a good deal of new impressions from the Xbox One version of the game. Most notably is a 10 minute long video from Jackfrags that goes into as much detail as allowed about the game, gameplay, and story. The video, seen below, seems to be from the Xbox One version of the game. Near the end he notes that he was not sure of the resolution of that version of the game and that the framerate w...
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  • Activision Announces Call of Duty Sold Over 250 Million Units

    Activision Announces Call of Duty Sold Over 250 Million Units

    Activision announced that the Call of Duty franchise has sold over 250 million units around the world. This news came after it was revealed that Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 was the best selling physical retail game of 2015 in North America. Following that news, Activision released the following statement.
    "Call of Duty: Black Ops III was the top selling title of 2015 globally by a wide-margin in both units and dollars sold-thru. This also marks the seventh year in a row that Call of
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  • The Witness Voice Cast Revealed

    The Witness Voice Cast Revealed

    In a blog post made today, The Witness creator Jonathan Blow revealed the voice cast for the game. The lineup includes Ashley Johnson (Ellie in The Last of Us) and Phil LaMarr (Hermes from Futurama among many others).

    I would have a bit more on this, but it seems as though the website for The Witness is simply refusing to load right now at the time of this posting.

    Fortunately, this blog was also posted to the PlayStation website.
    Ashley Johnson Ashl
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