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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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  • 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.
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  • Smurfs Epic Run Released on iOS and Android

    Smurfs Epic Run Released on iOS and Android

    Like the Smurfs? Like platforming? Well do I have some great news for you.
    Ubisoft today released its latest mobile title, Smurfs™ Epic Run. Free to download on iOS, Android and Amazon, Smurfs Epic Run is a fun 2D platformer featuring gorgeous graphics, 100+ levels and more than 250 challenges to complete. Inspired by Peyo, the creator of the Smurfs, the game’s storyline sees the evil Gargamel casting an evil fog spell to capture all the Smurfs. Players, who can play as their fa
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  • Weaponize Your Ride in Dying Light: The Following

    Weaponize Your Ride in Dying Light: The Following

    When Dying Light: The Following comes out, you will be able to drive and customize dirt buggies as you smash some undead heads around. A new gameplay trailer, conveniently released today, shows how you can customize those rides.
    In the gameplay trailer released today, the developer goes into great detail about the game’s three-fold nature of vehicle development. "Your buggy is going to be crucial to surviving out in the open, so we want to create an emotional connection between pla
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  • Hitman is Now a "Fully Episodic AAA Game"

    Hitman is Now a "Fully Episodic AAA Game"

    Io-Interactive and Square Enix seem to have finally made up their minds as to just what the hell is going on with the upcoming Hitman game. Just a minute ago, they announced that Hitman is now a "fully episodic AAA game." What does that mean? Good question!
    A change to the release structure, sees HITMAN become a truly episodic AAA game experience, with a major live component. Where players will perform contract hits on powerful, high-profile targets in exotic locations around the
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  • The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC to be Geralt's Final Story

    The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine DLC to be Geralt's Final Story

    In speaking with Eurogamer, CD Projekt RED talked briefly about what fans can expect in the upcoming Blood and Wine DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Among some of the juicy details they dropped is word that this will be Geralt's final story. CD Projekt RED said that Blood and Wine will be a completely separate story from the one found in Wild Hunt. They also feel that they have "achieved something even better than the main game." Blood and Wine is expected to be a "20-hour tale t...
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  • Lots of New Dragon Quest Builders Screenshots

    Lots of New Dragon Quest Builders Screenshots

    A bunch of new screenshots came out today for Dragon Quest Builders. The game will be out later this month in Japan for the PS4, PS3, and Vita.



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  • LEGO Marvel's Avengers Getting Exclusive Free DLC on PS4 and PS3

    LEGO Marvel's Avengers Getting Exclusive Free DLC on PS4 and PS3

    PS4 and PS3 players that own LEGO Marvel Avengers will get some free DLC soon. This content includes characters and levels from Captain America: Civil War and Ant-Man.

    Well, first up we have the Captain America: Civil War Character Pack, which will be available at launch on January 26th and includes nine characters — yes, nine characters — featured in the upcoming movie: Captain America, Iron Man (Mark 46 armor), Black Panther, Winter Soldier, Falcon, War Machine,
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  • Shiness - Playable Characters Revealed in New Screenshots

    Shiness - Playable Characters Revealed in New Screenshots

    The playable characters in Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom can be seen below in these new screenshots.

    Shiness is a new action-RPG developed by indie development studio Enigami. Travel through an enchanting yet hostile world where the lands of Mahera have become fragmented. The new series of screenshots unveiled today will tell you more about the game's five playable characters. You play as Chado, a young and adventurous Waki able to communicate with a spirit fr
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  • Capcom Teams Up with Epic to Use Unreal Engine 4 in Future Projects

    Capcom Teams Up with Epic to Use Unreal Engine 4 in Future Projects

    Capcom Game Studio Vancouver announced today that they will make use of Unreal Engine 4 in some upcoming projects.
    VANCOUVER – Jan. 13, 2016 – Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that Capcom Game Studio Vancouver, the development studio behind the acclaimed Dead Rising® franchise, will begin working with Epic Games to utilize Unreal Engine 4 for its upcoming projects. More details on these as yet unannounced future games will be available
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  • World of Tanks PS4 Coming January 19 #QuickHits

    World of Tanks PS4 Coming January 19 #QuickHits

    World of Tanks for the PlayStation 4 is coming January 19. It will be free-to-play.
    January 13, 2016 — The wait is finally over for PlayStation®4 tankers! Wargaming today announced that World of Tanks will launch January 19, on PlayStation®4. World of Tanks will feature enhanced visuals, utilizing the full power of the PlayStation®4 system along with platform specific features, a Platinum Trophy and limited-time exclusive content for logging into the game. Built specifically for PlaySta
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  • Sven Co-op 5.0 - New Trailer and Upcoming Stand-Alone Free Release on Steam

    Sven Co-op 5.0 - New Trailer and Upcoming Stand-Alone Free Release on Steam

    A new trailer for Seven Co-op's 5.0 update was released today. The trailer shows off the new features coming in the update along with news that the game will soon have a stand-alone release on Steam!

    The stand-alone release will not require users to own the original Half-Life as previous versions before it used to require. For those unaware, Sven Co-op was a way to cooperatively play through Half-Life. Since its initial release in 1999, the mod has seen tremendous growth...
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  • Rockstar North Studio Head Leslie Benzies Leaves After 15 Years

    Rockstar North Studio Head Leslie Benzies Leaves After 15 Years

    Leslie Benzies has departed as the head of Rockstar North after a 15 year run. According to Rockstar, Benzies had been on sabbatical for the past 17 months prior to the official departure.

    Benzies started with Rockstar back when it was still called DMA Design. He served as the Producer on Grand Theft Auto 3 and nearly ever sequel afterwards. He was also the Producer on Red Dead Redemption and L.A. Noire. A statement made to Kotaku earlier today confirmed the news.
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  • Major Game Updates Coming to Guild Wars 2 in 2016

    Major Game Updates Coming to Guild Wars 2 in 2016

    ArenaNet updated their roadmap for Guild Wars 2 and Heart of Thorns for 2016. This updated roadmap includes some major updates to the game with the first arriving on January 26. Below is just a small overview of what's to come.
    The Winter 2016 Update brings new content to players of both the core game, including free players, along with exciting new additions for Heart of Thorns players: • Gliding in Central Tyria – players can now use one of the coolest features unlocked th
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