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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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  • Scarlett Johansson Interested in Starring in Movie Based on Zoe Quinn's Memoir

    Game developer Zoe Quinn sold the film rights to her upcoming memoir, Crash Override: How to Save the Internet From Itself, to Amy Pascal from Sony Pictures. Scarlett Johansson (among others) is allegedly already interested in portraying Quinn in the movie adaptation.
    The movie deal was based on a proposal titled Control Alt Delete, and tells the story of how Quinn, creator of such hip interactive games as Depression Quest, was targeted by a digital mob bent on upending her life when
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  • World of Warcraft: Legion Expansion Cinematic Trailer

    World of Warcraft: Legion Expansion Cinematic Trailer

    Blizzard showed off the first good look at their upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft. World of Warcraft: Legion is slated for release in Summer 2016.
    The Tomb of Sargeras has been reopened, and the demons of the Burning Legion pour into our world. Their full, terrifying might is fixed on summoning the Dark Titan to Azeroth—and they’ve already located the key to his return. With the Alliance and Horde devastated, only you can take up Warcraft’s most legendary artifacts,
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  • Overwatch Starts at $40, Offering $60 Origins Edition Coming Spring 2016

    Overwatch Starts at $40, Offering $60 Origins Edition Coming Spring 2016

    Moments ago at BlizzCon 2015, Blizzard officially announced that their team based shooter, Overwatch, will start at $40 (USD) for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. On top of this, there will be a special $60 "Origins Edition" of the game that includes some additional skins.

    The pre-order page for Overwatch details what all you will get for your $40 in cash money. You get the game and all currently announced characters and maps. Now, if you bump it up to the $60 Origins...
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  • Warcraft Movie Full Trailer

    Warcraft Movie Full Trailer

    The full length premiere trailer for Warcraft came out today.
    From Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures comes Warcraft, an epic adventure of world-colliding conflict based on Blizzard Entertainment’s global phenomenon. The peaceful realm of Azeroth stands on the brink of war as its civilization faces a fearsome race of invaders: Orc warriors fleeing their dying home to colonize another. As a portal opens to connect the two worlds, one army faces destruction and the oth
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  • Rosario Dawson Delivered Black Ops 3 to Someone

    Rosario Dawson Delivered Black Ops 3 to Someone

    For some reason, Rosario Dawson along with a camera crew, delivered at least one copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 to a fan that pre-ordered using Amazon Prime. Why? Who knows. Was there some sort of contest somewhere? I don't think so.

    Anyway, here are some pictures from the delivery. At least the Mt. Dew was flowing like water.



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  • Overwatch "Origins Edition" Retail Release with Digital Content Dated for June 21 Release on PS4, XB1, PC

    Blizzard tossed up a splash page for Overwatch that shows three different retail versions of the game (PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One) that will soon be offered up for pre-order. The game is slated for release on June 21. How much will this retail release run you? Well, some have said that their GameStop stores are asking for $40 (USD) for this Overwatch: Origins Edition release. Others have said that they were able to pre-order for closer to $60. What's in the box? We're not sure ou...
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  • Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft Details First Year of Post-Release Content Support

    Today, Ubisoft detailed their plans on how they will support Rainbow Six Siege through the first year of free post-release content.

    One Year, Four “Seasons” of Content. No Paywall. Over the course of a year, new content will come in the form of “seasons” that coincide with ranked gameplay. Over the course of the year we will be releasing: • 4 new maps (playable on both online multiplayer and Terrorist Hunt) • 8 new operators, with new primary/secondary weapo
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  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Looks Like Garbage on Xbox 360

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Looks Like Garbage on Xbox 360

    A comparison between the Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 went up today and man, the Xbox 360 version looks downright ugly at times. Look at this.


    It just gets worse from here. YouTube user, Candyland, shows off some of the visual differences between the two generations.



    It should be safe to assume that the PlayStation 3 version will look just as bad as the Xbox 360 version shown above. D...
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  • Fallout 4 Review Embargo Has Its Own Embargo

    Fallout 4 Review Embargo Has Its Own Embargo

    We heard you like embargoes, so we're putting an embargo on your embargo.

    Plan on reviewing Fallout 4? Chances are you received an email telling you that there is a review embargo in place for the game. That date is November 9 at 8AM (ET). That's all well and good, and not totally unexpected for a game release.

    What is different is the fact that announcing when your outlet will have a review going live is also under a separate embargo. That's right, you have...
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  • Fallout 4 Gameplay Launch Trailer

    Fallout 4 Gameplay Launch Trailer

    Fallout 4 is out in just five days. What better time than right now to release a new gameplay launch trailer.
    Watch the official gameplay launch trailer for Fallout 4, available worldwide on Tuesday, November 10th. Welcome Home.

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  • Help Support a Family in Need After an Unfortunate House Fire Took Everything

    This is a bit of a different news piece than what many are used to here. Last night, Crrrazzzy's mom suffered a house fire. I don't know any of the details outside of reading that she lost everything in said fire, including the family pet.

    She is currently in intensive care. Crrrazzzy, whom many of you may better know as Tim, also passed along this picture that shows some of the extensive damage.

    Now, here is where you come in. Tim is asking that if you can, to...
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  • Fallout 4 Pip-Boy App Available Now for Android and iOS

    Fallout 4 Pip-Boy App Available Now for Android and iOS

    If you like companion apps, you're going to love the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy app that was released this evening. Right now, unless you're super lucky and have Fallout 4 early, the most you can do with the app is check out the demo mode and play a mini-game.

    However, once the game is running, you can use the app to check out your inventory, view your stats, pop a Stimpak, view the map, and more.

    You can download it now for either iOS or Android....
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  • Sam Lake Says "Yes" to Alan Wake 2

    Sam Lake Says "Yes" to Alan Wake 2

    When asked by Game Informer whether or not we would ever seen an Alan Wake 2, Remedy's Sam Lake gave the answer everybody wanted to hear.
    "Yes."

    This short yet hopeful response was to the question that asked, "will we ever get to play Alan Wake 2?" Right now, Remedy is working on finishing up Quantum Break for the Xbox One. Speaking of which, Lake did say that he would like to eventually see Quantum Break on the PC some day....
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  • Fallout 4 Has Graphics, Lots of Them

    Fallout 4 Has Graphics, Lots of Them

    Bethesda started to go into detail today about the technology behind Fallout 4. Today, they offered up a look at the graphics technology that is new to the latest Creation Engine in use with Fallout 4.
    As always, our world features fully dynamic time of day and weather. To create that volumetric light spilling across the scene (sometimes called “god rays”) we worked with our friends at NVIDIA, who’ve we worked with dating back to Morrowind’s cutting-edge water. The technique used
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  • Infinium Strike Free Open Beta Released

    Infinium Strike Free Open Beta Released

    Codex Worlds, a development team made up of former Ubisoft and Stormfront Studios members have released a free, open beta for Infinium Strike. The Kickstarter funded tactical game that takes place in space, can be downloaded right now from Steam (click on the little "Download PC Demo" button on the right side).
    A strategy/action game set in space, Infinium Strike places players into the role of the weapons officer aboard the battlecarrier Freedom Strike. Surrounded by a horde of sentient
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