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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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  • Study Finds 72% of Teens Play Games but Girls Tend to Avoid Online

    Study Finds 72% of Teens Play Games but Girls Tend to Avoid Online

    The Pew Research Center just published a nine page report today that shows that 72% of teens play video games. This is the finding of the survey of teens aged 13 to 17 from across the country that tries to discover how teens use everyday technologies to develop friendships. This includes a whopping 84% of the boys saying they play games and an impressive 59% of all girls surveyed saying they play games. However, of those females that say they play games, only 8% choose to play online games every...
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  • Hob Announced by Torchlight Developers Runic Games

    Hob Announced by Torchlight Developers Runic Games

    Runic Games, the studio behind Torchlight just announced Hob. Hob is a new IP slated for both PC and consoles and looks to be like a blend of sci-fi themes and puzzle solving.
    The darkness rumbles to life. Massive gears turn their teeth, shifting ancient monoliths into place. A door opens. Dappled forest light beckons you from your chamber, entering an unknown world both beautiful and dangerous, buzzing with life above and whirring with mysterious machinery below. Hob
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  • Games Using Invasive DRM Methods SafeDisc and Securom Won't Run on Windows 10

    Over at Rock Paper Shotgun is word that Windows 10 will not run any games that make use of either SafeDisc or Securom DRM methods. This should be limited only to disc based versions of games but may impact some older digital games that still have Securom and SafeDisc hooks buried in them. Some of these games include Spore, Far Cry 2, Dead Space, BioShock, Crysis: Warhead, and many others.

    I can at least attest to games like BioShock, Mercenaries 2, and Fallout 3 working...
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  • Mad Max Choose Your Own Adventure Video

    Mad Max Choose Your Own Adventure Video

    WBIE released a new interactive trailer today for Mad Max that lets you choose your own path to see various methods for tackling a scenario.
    Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today released the Mad Max "Choose Your Path" Interactive Trailer, allowing fans to decide on the different aspects of The Wasteland they'd like to experience. The trailer showcases multipath scenarios that the viewer can choose, such as "Bring the Chaos" and "Get Creative," that highlight options a player wi
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  • Limited Edition Darth Vader Themed PlayStation 4 Bundles Announced

    Limited Edition Darth Vader Themed PlayStation 4 Bundles Announced

    Sony announced a new, limited edition Darth Vader themed PlayStation 4 bundle that will ship on November 17 alongside Star Wars Battlefront. This bundle includes a console with Darth Vader's look plastered on top along with a special DualShock 4 controller.

    The Limited Edition Star Wars Battlefront PS4 Bundle will include a custom 500GB limited edition PS4 system (CUH-1200 series) and DUALSHOCK 4 Wireless Controller inspired by Darth Vader. The fully customized PS4 features
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  • Kingdom Hearts 3 Includes Big Hero 6 Story Elements

    Kingdom Hearts 3 Includes Big Hero 6 Story Elements

    Square Enix and Disney just announced that Kingdom Hearts 3 will include story elements from Big Hero 6. Specifically, it will include story that takes place after the film's story line.
    The much-anticipated addition to the KINGDOM HEARTS franchise will take Sora and a cast of Disney companions to the urban setting of San Fransokyo, home of lovable robot Baymax, continuing the events of the animated film. At D23 Expo 2015, Academy Award®-winning producer Roy Conli delighted f
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  • CS:GO Update - The ESL One Cologne 2015 One for August 14, 2015

    CS:GO Update - The ESL One Cologne 2015 One for August 14, 2015

    Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was updated tonight. Let's just call this one the ESL One Cologne 2015 update, because that's pretty much what it is.

    Changelog for CS:GO for August 14, 2015

    ESL One Cologne 2015 • ESL One Cologne Player Autograph Capsules are now available for purchase, with 50% of the proceeds from capsule sales going to the players and organizations. Player Autograph Stickers can be used as game pieces in the Cologne 2015 Player Pick’Em Challenge. • ESL
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  • Very Small Dota 2 Update Released - August 14, 2015

    Very Small Dota 2 Update Released - August 14, 2015

    A small update for Dota 2 was released tonight. It contains a total of three fixes.

    Changelog for Dota 2 for August 14, 2015

    - Fixed Invoker's Magus Apex Sun Strike sometimes not being visible by enemies on impact
    - Fixed Faceless Void's Jewel of Aeons Timewalk effect being visible in FoW
    - Fixed a bug where after spectating a game, sometimes neutral units would be invisible.
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  • Soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is... Interesting

    Soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is... Interesting

    The soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 was revealed to the world today and, well, it's certainly an interesting collection of songs. Here is the full list of songs.
    Anti-Flag – "Stars and Stripes"
    Atmosphere – "Southsiders"
    Black Pistol Fire – "Hipster Shakes"
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  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Combat Movement Tutorial Video

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Combat Movement Tutorial Video

    A new video was released this week that provides a general overview on how shooting and movement work together in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3.
    Movement in Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is based on momentum, chaining together moves to engage your enemies in a variety of ways. Learn how the Black Ops 3 movement system will keep you in the fight from Treyarch Studio's David Vonderhaar and Dan Bunting.

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  • PlayStation Experience 2015 Scheduled for December 5-6

    PlayStation Experience 2015 Scheduled for December 5-6

    Sony announced the return of the PlayStation Experience vent for 2015. From December 5-6, the PlayStation Experience will take over Moscone West in San Francisco, CA. Tickets are now on sale, though supplies are probably extremely limited.
    Where: Moscone West, San Francisco, CA
    When: December 5-6, 2015

    Prices:
    • Two-Day Early Bird Ticket: $60 // Early bird available until September 20th or while supplies last (whichever comes first)
    • Regular Two-Day Ticket:
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  • NPD for July 2015 - Dinosaurs, Bats, and PlayStations Dominate the Month

    NPD for July 2015 - Dinosaurs, Bats, and PlayStations Dominate the Month

    The NPD sales figures for the month of July 2015 are now in. It looks as though the PlayStation 4 is once again the hardware leader. On the software side of things, LEGO: Jurassic Park beat out every other game to claim the top spot. Let's dig into the top 10 software sales.
    1. Lego: Jurassic World (360, 3DS, PS3, Xbox One, Wii U, PS4, Vita)
    2. Batman: Arkham Knight (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
    3. Minecraft (360, PS3 ,Xbox One, PS4)
    4. Grand Theft Auto V (PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3, PC)
    5. Rory
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  • Terrible Ideas Made Real: Twitch Plays Dark Souls

    Terrible Ideas Made Real: Twitch Plays Dark Souls

    Twitch played Pokemon, right? So how hard could a game like Dark Souls be? Yeah well... Don't expect them to ever make it out of the Asylum. This is perhaps the worst idea for a "Twitch plays" that I've seen yet....
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  • Star Wars Battlefront Supremacy Mode Details

    Star Wars Battlefront Supremacy Mode Details

    The Star Wars Battlefront website has some new details on the Supremacy mode for the game. This is one of the game's multiplayer modes that you can play once the game is released.
    Supremacy centers on five control points scattered across the map. The objective is gaining control of all five, or the majority of them, before the 10 minute round is over. Each team starts the match controlling two of these control points, initially fighting for control of the fifth one in the center.
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  • Nobody Plays Single Player in Multiplayer Focused Games Like Star Wars Battlefront

    Peter Moore, by way of Gamespot, claims that there's really no good reason to include a single player component in a game like Star Wars Battlefront because nobody really gives a crap about that in these multiplayer focused titles. What promoted Moore to say this? Cold hard data, that's what.
    Star Wars Battlefront was also on the table during the chat. When asked why the game won’t ship with a full-on single-player experience, Peter Moore stated that “very few people actually
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