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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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  • 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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  • Fallout Shelter Released on Android

    Fallout Shelter Released on Android

    At long last, Fallout Shelter is now out on Android devices. The timed iOS exclusive now allows Android users to kill a bit of time each day designing their ideal Fallout shelter.
    Today’s launch includes all-new game updates, including the introduction of Mr. Handy – the ultimate robotic companion – as a premium reward. Use him to collect resources inside your Vault, send him into the wasteland to collect Caps, or defend your Vault from creatures and disasters, including new Deathclaw
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  • GRIP is a Spiritual Successor to Rollcage; Seeking Crowdfunding Support on Kickstarter

    Remember Rollcage for the PlayStation? It was an amazing combat racing series that had you zooming around tracks, on the ground, on the walls, and even on the ceiling at times thanks to the specially designed cars. Sadly, that series kind of disappeared.

    What isn't sad is that Caged Element is looking to bring the series back, at least in spirit, with GRIP. Currently in its second day on Kickstarter, GRIP already looks like the modern-era version of Rollcage that fans have wanted...
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  • The Cat Machine is Now Available on Steam

    The Cat Machine is Now Available on Steam

    Meow. Cranktrain's very own Matt Luard passed along word to me this evening that The Cat Machine is now available on Steam. It's a game that has puzzle solving and cats that ride around on trains. Suddenly the title makes a lot more sense.
    The Cat Machine is a game of logic, and also cats. Cats riding around on Trains. As we are all aware, the stability of planet earth's orbit around the sun is maintained by an enormous and very secret underground machine. A machine where cats of
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  • Phil Spencer Explains Why Games like Crackdown 3 and Scalebound Aren't Coming to PC... Yet

    In an interview with PC Gamer, Microsoft's Phil Spencer gave some information as to why games like Crackdown 3, Scalebound, and Quantum Break will not be released on PC... yet.
    "In the case of things like Scalebound or Crackdown or Quantum Break, you know, just to be completely honest with you, we started those games before we really looked at expanding into Windows in the way that I wanted to bring as part of becoming head of Xbox. "Going to those teams mid-cycle and saying:
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  • Resident Evil 2 Remake Confirmed to be in Development

    Resident Evil 2 Remake Confirmed to be in Development

    Earlier today, Capcom officially announced that they are busy developing Resident Evil 2 Remake. And thus, there was much rejoicing.

    As it's being described, Resident Evil 2 Remake will be, as the name implies, a complete remake of the original game but built for modern consoles and PC. The remake will be headed by Yoshiaki Hirabayashi, who also served as the producer on Resident Evil HD Remake, which came out this year. A Capcom representative gave the following public anno...
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  • Vote to Play Begins Thursday - Vote on Upcoming Free PS Plus Games

    Vote to Play Begins Thursday - Vote on Upcoming Free PS Plus Games

    Sony announced today that their "Vote to Play" system will kick off this Thursday, August 13, 2015. Vote to Play will allow PlayStation Plus members to vote on which game, of three, they want to see be included as one of the following month's free PlayStation Plus offerings.

    The first vote will be between Armello, Grow Home, and Zombie Vikings. Voting begins on August 13 and will end on August 24 at 8:30AM (PT) after which the winner will be revealed. To vote, all you'll...
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  • FiveM GTAV Mod Makers Banned by Rockstar

    FiveM GTAV Mod Makers Banned by Rockstar

    The team behind the FiveM mod for Grand Theft Auto V have been banned by Rockstar from the Social Club for their role in creating an alternate to GTA Online. FiveM reportedly used the official GTA Online dedicated servers to create an online experience free of restrictions. These freedoms included custom levels, assets, game modes, and more, all of which are typically banned by Rockstar in the online environment. News of these bans came from the FiveM team themselves in this ...
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  • PlayStation 4 3.0 Firmware Being Tested, Adds YouTube Streaming and Probably Stability

    The 3.0 firmware update for the PlayStation 4 is reportedly being beta tested right now. There aren't too many highlights but it seems as though one of the major new features will be the ability to stream to YouTube.

    A rough translation of the update highlights was done via NeoGAF.
    • "Event" menu is added that allows you to find events related to Playstation, join them and watch them. • "Community" is added to "friend" menu that allows you to make new community or jo
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  • WildStar Free-to-Play Closed Beta is Now Live

    WildStar Free-to-Play Closed Beta is Now Live

    Today, NCSoft and Carbine Studios kicked off the closed beta for WildStar in preparation for the move to the MMORPG going free-to-play. Those in the beta will get to test out some of the new features that is coming in the "game's biggest update yet."
    A sampling of the new content and features coming in the free-to-play transition includes: • The Alpha Sanctum - A new instance that brings players into WildStar's world storyline much earlier in the game than ever before. Featuring c
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