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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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  • Dead Island 2 Delayed Until 2016

    Dead Island 2 Delayed Until 2016

    Yager announced today that Dead Island 2 has been pushed back to a 2016 release.
    "We have always set ourselves a big goal for Dead Island 2: to create the sequel that takes Dead Island to the next level. A game that takes what our fans tell us they love about Dead Island - multiple different characters to play with, co-op, and turning a paradise setting into a zombie slaughter melee - and a game that adds a ton more content and combat options on top of that. And we wanted to have
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  • Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance DLC Available Now on PC

    Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Ascendance DLC Available Now on PC

    The Ascendance DLC for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is now available on the PC. The DLC adds more Exo Zombies, four new multiplayer maps, a new playlist, and new weapons.
    Multiplayer Maps Perplex: Get vertical in Sydney as you fight to dominate this five-story modular apartment complex. Take the high ground or blast through the close quarters interior in this small to medium sized map. Adapt your strategy mid-match when construction drones shift apartment modules, creating new r
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  • Racing for Change Gaming Marathon from April 30 - May 2 Presented by Main Menu, The Wobblers, and The Wigglers

    Twitch teams that include Main Menu, The Wobblers, and The Wigglers have come together to host a multi-day long charity event for the Game Changer charity. The teams will be squaring off against one another in a series of friendly head to head races throughout a variety of games in the Racing for Change marathon. The event begins on Thursday, April 30 at 12PM (PT; right now) and runs until roughly 12PM (PT) on Saturday, May 2.

    The first race is in Bloodborne between ThunderCast...
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  • People Are Scumbags - Ebay Listings Pop Up for PlayStation 4 Consoles with P.T. Installed

    In case you needed to be reminded, people are scumbags. A number of "ultra rare" and "exclusive" listings cropped up over the day from people selling their PlayStation 4 consoles with P.T. installed on the hard drive.

    For those wondering "why" it's because Konami decided to pull P.T. from the PlayStation Network. Meaning that if you didn't already have it on your console or have it tied to your account, you can no longer acquire it legitimately. But hey, now you can go spen...
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  • Unity Offers Support for Microsoft Hololens

    Unity Offers Support for Microsoft Hololens

    To coincide with Microsoft's reveal at the Build Developer Conference, Unity revealed that they will include full support for the Microsoft HoloLens.

    For those unaware, Microsoft HoloLens is Microsoft’s self-contained holographic computer headset, enabled by Windows 10, which is able to render high-definition holograms. HoloLens holograms are fully interactive digital objects and spaces that blend with real-life environments to make them seem like they exist as physical
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  • Twitter Reveals Details on Black Ops 3 Dedicated Servers, FOV, Anti-Cheat, and More

    A series of Tweets from Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 developers started to reveal some details about the game that you are probably quite interested to know. This includes things such as dedicated servers, framerate, FOV, and anti-cheat. These come from a series of Tweets from Treyarch's Director of Technology, Cesar Stastny.
    On Dedicated Servers for Ranked:


    Dedicated Servers for Unranked:


    On FPS caps:
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  • Aion Getting a New, Free Expansion - Upheaval

    Aion Getting a New, Free Expansion - Upheaval

    NCSoft and the Aion team announced today that the MMORPG will soon get a completely free expansion called Upheaval. Players will get a new game environment, new PvP combat, and additional story content.
    As Aion: Upheaval unfolds, the Dragon Lord Beritra has continued to amass great power, and his assaults on Atreia have become more relentless and violent. No longer content to operate in the shadows, Beritra has enacted large-scale invasions into the rest of Atreia from his hidden
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  • This is the Halo 5: Guardians Cover Art

    This is the Halo 5: Guardians Cover Art

    Forget what you thought the Halo 5: Guardians cover art to be, this one is the real deal. Microsoft revealed the official cover art for the game prior to its release on October 27.


    In addition to this, Microsoft also released a nifty desktop-esque image of the above cover art and an "animated poster" (which is just a video).



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  • Ouya, the Company, is Up for Sale

    Ouya, the Company, is Up for Sale

    If you ever wanted to buy a near dead gaming company, keep on reading! Ouya, the company not the system, could be yours for probably a really low price! The company is going to auction after it failed to dig itself out of debt. This is according to a "confidential" email sent earlier this month from Ouya's CEO, Julie Uhrman, to investors and advisors.
    OUYA originally raised $15 million in Series A funding in early 2013 from investors like Kleiner Perkins, Mayfield Fund, Occam Partners,
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  • Just Cause 3's Explosive Gameplay Revealed

    Just Cause 3's Explosive Gameplay Revealed


    Above is the first ever gameplay reveal for Just Cause 3 froM Square Enix and Avalanche Studios. The trailer features Rico Rodriguez blowing stuff up in style on the island of Medici. Rico's ultimate goal is to "destroy General Di Ravello's hold on power by any means necessary." Those who pre-order can get the Weaponized Vehicle Pack for free. This includes three luxury vehicles packed with "the firepower to kick start a revolution." Just Cause 3 will be released Holiday 201...
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  • Season Pass and Premium Edition Revealed for Batman: Arkham Knight

    Season Pass and Premium Edition Revealed for Batman: Arkham Knight

    Even the Caped Crusader isn't immune from season passes and premium editions. WBIE just revealed that there will be a Season Pass and Premium Edition for Batman: Arkham Knight.
    Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced the Season Pass and Premium Edition for Batman: Arkham Knight, the epic conclusion to the award-winning Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady Studios. Both the Batman: Arkham Knight Season Pass and Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition are
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  • D4: Dark Dream Don't Die Coming to PC

    D4: Dark Dream Don't Die Coming to PC

    D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die was just announced as coming to the PC today. The former Xbox One exclusive adventure title from Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro is currently in the bug squishing phase of development.
    "The catalyst for this port was the presentation I did at GDC, where we made a PC version experimentally to demonstrate the point that we could provide emotional immersion and recreate human sensations even without Kinect on hand and it was designed to be playable with nothing but
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  • PSA: Ultima VIII is Free Through Origin On the House

    PSA: Ultima VIII is Free Through Origin On the House

    The On the House campaign continues through Origin this month. This time the free game offering is none other than Ultima VIII: Gold Edition. For the low price of $0 you can assume the role of Avatar in this decidedly old school RPG.


    The Guardian has tricked you, Avatar. After you defeated Batlin on Serpent's Isle, he banished you to Pagan, a world under his control. Once, it was a beautiful land, but ever since the ancient battle between the Elemental Titans and
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  • Valve Removes Payment Option from Mods and Steam Workshop Items

    Valve Removes Payment Option from Mods and Steam Workshop Items

    A few days of mass community outrage seems to have gotten through to Valve as the company has just announced they are removing the payment feature from the Skyrim Workshop.
    We're going to remove the payment feature from the Skyrim workshop. For anyone who spent money on a mod, we'll be refunding you the complete amount. We talked to the team at Bethesda and they agree. We've done this because it's clear we didn't understand exactly what we were doing. We've been shipping many featur
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  • Bethesda Explains Why They Are Trying Paid Skyrim Mods on Steam

    Bethesda Explains Why They Are Trying Paid Skyrim Mods on Steam

    Bethesda has just offered up their justification for why they are offering up mod creators the option of charging a fee for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim mods. Let's see what they have to say.
    We believe most mods should be free. But we also believe our community wants to reward the very best creators, and that they deserve to be rewarded. We believe the best should be paid for their work and treated like the game developers they are. But again, we don’t think it’s right for us
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