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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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  • R.B.I. Baseball 15 Coming this Spring

    R.B.I. Baseball 15 Coming this Spring

    MLBAM officially announced that R.B.I. Baseball 15 will indeed be coming this Spring, making for the second showing of the revitalized franchise. The latest release will include better looking ballparks, full rosters, stat tracking, online play, and the debut of the game on the PC and Mac.

    Check out some new screenshots and then continue on to read the full press release detailing all of the new and returning features.


    Today, MLBAM officially announced
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  • Nebulous is an Upcoming Sci-fi Physics Puzzler for the Oculus Rift

    Nebulous is an Upcoming Sci-fi Physics Puzzler for the Oculus Rift

    At GDC, some in attendance will get a chance to try out Nebulous, an upcoming sci-fi physics based puzzler using the Oculus Rift. The game is being developed by Namazu Studios and is targeting a second quarter release in 2015 for the PC. Sadly, the Oculus support and a PS4 version will not be released until later.

    Namazu's game puts players in the space boots of intrepid astronaut Commander Dash Johnson, as he explores the cosmos. Things quickly go awry when Commander Johnson
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  • PSA: Free Week and Sale Begins for Interstellar Marines

    PSA: Free Week and Sale Begins for Interstellar Marines

    A free week is now underway for Interstellar Marines. The week runs from right now until Sunday at 1PM (PT). In addition, you can save 66% off the regular price of the game during this week.

    Interstellar Marines resurrects the old school tactical FPS, offering a unique blend of co-op, role-playing and non-linear gameplay. Set in a believable future, you take on the role of an elite soldier handpicked to join Project IM, a top secret military program being assembled to protect
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  • BioWare Cancels Shadow Realms to Focus on Star Wars: The Old Republic

    BioWare Cancels Shadow Realms to Focus on Star Wars: The Old Republic

    BioWare has officially cancelled Shadow Realms. You may recall their big series of teasers starting last August for the game that was going to be a new online RPG. What then will BioWare be focusing on instead? Well, Star Wars: The Old Republic is going to be their main focus. Yay?
    Today I’m sharing some important news about Shadow Realms and our BioWare Austin studio. We’ve made the decision to not move forward with development of Shadow Realms. We fully recognize that this n
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  • Latest Update to The Long Dark Doubles Playable Area

    Latest Update to The Long Dark Doubles Playable Area

    The playable area in the open world sandbox game, The Long Dark, has been doubled in the game's latest update. Pleasant Valley is a new area that adds nearly 10 square kilometers to the game. It features rural mountain valley environments with fields, farms, caves, and wilderness.

    This update also adds in new wildlife, harvestable plants, torches to scare off wolves, better AI, and a new interface for your inventory.

    The full list of changes can be found below...
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  • 343 Cancels Beta Test for Future Patches in Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Teases Relic Update

    343 Industries has officially pulled the plug on actually having the public play and bug test upcoming Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The studio decided it just wasn't in their best interest to have the public testing out the patches prior to a broad release.
    After further evaluation, the team has determined that that final testing for the content update will be completed internally, and we will not be conducting a beta test for the next CU. Also, it was determined that the additional
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  • Life is Strange - Episode 1 Finale

    Life is Strange - Episode 1 Finale

    Welcome back for the final part to the first episode of Life is Strange. This is the third and final part for Chrysalis, the first of five planned episodes for the game. If you liked what you've watch, be sure to check out the game for yourself! Also, be sure to come back in March for Episode 2.

    Welcome back to Life is Strange. This is the finale of Episode 1: Chrysalis. As with most adventure games, I will read the on screen text and keep quiet during cutscenes. Li
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  • 19 Year Old Brandon "Famed God" Wilson Arrested in Connection with SWATting Cases

    19 year old Brandon Wilson from Nevada was arrested on Thursday in connection with a SWATting attack on another individual. Wilson, who often went by the online name of "Famed God," is awaiting extradition to Illinois for his involvement in a SWATting attack. Back in July 2014, Wilson reportedly said that a murder took place in a Naperville, IL residence. This naturally caused the authorities to respond to the false claim. Wilson is also said to have threatened his victim's banking accounts ...
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  • First DirectX 12 Benchmarks Look Very Promising for the Future of Gaming

    First DirectX 12 Benchmarks Look Very Promising for the Future of Gaming

    Anandtech has some of the first benchmarks out for DirectX 12 and how it compares not only to DirectX 11 performance but also AMD's Mantle. The results? Very promising.


    Finally, while we’re going to take a systematic look at DirectX 12 from both a CPU standpoint and a GPU standpoint, we may as well answer the first question on everyone’s mind: does DirectX 12 work as advertised? The short answer: a resounding yes. Starting with a look at CPU scaling on our fast
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  • Battlefield Hardline Beta Extended Until Monday, February 9

    Battlefield Hardline Beta Extended Until Monday, February 9

    The official Battlefield Twitter account mentioned that the beta for Battlefield Hardline will be extended by about a day. Yep, the beta will now run until February 9, which is Monday night.

    Don't believe me?...
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  • Koei Tecmo Threatens Not to Release PC Games in the Future if People Mod Dead or Alive 5

    Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will be the first appearance of the series on the PC (via Steam). As you may expect, people are already a bit excited for the game to appear on PC if for no other reason than it will be another game that they can create and download mods for. Right? Well, not of the game's publisher, Koei Tecmo, and the game's developer, Team Ninja, have anything to say about it.

    The director of the game, Yohei Shimbori, gives a very clear warning to people wanting to...
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  • Dota 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 Updates - February 6, 2015

    Dota 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 Updates - February 6, 2015

    Valve released a couple of small updates tonight for both Dota 2 and Left 4 Dead 2. There isn't anything too remarkable here so we're providing them as a two for one special for your reading pleasure.

    Changelog for Dota 2 and Left 4 Dead 2 for February 6, 2015

    Dota 2 - Added a caching layer in front of the Chinese replay servers to provide a better replay downloading experience to players outside of China. - Fixed a rare bug that could cause Reaper's Scythe to not credit Necrolyte f
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  • Valve Suspends 19 More Professional CS:GO Players for Match Fixing

    Valve Suspends 19 More Professional CS:GO Players for Match Fixing

    Last month, Valve banned seven Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players that were found to be involved in high level eSports match fixing during CEVO Professional Season 5. Today, Valve suspended 19 more players for their involvement in match fixing. This latest ban finds three teams being ineligible from competing in the offline qualifying rounds for the upcoming ESL One Katowice 2015. Those three teams are Epsilon eSports, WinneR, and the team formerly known as ESC Gaming. ESL One...
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  • Phil Spencer Shows Screenshot Functionality Running on Xbox One Developer Consoles

    About an hour ago, Microsoft's Phil Spencer Tweeted out a short message and an image that shows that the ability to take and save screenshots is finally coming soon to the Xbox One....
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  • Live-Action Legend of Zelda Series Reportedly in the Works at Netflix

    Live-Action Legend of Zelda Series Reportedly in the Works at Netflix

    The Wall Street Journal claims that Netflix is busy working closely with Nintendo on a new live-action series based off of The Legend of Zelda.

    At present, the series is reportedly still looking for a writer. So far, Netflix has described the live-action series as being like Game of Thrones but more family friendly. So you're saying we won't be seeing copious amounts of Tingle nudity? Bummer.


    (via WSJ)...
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