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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...
 

Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 People from Gaming Divisions

Impacted teams include Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.

Layoffs are happening again within Microsoft as roughly 1,900 employees are being let go. The initial report comes from an IGN report that says the layoffs hit Microsoft owned Activision Blizzard, Xbox, and ZeniMax.

Xbox lead Phil Spencer sent out a memo to staff which announced these layoffs. In the memo, Spencer says that as Microsoft is "committed to aligning on a strategy and an execution plan with...
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  • PlayStation Now Theme for the PlayStation 4 Offers a Chance at Free PlayStation Now Sub for a Year

    Sony released a new Dynamic Theme today for the PlayStation 4. The special PlayStation Now theme can be yours to download for free. If that alone doesn't interest you, then perhaps you may be interested to hear that just in downloading the theme you are entered in for a chance to win a one year subscription to PlayStation Now.

    All you need to do is log in to your PlayStation 4 and download the PlayStation Now theme before the end of the month (January 31, 2015) to be eligible to...
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  • Get Those Upgrade Plans Ready - The Witcher 3 PC System Requirements Are Here

    The official PC system requirements for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have been revealed today by CD Projekt RED. This seems to be the game that most people have been waiting for to see which components they're going to need to upgrade next. Well, wonder no longer because here are the requirements and recommended specs.
    Minimum System Requirements
    CPU: Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz
    CPU: AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940
    GPU: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660
    GPU: AMD GPU
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  • The International Dota 2 Championships 2015 Scheduled for August 3-8

    The International Dota 2 Championships 2015 Scheduled for August 3-8

    In a brief blog update on the Dota 2 website, Valve made mention of the 2015 International Dota 2 Championships.

    We wanted to share some information about The International so that you’re able to start making room in your schedules. This year the Main Event in Seattle will include 16 teams and will run for 6 full days, from Monday August 3rd through Saturday August 8th. Ticket availability will be announced on this blog prior to going on sale. Team invitations will occur
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  • Planetside 2 Closed Beta Begins January 20 on PlayStation 4

    Planetside 2 Closed Beta Begins January 20 on PlayStation 4

    At long last, the PlayStation 4 version of SOE's PlanetSide 2 will somewhat arrive on January 20. That date marks the beginning of the closed beta on the PS4 platform for the free-to-play MMOFPS. The initial wave will include just a few thousand initial invites. As the closed beta continues, the number of players invited will increase in "chronological order of when they signed up." If you still need or want to sign up, you can do so at the PS2 on PS4 sign up page at the ...
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  • Intel Takes a Stand Against Gamergate to the Tune of a $300 Million Campaign for Diversity in Tech

    During Intel's keynote today at CES 2015, the company pledged to spend $300 million over the next five years to improve diversity in the tech industry. This campaign aims to address the issues of underrepresentation of women in the industry as well as minorities. This includes working with groups such as the ESL, IGDA, Girls Who Code, Feminst Frequency, and more. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich alluded to issues facing the tech industry over the past year, including Gamergate, as some of the ma...
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  • Sony Announces 18.5 Million PlayStation 4 Systems Sold Worldwide

    Sony Announces 18.5 Million PlayStation 4 Systems Sold Worldwide

    Yesterday, Sony revealed that due to 4.1 million PlayStation 4's being sold this Holiday season, their total number of sales of the system have surpassed 18.5 million. That figure is sold to consumers and not merely the number of units shipped to retailers. On top of that, Sony also revealed that there are 10.9 million people subscribed to PlayStation Plus as of January 2. It was not made clear as to whether or not that figure includes PS+ subscribers on the PlayStation 3 and Vita in add...
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  • Valve Cancels Steam Dev Days After Just One Year

    Valve Cancels Steam Dev Days After Just One Year

    Last year was the first and perhaps only go around for Steam Dev Days. The developer conference took place last year and brought in around 1,200 developers from around the world to talk about game development with other devs. This year? Nothing.

    Valve has officially scrapped the event for 2015, opting instead to have a larger presence at GDC 2015. When asked about the event, a Valve representative issued the following statement.
    "Steam Dev Days was a great way to
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  • Pokemon Plays Twitch Chat Live at AGDQ 2015

    Pokemon Plays Twitch Chat Live at AGDQ 2015

    We have all obviously heard of Twitch Plays Pokemon by now, right? But did you know that Pokemon Red could play Twitch? No, it's true! During the "tool-assisted speedrun" (TAS) section of Awesome Games Done Quick 2015, it was made clear that you can do pretty much anything with a bit of time and effort. I don't know the exact technical details, but they managed to have Pokemon Red for the Super Game Boy execute a program created within its own memory that prints a live feed of the...
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  • AGDQ 2015 Speedrunning Marathon Underway - Donate to Prevent Cancer

    AGDQ 2015 Speedrunning Marathon Underway - Donate to Prevent Cancer

    Awesome Games Done Quick 2015, otherwise known as AGDQ 2015 (or #AGDQ2015), kicked off just a short time ago today. As always, this event will span about a full week and aims to raise both money and awareness for charity. This year's charity is the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

    Now, there are multiple ways you can help out.
    1. You can either donate directly through the GDQ website.
    2. You can pick up a special AGDQ 2015 Humble Bundle, so you donate and get some fun games.
    3. You
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  • Xbox One Price Returns to $400+ Tomorrow January 4

    Xbox One Price Returns to $400+ Tomorrow January 4

    Tomorrow, January 4, the temporary price cut on the Xbox One will be a thing of the past. The price is expected to the jump back up to the $400-$500 range. This is following a huge rush of sales of the console for the holidays thanks to the price cut and substantial number of bundle offerings. That means if you haven't picked up and Xbox One for the $50 price reduction or any of the price reduced bundles, it's probably too late by the time you read this. The prices will go back up to $40...
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  • Halo 5 Multiplayer Beta Receives New Maps and Game Type

    Halo 5 Multiplayer Beta Receives New Maps and Game Type

    Earlier, an update for the Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta was rolled out. A new game type was added as a part of this update in addition to two new maps entering into the Slayer playlist.
    This week in the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta, battle it out in Breakout, a brand-new game type! Breakout is round-based, and your Spartan only has one life each round. The first team to take five rounds wins the match. You’ll be able to play on two maps: Crossfire, and its variant, Trench.
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  • PSA: Secure Your Origin Accounts

    PSA: Secure Your Origin Accounts

    There have been some stories lately of users who have gotten their Origin accounts "hacked" into. People have gained access to Origin accounts that are not theirs and have made false purchases on these accounts.

    EA has claimed that there has been no security breach on their end but I still see a number of these first hand accounts popping up. If you're worried about someone gaining access to your account take some simple precautions before something bad happens.
    1. Change
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  • FPS Counter Added to Steam Overlay in Latest Beta Release - January 2, 2015

    FPS Counter Added to Steam Overlay in Latest Beta Release - January 2, 2015

    Today's beta client update for Steam brought about some new functionality to the platform. One of the new features is an FPS counter in the Steam overlay.

    Changelog for Steam beta client for January 2, 2015

    General
    - Reduced CPU usage when drawing animated images or videos
    - Fixed video playback performance regression on Mac OS X and Linux
    - Added FPS counter to Steam Overlay
    - Fixed reloading settings values in the Steam Overlay

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  • Valve May Not Be the Best Place to Work At - Former Employees Make Their Voices Heard

    Rich Geldreich parted ways from Valve back in June of 2013. He was one of the forces driving the future of OpenGL and Steam Linux at Valve before he said his goodbyes. Even then, Geldreich made it clear that he wasn't too thrilled with how business was conducted at the company. Yesterday, he wrote up a blog entry detailing why the experience left a sour taste in his mouth.

    In his blog, entitled Open Office Spaces and Cabal Rooms Suck, Geldreich details why he and the environment...
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  • Sony Offers PlayStation Plus Extension and Discount to Apologize for Holiday PSN Issues

    Due to the ahem "outages" that happened around Christmas to the PlayStation Network, Sony is offering a few gifts as an apology. First up, if you had an active membership to PlayStation Plus or a free trial as of December 25, you will be given five extra days at no extra charge. Sony says that the extension will be automatically applied to your account, with more information coming soon on the PlayStation Blog about when it becomes available. In addition to this, Sony will offer a 10%...
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  • Poll: What is 2024's Biggest Gaming Disappointment So Far?
    by Shawn Zipay
    It's AAAA vs WB.

    March isn't even over yet and we've already seen a couple of stinkers come out from major gaming studios. While we tend to focus on the surprise hits or quality titles in these polls, this time it's a little bit different.

    Between the Rocksteady developed live-service Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and the "AAAA" quality Ubisoft developed Skull and Bones: Which is the bigger disappointment for you?

    Playing these games isn't...
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