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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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  • 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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  • Halo 5: Guardians Getting a Limited Edition and a Collector's Edition

    Halo 5: Guardians Getting a Limited Edition and a Collector's Edition

    The multiplayer beta for Halo 5: Guardians is already underway. If you still cannot get enough Halo 5 news, you're in luck! 343 Industries and Microsoft revealed a $99.99 (USD) Limited Edition of the game and a $249.99 Collector's Edition. These are on top of the boring as hell, no frills "Standard Edition" for $59.99.
    Standard Edition for $59.99 – Halo 5: Guardians plus an exclusive poster, only available to those who pre-order.

    Limited Edition for $99.99 –
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  • PlayStation Plus Games for January 2015 Announced - Infamous, The Swapper, DuckTales, and More

    Sony revealed the free PlayStation Plus offerings for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and the PlayStation Vita for the month of January in the year 2015. Whoa, that's like the future or something!

    inFAMOUS: First Light (PS4)
    Locked up in a prison for super powered humans, Fetch is forced to relive tragedies from her past. Unravel her dark secret in Seattle while battling to escape snowy Curdon Cay and seek vengeance for those who wronged her.

    The Swapper
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  • Six Month Subscription Plan Removed from The Elder Scrolls Online - Pointing Towards F2P Soon?

    Some players noticed that the six-month subscription option for The Elder Scrolls Online was removed from the game. When this has happened to other MMO's in the past, this seemed to point towards a move of the game to a free to play model in some cases. In other cases, it actually pointed to the game being shut down completely such as with Warhammer Online. ZeniMax has made no official announcement about anything yet. The only thing they said about this move is that users simply pref...
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  • Sony Santa Monica Studio Planning a God of War Event for March and More in 2015

    Sony Santa Monica Studio put up their "Looking Forward to 2015" entry on their site. In it, the team describes how they are planning to hold a special God of War event in March. This event will focus on celebrating ten years of the God of War franchise and will be a "special anniversary celebration for our fans." Now, beyond that, the team also dropped a few more tasty nuggets of information. Later in 2015, they say that they'll be back for "round 2" by making an appearance at the 2015...
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  • The Best in Gaming 2014 - Part 2

    The Best in Gaming 2014 - Part 2

    Welcome back to the "best in gaming" for 2014! If you missed out on part one, feel free to check that out now and then rush back here to read the rest!



    Indie Games The rise of Indie games continued in 2014. Throughout the year, we saw some very impressive releases across almost every platform known to man, namely on the PC through Steam and on the PlayStation 4. While some may whine that Indie games are somehow "lesser games," that really isn't the case in the slightest. Indie...
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  • PSN and XBL Experiencing Outages as Media Outlets Unnecessarily Spread Fear

    You may have already heard by now, but both PlayStation Network and Xbox Live have been experiencing some outages these past few days. Sure, a lot of the problem probably stems from the normal holiday rush of new console owners trying to get online but there's a bit more. Yep, a group of people are DDoS'ing both online services and bringing their login and authentication servers down. As a result, new and existing owners of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are finding it difficult to get online. X...
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  • Post Your Christmas Hauls Here

    Post Your Christmas Hauls Here

    It's getting to be late evening on Christmas day, so what better time to start posting what you received for Christmas, or the holidays, or your birthday, or whatever else. Did you get a new console? Did you get an old console? Any games? Maybe you got that Ease Bake Oven you've always wanted.

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  • The Best in Gaming 2014 - Part 1

    The Best in Gaming 2014 - Part 1

    It's Christmas Eve and that can only mean one thing: I've been drinking. It also means that I put off writing my "best of" entry until the worst possible moment.

    Let's face it, 2014 pretty much sucked in almost every aspect for the gaming industry. This was one of the few years where the "good" was the rarity. Thankfully, there was some good to be found. There were still some great games released and some really fantastic treats for gaming fans and the industry at large. Be...
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  • Guest Reviews: Marlow Briggs and Hatoful Boyfriend

    Guest Reviews: Marlow Briggs and Hatoful Boyfriend

    Recently, I bought a bunch of Steam games for a variety of people. Some of the purchases were joke buys, yet others were not. The games mentioned in the reviews below were meant as joke gifts but Total Gaming Network user and frequent visitor to the Team Speak server I and a group of friends hang out on, actually had a blast playing these games. User EdwardMowinckel decided to repay the kindness by writing up his thoughts and feelings on those games. What lies below this line is all his wor...
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  • TGN User Giveaway: Steam Games Holiday Giveaway Of Some Sort

    TGN User Giveaway: Steam Games Holiday Giveaway Of Some Sort

    Update #4: It's over! Here are your winners:

    Killing Floor Winner: jimykx
    1 Month Twitch Turbo Winner: Lil'Ruff
    Company of Heroes 2: Kendoo

    Update #3: The drawing deadline is Sunday, February 1st. Get those entries in. There's games and Twitch Turbo to giveaway!

    Update #2: I forgot the main page post is separate from the forum post, so basically very few people actually know about these new prizes. This is my fault for not notifying Zips,...
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  • Smite World Championship Prize Pool Surpasses $2 Million

    Smite World Championship Prize Pool Surpasses $2 Million

    Hi-Rez Studios, developers of Smite, revealed today that the prize pool for the upcoming Smite World Championship (SWC) has now surpassed $2 million. More specifically, it's sitting at $2.14 million.
    The SMITE World Championship prize pool is a crowdfunded effort fueled by the Odyssey, an in-game promotion which sells exclusive content to SMITE players. Each microtransaction generated by the Odyssey contributes directly to the overall jackpot that eight teams from around the world will
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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...
    Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
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