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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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  • Valve Changes the Steam Storefront with Steam Discovery Update and Personalized Shopping

    Valve has finally gotten around to giving a facelift to the old Steam storefront. The new store has gone live today and it's very, very blue. Valve is calling it the "Steam Discovery Update" and it includes new features like personalized shopping recommendations.
    Valve today launched the Steam Discovery Update, which introduces new functionality and features designed to optimize the Steam shopping experience as the number of new titles on Steam increases. In the past nine months, Ste
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  • PlayStation TV coming to North America on October 14

    PlayStation TV coming to North America on October 14

    PlayStation TV will be released in North America on October 14 and on November 14 for Europe. The PlayStation TV will include the ability to stream almost 700 games from the history of the PlayStation brand when the device launches next month.
    With PlayStation TV’s launch right around the corner on October 14, I’m pleased to confirm that nearly 700 games will be available in the U.S. and Canada to play on PS TV on Day One, including established, popular franchises like Killzone:
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  • BioShock Infinite: The Complete Edition Coming in November

    BioShock Infinite: The Complete Edition Coming in November

    If you haven't yet picked up BioShock Infinite yet you may want to hold off for just another month. BioShock Infinite: The Complete Edition was added to the GameStop website earlier today for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. I'm sure other retailers will also sell the game.

    Included in the $39.99 (USD) package is the base game and all previously released DLC.
    • BioShock Infinite - Bring us the girl, wipe away the debt. The year is 1912. Deep in debt, Booker
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  • Sunset Overdrive Has an Over the Top Live Action Trailer

    Sunset Overdrive Has an Over the Top Live Action Trailer

    A new live action trailer for Sunset Overdrive was released today.

    If there’s ever been a game that couldn’t be translated into a live-action trailer, Sunset Overdrive is that game. With its unique blend of hyper agility and inventive weaponized destruction, Sunset Overdrive is the one game that would be disastrous to attempt to make real.
    So that’s what we did.

    Sunset Overdrive is slated to be released on October 28 for the Xbox One....
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  • Assassin's Creed Unity Season Pass Detailed - Includes China and Dead Kings

    Assassin's Creed Unity Season Pass Detailed - Includes China and Dead Kings

    Ubisoft has released the first details on their Season Pass plans for Assassin's Creed Unity. It delivers something that fans have wanted for a while, a game that takes place in China. It also includes some extra goodies for your adventures in Paris and the Dead Kings campaign.

    New Campaign - Dead Kings - Follow Arno, after the events of Assassin’s Creed Unity, to the ominous rural city of Saint Denis. Explore the troubling city’s extensive underground universe
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  • Metal Gear Solid and The Order: 1886 Costumes Coming to LittleBigPlanet 3

    Metal Gear Solid and The Order: 1886 Costumes Coming to LittleBigPlanet 3

    In the coming months, we will see a couple of new costume packs released for LittleBigPlanet 3 that tie in with other games. First up is a special Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes costume pack.
    Metal Gear Solid was one of the very first content packs that we released for the first LittleBigPlanet, so it seemed only fitting to team up with our good friends at Konami to bring you some brand new Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zero costumes for LittleBigPlanet 3! Our upcoming costume pac
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  • New Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Gameplay from TGS 2014

    New Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Gameplay from TGS 2014

    Also shown off at the Tokyo Game Show 2014 was some new gameplay for Final Fantasy Type-0 HD for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This is an HD remaster of the PlayStation Portable title that came out in late 2011.

    The game focuses on the stories of Class Zero, a group of twelve magic-endowed students from the Peristylium, a magical academy in the Dominion of Rubrum. One day, the Milites Empire launches an assault on the other nations of Orience, seeking to control their respective
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  • New Final Fantasy XV Direct Feed Gameplay Footage

    New Final Fantasy XV Direct Feed Gameplay Footage

    A bit more footage for Final Fantasy XV came out of the Tokyo Game Show this past week. Earlier we saw a new trailer and a few new screenshots, but today is a direct feed video of some of the gameplay within the upcoming RPG from Square Enix.


    Let's not forget that this game has been worked on since 2006 when it was first announced in May 2006 as Final Fantasy Versus XIII. It's slated to be released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One....
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  • New Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Screens Include an Adorable Dog Companion

    It's a puppy! Then it's a dog with an eye patch! D'awwwwwwww! Here are some new screenshots released by Konami for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. These are shots taken from their numerous TGS 2014 stage presentations that featured new gameplay. The dog is named Diamond Dog, D.D. for short, and can come with you as a "buddy" on missions, just as Quiet can. He, also like Quiet, is a completely optional buddy and it's possible to never encounter either of them while playing through the...
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  • New Screenshots and Release Date for Farming Simulator 15

    New Screenshots and Release Date for Farming Simulator 15

    I almost missed this bit of news last week but it seems as though Farming Simulator 15 now has a release date and some new screenshots. Farming Simulator 15 will be out on October 30 for the PC platform and in early 2015 for PS4, PS3, XB1, and 360.

    Now that the boring stuff is out of the way, let's get to the hot screenshot action.



    Aw yeah, that's the stuff....
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  • Rumor: First-Person View for Cars and On Foot for Grand Theft Auto V is Coming

    According to a post on the GTAforums, Rockstar may have briefly posted some information about what fans can expect in the transition from last-gen to current-gen consoles for Grand Theft Auto V.

    A user there allegedly grabbed the following image from a Rockstar support page.


    That page has since been pulled down. However, a web cache of the page exists and it (at least for now) still works just fine. It shows nearly identical information to what was...
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  • NBA2K TV Coming to NBA 2K15

    NBA2K TV Coming to NBA 2K15

    2K announced today a new feature coming to the upcoming release of NBA 2K15 for the PC and current-gen consoles. It's called NBA2K TV and it will bring various "game-related programming" to those who own the game.

    NBA 2KTV’s on-demand show format will also showcase content from the most popular gameplay features dictated by fans of NBA 2K15. Viewers can expect to see interviews with the game’s development team, gameplay highlights, game related events, basketball culture,
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  • World Premiere Co-op Trailer for Battleborn

    World Premiere Co-op Trailer for Battleborn

    Gearbox and 2K released the first ever look at the co-op campaign coming in Battleborn.

    Battleborn is a hero-shooter that fuses team-based first-person shooting with a deep roster of playable heroes. No two heroes play the same, and each has unique weapons, powers, and personalities that can be fully experienced in cooperative campaign mission, or over the course of a single competitive multiplayer match.
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  • 30 Minutes of Bloodborne Gameplay

    30 Minutes of Bloodborne Gameplay

    Also at Tokyo Game Show 2014 is a little game called Bloodborne by From Software. Perhaps you've heard of them? The following video is a 30 minute long gameplay walkthrough of the demo that is being shown off to those in attendance at TGS 2014.

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  • Concept Trailer that Led to P.T. (Silent Hills) from Tokyo Game Show 2014

    Concept Trailer that Led to P.T. (Silent Hills) from Tokyo Game Show 2014

    Last night, Konami also held a small show for P.T. (Playable Teaser). During which they showed off that concept trailer that eventually led to the creation of P.T., which itself is a teaser for Silent Hills.


    As with the footage for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, this is a fan upload from the presentation streamed live from Tokyo Game Show 2014. It is unknown whether or not Konami will release any direct-feed footage for this....
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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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