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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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  • Get Social with The Crew's Latest Trailer

    Get Social with The Crew's Latest Trailer

    Ubisoft really wants you to be social as indicated in their latest trailer for their open-world racing title, The Crew.

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  • Hotline Miami Crosses Over into Payday 2 on September 30

    Hotline Miami Crosses Over into Payday 2 on September 30

    On September 30, Payday 2 will get something a little unexpected. On that date Hotline Miami pays the crew a visit in the form of some new DLC for Payday 2.


    The teams at Overkill and Dennation Games even provided a short FAQ to give you a bit of an idea on what to expect in this DLC.
    Q: I recognize this theme... A: This Hotline Miami DLC for PAYDAY 2 is a true collaboration between OVERKILL, creators of PAYDAY and Dennaton Games, creators of Hotli
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  • Alien: Isolation PC System Requirements Revealed

    Alien: Isolation PC System Requirements Revealed

    Creative Assembly released the minimum and recommended PC specs for Alien: Isolation today. Let's see if you have what it takes under the hood to be scared in space.
    Minimum PC Specifications are: Operating System: Windows 7 (32bit) Processor: 3.16Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 RAM: 4GB RAM Hard Drive: 35GB required for installation Video Card: 1GB DirectX 11 (AMD Radeon HD 5550 or Nvidia GeForce GT 430) Broadband Internet Connection
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  • Destiny Makes $500 Million in First 24 Hours

    Destiny Makes $500 Million in First 24 Hours

    Activision announced that Destiny has made $500 million in sales in its first 24 hours of release. This makes it the biggest video game launch ever.
    “Based on extraordinary audience demand, retail and first party orders worldwide have exceeded $500 million for Destiny,” said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. “This industry milestone marks another blockbuster success for our company and demonstrates our unique ability to create some of the most successful entertainment
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  • More Behind the Scenes for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor with Troy Baker and Nolan North

    A new behind the scenes trailer for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor comes at you today featuring Troy Baker and Nolan North. Can one room contain that many voices? Find out by watching the video below.

    In the Shadow of Mordor - Behind the Scenes Trailer: Troy Baker AND Nolan North, Troy and Nolan discuss their experiences working on the new action game and how they brought their characters, Talion and The Black Hand, to life. They also comment on their relationship with each
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  • Resident Evil: Revelations 2 to See Episodic Release in 2015

    Resident Evil: Revelations 2 to See Episodic Release in 2015

    Capcom revealed that Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will be released as a "weekly series of episodic downloads." There will be four episodes in total that "feature hours of gameplay."

    That is to say that if you want to experience all of Revelations 2 in one go, you'll have to wait about an extra month from its initial release.
    A digital download option of the Complete Season will also be available to ensure fans can get each episode as it rolls out, and a retail disc version
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  • Watch Dogs is Finally Coming to the Wii U in November

    Watch Dogs is Finally Coming to the Wii U in November

    Watch Dogs is slated to come out for the Nintendo Wii U on November 18. Ubisoft made the date official today with a short press release on the matter.
    Watch Dogs will take full advantage of the Wii U specific hardware with a detailed and interactive map of Chicago displayed on the Wii U GamePad. The game also features Off-TV Play, letting gamers continue playing Watch Dogs solely on the Wii U GamePad. Watch Dogs tells the story of Aiden Pearce, a brilliant hacker whose criminal pa
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  • Narrated Walkthrough for an Assassin's Creed Unity Co-op Heist Mission

    Narrated Walkthrough for an Assassin's Creed Unity Co-op Heist Mission

    Ubisoft released a short walkthrough trailer today for Assassin's Creed Unity. The walkthrough includes Creative Director Alex Amancio taking you through one of the co-op heist missions in the game.

    In heist missions you’ll have to coordinate your skills and attacks to infiltrate, steal the artifacts, and escape without being detected. The less you’re seen, the higher your reward for finishing the mission will be. Heists are just one type of co-op mission and
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  • Colorful Special Edition 3DS XL Models Bring Back the NES Controller, Smash Bros., and Persona

    Nintendo revealed three new, colorful designs for the 3DS XL today. These designs are not for the new hardware revision coming to the 3DS lineup, but are instead for the current (older) hardware.

    The designs include a red themed Super Smash Bros. model, a Persona Q model, and one model that brings back memories of the old NES controller.


    • Super Smash Bros. Edition Nintendo 3DS XL: Red and blue systems go on sale at retailers nationwide on Sept.
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  • Microsoft Sells Just 23,000 Units During First Week of Sales in Japan

    Microsoft Sells Just 23,000 Units During First Week of Sales in Japan

    The Xbox One launched in Japan last week! Unfortunately for Microsoft, the system sold just 23,562 units during its launch week (measured from September 4-7). In case you weren't aware, that's a terrible figure.

    In comparison, the Xbox 360 sold over 60,000 units during its first two days of being on sale in Japan. The original Xbox sold just shy of 124,000 units in its first three days. How well did the PlayStation 4 do for its Japanese launch? In the first two days of...
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  • Let's Play The Wolf Among Us Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile Finale

    Let's Play The Wolf Among Us Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile Finale

    Here we are at the final part for the third episode of The Wolf Among Us. It's been a hell of a ride so far, I'm sure nothing crazy will happen at the end of A Crooked Mile, right?


    I don't have an exact time frame just yet but I promise that Episode 4 for The Wolf Among Us won't take literal months to show up. I hope* to have it going by next week. Thanks for watching and if you want to catch any of the previous episodes, you can do so with this YouTube playlist...
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  • New Trailer for Alien: Isolation as the Game Goes Gold

    New Trailer for Alien: Isolation as the Game Goes Gold

    Creative Assembly let the world know that today, September 9, 2015, Alien: Isolation has gone gold. That means that development has wrapped up and it's being sent for mass reproduction on discs and shipped to retailers in time for its October 7 release date. To mark the occassion, the studio released the first in a new series of trailers running up to the game's release. They're calling it the "#HowWillYouSurvive" series. Yes, they actually use the hashtag in the title. Yes, it's stupid. He...
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  • Microsoft Reportedly Trying to Buy Minecraft Creators Mojang

    Microsoft Reportedly Trying to Buy Minecraft Creators Mojang

    Mojang, the development studio behind Minecraft is reportedly being the target of a buyout from Microsoft. According to the Wall Street Journal and a "person with knowledge of the matter," Microsoft is allegedly offering upwards of $2 billion for the studio. Again, this is all just rumor and speculation right now from what is the equivalent of an anonymous source. If this deal is real and if it does actually happen, Microsoft would be in charge of all things Minecraft going forward. L...
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  • EA Will Remove Ray Rice from Madden NFL 15

    EA Will Remove Ray Rice from Madden NFL 15

    EA Sports said that they will remove any and all traces of Ray Rice from Madden NFL 15 after it was revealed that the former Ravens' running back is a girlfriend assaulting jackass.

    This follows the news that the Baltimore Ravens ended Rice's contract and the further news that the NFL has suspended him indefinitely. Fox's Mike Garafolo initially reported the news to the world today via Twitter.
    It was then later confirmed by the official EA Sports Madd...
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  • Battlefield 4: Final Stand Details, Map Testing, and First Trailer Released

    Battlefield 4: Final Stand Details, Map Testing, and First Trailer Released

    Earlier today, DICE started to blow the lid off of what we can expect to see in Battlefield 4: Final Stand. In fact, starting today, they're making the Final Stand maps available in the Community Test Environment.

    Hell, even beyond that, DICE even mentions Battlefield 2142 in their latest news post about Final Stand.
    With Final Stand, we knew from the start that we wanted to evolve the Battlefield experience and offer weapons and vehicles that behave differently than
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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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