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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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  • Bungie Fires Famed Halo Composer Martin O'Donnell

    Bungie Fires Famed Halo Composer Martin O'Donnell

    A couple of short hours ago, famed composer for Bungie, Martin O'Donnell revealed that the Bungie board of directors fired him without reason.

    Specifically, he said that he was "terminated without cause." This happened back on April 11, 2014....
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  • Watch Dogs Developer Blog Details How to Bring Life to a Virtual Chicago

    Watch Dogs Developer Blog Details How to Bring Life to a Virtual Chicago

    The Watch Dogs team at Ubisoft just released a new blog entry that details some of the steps that go into animating and creating a "living" virtual city of Chicago. Animation Director Colin Graham shares his experience with the world.
    Graham suggest that with the new-gen of consoles, animators will take an even greater role in the design, architecture and behaviors found in games – and in some cases will be more hands-on than ever before. “Gameplay animators touch the data and
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  • Free Content Promised for Upcoming Titanfall Updates

    Free Content Promised for Upcoming Titanfall Updates

    A new blog update from the Titanfall team indicates that Respawn is hard at work ironing out remaining issues with the game and have hinted at some future, free content for the game. Essentially, they plan on releasing as much free content (with the exception of map packs) as possible.
    First, we tend the garden and keep the weeds out. The focus here is on the current game, rather than adding new features. One category here would be minor tweaks and fixes, such as our recent adjustments to
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  • Snoop Dogg and R. Lee Ermey Voice Packs Coming to Call of Duty: Ghosts

    Snoop Dogg and R. Lee Ermey Voice Packs Coming to Call of Duty: Ghosts

    On April 22, a handful of new micro-DLC releases will come out for Call of Duty: Ghosts. These include new personalization packs, a Soap Legend Pack, two new voice packs, and more. One of those voices? Snoop Dogg. The other? R. Lee Ermey.


    Sure, why not.
    Legend Pack – Soap – $3.99 Play as the iconic field commander of Task Force 141, Captain John “Soap” MacTavish, in Call of Duty®: Ghosts Multiplayer. The Soap Legend Pack contains a Soap Multi
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  • Star Citizen Hits $42 Million in Crowd Funding

    Star Citizen Hits $42 Million in Crowd Funding

    Star Citizen has just hit $42 million in crowd funding. To mark the occasion, Roberts Space Industries has updated their funding goals.
    Updated Observist Guide – Additional funding from the $42 million level will go to expanding the website area of the Galactapedia: expect to see holographic ships, items and navigation interface in 3D! Imagine admiring your ships or planning your loadouts right here at the RSI website.

    Explorer-class mobiGlas Rig – Every player
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  • Details on the First Feature Pack for Guild Wars 2

    Details on the First Feature Pack for Guild Wars 2

    ArenaNet has revealed the first details on Guild Wars 2's first-ever Feature Pack for the MMO. This update includes the new megaserver system, new traits, new wardrobe options, new PvP rewards, and general updates to the game itself.
    Megaserver System: ArenaNet's megaserver technology is designed to intelligently bring players together to enrich the open world experience of Guild Wars 2. This system dynamically opens and closes maps to accommodate player activity while bringing players
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  • Humble Mobile Bundle 5 is Now Available - Includes Over Six Games

    Humble Mobile Bundle 5 is Now Available - Includes Over Six Games

    The Humble Mobile Bundle 5 is here! As always, you can pay what you want for over six great mobile titles. They also promise that more games will be unlocked down the line.
    Humble Mobile Bundle 5 has six games to keep you and your Android entertained. Pay what you want for retro shooter, R-Type II, the perplexing produce puzzler, Bag It!, and the monumental RPG, Aralon: Sword and Shadow. Beat the average price and get your brain into full gear with adventurous spelunking in The
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  • Ubisoft Gave Game Journalists a Free Nexus 7 at Watch Dogs Preview Event

    Ubisoft Gave Game Journalists a Free Nexus 7 at Watch Dogs Preview Event

    At a recent Watch Dogs press event held in Paris, Ubisoft reportedly gave every journalist in attendance a free Nexus 7 tablet. The tablet was part of a "gift bag" that contained the tablet with a number of videos, screenshots, and links loaded onto it beforehand.

    Many are calling the tablet a "bribe" made to journalists in return for more favorable review scores when the game nears release.

    Some of the journalists in attendance have publicly revealed that the Ne...
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  • Xbox One System Update Rolling Out - Improvements for App Updates, Friends, Kinect, and More

    An update for the Xbox One has begun the process of rolling out to consumers tonight. This update includes improvements to the updating and saving of apps, improvements to friends, improvements to Kinect, and more.
    Game and app saves and updates. A game save progress bar will show you the status of your game saves. You will also be able to easily tell what games and apps are being updated or have been updated recently.
    Friends improvements. Notifications will be added to see
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  • Age of Empires: World Domination Announcement Trailer Looks Bad

    Age of Empires: World Domination Announcement Trailer Looks Bad

    Get ready for an all-new mobile experience in Age of Empires: World Domination.
    From the award winning Age of Empires series comes the Next Generation free-to-play Mobile Strategy game! Create the Strongest Empire by commanding armies from the annals of history!

    Man, that honestly looks terrible. If you want to experience it for yourself, be sure to check out the Age of Empires: World Domination website. It will be available this Summer for iOS, Android, and Windows...
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  • Latest World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition Video Focuses on Update 1.1

    Latest World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition Video Focuses on Update 1.1

    The latest trailer for World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition includes a look at some of the features and additions that arrived in Update 1.1 for the game.

    This includes a look at the new Crew System, the new Himmelsdorf map, and the new British tanks. Though mainly the above video focuses on the new Crew System.
    The first content update for the free-to-play action game brings about the highly anticipated Crew System, new Himmelsdorf map, and five additional British medium
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  • Specific Details Revealed for Civilization: Beyond Earth

    Specific Details Revealed for Civilization: Beyond Earth

    Revealed this past weekend, Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is already making fans excited. Today, 2K revealed some additional details about the game that were not yet known.
    Key features of Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth include:

    Seed the Adventure: Players will establish a cultural identity, select a leader and sponsor an expedition by assembling the spacecraft, cargo and colonists through a series of choices that directly impact starting conditions when
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  • Soda Drinker Pro Coming to the Xbox One

    Soda Drinker Pro Coming to the Xbox One

    Soda Drinker Pro is coming to the Xbox One. It includes support for the Kinect, new features, achievements, Soda customizations, and more. Plus, a "full version of Vivian Clark will be built into the game with a GIGANTIC amount of new content."
    We are super psyched to be launching on the Xbox One but we haven't forgotten about PC Mac and Linux too! We have some surprises for you as well. For everyone who bought a copy of Soda Drinker Pro, soon you'll be getting an update to the game
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  • The 'Death Shield' Hitbox Bug in Battlefield 4

    The 'Death Shield' Hitbox Bug in Battlefield 4

    Normally, we aren't too keen on posting exploit or unpatched bug videos but this is one of those cases where this seems to be a rather high priority issue that needs to be fixed ASAP. So, the more people that are aware of this, the better the chances are that this issue gets resolved for Battlefield 4, right? The short of this bug is that a hitbox on a body that can be revived remains where it shouldn't be. This prevents most projectiles from passing through to anything behind it, ...
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  • Six New Evolve Screenshots

    Six New Evolve Screenshots

    MP1st managed to get their hands on six new screenshots for Evolve, the upcoming multiplayer title from Turtle Rock Studios.



    Evolve is slated to be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC later in 2014....
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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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