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Ubisoft Pulls Licenses for The Crew, Makes the Game Completely Inaccessible to Buyers

From the same company trying to sell you a $130 version of Star Wars Outlaws.

From announcing a $130 edition of Star Wars Outlaws to pulling game licenses from those that bought The Crew, Ubisoft sure is on a roll this week.

The Crew was Ubisoft's open-world racing game that was pulled from sale back in December 2023. As of March 31, 2024, Ubisoft shut down the online servers for The Crew. This effectively made the game unplayable across all platforms, including: PC,...
 

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...
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  • DirectX 12 Information Revealed, Targeting Holiday 2015 Release

    DirectX 12 Information Revealed, Targeting Holiday 2015 Release

    As promised, Microsoft has taken the lid off of their DirectX 12 reveal earlier today at GDC 2014. Get ready for some nice performance gains on machines with lower end CPUs, but not until December of 2015 at the earliest. The good news is that most current, modern GPUs will be able to make use of DirectX 12. Support for DirectX 12, at least for Nvidia, will be on all "the DX11-class GPUs it (Nvidia) has shipped." This includes cards from the Fermi line, Kepler, Maxwell, and beyond. ...
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  • Day One Patch for Infamous: Second Son Adds 5 Hours of Additional Gameplay

    Day One Patch for Infamous: Second Son Adds 5 Hours of Additional Gameplay

    A patch for Infamous: Second Son will be released tomorrow that will add 19 new missions to the game and about five hours of additional gameplay. This new content is for the "Paper Trail" line of missions, an "innovative online and in-game story arc" that will have players discovering the full story behind the D.U.P. being in Seattle. Beyond these 19 missions, additional information will also be found through various website "investigations." It's suggested any interested parties check out t...
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  • On a Train to Berlin in Latest Wolfenstein: The New Order Trailer

    On a Train to Berlin in Latest Wolfenstein: The New Order Trailer

    Check it out, it's a new trailer for Wolfenstein: The New Order.
    Watch an early scene from Wolfenstein: The New Order. In this video, BJ Blazkowicz has an unexpected run in with one of Wolfenstein's most cunning villains, Frau Engel.

    The game will be released May 20 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC platforms. You also get access to the Doom beta if you pre-order....
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  • GDC 2014 Award Winners

    GDC 2014 Award Winners

    Here are the list of nominees and winners from tonight's GDC 2014 Awards.
    Game of the Year
    • Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar North/Rockstar Games)
    • The Last Of Us (Naughty Dog/Sony) - WINNER
    • Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix)
    • Gone Home (The Fullbright Company)
    • Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo)


    Innovation Award
    • DEVICE 6 (Simogo)
    • Gone Home (The Fullbright Company)
    • Papers, Please (Lucas Pope) - WINNER
    • Tearaway (Media Molecule/Sony)
    • The Stanley
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  • Crytek Offering CryEngine for $10 a Month

    Crytek Offering CryEngine for $10 a Month

    Epic Games isn't the only company offering up a subscription based model for their game engine. Crytek is getting in on it as well and will be offering access to the CryEngine for $9.90 (USD) per month and will be royalty free for independent developers.
    Crytek's Director of Business Development , Carl Jones, said: "When we announced the new CRYENGINE this was our first step towards creating an engine as a service. We are happy to announce now that the latest update of CRYENGINE
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  • Titanfall for Xbox 360 Has Been Delayed Again by Two More Weeks

    Titanfall for Xbox 360 Has Been Delayed Again by Two More Weeks

    It's not looking too good for Xbox 360 owners still waiting for Titanfall as the game was once again pushed back by another two weeks today.

    EA Studios Patrick Soderlund confirmed that the Xbox 360 version of the game will now release in North America on April 8 and on April 11 for Europe.
    "I've been playing the game a lot, and it is fantastic. But we see a few things that can be made even better, so we're giving Bluepoint a little more time to do just that and deliver an epic
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  • Watch the First Full Gameplay Trailer for Battlefield 4 Naval Strike

    Watch the First Full Gameplay Trailer for Battlefield 4 Naval Strike

    As promised, DICE has delivered the first full gameplay trailer for Battlefield 4 Naval Strike, the next piece of DLC coming to Battlefield 4.


    There are new maps, new weapons, new assignments, a new Carrier Assault Mode, and a new vehicle coming later this month....
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  • Epic Offers Unreal Engine 4 for $19 a Month

    Epic Offers Unreal Engine 4 for $19 a Month

    This should be some welcome news to new and upcoming developers. Epic Games revealed today that they are going to offer Unreal Engine 4 and its C++ source code for just $19 per month plus 5% of gross revenues from any commercial product you make. Yes, just about anyone can develop on Unreal Engine 4 for less than a dollar per day.
    “This is our complete engine, with everything Epic provides to leading game developers, priced accessibly for teams of all sizes, budgets and aspirations,”
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  • Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Revealed

    Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Revealed

    A new entry in the Oddworld series is fast approaching. Who knew? It's called Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty and it is a re-imagining of the classic Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee.

    You’ll see the dynamic cameras, the epic full-screen visual effects, Scrabs and Paramites, all trying to ruin Abe’s day. You’ll hear a new rhythm-filled rendition of an old classic from the original soundtrack, along with the new sound design.
    The game is coming to the PC, Wii U, OS X, PlayStation...
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  • Beta Registrations Open for World of Tanks Blitz for Mobile Devices

    Beta Registrations Open for World of Tanks Blitz for Mobile Devices

    Wargaming has kicked off a beta for World of Tanks Blitz, a new mobile game that brings the World of Tanks franchise to your phones.

    “World of Tanks Blitz Closed Beta will get us one step closer to building an online gaming universe, persistently available on a variety of platforms,” said Andrei Ryabovol, Director of Global Operations at Wargaming. “We think that's a great goal, and we'll be working on ways to make the tank combat experience on tablets and smartphones even more
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  • Blizzard Investigating Diablo III Hardcore Character Loss

    Blizzard Investigating Diablo III Hardcore Character Loss

    A post over on the Battle.net forums from Blizzard admits that they are looking into why some Hardcore characters in Diablo III have up and disappeared in the past few days.

    On top of this, some players are reporting that items are missing from their characters. For this particular issue, Blizzard suggests logging out and then back in to see if that corrects the missing item issue.

    As for the issue of missing Hardcore characters, well...
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  • Report: Leaked Images Show One of Two Upcoming Assassin's Creed Games - Assassin's Creed Unity

    It was rumored weeks ago that the next Assassin's Creed title would take place in London and was codenamed Assassin's Creed Unity. Today, Kotaku was anonymously sent some screenshots and information that confirms the old rumor. Unity looks to take place in 18th-century Paris. As mentioned, this is just one of two titles in development by Ubisoft in the Assassin's Creed franchise. This one, Unity, will be for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Another game, codenamed Comet, will be rel...
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  • 25 ID@Xbox Games Confirmed at GDC

    25 ID@Xbox Games Confirmed at GDC

    Microsoft revealed this week that 25 new ID@Xbox games are in the works for the Xbox One. The program, designed to allow independent developers to publish their titles on the Xbox platform, saw its first major news update at GDC 2014 this week.
    • “1001 Spikes” by Nicalis – This hardcore side-scroller features precise controls and a degree of difficulty that means starting with 1001 lives is not at all a guarantee you can make it through the game! Every level is custom designed
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  • Next Major PlayStation 4 Update to Disable HDCP, Add Video Editing, Save Pictures to USB, and 720p Twitch

    Sony has revealed that the next major patch coming to the PlayStation 4 will bring some much requested functionality to the system. This includes turning HDCP off, broadcasting at 720p on Twitch, saving images to a USB device, and more.
    This upcoming update will add a rich video editor with a simple tool to personalize your video clips, and you’ll also be able to export to and save the videos and screenshots you create by pressing the SHARE button to a USB drive. In addition, this
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  • Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 Announced - $350, 1080p OLED, and Based Off of Crystal Cove

    Oculus has just announced the release of the Oculus Rift Development Kit 2. This updated model is based off of the "Crystal Cove" internal design they've been working on for months.

    While this isn't yet the consumer version, it is a lot closer to what the consumer version will be.

    The updated model reportedly features a 1080p OLED screen and an external camera that works in conjunction with tracking LEDs to note head position. It will feature refresh rat...
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