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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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  • Let's Play: The Walking Dead Season 2 - Episode 1 - Part 3

    Let's Play: The Walking Dead Season 2 - Episode 1 - Part 3

    Here we are at the third part of a four part blind let's play of the first episode of The Walking Dead Season 2 from Telltale Games.

    As you may already know, this is mainly for those who did not have any intention of playing the game. If you do intend to play the game, there are very obviously spoilers contained in this series and you should go play it before you come back to watch the videos. If you enjoyed this and the series so far, feel free to share the video and may...
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  • Dark Souls II Producer Laughs at the Idea of Microtransactions

    Dark Souls II Producer Laughs at the Idea of Microtransactions

    Takeshi Miyazoe, the producer of Dark Souls II laughs in the face of microtransactions coming to the series.
    "For Dark Souls 2, we don’t even expect any additional downloadable content because we want to deliver a full game, the full experience, to fans who purchase the package from day one. We did do additional content for Dark Souls, but generally downloadable content for Dark Souls II is not really being considered. Buy the package and you’ll get the full experience, and you’ll have
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  • Steam Holiday Sale 2013 - Day 3

    Steam Holiday Sale 2013 - Day 3

    It's going to be a slow news day when the only really worthwhile thing I see to put up is about a sale you already know about. Ah well, I'm sure I'll find something to put up today.

    List of games available for sale in the third day of the Steam Holiday Sale 2013...
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  • Battlefield 4 PC Patch Addresses SLI Texture Flickering and More - December 20, 2013

    Another patch was released earlier today for the PC version of Battlefield 4 that addresses the texture flickering issue for SLI users. In addition, it promises even more crash fixes.

    Changelog for Battlefield 4 PC for December 20, 2013

    -Fix for terrain flickering when using SLI/CrossFire setup -Fix for three of the top crash issues on the PC platform -Fix for case when soldier can die with 1 HP instead of 0 -Fix for the issue where the revive UI could be permanently shown after accep
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  • New Saints Row Game Apparently Outed by Voice Actor

    New Saints Row Game Apparently Outed by Voice Actor

    Actor and "comedian" Jay Mohr may have let slip that a new Saints Row game is in the works. Earlier this week Mohr took to Twitter to post a quick message and a picture showing how he was in the studio recording lines for a "new Saints Row video game."...
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  • New Dragon Age: Inquisition Screenshots to Celebrate the Completion of the Story

    The crew at BioWare have released some new screenshots of Dragon Age: Inquisition today to mark the special "Holiday Build" of the game. What is a "Holiday Build" you ask? The Holiday Build for this particular game means the game has reached a stage of completion where the main storyline is completely playable from beginning to end. It also means that all of the gameplay systems are working together, voice over recordings are starting for large portions of the game, music is being ad...
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  • FTL: Advanced Edition Adding a Robotic Race

    FTL: Advanced Edition Adding a Robotic Race

    FTL: Advanced Edition will be coming early in 2014 and when it does, one of the many new additions will be a new robotic race. They're called the Lanius and will be a metallic life-form that absorbs minerals.

    The Lanius are scavengers – metallic lifeforms that rely on the absorption of minerals to sustain themselves. Their society ebbs and flows in hibernation cycles; they may lie dormant for many years, even while hurtling through space. As soon as they become aware of
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  • The Division on PC 'Won't be a Port'

    The Division on PC 'Won't be a Port'

    The team working on the PC version of Tom Clancy's The Division says that the game "won't be a port." Massive is hard at work on the PC version of the game and thanks to a recent Q&A session on The Division website, they say that they are ready to deliver a "high quality experience on PC."
    You said that The Division has been designed with next-gen consoles in mind. How it is going to look on PC? As you know, Massive has its roots in PC development. We are working hard and we want
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  • Smissmas 2013 Event Kicks Off in Team Fortress 2 - December 20, 2013

    Smissmas 2013 Event Kicks Off in Team Fortress 2 - December 20, 2013

    You may have already noticed, but Valve has released a new update for Team Fortress 2 today. Yes, it's the Smissmas 2013 holiday time in TF2, which means you get gift-stuffed stockings, event items, a gift-a-pult, and much more!

    Changelog for TF2 for December 20, 2013
    Happy Smissmas 2013!
    • All Players who play TF2 during the event will receive a Gift-Stuffed Stocking! Stockings contain goodies for good little Mercenaries.
    • Added community-contributed winter event
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  • Dota 2 Update Adds New Items and Fixes Some Wraith-Night Issues - December 19, 2013

    A new update for Dota 2 was released tonight. This update adds some new items to the store and fixes some issues with the Wraith-Night event.

    Changelog for Dota 2 for December 19, 2013

    WRAITH-NIGHT - Added Queen of Pain, Storm Spirit, Templar Assassin, Witch Doctor, and Elder Titan to Wraith-Night. - Added new rewards to Wraith-Night. - Juggernaut now gains evasion during Blade Fury. - Fixed a bug where pausing the game would break certain Wraith King abilities.
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  • Let's Play: The Walking Dead Season 2 - Episode 1 - Part 2

    Let's Play: The Walking Dead Season 2 - Episode 1 - Part 2

    Welcome back to the second part of a blind play through of The Walking Dead's second season. We're still in the first episode since that's the only one that's been released thus far. This part gets super depressing real quick. Again, if you don't want any spoilers, go play the game first and then feel free to come back to watch the series. If you enjoyed this, feel free to share the video, give it a thumbs up, leave a comment, or whatever you prefer. You can pick up ...
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  • Happy Holidays from Dying Light

    Happy Holidays from Dying Light

    If you enjoyed this, the team says you can send a personalized version of it to your friends and family....
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  • GMG's Winter Sale has Kicked Off

    GMG's Winter Sale has Kicked Off

    Not content with Steam's 2013 Holiday Sale? Don't worry because GMG has you covered with even more deals! Same as the Steam sale, GMG will offer up a variety of daily and permanent deals.

    There's the general sale page which offers up savings on games like:
    • Batman: Arkham Origins (and Season Pass)
    • Brothers
    • Killing Floor
    • Europa Universalis IV
    • The Witcher 2
    • and more

    However, they also have specialized deal sections for Indie games, Paradox Intera...
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  • $250,000 Community-Funded Prize Pool Revealed for 2014 EMS One Katowice CS:GO Championship

    Valve has just revealed that a $250,000 prize pool put together by the community is up for grabs at the 2014 EMS One Katowice CS:GO Championship. The event is also being sponsored in part by Intel and Asus.
    Taking place inside the famous Spodek indoor stadium at the IEM in Katowice, the upcoming CS:GO tournament will follow the progress of DreamHack Winter 2013's eight quarter-finalists, who will be joined by eight qualifying teams from ESL's EMS One Online Qualifiers. The event's matches
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  • Steam Holiday Sale 2013 is Here

    Steam Holiday Sale 2013 is Here

    The Steam Holiday Sale 2013 is now underway. From now until January 3, you can expect to see big savings on a bunch of different titles. There's daily deals, flash deals, and community choice sales. There are sales for sales and sales on games that aren't even out yet.

    Today's daily deals include the following games, including how much they're on sale for:
    • Dishonored - 75%
    • Monaco - 80%
    • Dead Island (GOTY Edition) - 75%
    • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - 33%
    • Batman:
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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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