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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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  • Microsoft Reportedly Paid Machinima YouTube Creators for Positive Xbox One Mentions

    Here I am unable to even get an Xbox One from Microsoft because the "Xbox One hardware is limited" and they "aren't able to accommodate additional requests at this time." I guess perhaps I should have just partnered with Machinima because Microsoft has all the resources in the world ready for them. Yes, my bitter self was pleased to see that Microsoft is reportedly offering Machinima partners an additional $3 CPM ($3 per thousand video views) if they post videos featuring Xbox One co...
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  • Online Persistent Multiplayer Coming to Project Zomboid

    Online Persistent Multiplayer Coming to Project Zomboid

    The development team behind Project Zomboid released a new blog update today that details, among other things, the addition of a persistent online multiplayer mode!

    In a three part video series (part one is below), the development team teases and shows off some of the building blocks of the game's multiplayer.

    We have no figures on maximum player count as of yet, but we’ll be expanding our tests in the run up to release and suspect it’ll be connection and
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  • Garry Newman Says Rust Already Made 40% of What Garry's Mod Made in Nine Years

    In an interview with GI.biz, Garry Newman from Facepunch and Garry's Mod fame discusses a bit about his work in progress title, Rust. First up, he revealed that Garry's Mod already sold over 3.5 million copies and making more than $22 million in revenues. Not bad, right?

    Well, it's a bit less impressive when you read that Rust, which is still very much an Early Access alpha release, has already earned 40% of the lifetime sales of Garry's Mod. Keep in mind that Rust was...
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  • Dead Rising 3 Receives Hefty 13GB Update Today

    Dead Rising 3 Receives Hefty 13GB Update Today

    If you're an Xbox One owner who also owns Dead Rising 3, you were greeted with a hefty 13GB update today for the title.

    The update, while massive, only pushes the size of the game on the Xbox One HDD to 24.8GB, which really isn't that much more than what it was prior to the update. An interview with Executive Producer, Josh Bridge, explains the reason for the massive update size.
    "After release and through the holidays, we’ve been putting together a large update
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  • New Rambo: The Video Game Gameplay Trailer - Featuring Four Minutes of Your Life You Won't Get Back

    Sorry, no refunds on this one. You sat and watched it, now you'll never have those four precious minutes of your life back. Hey, at least a lot of stuff blew up. And man, how's about those QTE's, am I right?

    Rambo: The Video Game will be out for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 in 2014. I bet you thought that was a Wii game you were looking at, didn't you?...
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  • Twitch Streaming on Xbox One Delayed Again by Months

    Twitch Streaming on Xbox One Delayed Again by Months

    Guys, Microsoft and Twitch are super serial about it this time! For reals! The latest delay for being able to stream to Twitch from your Xbox One is now coming "in a few more months." This news comes from a recent Tweet by Twitch on Twitter (say that 10 times fast). You can only, at present, watch Twitch streams through your Xbox One. That is in contrast to the PlayStation 4, which had streaming capabilities from its North American launch....
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  • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Released on PC

    Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Released on PC

    PC gamers can now play one of my most enjoyable games of 2013, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance.


    Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden, a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who uses his High Frequency katana blade
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  • Team Fortress 2 Update Released - January 9, 2014

    Team Fortress 2 Update Released - January 9, 2014

    A mandatory update for Team Fortress 2 was released mere moments ago. Today's update is mainly fixes for various bugs and weapons in the game.

    Changelog for Team Fortress 2 for January 9, 2013

    - Added the ability to change an item's style in the class loadout menu - Fixed not being able to apply Killstreak Kits to the Sleeping Dogs promo items - Fixed Killstreak sheens for the Gunslinger and the Heavy's Fists - Fixed Killstreak counts being limited to 128 kills - Fixed projectiles
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  • PlanetSide 2 Planning Weekly Updates

    PlanetSide 2 Planning Weekly Updates

    In the very near future, SOE plans to release weekly updates for PlanetSide 2. What does this mean for you? Well, for starters it means there will be less waiting between patches to get bugs fixed and new content released.

    A post on the PlanetSide 2 forums provides some additional details for what this means in the short term.
    Well for starters, it means we'll be more rapidly respond to bugs & balance issues in the game without having to rely on hotfixes as much.
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  • First Minecraft 1.8 Snapshot Released - Snapshot 14w02b

    First Minecraft 1.8 Snapshot Released - Snapshot 14w02b

    Mojang has released a new Snapshot for Minecraft today. This is the Minecraft Snapshot 14w02b and here is what it includes.
    The first snapshot of Minecraft 1.8 has arrived! This update will be split into two primary focuses: Survival gameplay & improvements, and new fancy abilities for adventure maps! We’ve done a whole bunch of optimizing for both the client and server (with more to come!) and lots more work towards the Plugin API in the background. As this is the very first
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  • Update: Awesome Games Done Quick 2014 Surpasses $375,000 as Half-Life Block Nears

    We have a quick update and a reminder about Awesome Games Done Quick 2014 to share with you today. AGDQ2014 has just surpassed $375,000 in donations, which includes a $10,000 donation from Notch and another $10,000 donation from Duleaf. Again, all donations go towards the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Special shirts purchased from The Yetee also help towards the donation goal of $500,000.

    Right now (as I'm typing this), Hitman Blood Money is being run. Later on tonight the Half-...
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  • Three New Contracts Released for Hitman: Absolution

    Three New Contracts Released for Hitman: Absolution

    Though Hitman: Absolution was released in 2012, the content for the game continues to be released. Square Enix and IO Interactive have released new contracts yesterday for every platform. Yes, each contract is platform exclusive, meaning that the Xbox 360 version gets one, the PS3 version gets one, and the PC version gets one. The Xbox 360 version takes you through the donut shop massacre. The PS3 finds you taking on a fire happy ice cream salesman and the PC mission includes a haunted h...
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  • Valve 'Days Away' From Releasing a Standard Interface for Virtual Reality Controllers

    Brian Coomer at Valve says that the company is mere "days away" from releasing a VR software dev kit that will "give game makers a standard way to provide an interface for VR controllers."

    The kit will allegedly be coming during the Steam Dev Days conference taking place January 14 through January 15 in Seattle. Coomer didn't say much about the development kit or provide many details, but he did shed some light on Valve's interest in VR and the Oculus Rift.
    "We are working
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  • The 10 Most Insane Counter-Strike Frag Highlights From 2013

    The 10 Most Insane Counter-Strike Frag Highlights From 2013

    HLTV.org put together their top 10 list of the most insane professional gamer frags from Counter-Strike from 2013.

    #10 Delpan vs. Natus Vincere - DreamHack Bucharest 2013 #9 allu vs. ESC Gaming - ESEA Invite Season 13 Europe #8 GeT_RiGhT vs. mousesports - SLTV StarSeries V #7 kRYSTAL vs. mousesports - SLTV StarSeries V #6 centeks vs. fm.TOXIC - ESWC 2013 #5 AREA vs. redzone - EPSILAN 10 #4 peet vs. LowLandLions - ESEA Open Season 13 Playoffs #3 GeT_RiGhT vs. Astana D
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  • Valve Has No Plans to Release a First Party Steam Machine

    Valve Has No Plans to Release a First Party Steam Machine

    It seems as though if you're interested in picking up a Steam Machine for your living room, you will only have third party options to choose from.

    In speaking with various media outlets, Gabe Newell said that Valve has no current plans to release a first-party Steam Machine to the public.
    “We’re going to continue to make that decision [about releasing our own Steam Machine] as we go along,” Newell said. “We have plans to build more machines, but we also expect that
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