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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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  • A Class Action Lawsuit Against EA Due to Battlefield 4 is Moving Forward

    A Class Action Lawsuit Against EA Due to Battlefield 4 is Moving Forward

    A class action lawsuit brought on by EA shareholders over a "loss in value caused by Battlefield 4 issues" is moving forward. The suit by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP actually references the PlayStation 4 version of the game specifically.
    The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants issued materially false and misleading statements highlighting the purported strength of the Company’s rollout of version 4 of its all-important Battlefield video game series,
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  • Patch 2.1 for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was Released

    Patch 2.1 for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was Released

    The 2.1 patch for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was released today by Square Enix. The 2.1 patch is being called "A Realm Awoken" and includes a load of new gameplay content for players of the MMORPG.

    Highlights for the 2.1 patch for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn for December 17, 2013

    - The Crystal Tower: Reaching to the heavens, this massive monolith, long thought to be a legend from eras past, has been unearthed in the wake of the Calamity. What could be the purpose of
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  • PlanetSide 2 Released Second Major Optimization Patch and Auraximas

    PlanetSide 2 Released Second Major Optimization Patch and Auraximas

    Double dose of great PlanetSide 2 news for you today. First up is word that the second phase of "Operation: Make Faster Game" (OMFG) was rolled out. This optimization patch includes further improvements to the game's physics systems and a revamped Esamir. The full list of those changes are below. In addition to this, the holiday inspired Auraximas is in full swing in the game. This Winter event includes giveaways, holiday inspired items, sales in the game's marketplace, and more. This event...
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  • Capture Mode Coming to GTA Online Tomorrow

    Capture Mode Coming to GTA Online Tomorrow

    Rockstar Games revealed today that the Capture team-based game mode is coming to Grand Theft Auto Online tomorrow.
    (It)will go live tomorrow as part of the latest free automatic update on PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. With 20 new Jobs across four unique modes, this GTA twist on classic capture the flag style confrontations brings a whole new level of adversarial action to the world of Los Santos and Blaine County. These new Jobs will be accessible in Freemode and are spread across the
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  • Sales of Call of Duty: Ghosts Are Down 19% Compared to Black Ops II

    Sales of Call of Duty: Ghosts Are Down 19% Compared to Black Ops II

    It's the end of the world as Activision knows it as sales of Call of Duty: Ghosts are even worse than an already lowered sales forecast for the game.
    The publisher told investors that it anticipated that Call of Duty: Ghosts sales would come up short of what Black Ops II did. Cowen analyst Doug Creutz thinks that a closer look at the numbers reveal that things are even worse for Call of Duty: Ghosts than what the Activision guidance suggests. “Upon further reflection, we think the [
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  • Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition will Include Better Visuals than PC Version

    Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition will Include Better Visuals than PC Version

    Crystal Dynamics says that Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition will feature better visuals than even the PC version of the non-definitive edition. The Definitive Edition is slated for release on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

    Sure, I'll bite. So what does Crystal Dynamics planned that will make it better than the already graphically superior PC version of the game?
    Speaking specifically to the differences between the Definitive Edition and the PC version, Amos stated
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  • Freedom Cry DLC Coming Tomorrow for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

    Freedom Cry DLC Coming Tomorrow for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

    The DLC that gives you control over Adewale, Freedom Cry, will be released tomorrow for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

    Once a pirate, now a trained Assassin and illustrious member of the Brotherhood, Freedom Cry tells the story of Adewale 15 years after the events of Black Flag. Taking place in 18th-century Haiti, Adewale will take his new crew and new set of weapons, including a machete and a blunderbuss, to assassinate enemies, and free slaves, delivering merciless justice
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  • New LEGO The Hobbit Announcement Trailer

    New LEGO The Hobbit Announcement Trailer

    Check out this new announcement trailer for LEGO The Hobbit.


    The game will take players through the events of the first two films, oddly omitting the events of the third movie. Presumably there will be another LEGO game later on when that last film is released....
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  • Battlefield 4 PC Patch Address Mutual Kills, Sound Loop Crashes, and More

    Battlefield 4 PC Patch Address Mutual Kills, Sound Loop Crashes, and More

    A patch for the PC version of Battlefield 4 was released today. The patch includes, among other items, fixes for the SUAV providing quick roadkills, fixes for mutual kills, and fixes for the sound loop crash.

    Changelog for Battlefield 4 PC for December 16, 2013

    -Fix for a crash that would cause the game to stall, resulting in a sound loop. This should eliminate most of the problems relating to this. -Fix for the SUAV (introduced in the China Rising expansion pack) not exploding when
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  • DayZ Early Access is Available Now

    DayZ Early Access is Available Now

    Steam is now offering early access to the stand alone version of DayZ. Yes, this is a greatly updated version of the once super popular modification for Arma II. The game is still classified as being in an Alpha state and as such, you should expect to run into plenty of unfinished content and plenty of bugs. The developers are requesting that only those who wish to actively support the development should make the purchase at this stage. It is being offered for $29.99 (USD). ...
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  • First Steam Machine Units Arrive at Testers' Homes

    First Steam Machine Units Arrive at Testers' Homes

    The first batch of Steam Machines sent out to the lucky beta testers have already started to arrive. Already there have been a few unboxing videos and some high quality screenshots taken of some of the machines.

    One Reddit user, colbehr, posted a gallery of images of the hardware and even offered up some very early impressions of the device. As there are a few configurations of hardware for the Steam Machines, he noted that his particular unit includes a quad-core based...
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  • Updated Cobble and One New Map are in the Works for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

    This past Friday, Valve updated the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive blog with word that they are working on an updated version of de_cbble (Cobble). In addition to this visually updated classic, they are also working on a new map called Overpass. First up, let's look at the update process behind Cobble!


    De_cbble’s uniquely large scale meant it was a lot of fun on servers with lots of players. Our goal was to retain this aspect while making the map more interesting
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  • SteamOS Has Been Released!

    SteamOS Has Been Released!

    As promised, Valve is slowly but surely rolling out their inaugural release of the SteamOS that users all over can download and install, provided they are fairly well versed in Linux.
    Here is what you need to get started:
    Bug reporting and extras:
    Ste...
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  • The Walking Dead: Season 2 Episode 1 Reveal Trailer - All That Remains

    The Walking Dead: Season 2 Episode 1 Reveal Trailer - All That Remains

    Telltale Games has released a new trailer for the first episode of The Walking Dead: Season 2.

    The Walking Dead: Season Two continues the story of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse. Left to fend for herself, she has been forced to learn how to survive in a world gone mad. Many months have passed since the events seen in Season One of The Walking Dead, and Clementine is searching for safety. But what can an ordinary child do to stay alive when
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  • Open Beta Weekend for World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition is Underway

    Open Beta Weekend for World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition is Underway

    From now until Sunday, December 15, you can hop into the open beta for World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition.
    The beta will be available to all gamers with Xbox Live accounts, while those without it will be able to get in on the action for a 7-day trial period. As an added bonus to non-Gold account holders who may have already expended their 7-day trial period, the trial will reset, giving gamers an additional 7 days of playing time. Further rewards will also be available to new and
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