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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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  • 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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  • Wasteland 2 Added to Steam Early Access

    Wasteland 2 Added to Steam Early Access

    If you helped to fund Wasteland 2 through Kickstarter, you're probably already enjoying the hell out of the game. If you didn't back the game, you can pick up Wasteland 2 right now on Steam's Early Access platform for $59.99 (USD).

    If you buy it now while it's listed as Early Access, you will also get a copy of the original Wasteland, two digital novels set in the Wasteland universe, the Wasteland 2 OST, and a digital concept art book.
    Welcome back to the Citadel,
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  • Oculus Rift Raises $75 Million in Funding

    Oculus Rift Raises $75 Million in Funding

    Oculus is one step closer to bringing affordable Oculus Rift VR headsets to the masses as word spread earlier today that the company has raised $75 million in additional funding.

    This is in addition to the $16 million funding from around June. The funding comes from a variety of investors including Spark Capital, Matrix Partners, and more. This funding is based on a valuation of the company and product at near $250 million.
    Chris Dixon, an investor at Andreessen Horowitz,
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  • Amnesia Developers Release a New SOMA Video - Upsilon

    Amnesia Developers Release a New SOMA Video - Upsilon

    The latest trailer for the upcoming horror title from Frictional Games, SOMA, shows off some of the very dark corridors you will be running through as you try to survive.


    You can find out even more on the game at the official website for SOMA. It's slated for release on the PC and PlayStation 4 in 2015....
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  • PSA: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics are Free at GOG for Two Days

    PSA: Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics are Free at GOG for Two Days

    You have all day tomorrow and the rest of the day today to pick up Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics for FREE from GOG.com!

    There are no strings attached with this. All you need to do is have an account at GOG.com and then hit up their special promo page for this deal, and proceed to checkout. The site and checkout are being hammered at the moment, so you may need to try a few times to get your games.
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