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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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  • Microsoft Has No Clear Solution for Xbox One Disc Drive Issue

    Microsoft Has No Clear Solution for Xbox One Disc Drive Issue

    The PlayStation 4 had its fair share of hardware issues (perhaps largely attributed to disgruntled Foxxcon employees) and now so does the Xbox One. The Xbox One seems to suffer mainly from a disc drive failure and unfortunately for those affected users, Microsoft has no clear solution.

    We know that with a hardware launch of this magnitude customers will have questions and we have many avenues for customers to get the answers they need and get back in the game as soon as
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  • Double XP Event Planned for Battlefield 4 to Apologize for Server Issues - November 28 to December 5

    DICE's General Manager, Karl Magnus Troedsson, announced today that there will be a special double XP event starting on November 28 for Battlefield 4. The reason for the special event is due to the recent server issues that Battlelog had thanks to a lengthy DDoS attack and for various PlayStation 4 crashing issues. In addition, any player that logs into the game on December 5 will get the M1911 pistol scope. This item was previously only available to those that worked at DICE. ...
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  • GTA Online's First Social Club Event Weekend - Vespucci Beach Party - Includes Prizes

    Rockstar Games is going to play host to a Vespucci Beach Party Social Club event this weekend for Grand Theft Auto Online. The event will feature a special giveaways, a special event playlist, and livestream.
    All weekend long, plunge into a special Social Club Event Playlist of brand new Jobs from the freshly landed Beach Bum Pack, a hand-picked selection of ten of our favorite new Jobs. Drop some sea shells, go for a fuel-injected run on the beach, and take in some of the most spectacular
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  • John Carmack Officially Leaves id Software

    John Carmack Officially Leaves id Software

    John Carmack created Doom and Quake. He also co-founded id Software which created Commander Keen, Wolfenstein, and Rage. Today, John Carmack has officially left id Software.

    Tim Willits, id Software's Studio Director, made the following statement to IGN.
    "John Carmack, who has become interested in focusing on things other than game development at id, has resigned from the studio. John’s work on id Tech 5 and the technology for the current development work at id
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  • Microsoft Severs All Ties with Apparent Jerk KSI

    Microsoft Severs All Ties with Apparent Jerk KSI

    I don't know who KSI is, but from what the Internet tells me, he's quite the misogynistic douchebag that sexually harassed female event goers at Eurogamer Expo 2012. He's been banned from all Eurogamer events as a result. He was oddly chosen as one of the performers scheduled for the Xbox One launch event in London. Afterwards, he filed a YouTube copyright claim against a journalist that questioned Microsoft's decision to hire a huge douchebag for their event. A "copyright safe" version of the...
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  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update Includes Minor Fixes - November 21, 2013

    A small update was released tonight for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It's fairly minor in the grand scheme of things.

    Changelog for CS:GO update for November 21, 2013

    MISC
    - Added the Highlights feature. Players can view their own highlights from downloaded matches by selecting ‘Watch Your Highlights’ when clicking on a match. Other players’ highlights can be accessed through the match scoreboard.

    COMMUNITY - Graphs are now accessible when sv_competitive_official_5v5 is se
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  • Team Fortress 2 Update Released Introduces New MvM Maps and More

    Team Fortress 2 Update Released Introduces New MvM Maps and More

    The update released tonight for Team Fortress 2 introduces two new Mann vs. Machine maps and a ton of a new abilities.

    Update for Team Fortress 2 for November 21, 2013
    Mann vs. Machine Operation Two Cities - Two new maps: mvm_mannhattan and mvm_rottenburg - New advanced tour featuring four missions - Two extra Boot Camp-only missions Added 14 new achievements Tour of Duty badge levels are no longer limited to 200 Players can ea
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  • Microsoft Claims the Cloud Makes the Xbox One Four Times as Powerful

    Microsoft Claims the Cloud Makes the Xbox One Four Times as Powerful

    The Marketing Director for Xbox France, Hugues Ouvrard, gave an interview with French publication, Le Nouvel Observateur. In it, he discusses how the Xbox One is a lot more powerful than the PlayStation 4, despite the apparent hardware shortcomings.

    How?

    The Cloud. Prepare yourself for this one.
    The PS4 is not more powerful. There is a confusion about the difference in the number of pixels, but the definition of certain defined by the publisher, not the console.
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  • Day 2 of the Two Cities Update Reveal for Team Fortress 2

    Day 2 of the Two Cities Update Reveal for Team Fortress 2

    Apparently there was a reveal the other day for an upcoming "Two Cities" update for Team Fortress 2. I had no idea about it until today when the second day of reveals was released. This seems to be a an update focused on the Mann vs. Machine game mode.

    Today includes a new video, The Sound of Medicine, which shows off some new Medic abilities. Today's update page includes additional details on new Medic and Soldier capabilities in addition to the Rottenburg map reveal. ...
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  • Report: Telltale Games is Working on a Game of Thrones Game

    Report: Telltale Games is Working on a Game of Thrones Game

    According to sources at IGN, Telltale Games is hard at work developing a Game of Thrones game. Steve Allison, the Senior Vice-President of Publishing at Telltale Games remarked that they have "no comment" about a potential Game of Thrones game.

    At present, Telltale is still working on releasing the remaining chapters for its Fables based series, The Wolf Among Us and kicking off the second season for The Walking Dead. In the past, it also worked on some licensed franchises...
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  • Minecraft Adds One-Touch Twitch Streaming

    Minecraft Adds One-Touch Twitch Streaming

    Mojang is adding one-touch Twitch.tv streaming to Minecraft. At present, the feature is included in the Minecraft Snapshot 13w47c and is the result of a partnership between Mojang and Twitch.
    At Minecon we announced our new partnership with Twitch to bring one-click broadcasting to Minecraft. After a little wait, we’re now ready to make this publicly testable! This is the very first snapshot to include this functionality and it may be a little buggy, and we’re not finished with all
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  • PSA: Play All of RAGE for Free Until Sunday

    PSA: Play All of RAGE for Free Until Sunday

    I'm not sure what id Software, Bethesda, or Valve are thinking here but you can play all of RAGE for free until Sunday at 1PM (PT). If you already have Steam installed, all you need to do is click this link to begin downloading the game. Yes, this apparently includes the single player component of the game. It's just odd that they would do this since most people are more than capable of downloading, playing, and beating the game in that time, thus removing the need to purchase it after th...
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  • Pretty Little Snowflakes in the Dead Rising 3 Launch Trailer

    Pretty Little Snowflakes in the Dead Rising 3 Launch Trailer

    Another launch trailer for you today with the "Snowflakes" trailer for the Xbox One exclusive Dead Rising 3.

    Take a ride on the wild side and a trip off the deep end of the zombie apocalypse.
    The end is finally here and it's never looked so good. Welcome to the after party.
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  • Ryse: Son of Rome Launch Trailer is Two Steps from Hell

    Ryse: Son of Rome Launch Trailer is Two Steps from Hell

    The launch trailers for the Xbox One continues with this one for Ryse: Son of Rome.

    Lead legions on Marius' path of vengeance, fighting throughout the Roman Empire. Epic adventure, groundbreaking multiplayer, and breathtaking visuals all unite behind Xbox One's legendary launch title, Ryse: Son of Rome.
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  • Killer Instinct Launch Trailer Marks the Return of Fulgore

    Killer Instinct Launch Trailer Marks the Return of Fulgore

    With the Xbox One just a day away from release, it's about damn time we started to get some launch trailers here. First up is the launch trailer for Killer Instinct, which marks the return of Fulgore.

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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...
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