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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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  • CS:GO Update Includes New Music Kits From Artists Like Darude - Update for September 24, 2015

    Tonight's update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive includes new music packs from a variety of artists including Darude (Sandstorm anyone?), Awolnation, Kelly Bailey, and more. Let's take a look at the changelog and a new look at the musical offerings.

    CS:GO changelog for September 24, 2015
    MUSIC KITS – Players can now purchase Music Kits that track Official Competitive MVPs. These special Music Kits are available as StatTrak Music Kit offers. All new music kits are a
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  • Another Dota 2 Update Released - September 17, 2015

    Another Dota 2 Update Released - September 17, 2015

    Another update for Dota 2 just came out.
    • The International 2015 Compendium has been enabled, including spending coins for items/sets. It can be found under the Watch, Tournaments section for The International 2015.
    • Fixed a bug where certain replays were incorrectly marked as incompatible.
    • Fixed tab-selection order with Meepo clones.
    • Fixed a bug where replays couldn't be downloaded on some systems.
    • Fixed dire penalty never being set in private lobbies.
    • Custom Games: Fixed the
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  • Big CS:GO Update Replaces Character and Weapon Animations - September 15, 2015

    A big update was released this evening for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Tonight's update completely replaces all character animations and world model weapon animations among many other improvements. Also of note is the fact that there is now dynamic player culling to prevent players and weapon models from sticking through walls.


    Changelog for CS:GO for September 15, 2015

    ANIMATION / GAMEPLAY • Replaced all player body animations (Existing character models retai
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  • Valve Releases Pre-Release Security Update for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch

    Holy crap, Valve just released a pre-release update for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch. Remember those games? I'm surprised Valve did but here we are with a new pre-release patch having just come out for players and server admins to test out.
    We've made a Prerelease update available for Counter-Strike: Source, Day of Defeat: Source, and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch and their dedicated server components. The update notes are below. Please
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  • Dota 2 Reborn Update Released to Everyone

    Dota 2 Reborn Update Released to Everyone

    Despite the actual Dota 2 not saying a thing about it, the Dota 2 Twitter passed along word last night that the big Reborn update is now a part of the main game. That's right, it's out of beta.

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  • First Major Hollywood Films Come to Steam Starting with Mad Max

    First Major Hollywood Films Come to Steam Starting with Mad Max

    Mad Max: Fury Road, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior mark the first major Hollywood films to appear on Steam. Fury Road is simply a pre-order while the other two films can be streamed right now. Yes, streamed. There is no option to download the films locally. People are already up in arms because they feel the prices seem a bit too steep for a streaming only service, with the original Mad Max films going for $14.99 (USD) and Fury Road going for $19.99. I'...
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  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship at DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca

    Valve just announced their next Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Major Championship at DreamHack Cluj-Napoca. The event will feature a cool $250,000 prize pool.
    Taking place October 28 - November 1 at the Sala Polivalenta arena, the upcoming CS:GO tournament will follow the progress of the Legends of ESL One Cologne 2015, who will be joined by eight Challengers decided by an offline qualifier. The five-day event will be streamed live via continuous high-quality coverage provided by DreamHack
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  • Experience Vive VR at PAX Prime 2015

    Experience Vive VR at PAX Prime 2015

    HTC and Valve will showcase the latest in Vive VR this coming weekend at PAX Prime 2015 in Seattle, WA. Two new games will make their public debut during the event.
    First, off site at 8th and Pine there will be one of the World Tour trucks showing 20 minute demo loops including TheBlu, Job Simulator, Tilt Brush, and either Aperture Robot Repair or The Dota Shopkeeper experience. This truck is available to everyone, not just PAX attendees, from 10am to 8pm daily. Slots for the day
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  • Valve Giving Rocket League for Free with All Steam Hardware Pre-Orders

    Valve Giving Rocket League for Free with All Steam Hardware Pre-Orders

    Rocket League is a great game. It's become insanely popular even in the competitive gaming world along with those who just want a fun game to play casually. Valve has noticed how popular the game has become and wants to make it even more popular. Today, Valve announced that Rocket League is headed to SteamOS and Mac platforms later this year. To mark this upcoming SteamOS release, Valve and developer Psyonix teamed up to give everybody that pre-orders (old and new) any Steam Hardw...
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  • Collection Trade-Ups Added in Tonight's TF2 Update - August 27, 2015

    Collection Trade-Ups Added in Tonight's TF2 Update - August 27, 2015

    A new update was released tonight for Team Fortress 2 that brings the game up to version 2939028. Among tonight's usual fixes and updates comes a new feature Valve calls "Collection Trade-Ups."
    If you've got ten campaign-exclusive items just sitting around,
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  • Fifth Annual Saxxy Awards Announced by Valve

    Fifth Annual Saxxy Awards Announced by Valve

    The 2015 Saxxy Awards are officially underway for fans of Team Fortress 2 and machinima in general. Details on the rules and deadlines are now known, but this year brings a few changes for the categories compared to previous years.
    We're mixing up the categories again this year, to encourage more of you to submit entries. (and encourage the overachievers among you to submit more entries!) The Action, Comedy and Drama categories are all changing to have a 3 minute limit, and there
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  • Valve Announces The Majors Tournament Series for Dota 2

    Valve Announces The Majors Tournament Series for Dota 2

    Valve announced that starting this Fall, they will hold a series of tournaments that ends at the next International. They're calling these The Majors and the first one will kick off in Europe in November.
    Ahead of this Major, there will be Open Qualifiers from October 6-9, and Regional Qualifiers from October 10-13. Any team may participate in an Open Qualifier, and two teams from each region will be among those invited to participate in the Regional Qualifiers. The Regional Qualifiers
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  • Chance to Win a Souvenir Package by Watching ESL One Cologne 2015 on Thursday

    The Thursday's Group Stage will feature 16 top Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams competing to see which 12 of them will move on to the second Group Stage games on Friday. While the festivities are taking place, viewers like you have a chance to earn special souvenir packages to commemorate the event.

    To be eligible for a souvenir package, watch matches in-game, or watch your favorite Twitch stream with a linked account. Have a favorite team or player? Show your s
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  • PASS Time Game Mode Added to Team Fortress 2 in Latest Update

    PASS Time Game Mode Added to Team Fortress 2 in Latest Update

    The latest update to the Team Fortress 2 beta adds in a new game mode called PASS Time. This is a third party game mode that is now integrated into the base game.
    About PASS Time
    RED and BLU face off in an epic battle to score more goals than their opponents. Coordinated passing, aerial shots, interceptions, team-based formations and plays, defensive lines and the like make for strategically chaotic play.

    Ball-Carrying The "jack" is a ball that, when carri
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  • CS:GO Update - The ESL One Cologne 2015 One for August 14, 2015

    CS:GO Update - The ESL One Cologne 2015 One for August 14, 2015

    Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was updated tonight. Let's just call this one the ESL One Cologne 2015 update, because that's pretty much what it is.

    Changelog for CS:GO for August 14, 2015

    ESL One Cologne 2015 • ESL One Cologne Player Autograph Capsules are now available for purchase, with 50% of the proceeds from capsule sales going to the players and organizations. Player Autograph Stickers can be used as game pieces in the Cologne 2015 Player Pick’Em Challenge. • ESL
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