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Appeals court upholds some arguments in Blizzard v WoW Bot maker, overturns others.
A US court of appeal has upheld the illegality of WoW Glider, a bot which automates many gameplay mechanics in Blizzard’s MMOG World Of Warcraft, allowing users to bypass the levelling-up process, reports GamerLaw.
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Bag yourself a SteelSeries gaming headset and an assortment of games and goodies in our Christmas giveaway.
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Costs four quid from the App Store.
Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror Remastered is out now on the App Store.
It costs £3.99 / 5.49 from the App Store on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
Revolution Software’s cult 1997 point and click adventure game is brought up to date with a new interactive digital comic from Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons, fully animated facial expressions, improved background and animation graphics, improved cut scenes, high quality music, and a context-sensitive hint system and diary.
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“We have listened.”
Poor Xbox Live Arcade game Hydrophobia could be in for a revamp after its creators teased a Monday announcement.
“Dark Energy is a community of gamers, and we want those that play our game to enjoy the experience,” Pete Jones, joint creative director of Dark Energy Digital said.
“We’d like to thank everybody who has taken the time to produce feedback on our game. We’ve poured over the data from community feedback and analysed every review, comment or blog we could find.
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“We killed that one pretty quickly” – MS.
Have you noticed that Microsoft no longer sells faceplates for Xbox 360? Yes well apparently “nobody” bought them.
“We don’t ever create an accessory with the intent of having it fail,” Xbox 360 global marketeer Albert Penello told OXM.
“The idea wasn’t bad… people used to put faceplates on their cell phones. Rewind five years, faceplates were what everybody wanted to do.
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Blames poor sales and harsh reaction to FFXIV; Deux Ex release pushed back.
Square Enix has revised its earnings forecasts for the current fiscal year. The publisher now expects net sales of 130 billion yen, down from the originally forecast 160 billion, and net income of a billion yen, down from 12 billion. -
“We’re doing everything we can.”
Yesterday, PS3 owners complained vociferously of a second-rate online Call of Duty: Black Ops experience. Today, Treyarch admits there’s a problem and pledges to do something about it.
“We are aware that many online players have been experiencing connectivity issues since Tuesday’s patch,” wrote Black Ops community manager Josh Olin on the official forum.
“We have been working hard to track down the cause and fix them as quickly as we can. We’ve already updated the game with one hot fix since Tuesday’s release that has improved many of those connectivity problems, and we’ve got more coming, so stay tuned.
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Cliff Bleszinski: “It’s a war out there.”
Epic Games’ hotly anticipated Spike Video Game Awards Gears of War announcement failed to show. Why?
“One thing I’ve learned in the world of video games, it’s a war out there,” Gears design director Cliff Bleszinski told 1UP.
“There’s a lot of strategizing going on and at any point something may shift due to a strategic move that needs to happen. So I came out here potentially announcing something.
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Fallout: New Vegas’ ‘Dead Money’ DLC trailer drops, explodes and gets our jumpsuits messy (Fallout: New Vegas)
Bethesda has released a new trailer for its first Fallout: New Vegas DLC, ‘Dead Money’, which can best be described as Oceans 11 with slave collars. Get a sneak peak at out out how you’ll soon be getting rich (or decapitated) in the wastelands this holiday season… …
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Back to the Future game will tell the McFly-Doc backstory never told (Back to the Future (2010))
We’re far more excited about the Back to the Future video game than we should be, but the awesomely slightly-humorous art style and intrinsic sweetness of a 1980s cult movie being brought back from the grave are just too much to resist. And now we’re getting some new details about what the game’s plot will actually b …