In December, an anonymous forumite confessed to an ingenious gaming crime. In the spacefaring MMO "EVE Online," they claimed, they had found a process by which they could make highly sought-after goods out of thin air -- and with fellow gamers, exploited that process to make the equivalent of $145,000 in real money over four [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, December 11, 2008
Massively has one hell of a massive story today. According to the confession of an anonymous forumite (via Winterblink), an exploit in persistent spacefaring MMO EVE Online has allowed an undisclosed number of players to harvest the real-world equivalent of approximately $150,000 over a four-year period -- and official statements by developer CCP today indicate [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 30, 2008
This morning, Kotaku reported that Electronic Arts had instituted a curious new policy. If forum users were found in violation of EA's seemingly arbitrary rules and banned from the forum, the supposed policy went, they would lose access to all of their purchased games as well. The policy was given some credence by the gaming press, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 20, 2008
They can do some goshdarned amazing stuff with technology these days, those motherfathers. Microsoft, always vigilant and sensible when it comes to inappropriate material on their networks, has just been awarded a new patent for "real-time censoring of audio streams," according to Ars Technica. According to the text of the patent itself, this technology would [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 6, 2008
MadWorld looks like Sin City. MadWorld lets you impale victims with a signpost. MadWorld has a boss named Herr Frederick von Twirlenkiller. Rad? You bet, but unless you've been stuck under a rock -- or perhaps, on a pike -- you've heard it all before. So at the 2008 Nintendo Media Summit, we set out [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 11, 2008
In an interview with IGN Australia, Dead Space executive producer Glen Schofield has confirmed that the title has been banned in Japan, and hints at difficulties in Germany and Korea as well. The Australian version will arrive uncut.
Continue reading...Friday, September 5, 2008
Though Dead Space will arrive earlier in the United States than originally anticipated (October 14th for consoles, 20th for PC), other countries may not be receiving the game at all. According to the game's community managers, Dead Space has been banned in Germany, China and Japan.
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Now it's just getting stupid. Kotaku has the latest on Xbox Live and its "Don't Ask, Just Ban" policy for gamertags with any inclusion of the three most offensive letters in the alphabet. The latest casualty of the carpet-bannings is the gamertag "RichardGaywood," the obscene filth concocted by a gamer by the name of Richard [...]
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