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Microsoft Admits Tampering with Resident Evil 5 Demos, Hackers Follow Suit

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Microsoft Admits Tampering with <em>Resident Evil 5</em> Demos, Hackers Follow Suit

Amusing? That all depends on who's holding the controller. This week, Microsoft has confirmed that they have the ability to retroactively and remotely affect data on your Xbox 360 -- specifically, the corruption of items like the Japan-only Resident Evil 5 demo  downloaded by US and European users earlier this month. WorthPlaying received the following [...]

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Can Microsoft Reach Into Your Xbox 360’s Hard Drive? RE5 Demo Suggests So

Saturday, December 13, 2008

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Can Microsoft Reach Into Your Xbox 360’s Hard Drive? RE5 Demo Suggests So

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." In 1887, when the historian Lord Acton reportedly made this statement, not a soul in the world could imagine such a thing as a modern computer hard drive, and the idea of corrupted data was far away. But if a recent report involving the new Japan-only [...]

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Nintendo DSi is Region Locked; Nintendo Zones May Come to US

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

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Nintendo DSi is Region Locked; Nintendo Zones May Come to US

Though a number of quality software titles were shown off at last week's Nintendo Media Summit (stay tuned to GameCyte for daily previews!), the biggest news of the two-day event was revealed within the first ten minutes of the event: the Nintendo DSi hardware. Spirited away by NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime just as quickly as it [...]

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