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Community Content: The Sincerest Form of Infringement

Solid community-created game content, when done right, is every publisher’s fantasy. Game companies hope and pray for the day when talented fans of their games take the time to explore the development tools and put together competent, high-quality additions to the original product. It’s a win-win for everyone: Assuming the user’s content takes off, the [...]

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GameSpyte Lyte: Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of ROMs

Hi there, and thanks for consciously choosing not to read GameSpyte instead of just glossing past it. Your brief consideration is all we need. Today, we’ll be celebrating pirates, but not the cool marketable kind with eyeliner and slurred dialogue — the boring, digital kind. Step aboard!

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Oops Truck: UPS Drivers Stealing GTA4 Out of Packages?

What is it about the hot new item that makes people do crazy things? Ars Technica has a report, citing a source inside UPS, that a “surprising amount” of UPS employees have been caught stealing copies of Grand Theft Auto IV out of packages bound for retail outlets. Guys, it comes out in 12 hours. [...]

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