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Activision Has Paid Former Infinity Ward Employees $42-Million, Not A Settlement
During the pre-trial review of all the evidence in the Infinity Ward-founder and Activision lawsuit, Activision seems to have changed their mind, a bit. Jason West and Vince Zampella are [...]
Black Ops 2 Might Never See The Light Of Day
Activision’s recently announced Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 might land the publisher in hot water for allowing Treyarch to set their sequel to Black Ops in the near future [...]
Microsoft Patents Muscle Based Controller
Microsoft was recently granted a patent for Electromyography (EMG) technology. EMG technology allows users to interact with devices such as smartphones, music players and consoles with body, or muscle, movement. [...]
Man Jailed For Stabbing Wife After PS3 Argument
A British court has convicted Aymen Korbi for grievous bodily harm after he stabbed his wife in November, 2011. The night before the incident saw the 21-year-old’s wife, Aida, argue [...]
Games Are Not To Blame For Norway Massacre
This is the face of evil. This is a pathological killer who loathes Muslims; a conspirator, racist and ultra-extremist, whose hateful beliefs were the reason for his horrid attacks on the Utoya [...]
Ubisoft Sued Over The Animus For Copyright Infringement
John L. Beiswenger is a research engineer and science-fiction author who claims that Ubisoft pinched the idea for Assassin’s Creed from his novel, Link. He certainly isn’t the most acclaimed [...]
Fus Roh, Oh Wait We’re Not Allowed To Say That Anymore
Bethesda is considering trademarking the phrase “Fus Ro Dah”, made famous as a shout in Skyrim and the subject of many hilarious YouTube videos. The reasons are unclear, but Bethesda’s [...]
Ubisoft Sued Over Apparent Rocksmith Patent Infringement
Guitar Hero is a pretty cool concept but the ironic thing is that a lot of professional guitarists suck at the game while those who just play Guitar Hero are [...]
Anonymous Wants To Kill The Internet
The end is upon us! Retreat to the bomb shelters, stock up on twinkies, Nutella and Pringles for times are about to get tough. Oh wait, no never mind. It’s [...]
Counter-Strike Match Ends In Murder By Knife
A fight at an internet cafe in the Philippines has lead to someone being killed. And, it’s not unusual for this to happen — it seems. In the capital city [...]
Warning: This Video Game Warning Is Bogus
You know how cigarette boxes carry warnings about how it’ll give you lung cancer and cook your unborn child’s brain? Well those warnings definitely, without a doubt serve as a [...]
Rocksmith: The Real Guitar Game Coming In October, Despite Trademark Issues
Ubisoft has revealed the launch date for Rocksmith, the guitar game which offers something a little different. Rocksmith, which is currently facing a legal battle, is said to go on [...]
Man Making Federal Case Over Mass Effect 3′s Ending
You’ve heard of the idiotic petition to try and make Bioware change the ending for Mass Effect 3
One And One Story: The Indie Game That Was Stolen
A horrible truth has been revealed: people steal games. And I don’t mean theft of a hard copy game. I mean, people steal the actual code for the game where [...]
PlayStation and iPhone Hacker Arrested For Drug Possession
George Hotz, the man who was sued by Sony for hacking the Playstation 3 and the first person to hack the iPhone, has finally been caught by the long arm [...]
Shooting Minors Online In Modern Warfare Is Fine, Just Don’t Sleep With Them
Straight out of the U.S.A (the country which never ceases to amaze people with idiotic citizens), a 22 year old woman has been prosecuted for having sexual relations with a [...]
It Seems Mojang’s Victory Did Come At A Cost
Yesterday, we told you that Mojang and Bethesda had finally settled their stupid “Scrolls” dispute, and that Notch’s company was free to name their digital card game as they saw [...]
Bethesda And Mojang Settle On “Scrolls” Issue
It started with Bethesda taking up arms over Mojang’s plan to name their latest title Scrolls. Apparently, this resembled the name of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series too much, and [...]
Valve Admits Steam Hack Damage
Over the weekend it seemed as if Steam faced problems from hackers. The popular distribution software for PC was attacked. where it seems as if there could have been a [...]
EA Gets Defaced, On Their Very Own Forum
EA has become the target for hackers, where thankfully, it isn’t so serious. Electronic Arts was forced to shutdown their forum after it was defaced. The front page of the [...]
Anti-Punk Buster BF3 Hackers Deal Collateral Damage
If you’ve been playing Battlefield 3 lately, you may want to steer away from Punk Buster servers for awhile because some spiteful and frankly infantile hackers have decided to take [...]
ESA Finally Drops SOPA Support
If you’re not too sure who the ESA (Entertainment Software Association) is, then think about E3. The ESA are the guys behind one of the biggest gaming shows on the [...]
CD Projekt RED Calls Ceasefire Against The Witcher 2 Pirates
A few weeks ago, reports came in that CD Projekt RED had begun targeting individuals whom they believed with 100% accuracy, to have pirated The Witcher 2. At the time [...]
The Fallout Legal Battle Ends, With The Fallout MMO Being The Only Casualty
Sadly, this is true. Interplay have lost, Bethesda has won, and the Fallout MMO has been left to sit in a corner and figure what the fack just happened. If [...]
Activision And EA Are Headed To Court (At Last)
It’s been a while since there’s been an update on the whole ‘Activision vs EA’ saga that involved Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vince Zampella. Well now we can [...]
Battlefield 3 Has Been Banned
Battlefield 3 has been outlawed in Iran seemingly just because the game depicts military action in the Middle Eastern nation. According to a report from the Daily Star an “unnamed [...]
EA Sued For Screwing Over PS3 Gamers
Remember when we told you last month that EA had screwed over PS3 gamers by failing to deliver on their promise of free copies of Battlefield 1943 with new purchases [...]
Modern Warfare 3 Theft Executed To Perfection
I’m not one to condone crime, certainly not, but I do love it when a plan comes together. That’s why the latest Modern Warfare 3 theft from around the world [...]
Steam Hacked — Personal Information Compromised (Still No Half-Life 3)
Valve boss Gabe Newell has come out and released an official statement, confirming that the Steam forum was recently hacked and that some personal user information was also accessed. Compromised [...]
The Fallout MMO May Still Become A Reality
A Fallout MMO has been on the table since its “unofficial” announcement in 2009, when developers Interplay said that they were working on a project that would take place in [...]




