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GeoHot Sounds Off on Sony’s PSN Debacle

Fresh out of a fierce legal battle with Sony, noted hacker George “GeoHot” Hotz has some words to say on the hardware giant’s ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 28, 2011

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Report: New Vegas Patch Just Makes Things Worse

A patch for Fallout: New Vegas to prepare the game for the “Honest Hearts” DLC has reportedly broken it for Xbox 360 owners. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 28, 2011

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Knights Templar Call For “Negative Game” Ban in Germany

Another group is calling for the ban of “negative games” in Germany, but this time they’ve got a much fancier (and historic) name. ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 28, 2011

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Western Catherine Box Art Covers Up the T&A (for Some)

The North American box art for Catherine will be censored, but only at certain outlets. When we first saw the box art for ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 28, 2011

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Wizards Blow Stuff Up in Amazing Harry Potter 7 (Part 2) Trailer

Warner Bros. first theatrical trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows probably shouldn’t be this epic, but it really, really is. Cerebus ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 28, 2011

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Microsoft Unbans, Re-bans Banned Xbox Live Accounts

Microsoft giveth and Microsoft taketh away. Microsoft’s Xbox Live mods have a heavy banhammer. The Redmond-based software giant will ban players for piracy, ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 27, 2011

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Diablo III “In the Home Stretch”

Diablo III game director Jay Wilson says that the team making Blizzard’s highly-anticipated dungeon-crawler is in final-stretch crunch mode. I’ve gotten hands-on time ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 27, 2011

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Dog-Fighting Game Pulled from Android Market

A game where players raise dogs to fight other dogs in illegal dog-fighting rings has been given the boot from Android Market after ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 27, 2011

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Thief 4 Gives Deus Ex the Boot at Eidos Montreal

With work on Deus Ex: Human Revolution winding down and work on Thief 4 kicking into full swing, Eidos Montreal’s floor space is ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 27, 2011

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PSN Developers Discuss PSN Disaster

How is the PSN kerfuffle affecting developers who make downloadable games for the service? Despite an incredibly insignificant silver lining, there’s no question ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2011

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Some Good News Surfaces Regarding PSN Catastrophe

Every cloud has a silver lining, and here are two ways in which Sony’s PSN disaster isn’t as bad as it could have ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2011

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Funding Cuts Take Alien-Hunting Observatory Offline

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence may have come to an end if the public doesn’t step in to help. One of the most ...

By John Funk Legacy AuthorApril 26, 2011

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