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SOE Threatens Bans for Planetside 2 Modders

Even users running benign apps will be banned from the game, including deletion of characters and items. To prevent cheating, Sony Online Entertainment ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 28, 2012

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Ubisoft CEO Says Long Console Cycle Stifles New IPs

Yves Guillemot says that the videogame industry was comfortable with the old console cycle of five years. Ubisoft’s CEO and co-founder Yves Guillemot ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 26, 2012

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Schoolchildren Flee Mordor Eruption

A volcano used in the filming of The Lord of the Rings has erupted, spewing hot ash high into the atmosphere. Mount Tongariro ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 21, 2012

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Blizzard CEO Declared Tech Entrepreneur of the Year

Mike Morhaime is being recognized for making Blizzard a world class business This year’s winner of the Ernst & Young National Entrepreneur Of ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 19, 2012

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Goodfellas Style Caper Nabs $1.5m Worth of iPad Minis

The thieves have taken 3,600 Apple iPad Minis from the exact same warehouse that the Goodfellas Lufthansa heist took place in. Two unscrupulous ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 16, 2012

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Mysterious Phone Lures CliffyB Towards Ubisoft

Former Epic Games developer Cliff Bleszinski has received a mysterious cell phone, apparently from Ubisoft. Early last month, Cliff Bleszinski left Epic Games ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 14, 2012

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Minecraft PC Sales Break 8 Million

Combined with Xbox 360 sales, that makes for well over 12 million Minecraft copies sold. Notch tweeted today that Minecraft has passed the ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 12, 2012

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NASA & ESA Test Interplanetary Internet Using LEGO

An astronaut on the International Space Station has successfully controlled a LEGO robot using technology designed to be the internet for space exploration. ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 9, 2012

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Wildcat Sues Magic Online Devs Over Decade-Old Patent

A company based in Texas has alleged that Magic: The Gathering Online infringes on its ‘Electronic Trading Card’ patent originally filed in 1995. ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 5, 2012

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Russian Supercriminal Makes Off With 80,000 Pounds of Walnuts

In a seemingly flawless heist, a man has stolen 80,000 pounds of walnuts over two separate incidents. Two truckloads of walnuts totaling 80,000 ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 2, 2012

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XCOM Patch Making Easy Mode Easier

2k and Firaxis thank fans for their feedback on the game and promise that the patch will release “soon.” The second patch for ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorNovember 2, 2012

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Valve Invites “Experienced Linux Users” to Test Steam

Valve is using a survey to gather a wide variety of hardware configurations for its beta process. Back in April Valve announced Steam ...

By Jonathan Bolding Legacy AuthorOctober 29, 2012

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