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Sony Not Discouraging PS3 Console Mods
Sony made huge headlines this year and last while fighting the battle against the many hacks and mods that faced the PlayStation 3 for the first time. In the process, they made a name for themselves as a company that is against consumers having the right to do with their hardware what they choose. However, according to Sony boss Jack Tretton, this perception isn't the reality of the company's ...read more
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Rumor: Third Call of Duty: Black Ops DLC leaked via flyer
Just about one week before Call of Duty: Black Ops' Escalation DLC was announced, the add-on was leaked by a promo flier from European retailer GAME. If the image recently posted to Xbox360Achievements is legit, the game's third map pack has suffered a similar fate. A purported Gamestop flyer shows off five of the next bundle's maps, a list which includes Hangar 18, Silo, Hazard, Drive-In and an ...read more
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Xbox 720 Reveal at E3 2012 Say Sources
Microsoft is gearing up to announce the successor to the Xbox 360 at E3 2012, and Crytek is already developing a new TimeSplitters game for the next generation of consoles, VideoGamer.com can reveal. Specifications for the new machine have not been finalised, but Crytek is using Microsoft's DirectX 11 as the current basis for next-generation development. Tessellation, multithreaded rendering, ...read more
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DICE Defends Position on Launch DLC for Battlefield 3
Yesterday, word got out of a boycott kickstarted by Battlefield 3 fans who were furious over pre-order customers getting rewarded with extra multiplayer content that regular consumers wouldn't be able to obtain. Hoping to stamp out this potential imbalance, over 3,000 gamers joined the cause. Developer DICE has responded to the issue, defending the decision to reward pre-orders with extra ...read more
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People Are Interested in Call of Duty: Elite
As if there was any doubt there would be significant interest in Activision's plans for Call of Duty Elite, Activision social media manager Dan Amrich revealed two million users have signed up. Call of Duty is company's recently revealed service-level addition to the franchise, which comes in both free and paid subscription forms. It's not been announced what features will cost money--or how ...read more
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Xbox 360 Top Console Again in May
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 topped the U.S. sales charts again in May. Market research company NPD released its latest sales figures on Monday. Despite a temporary slip in December (due to shortages), Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console has dominated the charts for 11 out of 12 months. The Xbox 360 outsold both the Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 in May with 270,000 units. The sales figures are up 39% from ...read more
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Minecraft surpasses 2.5 million in sales, still in beta
Minecraft creator Markus Persson recently announced on Twitter that his game has built up 2.5 million sales. Not bad for a game that won't officially launch for another five months. According to our napkin math, pre-release versions of Minecraft have earned over $33 million for developer Mojang. Minecraft's potential cash flow doesn't end at PC, as a limited version of the title is also ...read more
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LulzSec attacks Escapist Magazine, EVE Online, and Minecraft
Hacker group LulzSec, the same group that's attacked Sony and Nintendo in the past, has tweeted that it's committed three distributed denial of service attacks against gaming companies today, bringing down EVE Online's Tranquility server, Minecraft's multiplayer services, and the Escapist Magazine's website. EVE Online's CCP has confirmed both the outage and the attack, the Escapist is ...read more
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Bethesda confirms personal data compromised
Bethesda’s confirmed that hackers have compromised personal data belonging to users on its websites and the stats site for Brink. Usernames, passwords and email addresses are the list of features affected. No personal financial or credit card information was obtained in the attack, however. Bethesda’s advised that users change their passwords for its websites, including its community ...read more
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Nintendo Europe the latest victim in hacking onslaught
Yet more hacking woes for the gaming industry, as Nintendo of Europe reports that their official website has been the victim of another attack. Signing in on the site will alert users to this message: ”We have learnt of a possible phishing threat to users of the European Nintendo website which we are currently investigating. The protection of our customers is our utmost priority and so we ...read more
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