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Aussie to Pay Nintendo $1.3M for Uploading Super Mario Bros.
James Burt settles out of court with Nintendo for having uploaded a pre-release copy of it’s game New Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii. Nintendo has recently confirmed the $1.5 million ($1.3 million USD) settlement in an Australian Federal Court of its lawsuit against 24yo James Burt for having illegally uploaded a pre-release copy of its New Super Mario Bros for the Wii to the Internet.
Continue reading »World of Warcraft auctions coming to iPhone
Virtual trading World of Warcraft fans will soon be granted access to the game’s auction houses through their iPhones.…
Continue reading »Mass Effect 2 Leaks to BitTorrent Before Official Release
Last Thursday, both the PC and Xbox360 versions of the upcoming Mass Effect 2 game leaked to BitTorrent, which didn’t go unnoticed by the masses. The game is scheduled to be sold in stores starting Tuesday in North America and Friday throughout Europe, but many curious customers couldn’t wait until then and have downloaded an unauthorized copy instead. At the time of writing, tens of thousands of people are downloading the game, which is more than 14 gigabytes worth of data for the PC version and over 13 gigabytes for the Xbox360 version.
Continue reading »Game developers warn FCC of "balkanized" Internet
A team of online game developers and boosters told the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday about worries that the big ISPs could fragment the Internet with “pay-for-priority” arrangements, causing economic troubles for the gaming industry similar to those created by mobile access providers. “Software platform developers like Microsoft and Facebook pose less of a threat to innovation than infrastructure owners,” one developer told the agency, according to notes of the meeting . He added that “if the Internet were balkanized, and developers had to negotiate separately with each ISP, that would be a substantial drag on innovation because it would divert resources from development.”
Continue reading »Modern Warfare 2 outsold Avatar, claims developer
Initially, yes; longer term, no First-person shooter Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has grossed more than $1bn (£625m) in worldwide retail sales since its November launch, raking in more cash during its first five days on sale than blockbuster movie Avatar managed to do, the game’s developer has claimed.…
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