No more guns allowed on AppStore, says Apple
Apple has started clamping down on violence in their AppStore, banning images of guns and murder.
Russia is considering a violent games ban
Violent games are in the news once again, and this time, Mother Russia is considering a ban on the controversial titles.
So you’ve been banned from playing Forza 4…
It seems that the recent bannings in Forza 4 have a sinister side to them.
[UPDATE]: Rumour: Blizzard banhammer falling on SCII single-player cheaters?
Accounts being suspended or players being banned for cheating in multiplayer is understandable, but a complaint has surfaced from a StarCraft II player called gm0ney who claims Blizzard suspended his Battle.net account after he cheated in the game’s single-player campaign. According to gm0ney he was accused of using an “unauthorised cheat program†or a trainer that was developed by CheatHappens.com. …
PS3 Trophy Hacks on Steroids
Your standard save game trophy hack has been infecting the PS3 for as pretty much as long as Trophies have existed. It’s the same exploit that exists on the Xbox 360 and is simply someone saving their game moments before unlocking a seriously hard Trophy/Achievement. However a new hack has been revealed on the PS3 now that allows you to …
600K Xbox 360 banned in the last week – 400K more to go
There has been a bit said recently about the current Xbox 360 banwave but the first figures are now starting to appear from entirely unverified sources. According to Pinoycosplay there have already been 600 000 Xbox 360’s banned in the states during this banwave with instructions from above that they need to reach 1 000 000 before Christmas. Apparently a …
Microsoft offers up a Halloween gift – Fewer pirates on Xbox Live
It appears that Microsoft were not in the giving mood this Halloween and rather went for the Trick part of the famous trick or treat. Instead of offering up free points, membership or games they decided to unleash yet another wave of Xbox Live banishments for pirates, cheats and hackers. In an act of ultimate irony the newly banned pirates …
Microsoft clamps down on cheaters – Gamerscore resets and bans abound
Major Nelson has just announced on his blog that the latest wave of gamerscore resets has begun. This time it seems to be specifically targetted against Gears 2 achievement hacking but by the sound of it you are going to lose all of your gamerscore if you have been caught, the score reset is going to take a bit of …
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