George Hotz, the guy who hacked the PS3 earlier this month and who kind of looks like Frodo Baggins, has been issued a fairly water-tight restraining order. This restraining order is, however, just the beginning of legal proceedings and has been issued in order to safe-guard Sony’s interests before the official court hearings get underway at a later date. The …
It’s one of those heart-warming tales only found on the Internet: creative person develops something that infringes on copyright laws; owners of the copyright react; the internet mourns the loss of the new project; people hug and make-up; creative person is given a job. That’s pretty much what’s happening here. Yesterday we posted that the modder (whose real name is …
And by “zerglings†I mean Blizzard’s legal guys, who in all likelihood are actual zerglings only they wear ties and have little businessmen suits tailored to fit their multiple limbs and slashy bits. Aww, they sound so cute; somebody turn that into a plushie. Anyway! Tuesday’s ION had a link to a fan-made StarCraft II MOD which turned the RTS …
The Kinect camera has been… liberated from the confines of “Xbox-only peripheralâ€. Some clever people have made open source drivers for the Microsoft device, and they’ve made those drivers free to anyone who wants to download them. Since then, other clever people have managed to do all sorts of fancy things with the device – Geoff posted some videos on …
Hey, you know that gaming console that Microsoft makes? Well, there’s a lot of technology inside those Xbox 360s that other companies hold the rights to. That means in order to manufacture the Xbox 360 consoles, Microsoft has to pay royalty fees to those different companies. One such company is Motorola. Motorola is responsible for the technology behind the Xbox …
Huh, so Brazil is back in the news with another GTA related piece of weird. Last week we had that amazing, GTA-style car chase that ended with some police brutality. This week’s Brazilian GTA news is in no way connected to the events of last week, so don’t for a second think this is a knee-jerk reaction on behalf of Brazil’s authorities. Kotaku’s …
Wow, I think Mr. Kottick has issued Blizzard a new set of sharp teeth. That or all of the time spent developing scary looking Zerg units has finally made the developers twitchy and dangerous. Last week it was reported that Blizzard had banned a whole lot of StarCraft II players for using illegal trainers to alter their games. Despite the …
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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