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An update from the piracy realm, UBI-Softs DRM Server has been emulated for a while and people are starting to play with the emulator. YARGH!! In related news... "More than three weeks after the release of The Settlers 7 , with the controversial 'always on-line' DRM, a lot of people still can't connect to Ubisoft's DRM servers.
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"AP is reporting that Activision has countersued former Infinity Ward executives Jason West and Vince Zampella. Activision claims West and Zampella 'morphed from valued, responsible executives into insubordinate and self-serving schemers who attempted to hijack Activision's assets for their own personal gain and whose actions threatened
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Shacknews wraps up a developer panel at PAX East discussing the future of gaming on the PC. They cover topics including DRM, digital download platforms and cloud-based gaming services. "Joe Kreiner of Terminal Reality: 'If you look at it from a giant publisher perspective, then the numbers on the PC just really don't make financial sense
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Well Steam does free trial invites as well to allow people who own the game to send an invite to a person who doesn't to test out the game, which i think is a pretty good system. Steam also does those weekend trials as well, but they only do it for the most popular games it seems(TF2, DOD:S, etc. etc). i don't really pay attention much to them
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It's to get the kids out of the house so the parents can go to work xD
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ooo lol didn't see that
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[quote]"When the iPad was announced, a lot of people who didn't care about tablets came out to bash Apple's new device. These same people said 'I would have bought it if it had a full OS,' but in reality full OS tablets existed before the iPad rumors even started. This article gives an interesting perspective on why this happened
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[quote]Kohato brings word of a new Electronic Arts marketing strategy that aims to start monetizing game demos. According to industry analyst Michael Patcher after an EA investor visit, the publisher will start selling "premium downloadable content" prior to a game's release for $10-$15 that is essentially a longer-than-usual demo. Patcher
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[quote]"Monkseaton High School in North Tyneside, UK, began an experiment in October that saw its 800 pupils ranging in age from 13-19 attend school an hour later than normal, at 10am. Early results indicate that 'general absence has dropped by 8% and persistent absenteeism by 27%.' Head teacher Paul Kelley supported the idea because he
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[quote]"CNET is reporting that Avast has tracked over 2.6 million instances of malware that have been served up to unsuspecting web surfers since last December by ad services such as Yahoo's Yield Manager, Fox Audience Network's Fimserve.com and even some from Google's DoubleClick. Some high-profile sites include The New York Times