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 Roy Taylor, vice president of content relations for Nvidia, was recently quoted saying "I think that we've arrived at a point now where I don't know how anyone could ever possibly justify pirating a game." In an article on Eurogamer, Taylor explains why he thinks piracy destroying the PC game market and does not understand how anyone can just "pirate a game." Your right Taylor. Its retarded how large piracy has become. Its starting to affect PC game production, which eventually shafts us, the gamers. But, piracy alone isn't the only reason for decreased PC sales and increased console. Theres some games out there that looks interesting, but play like crap. Yes, even on your $500 video cards. |
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 Hello, its 2008 and not 1999. The days of bandwidth caps are long gone, or are they? Comcast is currently evaluating a bandwidth cap for subscribers of Internet service. How does 250GB of bandwidth sound with every 10GB after that costing $15? I for one don't use 250GB a month, but if Comcast goes through with the bandwidth cap, how long before other ISPs follow suit?
"Comcast is currently evaluating this service and pricing model to ensure we deliver a great online experience to our customers," said Comcast spokesman Charlie Dougla. "We have not made any changes to our current service offerings and have no new announcement to make at this time."
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 Ben Cousins, Ben Cousins, Ben Cousins. Yah, I know. Enough already. In yet another interview with Ben Cousins, he states that the web is the future of gaming. Pretty bold statement there Cousins, being that Battlefield Heroes has yet to play out. I can see a more Internet integration in future game titles, but I don't think the localization of games is ready for "web only" yet. That time will come. Is Heroes the first of many web based game interfaces?
"People talk about which of the two, PlayStation or Xbox, is going to be the big platform of the future," Cousins said. "I think the web is going to be the big platform of the future, whether it's running on an iPhone or a Mac or on the PC." In a response to a question about the possibility of a 'one console future' Cousins answered, "Yes and it's going to be the web, and it doesn't care if it runs on a phone or runs on a Mac or the PC."
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 Today, Activision announced that Call of Duty 5 is on schedule for a release date sometime in 2009. After reporting much ($2.9 billion) success, the company is eager to continue the popular first person shooter. In a previous story, we reported that Call of Duty 5 is rumored to take place in the pacific theater. Whether it comes in the form of a World War II or modern day shooter is yet to be known. What we do know is that the game will be developed for five platforms: Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and 3, Nintendo DS and Wii. What!!! No PC? Is Activision and the developers, Treyarch, shafting PC gamers? I don't live to play Call of Duty, but it stinks when a game that started out on the PC platform moves to console only. All we can do is hope for another announcement about the PC platform. |
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 Not fair play at all. You either make games the best that you can or kiss somebody's ass. Not both. Did Nvidia pay off Ubisoft to remove DX10.1 support in the latest Assassin's Creed patch, cutting performance on ATI cards, or did Ubisoft just make an honest mistake? Assassin's Creed development team talks with The Tech Report to clarify the issue.
The Tech Report: What specific factors led to DX10.1 support removal in patch 1?
Beauchemin: Our DX10.1 implementation was not properly done and we didn't want the users with Vista SP1 and DX10.1-enabled cards to have a bad gaming experience.
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 You might be thinking, what the hell is World of Warcraft news doing on ModTheater? Well, think past that. For those of you, including me, not totally down with the whole MMORPG scene, Blizzard is the developers of WoW. In short, the entire game focuses around building your character up with special skills, assets and achievements. In order to play with the big boys on level 70, you have to level your character, which requires endless hours of mindless tasks such killing bores. To help make this process less dull, a company called MDY created a program called Glider, which basically guides your character through these tedious tasks. Essentially, Glider is a bot program for WoW and Blizzard doesn't like it.
Their dislike for Glider has led them to attempt disbanding MDY. On one side, Glider might be considered a bit unfair for players that achieved level 70 all by themselves, but on the other hand, Glider isn't necessarily a hack or cheat. Its not putting other players at a disadvantage. Its not modifying any game code. It simply controls your character while you sleep.
So how does this affect me as a first person shooter fanatic? Blizzard is going after MDY on the grounds of copyright infringement. By accepting Blizzards EULA you agree to forfeit loading any software deemed unacceptable by them into your RAM. If Blizzard says that Glider is unacceptable, you are not allowed to run it while WoW is running.
If this precedent goes Blizzard's way, it could have a rather large impact on the gaming industry. It would allow game developers to pick and choose whats legal or illegal to load on your PC while playing their game. Sounds a bit controlling if you ask me. Read more about the Blizzard & MDY issue on Ars. |
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| In a story earlier today we found out that Bioware and EA will be using a new method of game authentication. Every 10 days Spore and/or Mass Effect will connect to the Internet to verify itself. Sounds a bit much if you ask me. Bioware has locked a thread on the Mass Effect forums. How long before the boycott videos hit YouTube? Don't like this idea? Digg the story. |
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EA/DICE revealed that Mirrors Edge will use the Unreal 3 engine which EA recently licensed more of. The upcoming title will be available for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. People may be pirating your games Epic, but at least developers are putting your engine to good use. Watch the Mirrors Edge trailer here.
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DICE released the Battlefield 2142 1.5 beta patch today with two new maps made by the community itself: Wake Island 2142 and Operation Shingle. If you don't already have the 1.4 patch, you'll need that before you upgrade to 1.5. Check out the trailer below for a sneak peek at the patch.
Starting today you can be part of the Beta phase of Battlefield 2142 Update 1.50. Update 1.50 is a big step for Battlefield as it is the first time we have included community created maps and included them into an update. Wake Island makes a come back thanks to The Sir. Community and appears alongside a brand new map new to Battlefield created by Jason Brice, Operation Shingle. Also, for those who prefer to fight on foot, we have added a No Vehicle option to a number of maps to allow you to fight without worrying if you’ll come face to face with a Battle Walker. Also, as requested by match broadcasting groups we have separated the Commanders voice volume from the Sound Effects so you can keep the explosions and gun fire without the Commander interrupting the broadcast.
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 Ever walked into Best Buy went to Newegg and been overwhelmed by the selection of video cards? Your presented with the same model number in six different variations. The ultra, the ultra premium, the gold ultra platinum, or how about the special edition gold ultra platinum with some more gold edition? Nvidia is here to fix the confusing mess. For a majority of gamers, all they want to know is if it will play their game.
"It is a challenge that we're looking at right now. There is a need to simplify it for consumers, there's no question," Taylor explained. "We think that the people who understand and know GeForce today, they're okay with it - they understand it. But if we're going to widen our appeal, there's no doubt that we have to solve that problem."
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 After one week we've seen $500 million in Grand Theft Auto sales, but also a very nasty glitch that was crippling the game for PS3 owners. Take-Two Interactive Chairman, Strauss Zelnick, told CNBC on a TV interview that the game was free of glitches. Quite the contrary Zelnick. If it was glitch free, why on earth would you release a patch within the first week? |
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 Today id Software announced that they have begun production on the forth title in the Doom franchise, Doom 4. The company is taking job applications for producer, lead designer and lead animator, among others. Any takers? Those are quite the job titles. No mention of when the game might be released, but I'm sure we'll get more information at this years QuakeCon convention on July 31. All good things must come with a grain of salt right? Lead artist, Kevin Cloud, told Shacknews that there is nothing to worry about the cross platform performance in the id Tech 5 engine. If they botch Doom 4 with a crappy port, they'll loose a lot of fans in the PC market. |
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A new Far Cry 2 video has been posted, the Introduction Trailer. A bit of commentary from the Montreal developers "Will be available for all platforms."
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 Everyone knew it was coming. This week, Grand Theft Auto IV claimed the number one spot on Xbox Live, bumping Call of Duty 4 down to the number two spot. I imagine GTA will spend some well deserved time as number one. Check out the Xbox Live charts here. |
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| Having a hard time finding the right game to buy? Nvidia would like to help. Using the Nvidia Game Browser, gamers can sort by genre, rating and price. Lets hope they keep it updated, because its not a bad utility to dig through game titles you use to play. |
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