January 12, 2011
Same guns, different faces
Those of you waiting with bated breath for Activision’s fragile, sequelitis-ridden empire to come crumbling down, know this: It won’t be happening this year. Call of Duty: Black Ops is another solid entry in the publisher…
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January 12, 2011
Our parents told us if we sat too close to the television, we’d go blind. Some researchers say cell phone radiation could cause brain damage or cancer. Videogames apparently turn us into blood thirst miscreants hellbent on hurting people, or so we’ve h…
Tags: games, hardware, maximum tech, News Worthy, Television, TV, Videogames
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January 3, 2011
Ubisoft’s New Year’s resolution must be to stop pissing people off with with crappy DRM checks, because as our sister site PCGamer.com reports, the developer has decided to ditch its controversial DRM system.
Prior to the update, you needed a persisten…
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December 31, 2010
According to the TV jingle, ‘Nationwide is on your side,’ but at least one employee will spend 2.5 years behind bars for being on the wrong side of the law. His name is Qiang “Michael” Bi, and he was found guilty of selling more than 35,000 counterfeit…
Tags: copyright, court, games, law, legal, nationwide insurance, News Worthy, Videogames
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December 29, 2010
You know that stereotype of the total loser from high school – busted glasses, craggy acne canyon of a face, every spoken word followed by a refreshing mist of saliva – who goes on to become rich and successful beyond your wildest dreams? Well, tha…
Tags: Battlefield, Bioshock, call of duty, Decade in Review, Features, games, gaming, Half-Life 2, Web Exclusive, World of Goo
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December 29, 2010
Activision’s uber popular Call of Duty: Black Ops game has the dubious distinction of being the most pirated PC game in all of 2010, TorrentFreak reports.
You can add that tidbit to the list or records already nothced in the title’s belt, including mos…
Tags: black ops, call of duty, games, News Worthy, piracy, Software, Videogames
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December 22, 2010
Everyone knows the Call of Duty franchise is a cash cow, but even Activision Blizzard has to be a little surprised at just how successful the latest incarnation has been. Black Ops has netted $1 billion since its release on November 9, the game develop…
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December 17, 2010
New research suggests that Internet addiction on college campuses may be a bigger problem than many are willing to admit.
“Virtual gaming, where participants take an identity, has exploded in the past 10 years, particularly among 18 to 30 year olds,”…
Tags: college, games, Internet addiction, News Worthy, online rpg, rpg, student, Videogames
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