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News: Hacked Xbox 360?
There have been rumors and various posts about a firmware hack for the Xbox 360, allowing people to play copied Xbox 360 games. A response from Microsoft has been posted on Gamerscoreblog,…
News: PS3 Launch Delay
Not exactly IP news, but interesting nonetheless. Looks like the launch of the PS3 is being delayed…
News: Red Cross enforces trademark against video game use
The Red Cross has begun to take it a little more seriously that game developers’ use of the Red Cross emblem has been rampant in years past. The Red Cross recently wrote…
News: Video Game market worth $10.5B in 2005
MarketWatch reports that the video game industry grew 6% in 2005, weighing in at $10.5 billion. That’s quite a sum of money, given that as reported by Fox, box office receipts for…
News: Criminal charges filed for Xbox modding. (Follow Up)
Following up on a previous post, two Hollywood video game store owners and a third man who were charged in December for allegedly pirating video games and installing them on modified Microsoft…
News: Criminal charges filed for Xbox modding.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors have charged three men with copyright infringement for selling modified Xbox consoles that enabled the original video game machine from Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT – news) to…
News: Acclaim IP on the block… cheap!
Ever want to own a video game? Now’s your chance. The bankruptcy trustee for Acclaim is auctioning off their portfolio, around 200 games! Some have bids, but some are just waiting for…
News: EA sued over Madden 06 feature
Electronic Arts faces a lawsuit in the California Superior Court, San Mateo County, based on the claim that the publisher stole an idea for a game feature that was later incorporated into…
News: There IS money in playing video games…
There not only is money in making video games, but as is quickly becoming more evident, there is also money in PLAYING video games. The two most popular methods are item farming…
News: Xbox360 Launch!
Today marks the launch of Microsoft’s new Xbox360 game console and upgraded Xbox Live online gaming service. Interesting is the inclusion of Gotham TV on Project Gotham Racing 3, where anyone can…
News: In-Game Property Sells for $100K!
Is the price of virtual property getting out of hand? Jon Jacobs, a Miami resident, has bought a virtual space station in the game Project Entropia for $100,000 and wants to turn…
News: Atari licenses Unreal 3 game engine
In a major video game IP licensing deal, Atari has licensed the Unreal 3 game engine and related development tools from Epic Games to develop games for next-generation platforms. With the Unreal…
News: Banner & Witcoff Prevails in Video Game Copyright Case
B&W Wins Summary Judgment of No Copyright Infringement September 29, 2005 Banner & Witcoff is pleased to announce that a legal team representing prominent video-game manufacturers and developers–Team Play, Inc., P&P Marketing,…
News: Australian High Court Allows “Chipping” of PlayStation
As summarized by David Webber of the Melbourne office of Davies Collison Cave in Australia, the Australian High Court has allowed an appeal by Eddie Stevens who was previously found to have…
News: EA and Steven Spielberg Team Up to Develop Videogames
EA and Steven Spielberg Team Up to Develop Videogames – Xbox This is yes another example of a hollywood director teaming up with a major video game developer. Perhaps people will begin…
News: Korea creates cross-platform game engine
South Korea has developed new software that would allow the same computer game to be played on multiple devices, not just personal computers. Read more here:Associated PressNews.blog | CNET News.com
News: Game Developer Supports Hurricane Relief
The events over the past week down in New Orleans are simply tragic. The repercussions will be far reaching, long felt, and immense in scale. Even the Patent Arcade was down for…
News: Namco, Sony Music Settle Over Pac-Man Samples
Read more here:Gamasutra – Namco, Sony Music Settle Over Pac-Man Samples
News: XBOX 360 Preorders Now Available
Gamestop: Click here. EB Games: Click here. I bought mine. Have you?
News: In-game property mugger ARRESTED!
A man has been arrested in Japan on suspicion carrying out a virtual mugging spree by using software “bots” to beat up and rob characters in the online computer game Lineage II.…