Last week the legal battle between Sony and PS3 hacker Geohot took a turn in Sony’s favour. Likewise, Activision, EA, and estranged Infinity Ward heads Jason West and Vince Zampella learnt they would soon be having their day in court. The question was raised about the legality of downloading content digitally in South Africa. We also saw some new game announcements; release dates announcements; and a bit of developer boasting. Below we’ve gathered up the most interesting stories that you may have missed.
News
Activision vs EA, West, Zampella lawsuit moves ahead
Activision, EA, Jason West, Vince Zampella and other ex-Infinity Ward employees will soon have their day in court
Sony granted access to GeoHot’s PayPal account
Sony VS GeoHot, Round 3, FIGHT
Molyneux makes up game features during interviews
Peter Molyneux spills the beans during his BAFTA fellowship acceptance speech
Crytek: There’s no “meaningful difference” between Crysis 2 on PS3 and Xbox
“The exact same gameplay experience, the same fun, the same intensity, all the same visual information”
BAFTA gaming awards winners announced
Commander Shepard takes the cake
Bethesda: If you say graphics don’t matter, “you’re lying”
Peter Hines on the state of reality
Rocksmith controlled by real guitars
You thought those plastic peripherals were expensive
Dragon Age II dev busted for rating his own game 10/10 on Metacritic
And EA says “That’s how it works”
Homefront advert makes YouTube users cry foul
An advert for Homefront made YouTube users suddenly care about the world outside of their basements
EA: Publishers “should court controversy”
But only in a way “that matches the creative integrity of the game”
EA: NDP data a “misrepresentation of the entire industry”
And 23% of polled respondents said they prefer triple-ply
Bethesda Softworks has announced they will publish the sequel to Prey
Battlefield 3 to be “scaled down” on console, “extra love” on PC
But still “amazing” all around, promises DICE
No, Dragon Age II doesn’t use SecuROM
Reports of SecuROM DRM greatly exaggerated
Batman: Arkham City gets release date
European release date pegged for 21 October
Rumour: PS3 price cut in the pipeline
SCEA Europe boss says hopefully PS3 price will “still come down”
Features
MyGaming lays hands on Homefront pre-launch to get a taste of North Korean oppression
Desktop Dungeons primary platforms confirmed
Hot off the heels of IGF, MyGaming speaks to QCF to find out where Desktop Dungeons is headed
Early reviews of THQ speculative fictional action FPS
PC
Is using Steam in South Africa illegal?
MyGaming speaks to the Film and Publications Board to discuss digital distribution in South Africa
HTML5 – The emerging gaming platform
Games makers are starting to push the HTML boundaries
NAG Gaming League starts strong, looks to expand
We catch up with NGL mastermind Lauren Das Neves
Good Old Games version of The Witcher 2 is DRM free
Good Old Games’ version of RPG The Withcer 2: Assassins of Kings will not contain DRM, unlike all other downloadable versions
Xbox
Microsoft justifies extortionate Games on Demand prices (in theory)
Basically: convenience
Gears of War 3 beta unlockables appeal to players’ “ego pride”
Hey! Hey, look at my stuff! I was in the beta!
SA Gears of War 3 beta participation through pre-order
Details on the Gears of War 3 beta participation pre-order deal for South African gamers
Hardware
We get our hands on the world’s fastest graphics card and put it to the test
Gainward Nvidia GTX 580 review
We put the world’s fastest single GPU graphics card through its paces
Rumour: Nvidia GTX 590 out 22 March
NVIDIA expected to release world’s fastest graphics card ever next week
Columns
3 things gamers would (foolishly) ask a genie for
Be careful what you wish for…
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