The ESRB has absolved Rockstar of wrongdoing in the wake of the recent hacks involving the PSP version of Manhunt 2. ESRB President Patricia Vance gave the rating board’s answer: Rockstar did nothing wrong.
Hopefully this will help quell the digg flames that have been raging the past few days over this.
Google has purchased the shortest possible domain name to make it easier for Chinese users to find Google: g.cn.
According to an inside source, Comcast is trying to hunt down who leaked the internal BitTorrent memo to us last week. The rumor is that they’re interviewing supervisors and then customer service representatives. Memos regarding the dire consequences of providing internal information to the press are being distributed.
Demonic child REALLY likes to play.
Ars Technica sits down with the recently promoted Chief Technical Officer (now co-president) of Naughty Dog, Christophe Balestra, to talk about Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, the power of the PlayStation 3, and the future of the console.
Mininova reached another milestone as they just passed the 3 billion .torrent download mark. The impressive number of 3 million daily users now download almost 10 million .torrent files a day.
Manhunt 2 had to make some serious edits to receive its Mature rating, but Rockstar has demonstrated that it has a steep learning curve. In shades of the “Hot Coffee” scandal of 2005, it has been revealed that the original Adults Only content may have shipped with the PSP version of the game.
While the RIAA is swift to punish any person caught offering illegal downloads, they’re not very swift when a member company like EMI does it. Not only did King Crimson’s contract never allow digital distribution to begin with, but band member Robert Fripp claims EMI offered their music for sale even after their contract ended entirely.
It looks like the bottom has finally fallen out of Blockbuster. After numerous failed attempts at attracting new customers, the company has finally bit the bullet and is spiraling out of control. Sad as it is, the end is near for Blockbuster and all that pressure it has been placing on Netflix has been lifted.it has closed 526 stores
Yes, at long last, after two years from when the first dual core CPUs (and nearly one year for quad cores) appeared on the market, we’ve now got games properly using the hardware that many gamers have these days.
