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Czech outfit Amanita offering discount on â??highly piratedâ?? game
Read More »Nintendo warns R4 sellers
In response to MCV’s news yesterday that many companies are continuing to sell R4DS and other DS piracy devices despite the recent court ruling that illegalised the activity, Nintendo has issued a warning to the offending retailers. The message is the same to companies big and small, these activities are …
Read More »Nintendo victory as R4 emulator is outlawed
Developers defended as the controversial DS emulator is banned in Britain
Read More »Nintendo wins Dutch piracy case
Wii and DS platform holder Nintendo is celebrating a significant legal victory in the Netherlands after 11 retailers were convicted of acting unlawfully by importing and selling DS R4 cards and Wii mod chips. The retailers had claimed that Nintendo’s objections were an act of unfair competition – a claim …
Read More »Cousens: Im not a fan of DRM
Rod Cousens, the CEO of Britsoft publisher Codemasters, has confessed that he’s no fan of DRM and has instead urged the industry to embrace new retail models based on emerging digital infrastructures. I’m not necessarily a fan of DRM measures. I think sometimes they’re almost counter-productive. I can still be …
Read More »3DS to foil the pirates
It’s a problem that has caused the DS market to collapse” and seen software sales drop by 50 per cent in Europe over recent months, but one publisher reckons Nintendo will finally thwart the pirates with its upcoming 3DS handheld. What excites me even more than 3DS games is that …
Read More »â??I assure you that piracy is coming to consolesâ??
Develop 2010: Console hacks are inevitable, says InstantAction CEO Louis Castle
Read More »The Pirate Bay gets political
Almost a year on from the supposed shutdown of former bittorrent search giant The Pirate Bay, the site has been thrown an unlikely lifeline that could see its long-term future safeguarded. The site has long been a poster child for Swedish political body The Pirate Party, and now the group …
Read More »FBI called in to tackle online pirates
A scheme headed up by intellectual property enforcement coordinator Victoria Espinel is urging Obama’s US administration to dedicate 50 full-time FBI agents to a new drive aimed at tackling IP theft. Its remit would include both physical and online piracy in the music, film and video games sectors. We deeply …
Read More »E3 2010: Install games on 3DS
Japanese newspaper Nikkei is claiming that Nintendo’s new 3DS handheld will allow users to install multiple games onto its inbuilt memory chips, cutting out the need to carry around separate game cartridges. Andriasang says users will be able to select from any installed game from the main menu. If true, …
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