Many PC gamer’s worst fears have come to fruition with news that EA’s Origin servers have crippled the US launch of SimCity. It’s yet another example of a primarily single player game being borked by a publisher’s insistence of implementing internet-centric DRM in a title. RockPaperShotgun reports that gamers trying …
Read More »The War Z servers suffer DDoS attack
The controversy over Hammerpoint’s now pulled shooter The War Z has led to hackers attacking the game’s servers. Developer Sergey Titov apologised for the saga earlier this week, but the furore has seemingly left a sour taste in the mouths of the gaming community. Guys over the last few days …
Read More »War Z server attacked in wake of user criticism
Zombie MMO continues to take a beating
Read More »EA to shutdown servers for various sports titles
FIFA 11 among publisher's list of imminent cut offs
Read More »GameSpy blames devs in server shutdown row
Some publisher partners had continued to use service free of charge 'for up to four years'
Read More »Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube? suffers server strain as layer one nears completion
Developers at Peter Molyneux’s 22Cans’ worked through the night last night to help ease the server problems that have dogged the game since launch. The woes, of course, are a result of the huge popularity of the ‘game, that despite receiving its fair share of criticism has been played by …
Read More »Sony shutting down Motorstorm and SOCOM servers
Games to be taken offline from October 1st
Read More »Zynga API unleashed for third-party developers
Zynga's hardware and services now available without local back end servers
Read More »UPDATE: Diablo III digital purchases carry ‘up to 72 hour’ limitations
An odd addition in Diablo 3’s latest patch has garnered more and more attention over the past 24 hours. It seems a ‘feature’ similar to the game’s Starter Editionhas been packed in that puts various restrictions on players who purchase a digital copy of the game for ‘the first 72 …
Read More »Blizzard apologises for Diablo III server woes
Diablo III developer Blizzard has apologised to its fans for the server problems that have prevented many playing the game in the days following its release. We’ve been humbled by your enthusiasm – and we sincerely regret that your crusade to bring down the Lord of Terror was thwarted not …
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