| New Sims 3 Screenshots | |
| Posted: 09.10.2008 03:11 by Jamie |  Comments: 0 |
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| Classic Transformers Cartoon movie theme coming to Guitar Hero and Rock Band? | |
| Posted: 07.10.2008 05:35 by Jamie | Comments: 2 |
 Kotaku reports that Stan Bush, writer and creator of "The Touch" theme for the Transformers cartoon movie, is keen to get his classic cult track featured on Guitar Hero or Rock Band, and has sent a letter to Activision asking about the possibility. "Yes, it would be wonderful to get "The Touch" in either one of those games. I've written to Activision, but wasn't able to get anywhere on it. I'd really appreciate any help," said Bush. | |
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| Community Booster Competition Volume 2 UPDATED | |
| Posted: 01.10.2008 07:22 by Kres | Comments: 13 |
 We've prepared another competition for Strategy Informer members! Codemasters were kind enough to provide some cool prizes to pack it with. The prizes that we have are: Xbox 360 Faceplate, Statue, Keychain and a T-Shirt. They're all themed with the upcoming multi-platform RPG game, Rise of the Argonauts. | |
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| Electronic Arts Sued Over Spore DRM | |
| Posted: 25.09.2008 09:59 by dtungsten | Comments: 7 |
 A class action suit filed September 22nd with the northern California District Court is asking for a judgment in excess of $5 million from Electronic Arts. The suit was filed by one Melissa Thomas and "all others similarly situated." The complaint sites that the installation of SecureROM as part of the Spore installation was not authorized by the Plaintiff and that SecureROM can have undesired effects on the consumer. A copy of the complaint is found on Courthouse News. | |
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| Spore to Add Extra Screen Names to Online Accounts | |
| Posted: 22.09.2008 02:43 by dtungsten | Comments: 3 |
 Almost lost in the uproar over the DRM complaints surrounding Electronic Arts Spore, are complaints concerning the online accounts for Spore. Contrary to what is stated in the manual Spore only allows one online account to be created per install – so on a multiple use system you can only have one Spore screen name regardless of how many users share the system. | |
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| Zombie Siege: Call of Duty 4 Survival | |
| Posted: 19.09.2008 12:23 by Kres | Comments: 26 |
 Strategy Informer has a Call of Duty 4 game server running with Before the Dawn mod installed on it. Those of you that have played this mod will know what it is about, and for those of you that haven't, well lucky you, you will get to experience it for the first time. | |
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| Activision: Guitar Hero outsells Rock Band by six to one | |
| Posted: 18.09.2008 05:14 by Jamie | Comments: 2 |
 Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has claimed that the company is currently stomping competition in the music genre, with the Guitar Hero franchise outselling its main competitor Rock Band by six to one. The claim was made at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVII Conference, were Kotick said; "We’re outselling (Rock Band) 6:1, when you think about the access we have to 30 percent of the world’s music at Universal, we have a unique advantage there." | |
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| Activision-Blizzard: Aerosmith makes more money from Guitar Hero than album sales | |
| Posted: 16.09.2008 10:18 by dtungsten | Comments: 3 |
 Activision-Blizzards Analyst Day is generating comments from all over. One of the fascinating peeks from inside the new company comes from a report by MTV. They quote Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision-Blizzard, as saying that the rock and roll band Aerosmith has made more money from the royalties they earn from Guitar Hero: Aerosmith than from any of their previously released albums. | |
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| EA hasn't changed basic DRM policy for Spore | |
| Posted: 15.09.2008 11:15 by dtungsten | Comments: 11 |
 The release of Electronic Arts Spore with the much maligned SecureROM anti-piracy system drew mass criticism from users on the Internet. Many forum posters complained about the restrictive DRM requirements and the average customer review of the game on Amazon.com as of this writing is 1.5 stars out of 5. Many of the reviews complain about problems installing the game and reaching activation servers in order to play the game. Others complain about the limit to the number of allowed installs. | |
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| Community Competition | |
| Posted: 11.09.2008 06:21 by Kres | Comments: 38 |
 Ok it's time for a new competition! We've managed to get approval for 5 free games from GamersGate for this competition. Hence, the winner of this competition will get to pick any game from GamersGate of his/her choice. They got a lot of great up to date games over there so be sure to check them out. | |
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