by John Keefer, Apr 06, 2012 1:15pm PDT
The internet is now just a little bit safer for children playing online games, thanks to the efforts of seven major game publishers and the New York Attorney General's office to purge the online accounts of registered sex offenders.
"Operation: Game Over," the nickname of the initiative by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, used the New York sex offender rolls and compared them to the list of online video game accounts of Blizzard, Disney, Electronic Arts, Warner Bros., Microsoft, Sony and Apple. More than 3,500 accounts were successfully removed from the game companies' databases.
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by Xav de Matos, Jul 12, 2011 5:30pm PDT
Electronic Arts has announced plans to deactivate online features for a handful of its older titles, a plan the company seems to be quite fond of. Standard fodder for EA's wrath are 2009 and 2010 based sports games, select demos, the Quantum Leap inspired Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Need for Speed: Most Wanted (a personal favorite), and more.
Server closings will begin with a major power outage on August 11 of this year, with 2010 versions of Madden and NHL seeing online features closed for business on October 1.
EA's service site notes that as "the number of players still enjoying the older games dwindles below a point" the publisher decides to pull resources away from older titles in favor of newer games.
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by Xav de Matos, Apr 14, 2011 3:30pm PDT
In a trailer released yesterday for the upcoming Mortal Kombat revival, team members from developer NetherRealm Studios outlined a few new online-specific features coming to the franchise.
In "King of the Hill," up to eight users enter a match with--what appears to be--winner stays, loser goes rules. Though this feature has become an expected addition for online fighters, Mortal Kombat put its own cheeky spin on the idea. While waiting for your turn, users can spectate each match and take control of an adorable on-screen Avatar. Read more »
by Xav de Matos, Jul 02, 2010 4:00pm PDT
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced online support for The Eye of Judgment, its PlayStation Eye-enabled, augmented reality card game, will cease on September 30, 2010.
The move comes as no surprise, considering the abysmal support the game has received since its launch in 2007 and cancelation of a three-set retail release in 2008 [Translation]. Read more »
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