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DMCA Being Reviewed in Open Talk Stardock Forums

Wired.com has a nice little article about the Copyright office and how it is going about reviewing copyright laws that the DMCA may have changed. The office is accepting "comments from interested parties through Dec. 1" and will be addressing various issues/problems that have risen as of late. If you have a problem with the DMCA, or think other Copyright laws are a bit off (the article gives some good examples of problems) be sure to voice your opini

Reply to Downloading TV Shows in Open Talk Stardock Forums

Well, it's the lack of ability to hit you with advertising and get Nielson ratings Cerainly a worry but in the case of 24, if I hadn't downloaded it they would have lost alot more... <TD class="mb-

Korean Addiction in Game News Stardock Forums

CNN has an interesting article on gaming addiction, with the research geared on the gaming craze in South Korea. As many as 17 million Korean's are gamers, some 35 percent of the country's population and a high percentage of that 17 million have become addicted to the $1/hr Internet cafes that sprinkle the small country. Some players have been able to recover from their addiction including Jun Mung-gyu who used to sit in front of a screen for 15 hour

Reply to Earth 2160 Pre-Order Bonus in Game News Stardock Forums

I say the Dolphins took over and threw us out...Come on someone work up some fan-fic. Trent I am looking at you!

Reply to Care Bears Coming to PC in Game News Stardock Forums

Yea they have been re-releasing all the toys from my childhood including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Transformers (most obvious) along with Care Bears, Micro Machines, My Little Pony, Cabbage Patch Kids, My Littlest Pet Shop and other crap (I always walk down the toy aisles...). I am still waiting for the re-release of Teddy Roxbin (sp?).

Warcraft: The Well of Eternity in Open Talk Stardock Forums

Now I am not on to preach on popular culture and such but I just finished reading the last of the Well of Eternity series which is a trilogy of Warcraft books all written by Richard A. Knaack, who is a well known fantasy writer. I must say that the series took me back, although I love the lore from the Warcraft universe, I just didn't think that the series would be that good. I did read the first three books but they weren't nearly as good as

Earth 2160 Pre-Order Bonus in Game News Stardock Forums

Midway launched the official website for their upcoming futuristic RTS, Earth 2160. Along with the site's video recap of the last 155 years comes information on the units and factions, and a plethora of screenshots showing of Reality Pump's newest creation. Midway also let slip a little bonus that will be given to gamers should they pre-order the RTS: A bonus DVD will be given to those early adopters that will explain, hopefully at length, why the Ea

Care Bears Coming to PC in Game News Stardock Forums

According to Gamespot, THQ has starting caring about its younger audience that may not have access to a Gameboy or a console brother. The publisher has announced that Care Bears: Catch a Star for the PC and Mac is now available, released just in time to coincide with the Care Bears Big Wish Movie that is heading to DVD next week. In Catch a Star, players will be able to take control of several Care Bears as they spread love, play pin

Gold Game Delayed in Game News Stardock Forums

Shrapnel Games had to announce today, much to its own embarrassment, that Star and the Crescent, a game it had declared 'gold' has actually been delayed. Although the title is finished, the delay has come out of a manufacturing problem, named as "a minor problem with CD production the title will not ship within the timeframe originally planned." The timeframe has instead been shifted a few days with Shrapnel Games looking to ship the game out on October

City of Villians + Heroes = One Price in Game News Stardock Forums

NCsoft has announced a new pricing scheme for players looking to play as villains and heroes. Players of City of Villains and City of Heroes will now be able play both games, for the subscription price of one. City of Villains is the standalone sequel to last year's City of Heroes and is expected to be released October 31st with a subscription fee of $14.95. Players who already own City of Heroes will therefore only have to purchase City of Villains

Midway, MTV Marketing Announcement in Game News Stardock Forums

MTV and Midway have announced a new promotion stemming from their deal signed this June. The new promotion will see two grand prize winners drive away in "Fully Pimped Out and Juiced Up 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STI." The pimped out deal is part of a three game marketing agreement (the other two games are still unannounced) between the two companies that will see MTV's Pimp My Ride crew invade Midway's L.A. Rush which is set for release next week. MTV will als

EA Settles Lawsuit in Game News Stardock Forums

Electronic Arts has decided it will settle a suit brought against the publisher by current and former graphic artists. The artists, who were seeking overtime pay, have settled for $15.6 million after claiming that EA had violated labor laws. Under the settlement 200 entry-level artists will become hourly workers eligible for overtime pay and a one-time grant of restricted EA stock. Those same employees will be excluded from bonuses and stock option gra

MadMinute Games Announces New Title in Game News Stardock Forums

MadMinute Games has announced that their second Civil War strategy game will be hitting shelves this December. Take Command: 2nd Manassas is the follow up to Take Command: Civil War Bull Run and will focus on the Civil War in 1862. The largest feature change will be the addition of carryover or connected battles. This means that a player's actions in the previous scenario or day will directly affect the amount of units that they will have the next day a

Wolfenstein Sequel Confirmed in Game News Stardock Forums

Activision confirmed that the next-generation Castle Wolfenstein game that was announced at Microsoft's X05 event in Amsterdam will also be heading to the PC. The publisher also will be, well publishing the game worldwide for developer Raven Software and Executive Producer id Software. Wolfenstein will again place players behind enemy lines where they will discover evil Nazi experiments with technological and supernatural themes. Wolfenste

Free PC & Video Games in Game News Stardock Forums

G2 Mobile has announced that they will be giving away FREE PC games with every purchase of a mobile game. Simply put if you buy all 32 of their mobile games then they are going to give you 32 "computer and video games," and if you still don't believe us then maybe this will help, consumers are "not limited by one (1) per customer, but for every mobile title bought, giving even more value to money for the customers purchase!" G2 Mobile also plans on a

Reply to Peter Jackson on Halo in Game News Stardock Forums

God I saw the trailers for it (Doom) recently, the only thing that looks good are the little First Person thing they are doing for some scenes, like the battle against the dog/boar thing. And I do believe even The Rock (TM) said something like (paraphrasing) "The movie has no plot, its just about blowing stuff up."

Splinter Cell 4 Announced in Game News Stardock Forums

Ubisoft announced today that the forth installment in its popular stealth series, Splinter Cell, will be released in Spring 2006 for current and next-gen consoles as well as the PC. Unspecified is if the next-gen releases will include a release for Sony's Playstation 3, which has the same release window. Little information other than the target release date and platforms were released with the announcement but Ubisoft plans to "thrust players into a

Peter Jackson on Halo in Game News Stardock Forums

Yahoo News/Reuters reports that Peter Jackson has indeed linked himself to the upcoming silver screen adaptation of Bungie's popular Halo franchise. The film, which was hawked to studios earlier this year, came with high demands from Microsoft and Bungie, demands that were created so the film wouldn't hurt the franchise's "street cred." Although the man behind the Lord of The Rings trilogy will not be directing the film as previously rumored, the rep

Midway Purchases LA Rush Developer in Game News Stardock Forums

Midway has announced that they have acquired the L.A. Rush developer, The Pitbull Syndicate Limited. Pitbull, who is located in Newcastle, UK will be renamed Midway Studios – Newcastle and was acquired primarily through a stock purchase of 199,385 Midway shares. In addition to L.A. Rush which is due out this month, Pitbull has also been working on other unannounced next-gen projects. Pitbull was established in December 1996 by a small group of progra

Dark Age of Camelot Goes Digital in Game News Stardock Forums

Mythic Entertainment, the developer behind the popular Dark Age of Camelot MMORPG, has decided to embrace digital distribution along with normal retail means. Mythic has, for the first time in the game's history, said that all existing and future expansion packs will be released through both channels, with the Catacombs expansion already avaliable for purchase. Players can also pre-order the upcoming Darkness Rising expansion, due out this month, or

Reply to Free Strategy Games in Game News Stardock Forums

New for them though

Free Strategy Games in Game News Stardock Forums

Strategy First has started up a new program to get their games out to the masses. Joining in with the digital content providers such as Valve and TotalGaming.net, Strategy First has decided to let players download FULL versions of over twenty of their titles. But don't get too excited, the unrestricted gameplay will end after three hours, at which point players will be asked to purchase the game. Games include titles from Strategy First's premiere f

Elder Scrolls Cast in Game News Stardock Forums

Bethseda Softworks has rounded out the rest of the cast for its upcoming RPG, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The anticipated title will now feature, along with the already announced Lynda Carter from TV's Wonder Women, Patrick Stewart, Sean Bean and Terrence Stamp. The three native Britons all have some serious background with Stewart being a former Starship Captain for Star Trek, Bean as Boromir in Lord of the Rings and Stamp as Supreme Chancellor

Downloading TV Shows in Open Talk Stardock Forums

Well I just saw the "New Sci-Fi Friday Starts Tonight" thread again and realized how much I hate not having Sci-Fi channel anymore. And since the only way to get it is to pay +$40/month on my current bill, its basically not going to happen. But along with that revelation came the idea that I could always DOWNLOAD the shows that I wanted...so then THAT (follow along to the rambling) got me wondering what your guys views are on downloading TV shows, a

Reply to EU Nintendo Head Scares Me in Open Talk Stardock Forums

Bah, its a privilege that we buy their crap.