A Californian gamer attempted to sue Sony after being banned on the PlayStation Network after “multiple, repeated, intentional violations” of the user agreement. The gamer attempted to sue the multi-million dollar company by saying the ban infringed on his First Amendment right to free speech. The lawsuit failed after the Judge said that the First Amendment is to protect a person from having their right to free speech violated by the US government and not by a private company.
Modern Warfare 2 might be the biggest game of the year, certainly in terms of sales, but poor attendance in school might not be the only thing the game’s release caused. A 48-year old district judge in the UK feigned an illness in order to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 the night of its release, thereby delaying a pending trial.
Sony recently confirmed that its planned content distribution service for its network-connected devices will be launching sometime next year. Reuters reports that the service is expected to offer films, music, books and other content to its range of network-capable TVs, Blu-ray players, ebooks and other devices.
Valve released a patch for Left 4 Dead 2 on the PC today that fixes a number of glitches that launched with the game. Here’s a quick look at some of the issues addressed. For a full list, check out this link.
Included in the firmware 6.20 update for PSP, released earlier this week, was Sony’s Digital Comic Book Reader. In December, Sony will launch their store for purchasing comics in the US. To show everyone what this whole thing is about, Sony and IDW Publishing have decided to give away a free issue of Star Trek: Year Four – The Enterprise Experiment.
To download this free comic, you must first download the Comic Book Reader from the Playstation Store, and then enter this code to redeem your free comic book:
724K-A4BG-JLD7
The comic must be downloaded before December 16, 2009 and must be redeemed on the PSP.
The original Xbox console had a lifespan of about four years, launching in 2001 and then being retired in 2005 following the launch of the Xbox 360. It had a great run, birthing such franchises as Halo, Forza Motorsport and Fable, and it introduced the almighty Xbox Live in 2002. Fast-forward to the present day and we have the Xbox 360 with a whole slew of hit games and the upgraded Xbox Live experience. On the flipside, there’s the PlayStation 2 followed by the PlayStation 3, each with their own major titles and online services. The PS2 ran its course in nearly six years. With that in mind, is it still too early to start thinking about the next generation? After all, it’s been four years since the release of the Xbox 360. Is an upgrade really necessary? The fact of the matter is, this generation will outlast any previous one, and by a good margin.
Blizzard released some new screenshots for StarCraft II. Also the SCII website is now fully functional with a whole bunch of new information.
Over the past few days, Geoff Keighly has been sending out tweets about this year’s Spike VGA’s. His latest updates seem to be focused on Halo: Reach, including:
Here’s a look, courtesy of GameTrailers, at the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 beta that recently launched exclusively on the PS3.
