Entries Tagged ‘Games’:
filed in Business, Software on Sep.25, 2008
Class action suit filed against Electronic Arts for not informing customers about SecuROM.
Earlier this week, a class action suit was filed in the Northern District of California Court on behalf of Melissa Thomas and all other Spore purchasers. The suit contends that EA violated the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competition Law by [...]
Tags: class action, EA, Games, SecurROM, Spore
filed in Games, Music on Sep.19, 2008
With rival “Rock Band 2″ now on store shelves, rival franchise “Guitar Hero” is pumping up the volume on several fronts.
Most recently, Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash let it slip to Rolling Stone that “Guitar Hero” is working on a Jimi Hendrix special edition akin to what it did with Aerosmith. Metallica is another band previously [...]
Tags: Games, Guitar Hero, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, Music
filed in Business, Games on Sep.17, 2008
Google has interest in buying video game maker Valve Software, according to a report in The Inquirer.
Activity on Valve’s Steam Powered service currently crests with about 1.2 million users.
Bellevue, Wash.-based Valve made its name with the well known Half Life series, but The Inquirer’s Charlie Demerjian speculates the reason Google would be most interested in [...]
Tags: Games, gaming, Software, Steam, Valve
filed in Games on Sep.15, 2008
Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the newest expansion pack for World of Warcraft, entitled Wrath of the Lich King, will be in stores on Nov. 13, 2008. The expansion pack will cost $39.99.
World of Warcraft is Blizzard’s most popular massively multiplayer online for Mac and PC. There are more than 10.9 million subscribers worldwide. It’s [...]
Tags: Blizzard, Games, gaming, Lich King, warcraft