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August 24th, 2018, 18:49 Posted By: wraggster
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Most dedicated PC gamers are familiar with the name GOG, otherwise known as Good Old Games, a digital game retailer owned by the company behind the Witcher series of games, CD Projekt. They're renown for selling games with no form of DRM whatsoever, believing that once you buy a game, you should be free to fully own it, rather than being bound by anti-piracy measures.
This stance has brought GOG to its latest attempt to inform gamers: the "FCKDRM initiative".
A new site, made by CD Projekt has gone live, called fckdrm.com, tries to advocate the public against all forms of DRM, claiming them as not only anti-consumer, but that they can also act as a "kill switch" that could easily prevent owners from accessing their purchases.
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The site then lists problems with media that has DRM, such as the inability to have offline access or a loss of consumer rights, as well as being a roadblock in terms of digital preservation.
<aside> DRM-free approach in games has been at the heart of GOG.COM from day one. We strongly believe that if you buy a game, it should be yours, and you can play it the way it’s convenient for you, and not how others want you to use it.
The landscape has changed since 2008, and today many people don’t realize what DRM even means. And still the DRM issue in games remains – you’re never sure when and why you can be blocked from accessing them. And it’s not only games that are affected, but your favourite books, music, movies and apps as well.
To help understand what DRM means, how it influences your games and other digital media, and what benefits come with DRM-free approach, we’re launching the FCK DRM initiative. The goal is to educate people and ignite a discussion about DRM. To learn more visit https://fckdrm.com, and share your opinions and stories about DRM and how it affects you.
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At the bottom of the page is a list of causes to support, such as non-profit companies Defective By Design, which focuses on showing the failures of DRM in different forms, as well as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who try to lobby and fight legal battles against companies who try to force DRM upon their users. Bandcamp, GOG, OpenLibra, and Vimeo are all noted for being a source of DRM-free media, as an alternative to more mainstream options.
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August 24th, 2018, 00:29 Posted By: wraggster
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Last reporting month in June, the return of the NES Classic Mini Edition outsold the Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 combined, but this month of July, during what is basically a 'slow month' for new games to be released, the Nintendo Switch returned to the #1 spot! 
<aside> Octopath Traveler topped the software chart, and it helped Nintendo’s hybrid Switch handheld/home console outsell the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in terms of both dollar and unit sales.
“Nintendo Switch was July’s best-selling hardware platform in both dollars and units sold,” said Piscatella. “This is the seventh month that Switch has led in hardware dollar sales since launching in March 2017, and the first since December 2017.”
It wasn’t just the Switch that did well for Nintendo, though. In June, the NES Classic Edition outsold all other consoles in terms of units, and both it and the Super Nintendo Classic did well in July as well. Piscatella credits both of them for helping to boost July’s hardware revenue to $217 million, which is up 19 percent year-over-year.
When it comes to hardware, Nintendo is doing the best it has done since 2009, which was in the heart of the Wii and DS lifespans.
But as we’ve grown used to here, just because Nintendo is doing well, that doesn’t mean anyone else is stumbling. Both Microsoft and Sony are in strong positions.
“For the 2018 year to date period, hardware spending has increased 21 percent to $1.9 billion,” said Piscatella. “Spending gains for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Plug N Play devices such as NES Classic Edition and Super NES Classic Edition have driven growth. Year-to-date hardware spending is at its highest level since 2011.”
Xbox One hardware is also up 60 percent year-to-date over 2017, and PlayStation 4 is still the top-selling console platform of 2018.
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So what do you think of the 'sales' so far of all the systems, do you think Switch will be able to stay on top, or will the PS4 end up smashing them even with upcoming launch of 'smash bros.' on the Switch, during this what will be busy holiday season for all 3?
NEWS SOURCE: July 2018 NPD: Nintendo Switch outsold Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (via) VentureBeat
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August 22nd, 2018, 21:54 Posted By: wraggster
EmuParadise is a ROM download website that until very recently, hosted downloads for games and BIOSes of older consoles such as the PSP, NES, SNES, Genesis and many others. However, this changed with a recent announcement that shook the website to its core.
Yesterday, EmuParadise, which has been online for 18 years, announced that the website’s going to start following a different path; that is a path without hosting retro ROM and BIOS downloads. This decision came due to the fear of legal action being taken against the website which could potentially lead to disastrous life-changing consequences for those who run the site.
Farewell sweet prince!
It is possible that EmuParadise stopped serving ROMs because of Nintendo’s lawsuit against Jacob Mathias, the owner of LoveROMs and LoveRETRO. In that lawsuit, Nintendo is suing for $100 million which is a enormous sum of money that ROM websites, being mostly run by hobbyists, can’t afford to pay.
via http://wololo.net/2018/08/09/emupara...-legal-action/
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August 17th, 2018, 17:52 Posted By: wraggster
The publisher behind Grand Theft Auto has won a US court case that will prevent players from cheating in its online game.
The case centres around Georgia resident David Zipperer, who has been accused of selling software that enables GTA Online users to alter the game or manipulate its mechanics to give them an edge over other players, Reuters reports.
Take-Two claims that not only has this enabled 'griefing' of its online community, it has also cost at least $500,000, according to a complaint filed back in March.
Yesterday, US District Judge Louis Stanton of Manhattan awarded the publisher a preliminary injunction that prevents Zipperer from selling his software. In the ruling, he said Take-Two was likely to prove that Zipperer had infringed its copyright and that his programs cause irreparable harm to the game's sales by discouraging consumers from buying it.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...cheat-programs
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August 4th, 2018, 23:04 Posted By: wraggster
Online video game rental service Gamefly will be shutting down its streaming subscription service at the end of August. Its physical services for game discs sent through the mail will remain unaffected.
Variety reports that the final day of the service will be August 31, after which time accounts will no longer be charged and streaming games will no longer be available.
EA purchased Gamefly's cloud technology back in May, acquiring the company's Casesarea, Israel team and the technology behind the streaming service. Shortly after at E3 2018, EA announced its own streaming subscription service, Origin Access Premier, which went live earlier this week.
However, EA says that its acquisition was unrelated to the end of Gamefly streaming services. "We acquired the team in Israel and the technology they've developed, we did not acquire the Gamefly streaming service," said a spokesperson. "We have not been involved in any decisions around the service."
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...eaming-service
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July 30th, 2018, 20:47 Posted By: wraggster
For UK games retail, we are at the height of the summer drought - with no Amazon Prime Day to lift the market this week.
That means yes, for a fifth week, Crash Bandicoot is No.1. The game returned to the top a year after its initial PS4 release due to new versions for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
LEGO The Incredibles is No.2 for a third consecutive week, while The Crew 2 continues to stage a small comeback, rising up five places with a 34% improvement in sales. GTA V also returns to the Top Ten, jumping 11 places to No.7. The game often performs well after a boost in console sales, which occurred during Amazon Prime Day.
A major expansion to No Man's Sky sees that game also return to the Top 50 at No.12.
There were a few smaller new releases, namely Train Sim World by Maximum Games (No.20), Go Vacation on Switch by Nintendo/Bandai Namco (No.23), The Persistence by Sony for PS4 (No.34) and Nintendo's Wario Ware Gold on 3DS (No.38).
August is a generally weak month for new game launches, although there are a couple to keep an eye on - such as Team17's Overcooked 2, Sega's Shenmue 1 and 2, Codemasters' F1 2018 and Rebellion's Strange Brigade. September is when the market will pick up significantly, with game launches such as Spider-Man, Tomb Raider, Spyro and FIFA.
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...no-1-in-the-uk
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July 16th, 2018, 22:18 Posted By: Shrygue
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A new ruling in Germany will significantly affect the way pre-orders are handled in the country.
The Higher Regional Court of Munich has banned retailers from offering pre-orders for products without a solid release date, according to German news site Heise (confirmed by the Eurogamer.de team).
The ruling follows a consumer protection claim against leading German electronics chain Media Markt over pre-orders for a smartphone, but now applies to all products - including video games.
This means store must be able to offer customers a latest date by which their purchase will arrive. They are no longer allowed to pre-sell products with a "coming soon" or "available soon" placeholder.
Düsseldorf Consumer CEO Wolfgang Schuldzinski said: "When consumers order goods on the internet, providers must specify by when the goods are delivered."
This will have a noticeable impact on video games as publishers regularly announce new titles without a concrete release date and retailers begin offering pre-orders almost immediately. Germany is a sizeable European market, and therefore likely a good indicator of demand for publishers when targeting the region.
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July 12th, 2018, 20:42 Posted By: wraggster
Major apologies for the lack of news recently, ive been focused on the World Cup and the amazing run by England, after sunday its all done and dusted and i can return to normal newsposting and much less stress than watching football 
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June 26th, 2018, 20:10 Posted By: wraggster
For a third week running, FIFA 18 remains at top of the European charts both digitally and at retail.
The latest European charts from Game Sales Data show that FIFA 18 sales have continued strong, buoyed by excitement around the football world cup.
At retail, God of War is up from No. 3 to No. 2, while Gran Turismo Sport jumped from No. 9 to No. 3.
Despite releasing nearly five years ago, Grand Theft Auto enjoys yet another week in the top ten, coming in at No. 4 up from No. 6.
Meanwhile, Far Cry 5 continues it steady sales remaining at No. 5, while Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has jumped from No. 10 to No. 6.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze has stayed at No. 7, whereas Detroit: Become Human has fallen from No. 4 to No. 8.
more here https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...d-week-running
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June 26th, 2018, 20:09 Posted By: wraggster
Nintendo claimed the top spot in the UK retail charts last week, as Mario Tennis Aces made its debut in first place.
Mario Tennis Aces was one of three Switch games to enter the Ukie Gfk all-formats top 40, the others being Flashback: Collectors' Edition at 26 and Minecraft at 21 - the latter received a pointed video ad about cross-play between the Switch and Xbox One versions, highlighting the absence of PlayStation 4.
more here https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...k-retail-chart
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June 19th, 2018, 21:21 Posted By: wraggster
I watched Russia Slaughter the first openents and in front of me tonight they are doing a great job of battering egypt 3-0 at the 62 minute stage, are they doing well against poor teams or are they doing well because of playing at home , can they win the world cup??
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June 19th, 2018, 21:08 Posted By: wraggster
So i am an english person and last night at the england vs tunisia match a very soft penalty was awarded to tunisia, fair play if thats the rules then two blatant rugby tackles by tunisia and a massive amount of jumping to the floor but the referee and the VAR refs didnt see it. disgusting, come on fifa the world is watching
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June 19th, 2018, 20:48 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft has been rightly celebrated for its E3 briefing this year, but it was a demonstration of both its current position of weakness and the unique strength that its great rival Sony cannot realistically match.
In the week leading up to E3, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot predicted that there may be just one more generation of console hardware before streaming becomes the ubiquitous platform for games of all kinds. "There will be one more console generation and then after that, we will be streaming," he said. "All of us."
This thread was also picked up by EA CEO Andrew Wilson, who used the E3 stage to speak directly to the growing influence of streaming and subscriptions on how the company thinks about its future. When Xbox head Phil Spencer revealed that Microsoft was actually developing a streaming platform (possibly as a replacement for the download-based Xbox Game Pass), E3 2018 suddenly became about so much more than which games will be released in the next 12 months.
Ultimately, these far-reaching ideas tainted the view of Sony's more restrained briefing, which contained barely a word about its plans for PlayStation Now. Instead, Sony used its position of strength in the market to focus on a handful of big games - a strategy that left many (both in the room and watching from afar) feeling underwhelmed."It is possible that a few years from now Microsoft will be the Netflix of gaming and Sony more like HBO"
Joost van Dreunen
"With an install base of 75 million that makes sense for now," says Joost van Dreunen, CEO and co-founder of SuperData Research. "But it does not provide an answer to the question what the future holds. Worse, it is inconsistent with the direction senior management recently revealed - plans to focus on subscription revenue from online gaming and streaming music and video."
Where Microsoft surpassed Sony is in doing both: showing a slate of 50 games (most of them not exclusive, it should be noted) and doubling its first-party studio roster, while also improving Xbox Game Pass and indicating that streaming will be the next step.
"In particular, this last part is promising," van Dreunen says. "Although Microsoft has failed to win the centre of the living room as it originally set out to do, it is setting itself up to become the leader in the digital games market by equally amassing content and focusing on distribution rollout. It is possible that a few years from now Microsoft will be the Netflix of gaming and Sony more like HBO.
"But a digital future is about scale and infrastructure, which means that Microsoft may yet claim the centre."
via https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...om-playstation
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June 19th, 2018, 20:43 Posted By: wraggster
Been a while since we had the charts on here so here it is:
God of War was the best selling physical game in the UK last week.
The UK charts currently lack digital data, so the release of certain downloadable titles during E3 are absent from the charts (although Fortnite on Switch, which was downloaded two million times in 24 hours, would not have counted as it was a free game).
There was, however, a wide-reaching PS4 sale - which has already had a very positive impact upon this week's EMEA chart.
The 'Days of Play' promotion saw discounts for games such as God of War, which rises two places and reclaims the No.1 spot. PlayStation VR Worlds also benefits, rising 48% in sales and reaching No.5.
Other games that were bundled or benefitted from the promotion included Fallout 4, which rises 22% in sales and is at No.3, while Assassin's Creed Origins at No.9 (up 61%) and Call of Duty: WWII at No.10 (up 130%) also enjoyed a strong sales week.
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</aside>Last week's No.1, Vampyr, drops 70% in sales and falls to No.8.
There were no new games in the Top 40 this week.
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via https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articl...-ps4-dominates
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June 4th, 2018, 20:18 Posted By: wraggster
In a curious move Microsoft have flexed their cash spending muscle to buy github:
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After supposed claims that Microsoft was looking into acquiring GitHub, it has now been officially confirmed. In a few months, Microsoft will own GitHub, a major purveyor of open source code. With the prior success of other acquisitions like Minecraft and LinkedIn, GitHub staff claims they feel confident with Microsoft's leadership.
According to the announcement blog post by the site, innovations will be made with Microsoft's help, though the focus on providing open software will always remain. A new CEO, Nat Friedman, has been appointed as well, while the previous CEO and co-founder of GitHub will be now working directly at Microsoft.
Of course, this announcement and the rumors leading up to it has caused controversy. Microsoft hasn't always handled its acquisitions well, with many pointing to Skype as evidence of this. GitLab, a competitor to GitHub, has also seen massive registration numbers in the past two days.
The total transaction cost Microsoft 7.5 billion dollars.
via https://gbatemp.net/threads/microsof...github.506294/
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May 28th, 2018, 22:25 Posted By: wraggster
Tonight i am announcing the opening of the Wraggys Youtube channel which is a Youtube channel for me and my young 7 year old son who has autism, for him he will be streaming himself plaing Video games, for me i hope this develops into something special for him and improves his social skills with the world.
For me the Wraggys Youtube Channel is a way to get my hobbies into the wide world, i am a masssive fan of Theme Parks, Gardening and also Beers Wines Ciders and Spirits and will be posting videos on all the mentioned themes.
Heres a look at the channel here and if you can subscribe that would be awesome:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZM...q9AN_mj4GTzFGA
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April 15th, 2018, 20:59 Posted By: wraggster
Some good news for hackers:
modrobert writes: "I have released SecureChatAnywhere which is a lightweight program written in Java with the purpose of making it easy to encrypt and decrypt any kind of text messages using AES-128/CBC symmetric encryption. The graphical user interface (GUI) is designed as a convenient 'copy & paste tool' for computers to manage encryption and decryption stand-alone, in other words without relying on any kind of external communication.
https://github.com/modrobert/SecureChatAnywhere
The encrypted data (ciphertext) output is in Base64 format which makes SecureChatAnywhere compatible with any kind of text based internet communication tools out there such as email, chat clients and online services. "
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April 14th, 2018, 21:41 Posted By: wraggster
This news will put a rather large spanner in the works of the console manufacterers:
The biggest fear of those that love to open up their 'consoles' to mod or change parts inside, may soon be over as the big 3 have warned to stop using those nasty 'Warranty Is Void If Removed Stickers' which are in-fact illegal, so don't worry, be happy, rip them off!
<aside style="font-size: 14.66px; line-height: 20.52px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Earlier this week, the FTC released a public reminder about a 1957 law that governs what companies can and can’t include in their manufacturer warranties The posting lists three examples of what it calls questionable provisions.
However, as Ars points out, the example text of “This warranty shall not apply if this product ... is used with products not sold or licensed by [company name]” lines up with the language used in Nintendo’s warranty and “This warranty does not apply if this product ... has had the warranty seal on the [product] altered, defaced, or removed” matches wording found in Sony’s warranty.
A third example, seemingly taken from auto manufacturer Hyundai’s warranty, attempts to bar people from using non-manufacturer parts in repairs, lest they void the warranty. In all three cases, manufacturers aren’t legally allowed to make such restrictions in the United States.
Specifically, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act states that statements like those are generally prohibited unless companies provide parts and services for free or have received a waiver from the FTC.
“Provisions that tie warranty coverage to the use of particular products or services harm both consumers who pay more for them as well as the small businesses who offer competing products and services,” said Thomas B. Pahl, acting director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, in a statement.
The six companies that were sent warning letters have 30 days to revise any promotional or warranty information to remove language that implicitly states or implies “warranty coverage is conditioned on the use of specific parts of services.” Following that, the FTC plans to check back in with each company and will potentially seek out legal action if violations still exist.
So good news for gamers that love to mod in the USA, now we just need similar changes in EU and other smaller markets! 
NEWS SOURCE:FTC warns that, yes, those warranty-voiding stickers on consoles are illegal (via) Gamasutra
via http://www.maxconsole.com/threads/ft...illegal.46787/
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