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PC manufacturer Dell has opened up its own new digital content portal , offering a range of PC games from some of the industry’s top publishers. Titles currently available to download include EA’s Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Spore, Eidos’ Tomb Raider: Underworld, Warner’s FEAR 2, Atari’s Alone in the …
Read More »Dare to be Digital invites public submissions
BAFTA-connected design competition expands its format
Read More »Peter Mandelson arrives in Second Life
The UK Labour party has become the latest governmental institution to turn to online social world Second Life in effort to spread its word to a brand new audience – and a 3D representation of Business Secretary Peter Mandelson has been chosen to front the venture. For the complete story, …
Read More »Street Fighter II HD breaks records
Japanese developer and publisher Capcom is claiming that its recently released Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network title Street Fighter II HD has shattered both day one and week one sales records for a digital console title. To date the game has sold 250,000 copies. The firm also expects the …
Read More »The Dark Knight hits US PSN
SCE America has boosted its Christmas line-up of high-def, downloadable films, with a slew of major blockbusters – headlined by huge summer blockbuster The Dark Knight. Another high profile movie joining the Cape Crusader is Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skill, which will join 1,000 movies and 2,500 TV …
Read More »EA’s DRM battle heads to court
Electronic Arts is to face legal action over its controversial use of SecuROM digital rights management software in many of its recent PC titles. SecuROM became a heated talking point following its use on EA’s recent PC hit Spore, mostly owing to the fact that it limited users to installing …
Read More »Legal action taken over EA DRM
Two US lawsuits files over publisherâ??s controversial use of SecuROM digital rights management software
Read More »Burnout heads to PSN this Thursday
An important step toward what most consider to be the inevitable digital delivery future arrives this week when EA’s Burnout Paradise becomes available to download for PS3 users via Sony’s PlayStation Network Store. The move was first confirmed last month. The European price has not yet been confirmed, though US …
Read More »EA to address Spore DRM concerns
Spore publisher EA has responded to a number of the complaints being levelled at the publisher regarding its seemingly strict DRM measures included in Will Wright’s latest PC outing – and it has stated that it intends to make changes to its current three install limit on the game. Speaking …
Read More »Spore faces piracy backlash
A report showing that EA’s PC hit Spore is suffering from unusually high numbers of illegal downloads has been blamed on the fact that EA has implemented stern digital rights management restrictions on its game. Spore’s DRM prevents the game being installed more than three times – a problem for …
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