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Casual games publisher PopCap has confirmed that it will be ditching its use of a zombie character resembling Michael Jackson from future versions of the popular tower defence game Plants vs Zombies. Pop legend Michael Jackson passed away a little over a year ago, and now the Jackson Estate has …
Read More »EA ditches SecuROM on BFBC2
In its latest update for PC shooter Battlefield: Bad Company 2 publisher EA has, amongst other tweaks to the game, removed the controversial and unpopular SecuROM DRM from the game. However, as Shacknews notes, the change applies only to the version of the game sold via Valve’s Steam network. EA …
Read More »Microsoft pulls Sky Player
Just hours after the service debuted on Xbox Live yesterday, Microsoft has been forced to remove the much-hyped Sky Player from Xbox Live due to technical problems. However, the platform holder hopes to reinstate the service at some point today. The Sky Player on Xbox 360 service did successfully launch …
Read More »Sony pulls WipEout ad
An agreement between in-game ad firm Double Fusion and PS3 platform holder Sony has hit a stumbling block today with news that a new advertisement recently introduced in download-only racing title WipEout HD has been removed. The decision comes after reports that the ad has doubled loading times between tracks …
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