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Valve Angry Over Counter-Strike Subway Ads
Gamepocalypse writes "I noticed over on GamePro that Valve is considering legal action over the Subway ads that Engage In-Game Advertising was pumping into Counter-Strike matches. Valve's Doug Lombardi: 'Advertising or any other commercial use of our games requires our written permission.'" I'm unclear on this: Were the ads actually in the game already, or was the company just saying they were going to put the ads in? If the ads were displayed in-game, how was that done without Valve's knowledge? If the ads weren't in the game ... why would you make a public claim like this without clearing it with Valve first? Odd all around.
So King Kong is the only game similar to CS? WTF? At least list SOCOM or Battlefield 2 or even GoldenEye so I can regain enough trust in GamePro to RTFA. I remember the old days, when games like Sonic 3 and editors like Scary Larry (whatever he called himself at a given time) graced the pages...