Microsoft, Blizzard Crack Down On Piracy, Cheating

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday November 16, 2008 @07:32PM from the no-means-no dept.

Microsoft has confirmed that they've been wielding the banhammer lately over modifications to the Xbox 360 which allow players to run pirated games. Xbox Live's Major Nelson said the action would also void the warranty on the offending console, and that Microsoft will "continue to employ and bolster anti-piracy security measures to counter piracy in the gaming industry and improve security in the Xbox LIVE community." Meanwhile, Blizzard dealt with 350,000 of their own problem users on Battle.net, saying simply that they wouldn't tolerate cheating. This is likely one of many steps to clean up the system before it gets revamped for use with StarCraft II.

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Re:"Major Nelson", possibly off-topic by sa1lnr · 2008-11-16 21:43 · Score: 0, Offtopic

"but when I think games, I don't think of a middle-aged white guy. /end rant."
Middle aged white guy here with over 300 bought games for the PC, that's on CD/DVD and not counting the old ones I have on floppies either. I'm 54.