Ban hits Half-Life 2 pirates hard
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Game maker Valve shut down the online accounts of the players because it had evidence that their copy of the game had been obtained illegally.
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It's been six years since Valve Corp. perfected the first-person shooter with "Half-Life." Video games have come a long way since, with better graphics and more options than ever. Still, relatively few games have mustered this one's memorable characters and original science fiction story.
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A violent video game with 'an unrelenting focus on brutal slaying' has become the first to be banned in Britain for a decade.
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Vivendi Universal Games said on Tuesday it plans to ship &quot;Half-Life 2&quot; to retailers in November, bringing to market the eagerly anticipated PC game that has been plagued by missed launch dates and a hacker attack on its
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Vivendi Universal Games will release Half-Life 2, sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed PC game titles, on November 16 this year.
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Microsoft said Wednesday that it plans to clamp down hard on piraters of its next-generation operating systems, crippling both Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" if users fail to activate their copies within 30 days.
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Microsoft threatened severe penalties Thursday for those who circulate a stolen copy of &quot;Halo 2,&quot; the hotly anticipated Xbox game set to go on sale next month.
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Ireland imposed its first ban Wednesday on a video game, citing what it called "gross, unrelenting and gratuitous violence" in the latest offering from Rockstar Games.
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The day after Half-Life 2 hit the market, the second game to be powered by developer Valve&#39;s Source engine followed suit. Activision announced that Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines has shipped for the PC.
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Gamers have been able to get a taste of the technology behind the widely anticipated Half-Life 2.
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Blog: Second Life citizens object to new rules banning certain sexual and violent behaviors.
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Vivendi has announced that Half-Life 2, the sequel to one of the most popular PC titles ever, will be released on November 16. The original game was released back in 1998 and earned more than 50 game-of-the-year awards.
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Half-Life 2 maker Valve has won a legal battle over who controls access to its games in cyber cafes.
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Several Half-Life 2 users who finally got the long-delayed game into their hands yesterday got exactly what they didn&#39;t want--more delays.
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Piracy is threatening the future of the PC games industry, says a leading games developer.
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In a decision that paves the way for Valve to seek damages, Thomas Zilly, a Federal District Court Judge in Seattle, US has ruled that Counter-Strike publishers Vivendi-Universal were wrong to distribute copies of the game across cyber-cafes without the
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British censors on Tuesday banned a video game for the first time in 10 years, rejecting U.S.-published "Manhunt 2" for what they described as an unrelenting focus on sadism and brutal slaying.