Update: As expected, according to FinancialPost.com Microsoft stated, to quote: "Piracy is illegal and modifying an XBox 360 is a violation of the XBox Live Terms of Use. Microsoft is well within its legal rights to ban these users from XBox Live."

Today IncGamers.com (linked above) have reported that Abington IP, a law firm specializing in consumer class actions, has started an...

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PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has posted this weekend's PSN video content update today, as follows:

Here’s the list of new arrivals and top downloads on the Video Store this week.

This weekend, you can celebrate MGM’s 85th anniversary with a legendary collection of movies starting at $1.99, including Dirty Work, Hannibal, Species, Soul Plane and...

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Earlier this year we reported that the Entertainment Software Association of Canada was seeking to jail pirates and target mod-chips.

Today, the ESA has praised the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and York Police Service for a recent raid on retailers selling pirated software at Pacific Mall in Markham, Ontario.

To quote: After a two month investigation, authorities seized...

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Update: As expected, Microsoft has defended their stance on banning modified XBox 360 consoles.

Reports now indicate that the fresh wave of Microsoft bans on modified consoles has resulted in systems not only being banned from XBox Live, but also removing the ability to install games to the HDD, forbidding the use of Windows Media Centre extender, and not allowing the retrieval of...

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Just over a week ago it was reported that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for XBox 360 was leaked early to the Internet.

Since then, a pirate who advertised his services of Modern Warfare 2 and an XBox 360 before the street launch of the game has been busted by Activision with the help of an online detective they hired.

Apparently the whole process took less than a...

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Autoweek.com (linked above) met with Gran Turismo creator and godfather Kazunori Yamauchi at SEMA and asked him several questions about the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 title for Sony's PS3 console.

To quote from the interview:

When will you release GT5?

Yamauchi: We will release it in March in Japan but for other regions, it has not been decided yet.

What's holding it up?

That's...

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Atari has announced today that Ghostbusters: The Videogame is now available for Sony's PSP and PSPGo consoles.

Press Release: Atari, Inc., one of the world’s most recognized videogame publishers, announced today that this summer’s best-selling, Ghostbusters: The Video Game is now available at retailers across North America on the PSP systems (including the PSPgo...

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Today PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has announced that MLB and Lucasfilm have joined PlayStation Network’s video delivery service.

To quote: This week we’re excited to report the launch of several new partners on PlayStation Network that offer even more downloadable entertainment and sports from PlayStation Store.

Lucasfilm Ltd. presents Star Wars: The Clone...

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Gearbox Software has released a Borderlands patch v1.20 update today for the PlayStation 3, XBox 360 and PC.

The patch is 53MB in size and includes many fixes, as detailed below from ennui on their official boards (linked above):

Solved Issues – these issues should no longer occur

Issue: PSN friends list not functioning properly
Status:...

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Insomniac Games Community Director Ryan Schneider has revealed that Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time hits PS3 today... and has shared a few videos which include a Community Day recap, as follows:

For those of you who read my last post and were lucky enough to attend our Full Moon Festival this past Friday, I hope it’s now safe to say that the Smurfs are no longer the only...

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