Apparently IV/Activision has Steam de-registering Keys activated in regions where they weren't sold originally.

This is affecting persons who've bought their keys from online Key stores the most.

To quote from the site, linked above:

"If you’ve bought a MW2 CD key lately from a so called ‘online cd key store’, such as G2Play and CdKeyHouse,...

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Update: According to PS3Center.net, Mozilla responded and denied the rumor, to quote: "They replied with the following: Nope - not sure how that rumor got started but it's been keeping us busy all day :)"

According to a rumor from E-mpire.com (linked above), Sony is in talks with Mozilla over the possibility of porting FireFox over to the PS3.

While this sounds promising,...

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Sony's Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein has announced today that PlayStation voting for the 2009 Video Game Awards has commenced.

To quote: As the saying goes, “It’s an honor just to be nominated.” If that’s the case, then we here at PlayStation are pretty well honored; The 2009 Video Game Awards nominees have just been announced, and Sony Computer Entertainment is up for 17 awards, more than...

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Today Sony's Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein has announced that the Battlefield Bad Company 2 PS3 Beta launches tomorrow, as follows:

So what can we expect from the PS3-exclusive Battlefield Bad Company 2 beta, exactly?

DICE Producer Gordon van Dyke joined me via PlayStation Eye chat to talk about the Arica Harbor map, the destruction you can cause due to the game’s Frostbite...

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It's been quite some time since we had an update on PS3 MegaBox (or similar frontends) primarily because Sony removed the OtherOS and Linux options from the PS3 Slim.

However, yesterday DemonHades (linked above) experimented with installing the latest PS3 MegaBox Linux Media Center via USB pendrive.

That being said, those who wish to revisit PS3 MegaBox can grab the recently...

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Today Atlus' Manager of Public Relations and Sales Aram Jabbari has announced that 3D Dot Game Heroes is going retro on PS3 this coming May and shared a launch trailer (below).

To quote: Many words and terms are frequently thrown around in relation to classic gaming: retro, old school, and so forth.

Often, games will be referred to as throwbacks, praised for their...

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Today Dutch site PS3Clan.nl (linked above) has posted a link to a video uncovered on YouTube from Ubisoft Netherlands revealing Assassin's Creed II Black Edition for PS3.

According to Wikipedia, the Black limited edition will not be available in North America.

However, it is packaged with an Ezio figurine who is garbed in an upgraded black Assassin cloak which Ezio...

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Today French site Zone-Numerique.com (linked above) has announced news of some new PS3 Slim 250GB Bundles.

Heading for Europe this week will be an Assassin's Creed 2 PS3 bundle along with two new Movie Pack PS3 bundles which are planned for a December 1, 2009 release. Each bundle will be available for 349 Euros.

To quote, roughly translated: "The bundle PS3 250GB and Assassin's...

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Today PlayStation Network Operations Director Eric Lempel shared a video preview of the upcoming PS3 Firmware v3.10 update.

To quote: Hi everyone, here’s an early peek at PlayStation 3 (PS3) firmware update (v3.10). The latest update incorporates Facebook into the PS3 experience.

By linking your PlayStation Network account to your Facebook account, you will have the...

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Update: According to Examiner.com God of War 3 will not feature online co-op after all, per Eric Levine of Sony's Product Public Relations who simply stated: "This news is false."

This weekend a Sony employee questionnaire has leaked God of War 3 details of upcoming PS3 online co-op modes.

According to a quiz on the Sony Retail Loyalty Site module (which educates retail workers...

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