An unnamed Manchester 17-year old was recently arrested in a case concerned with a service attack that downed some Activision servers hosting Call of Duty sessions. The e-crime was reported back in September, and used a tool called a “Phenom Booster,” which stalls other user accounts to raise the user’s own score. The teenager was […]
The first-ever federal case lobbied against a console modder was dropped earlier last week when federal attorneys dismissed it after new testimony. Tony Rosario, an investigator for the Entertainment Software Association, testified that the accused – Matthew Crippen – was paid to install a mod-chip into an Xbox 360, and had seen him play a […]
Amidst the after-math of its own legal battles, Southpeak Games has become the target of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Specifically, the charges alleged against the Two Worlds developer’s chairman Terry Phillips and CEO Melanie Mroz include mis-reporting of company finances and failure to follow government regulations on internal accounting. The company received Wells […]
Joining a list of artists including No Doubt and Courtney Love, Guns ‘N Roses frontman Axl Rose is suing Activision for a total sum of $20 million, in response to the in-game appearance of former GNR guitarist Slash in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. According to court documents obtained by Reuters, Rose claims that […]