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EA Shutting Down Video Game Servers Prematurely 341

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 06, 2010 @07:42AM from the sixty-dollar-yearly-fee dept.

Spacezilla writes "EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were released is even more surprising. Yes, Madden 07 and 08 are included in the shutdown... but Madden 09 on all consoles as well?"

Comment Re:It's a PC. (Score 1) 177

by no_junk on Friday July 31, 2009 @06:12AM (#28893979) Attached to: Next Console Generation Defined By Software, Not Hardware

Well they hacked the DVD player to run "bk-ups", but as far as I know there is no way to modify the console's firmware or make it run linux (not on the latest firmware version anyway). So the console is quite closed, you can't get it to play those quicktime files you are to lazy to transcode, you can only do what M$ alows. Also if you mod your dvd drive there is decent a risk of the console being banned from Xbox Live if you don't properly check your "bk-ups" before playing them.

This video explains the 360's security, and why it is hard to break.

Comment Re:Some basic rules to follow. (Score 2) 281

by no_junk on Monday April 27, 2009 @04:47AM (#27727475) Attached to: Rapidshare Divulges Uploader Information

What happend to: I don't like it / agree with it then I don't buy it?

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