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Report: Xbox Live Bannings Upwards Of One Million
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | Microsoft’s ban hammer may have whacked as many as one million Xbox 360 owners following a new wave of cracking down on modified consoles. More »
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Major Nelson Weighs In On 360 Console Bans
5:20AM Mike Fahey | Microsoft’s Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb discusses the recent string of Xbox Live piracy console bannings, delivering an important caveat to those purchasing used machines in the process. More »
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Xbox Live Smashes Mass Banhammer On Pirates
4:30PM Owen Good | “A small percentage” of Xbox Live users with modded consoles that allowed pirated games to play woke up to find an early treat in their Halloween bag: a banhammer. More »
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Microsoft Starts Banning ODST Pirates, Not Players
5:20AM Brian Crecente | Microsoft today began permanently banning gamers they describe as “illegitimate ODST players” from their Xbox Live online service. More »
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Monster Hunter 3 Cheater Banned Until The Year 9999
9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Monster Hunter developer Capcom is taking cheating seriously. Very seriously. That, or it’s automatic responses might need a-fixin’. More »
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Banned PSNer Sues — Yes, For Pain And Suffering, Too
11:00AM Owen Good | A San Jose gamer banned for his behaviour in playing Resistance wants $US55,000 from Sony and a judge to tell their mods to stop banning people. More »
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Konami Smacks Down 100+ Metal Gear Online Accounts
5:00AM Owen Good | Konami told Metal Gear Online gamers that it’s “taken action” against 113 alleged cheaters. From the tone of the announcement, it sounds like a response to months of complaining of glitching and other abuses. More »
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Hundreds Of Players Banned In Final Fantasy XI
10:30PM Brian Ashcraft | From the folks who brought you the 18 hour boss fight, comes this: mass bannings! Square Enix has nixed a large number of players from online game Final Fantasy XI. More »
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