PC

Infinity Ward Bans 1,600 Modern Warfare 3 Cheaters, Asks What You’re Lookin’ At

Robert Bowling done tole you now son, so don’t sit there and act all surprised-like. Yesterday Bowling, the Infinity Ward creative strategist, tweeted that another 1,600 cheaters have been banned since Four Zero Two promised them a ass-busting back on release day.


November 14, 2011
PC

EA Smashes Battlefield’s Banhammer With Relish

Possibly in response to the XP exploit discovered last week, Electronic Arts has touted the hundreds of summary bannings it has handed out in Battlefield 3 and said it has nooooo problem handing out more. You want to boost for XP repairing an EOD robot, you little shits? I’ve got your arse for the rest of your natural born life if you don’t watch your step.


August 2, 2010
News

Bungie Plans Serious Penalties For Reach Ragequitters

If you’re one of those who dashboards out of multiplayer after getting backstabbed or headshot three times, take note: Bungie told Xbox 360 Achievements that it wants to remove ragequitters from the population so they won’t ruin everyone else’s fun.


May 27, 2010
News

Don’t Cheat In Guild Wars, You Will Be Killed

Online role-playing game Guild Wars, like any other game played over the internet, has its fair share of cheaters. How Guild Wars deals with them, though, sets them apart.


April 26, 2010
In Real Life

A Compendium Of Lame Excuses From The Banned

There’s only so many ways you can blame your Xbox Live profile saying nasty or verboten things on someone else. The truly creative are able to depict it as something beneficial to society. Like breast cancer awareness.


April 19, 2010
In Real Life

What Gets You Banned From Xbox Live Until The Year 9999?

A concerned parent has apparently taken to the official 360 forums, looking for an explanation as to why his son had been banned from Xbox Live until the Year of our Lord, 9999. Microsoft was only too happy to oblige.


February 26, 2010
News

Southeast Asia League Of Legends Get Sudden Banhammer Action

Riot Games, the game company behind action role-playing game League of Legends, has signed a deal to get the game distributed in Southeast Asia. That’s good news, but it’s also bad news. Now, it’s more bad news than anything else.


February 22, 2010
In Real Life

There’s Two Sides To Every Xbox Live Banning

You may have already seen this over the weekend, but if not, here’s a clip that reportedly shows an Xbox Live moderator by the name of “The Pro” suffering from a bad case of ban fever.


December 10, 2009
In Real Life

Helpful Tips To Avoid Aussie Censor’s Banhammer

Kotaku AU

The guys at Gamespot AU have put together an amusing yet instructional video on how developers can avoid having their games banned in Australia.


December 5, 2009
News

Aion Banhammer: Behind The Rabbit? It IS The Rabbit

Wielding the banhammer on Xbox Live and other static virtual communities (like this little blog here) can be a strangely disconnected experience. One second you’re here, the next you’ve vanished. Not so in Aion: Tower of Eternity.