Banhammer

PC

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

6:00AM November 20, 2011 | Owen Good

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. More »


PC

EA Smashes Battlefield’s Banhammer With Relish

10:00AM November 14, 2011 | Owen Good

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. More »


News

Bungie Plans Serious Penalties For Reach Ragequitters

4:00AM August 2, 2010 | Owen Good

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. More »


News

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

4:30PM May 27, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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. More »


In Real Life

A Compendium Of Lame Excuses From The Banned

9:00AM April 26, 2010 | Owen Good

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. More »


In Real Life

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

8:30PM April 19, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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. More »


News

Southeast Asia League Of Legends Get Sudden Banhammer Action

10:30PM February 26, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

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. More »


In Real Life

There’s Two Sides To Every Xbox Live Banning

6:30PM February 22, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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. More »


In Real Life

Helpful Tips To Avoid Aussie Censor’s Banhammer

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9:00AM December 10, 2009 | David Wildgoose

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


News

Aion Banhammer: Behind The Rabbit? It IS The Rabbit

8:00AM December 5, 2009 | AJ Glasser

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. More »