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Originally Posted by wraggster

Bungie has banned "several dozen" Halo: Reach players who "habitually" idle or exhibit "AFK behaviour" (go away from their console) while playing Firefight Matchmaking.

Those in the firing line are invited to contest the credit reset. But doing so needlessly could land you a credit ban.

"So far we have issued extended credit bans for several dozen accounts," wrote Bungie "Fungineer" Jeremiah on the game's forum. "We

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Originally Posted by wraggster

The upcoming Witcher 2 patch 1.1 has been delayed.

"The good news is that the patch is ready," read an update on The Witcher website. "The bad news is that we have encountered some problems with the server infrastructure, making downloading DLC impossible.

"We want to apologise to our fans for not meeting our target of delivering the patch last night."

Patch 1.1 aims to fix a number of bugs as well as boost game performance by

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Square Enix has nailed down the European release dates for Dungeon Siege 3's demo on PC, Xbox and PS3.


If you want to play the June 17-released game before it's out you'll need to have a good PC. That version (via Steam) will arrive on June 7. But PS3 and Xbox versions won't pop up on Xbox Live and PSN until two weeks later on June 22. There's no word on exactly what the demo will contain.

On the game's plot, Square says: "In Dungeon Siege III, players

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Disney Universe branded a 'copy' of LittleBigPlanet and LEGO games from yesteryear
Jon Burton, design director at Traveller’s Tales, has accused Disney of “ripping off” his studio’s LEGO series of games.
Disney today revealed its new home console and PC title, called Disney Universe, which is a platform adventure targeted at a young audience.
Upon observing the game for the first time, Burton took umbrage to its apparent similarities to Traveller’s Tales’ own work.

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Originally Posted by wraggster

UK publisher Codemasters has become the latest games company to suffer at the hands of hackers, following high-profile attacks on Sony and Square Enix.

The Dirt and Operation Flashpoint publisher told GamesIndustry.biz it moved quickly when it discovered password and login data for Codemasters.com had been compromised and posted online.

"On Friday 20th, there was an attempt to gain administrative access to the Codemasters.com website. This admin access may have

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