Xbox 360 cheaters beware: Microsoft is on to you and it’s not taking any prisoners in its fight against Gamerscore meddlers. In a recent podcast, Xbox Live Policy and Enforcement Officer (sounds unnervingly 1984-esque, doesn’t it?) Stephen Toulouse revealed that along with resetting offender’s Gamerscores to zero, it’ll be branding their Gamercards with a big bright Scarlet Letter.
Tagged ‘Gears of War 2’
Gears of War 2 players have been caught using hacks to unlock certain Achievements and Microsoft has decided to hit the cheats where it hurts – right in the Gamerscore.
It’s another miserable mid-winter Monday, so cheer yourself by settling down for a piping hot serving of all of today’s tech news. It’s the lunchtime lowdown, with everything that’s gone down, all in one place!
Epic is considering an overhaul of it multiplayer ranking system for Gears of War 2. Executive Produce Rod Ferguson has told the game’s official forums that Epic is strongly considering exchanging the complicated and frustrating TrueSkill system for one based on more traditional experience ranking.
The movie industry’s mission to make terrible film versions of popular videogames continues apace. Director Len Wiseman has been expounding on his plans for bringing the hit Xbox 360 shooter Gears of War to the big screen.
Epic has finally announced a proper fix for the multiplayer problems that marred the launch of Gears of War 2, bringing an end to frustrating waits for matchmaking and fixing some balance issues and other bugs.
US and UK analysts of the videogame industry tip Nintendo, with its Wii and DS, to be worst hit by recession – because its new base of casual gamers will stop buying games sooner than hardcore gamers, diverting their money elsewhere. UK analysts also point out that Sony’s PS3 will suffer from being at a higher price than its rival consoles. While US analysts have focussed on the fact that Microsoft has, at least for 2008, got the better exclusive franchises for the Xbox 360, with Gears Of War 2 leading the charge.
Guess Gears Of War 3 is now definitely on – as Gears Of War 2 sailed past three million units sold worldwide at the start of this week.