Everyone knows people cheated and hacked in Modern Warfare 2 to become famous, but Treyarch hates our obsession with celebrities.
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Treyarch representatives threaten to ban players exploiting glitches in Call of Duty: Black Ops. David Vonderhaar, multiplayer director for Black Ops, commented on the game's forums that players are looking to become "Internet nerd famous" by abusing glitches. "Given the opportunity, I'd personally wield the ban hammer for anyone who thinks he is clever by abusing any glitches," he said. Vonderhaar also encouraged honest players to report abusers. "I'm not going to make them famous, and you shouldn't either," he said. "You never know who in your game doesn't like glitchers, who reports you and saves the game in their File Share and tells us about it." Internet nerd celebrities beware: There are snitches among you!
Bungie launches its free Halo Waypoint app for Windows Phone 7 today. The app provides a mobile version of the Waypoint website, complete with access to interviews, trailers, screenshots, Achievement tracking, and more. Users can also receive the latest news and Twitter updates about the series as well as browse and discuss the games on the community forum. This is a very specific app, for a very specific device, geared toward a very specific group of people.
Blizzard adds an extra layer of account security with its Battle.net Dial-In Authenticator. The Authenticator is an optional and free security measure that allows owners of Blizzard products to register a specific phone and security code to keep their accounts safe. The feature monitors accounts and requests that users call a toll-free number with the registered phone in the case of unusual attempts to access accounts, such as logging in from a location a user doesn't normally play from. Insert joke about how WoW players never leave their basements here.
Nintendo is filing to trademark the phrase "It's on like Donkey Kong." The company claims the phrase's use in popular music, television, and film points to Donkey Kong's status as a pop-culture icon. Nintendo says its trademark attempt is in honor of this month's Donkey Kong Country Returns. "His new game marks his triumphant return in a new side-scrolling adventure with new challenges amid a beautiful setting," Nintendo said. "On Nov. 21, It's on like Donkey Kong™!" I don't think the phrase is a testament to DK's pop-culture status as much as it's a goofy near rhyme.
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