Mar
25

Redmond shames gamerscore cheaters

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Gamerscore cheats

You won’t be surprised to learn that Microsoft is coming down hard on gamers who cheated to get a higher Gamerscore. Alleged cheaters will have their Gamerscore set to zero, and will lose the ability to earn previously gained achievements.

But according to Major Nelson, there’s more. Now your Gamercard will brand you as a cheater in front of the entire XBL community.

I suppose that’s better than losing your account — or is it? I assume a lot of people will create new accounts rather than wear the Scarlett Letter. Other cheaters will probably wear it as a badge of honor.

Here’s what it looks like.

Link.

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Erik David Even
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Jan
30

Halo 3 retakes XBL crown

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After last week’s Call of Duty 4 takeover, I was ready to sound the bell and end the fight between two of the most popular shooters to ever be released on consoles.

It seems I jumped the gun. Halo 3 retook the number one spot on the Xbox LIVE list this week (measured by unique users), bumping CoD4 down to #2. My personal favorite, Gears of War, is now #5. Whether or not these numbers were directly skewed by the XBL outage is up for debate. However, the olive branch extended by MS definitely affected the results; see below.

Here are the top five:

1. Halo 3
2. Call of Duty 4
3. Guitar Hero III
4. Undertow
5. Gears of War

Curse you, free Undertow!

Read: LIVE Activity for week of 1/21

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Mahmood Ali
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Jan
22

Call of Duty 4 eclipses Halo 3 on Xbox LIVE, Gears still in top five

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The M249 SAW is mightier than the plasma grenade according to Xbox 360 users. You’ve voted with your gamepads and it turns out that Call of Duty 4 is now more popular on LIVE than Halo 3.

Here are the top five Xbox 360 games by unique user according to Major Nelson’s blog:

1. Call of Duty 4
2. Halo 3
3. Guitar Hero III
4. Gears of War
5. Rock Band

Perhaps the real surprise is the longevity of Gears of War. I really loved that game and I’m glad it’s still in the top five most played games on LIVE, over a year after its release. That sort of staying power is rare in the console scene, in my opinion.

Maybe Gears will give birth to the next bitterly hardcore e-sports community? Having played extensively, I think it’s a tactical enough game for it to happen.

Read: LIVE Activity for week of 1/14

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Mahmood Ali
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