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“Then They F**ked With Us” – Cookie’s Bustle Has Finally Been Liberated From Copyright Troll Hell

“This is a big victory for the gaming community”. We’ve covered the obscure Japanese video game Cookie’s Bustle before on this site, and have documented attempts by a shadowy firm called Graceware to falsely claim ownership and essentially expunge the game from the internet. We’re pleased to report that the Video Game History Foundation has…

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The Sims announces a Creation Club-style Marketplace and Maker program enabling content creators to sell their work directly to players

Sims 4 players who want more stuff in their game will soon be able to “discover, purchase, and play” new content via the Sims 4 Marketplace, an “in-game destination” unveiled by EA today. And for those who prefer to make (and sell) that content, it also announced the Sims Maker Program, which will enable approved…

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Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell reveals ‘treatable but not curable’ cancer diagnosis, but says ‘I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch’ and expects ‘to be around for a while’

Bruce Campbell, the actor behind Ash from Evil Dead and—most prominently in my heart—the tutorial narrator in the Spider-Man 2 videogame, revealed yesterday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. In a post on X, Campbell wrote that he had “a type of cancer that’s ‘treatable’ not ‘curable’. I apologize if that’s a shock—it was…

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Bungie unveils Marathon’s first season, confirming that, yes, it’ll wipe all your loot and progress every three months: ‘Each season of Marathon brings a clean slate for the whole community’

Marathon‘s weekend Server Slam has only just finished, but with the game launching in a mere three days on March 5, Bungie’s ready to talk post-launch plans, spilling the beans on Season 1 and how wipes will work. Marathon Season 1, running from March to June, is called Death is the First Step, which is…

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A Florida woman has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for conspiracy to traffic thousands of stolen Windows 10 and MS Office keys via their Certificate of Authenticity stickers

The US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida has announced the sentencing of a 52-year-old woman after she was found guilty of “conspiring to traffic in illicit Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels.” Heidi Richards, a resident of Brandon, Florida, was sentenced to 22 months in US federal prison for her part in…

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