Over the last week or so, leading up to the release of Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, we heard that Warner Bros was being funny about handing out PC review codes for the game and then we later found out that the graphics settings asked for 6GB of VRAM for …
Read More »Court orders Warner Bros to reveal flawed anti-piracy tech
US District Judge, Kathleen Williams, has ordered movie giant, Warner Bros, to reveal documentation detailing the company's flawed anti-piracy measures. The records are a part of a now closed case between Hotfile and the MPAA. Three years ago, file locker site, Hotfile, countersued Warner Bros, stating that the studio had …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor wants 6GB of VRAM for 1080p Ultra settings
Much like Bethesda's The Evil Within, Warner Bros' upcoming game, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor will also have a high Video RAM requirement for ultra textures, a screenshot of the game's PC graphical settings has shown. If you want to play Shadow of Mordor on ultra then you're going to …
Read More »Warner Bros refusing to give out PC review codes for Shadow of Mordor
It has been revealed that Warner Bros won't be giving out any PC review codes before the launch of Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. However, some outlets will be receiving console copies for review, casting doubt on the quality of the PC port. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is already …
Read More »Warner Bros to launch its own digital distribution platform
It's no secret that several big publishers have attempted to break away from Steam, EA switched to its own Origin service, Ubisoft released uPlay and now it looks like Warner Bros might be getting in on the action with its own digital distribution platform. Warner Bros is behind several big games …
Read More »Shadow of Mordor Season Pass announced
Even though pre-orders across the industry are declining, publishing giants like Ubisoft, Activision and indeed, Warner Bros, are still trying to tempt us into putting down money for games that aren't even released yet in an effort to better gauge how many copies they will sell – and to get …
Read More »Mad Max delay confirmed by new trailer
Mad Max, a post-apocalyptic video game based on the film series, has been delayed again, this time in to 2015. The game is being developed by Avalanche Studios and was first revealed at E3 2013 for release on the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC. The …
Read More »EFF wants courts to reveal Warner Bros DMCA requests
Despite major movie studio Warner Bros having admitted in the past that its automated piracy checking tools often registered false positives through the DMCA takedown system, it has never claimed much responsibility, blaming it instead on technical problems. Likewise it has never had to reveal the extent of its mistakes, …
Read More »Shadows of Mordor’s Nemesis System makes enemies personal
It might have been over a dozen years since the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring movie was released, but LotR games are still going strong. The next one on the horizon is Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor, which in its latest trailer shows off not only …
Read More »Batman Arkham Origins Story based DLC announced
Batman Arkham Origins is getting some story DLC called ‘The Initiation Pack' and it is primarily a challenge pack that contains a little bit of story driven narrative. Ames Kirshen, Vice President of Warner Bros Games, announced the DLC on the latest episode of DC All Access. The DLC with …
Read More »Arkham Origins producer speaks out on living up to Rocksteady
When fans of the Batman Arkham series found out that the third game wouldn't be made by Rocksteady, there was definitely concern for the series. Many were worried that the next chapter wouldn't live up to expectations or that it wouldn't do the series justice; it wasn't just fans worrying …
Read More »Batman Arkham Origins will have a Batcave training area
Despite two Batman games giving fans of the caped crusader a chance to smash thug skulls into pavements with gauntletted fists time and time again, Warner Bros doesn't think players have hit that level of Dark Knight skill that would let them really feel like Batman. To help that, in …
Read More »Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition announced
Injustice: Gods Among Us is getting a game of the year edition of sorts, with the ‘Ultimate Edition' including all previous DLC and will release to a few new platforms, including: the PS4, Vita and PC. Warner Bros just announced the new release coming out on the 29th of November, …
Read More »Hold up… Warner Bros is listening to pirates now?
For a long, long time most pirates have been arguing that the reason they download movies illegally, is because there hasn't been an adequate alternative. By that they mean region free, day one downloads at a convenient price. For years, movie studios and copyright lobbyists have ignored this and branded …
Read More »Nyan Cat and Keyboard Cat creators are suing Warner Bros
Warner Bros is one of the biggest copyright enforcers in the world, going after individuals with lawsuits, Google with DMCA takedown requests and websites like The Pirate Bay with blocks – through sponsored groups like the BPI – and yes apparently, when it comes to internet cat memes, it's more than happy to steal …
Read More »Warner Bros sends invalid Mega DMCA requests to Google
Warner Bros. has been caught out sending phony DMCA takedown requests to Google over Kim Dotcom's Mega file locker site. It obviously didn't realise that Mega links aren't listed with Google anyway – plus it sent the wrong URLs. A DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) request allows a media corporation to petition …
Read More »Amazon signs Warner Bros. Kindle deal
Amazon has slipped under the sheets with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, in a bid to bring TV programmes like The West Wing and Fringe, to the Amazon Prime Instant Video library. Now with this deal locked down, Prime Instant Video users and owners of the Kindle Fire tablet, will …
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