Holy origin story, Batman! The Caped Crusader’s No. 2 is stepping out from the shadows of his Gotham-saving friend and into the limelight, with the CW announcing plans for The Graysons, a pilot centering on comicdom’s top sidekick, Robin, in his pre-Bat-partnering days. The Boy Wonder-centric show will follow Dick "DJ" Grayson before he donned…
Daily Archives: October 1, 2008
Blizzard wins Warcraft bot payout (BBC)
Blizzard wins Warcraft bot payout — World of Warcraft creator Blizzard has won $6m (£3.36m) in damages from the makers of a software ‘bot’. — The damages award comes after Blizzard won the first round of its legal battle against MDY Industries in July 2008. Tweet Source
Apple Threatens to Shut Down iTunes
This coming Thursday, the Copyright Royalty Board is expected to rule on a request by the National Music Publisher’s Association to increase royalty rates paid to its members for online purchases as much as 66% (from 9 to 15 cents a track). Apple, however, stands adamantly opposed to the decision, as it neither wants to…
GameStop Buys Micromania for $700 Mln
Video game seller GameStop has announced it is buying French gaming retailer Micromania for some $700 million. Micromania is currently held by the private equity fund L Capital—so that’s who’s actually getting the money—but the acquisition gives GameStop a serious foothold in Europe. GameStop currently has no in France, and will gain some 332 locations…
Netflix Adds Thousands of Starz Movies To Instant Streaming
Netflix has announced that they have entered into an agreement with Starz Entertainment to make movies from Starz available to be streamed instantly online through Netflix. The movies will be included with the standard Netflix membership. According to the press release, the deal adds “significantly to a growing library of over 12,000 choices of movies…
On Death & Dying in Diablo 3
Diablo 3 community manager Bashiok has posted an interesting teaser about the death system. It seems that D3 will incorporate a ‘checkpoint’ mechanism so that, on death, characters are returned to the checkpoint most recently passed. Tweet
Netflix Expands Streaming Selection, More Movies & TV Shows
Netflix has "significantly" expanded the number of films and televisions that Xbox 360-owning subscribers will be able to stream through their console this fall. Under an agreement with Starz Entertainment, Netflix will add roughly 2,500 movies "and other choices," along with a live feed of the Starz TV network, to its library of streaming media.…
