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Old 10-01-2012, 06:06 PM   #6070
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While the Xbox 360 was initially banned in Germany, US courts and the International Trade Commission have overturned the potential of the ban being applied in the United States.

The courts sided with Microsoft who was fighting to keep the system available in the US while Motorola and Google argued it should be pulled due to Microsoft infringing on several patents owned by Motorola. The original case occurred in Germany which was won by Motorola and appealed by Microsoft to the ITC.

The ITC deferred the decision to the US courts who recently sided with Microsoft in their decision to dismiss the ban.

The legal mess between both sides originally started in regards to a piece of video encoding tech found in the Xbox 360 which Motorola claimed was infringing on a patent they own.

Motorola and Google had a feeling they would lose the case in the US which is why earlier they tried to offer a settlement deal with Microsoft who flat out rejected the offer.


http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...torola-google/
http://www.destructoid.com/us-court-...s-235899.phtml
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Daily Recap:
1) Update to the Mass Effect Trilogy set as Bioware reveals the Xbox 360/PS3 version will have less DLC included than the PC version.
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* Mass Effect Trilogy (PC) — Bring Down the Sky, Pinnacle Station (on-disk), Mass Effect 2 Cerberus Network, Zaeed – The Price of Revenge, Firewalker Pack, Cerberus Assault Gear, Arc Projector heavy weapon, Normandy Crash Site, and Mass Effect 3 Online Pass
* Mass Effect Trilogy (Xbox 360) — Mass Effect 2 Cerberus Network and Mass Effect 3 Online Pass
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-for-everyone/

2) Even with the very sluggish sales, Sony has no plans for a price cut to occur for the PS Vita during this holiday season although they might be leaning on making Vita-PS3 bundles be available instead.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...time-is-right/
http://www.screwattack.com/news/sony...ybe-ps3-bundle

3) In a recent interview with BAFT, Hideo Kojima reveals he still hasn't achieved his original vision with the Metal Gear Solid series which is why he still makes video games. His original vision was to create a game that was "truly immerse" and provide complete freedom for the gamer which he says gaming technology is slowly coming close to this goal.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...l-gear-series/
http://www.siliconera.com/2012/10/01...-hideo-kojima/
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