Stormwind is taken over by the Lich King & Zombies - Happy Hallow's End!

Lots of dead Bodies here!

Hiding Upstairs in the Inn

Lich King Invasion

Running a massively multiplayer online game with nearly 11 million patrons from all corners of the globe comes with its fair share of challenges, to put it mildly. While the vast majority of World of Warcraft-related problems can be settled in-game, Blizzard has shown no hesitation in taking its grievances to court. Primarily, Blizzard's efforts have been limited to the illegal buying and selling of in-game currency, more colloquially known as gold farming.

Another issue that has given Blizzard cause to loose its stable of lawyers is third-party software that runs counter to its End User Licensing Agreement (EULA). In 2007, Blizzard filed a counterclaim against MDY Industries, which sells the game-automation software WOWGlider, an add-on that lets players automate certain monotonous tasks in WOW such as repeatedly killing enemies to quickly gain character levels.

Blizzard's counter alleged that the automation software company was in violation of WOW's EULA, which prohibits third-party add-ons from being used with the popular MMOG. The counterclaim was in response to MDY's original suit filed in the US District Court of Arizona against Blizzard in 2006. As part of that complaint, MDY sought relief after Blizzard threatened the company with legal action, saying WOWGlider was a flagrant copyright violation and MDY was being unjustly enriched from the program, among other charges.

As reported by the BBC today, the Arizona court has awarded Blizzard damages totaling $6 million related to its first three counts against MDY. Experts had expected Blizzard to reap a higher sum from MDY, but as noted by the BBC, the company won a portion of its arguments as well as openly conceded the point that paying some form of damages would be reasonable.

Still outstanding in the case are issues related to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and whether the company's founder, Michael Donnelly, will be forced to pay the damages out of pocket. The court expects to hear arguments over these issues beginning January 2009.

I am now playing World Of Warcraft!

Jahalo

Level 21

Night Elf

Hunter

Guild: Shadow League

Aerosmith Heroism!

What can I say about this game that isn't too bad?

It is cool that Aerosmith gave into the clutches of Guitar Heroism, but the game did not impress me.

It still has the same addictiveness of Legends Of Rock, but nothing new was brought to this installment.

They could have done alot more! The game still contains the same characters, graphics, store products, and although there are some new songs, the songs are not very familiar to most audiences and the only time you get to play as Aerosmith is if you unlock one of their songs by beating multiple not so popular songs.

I do not feel rewarded by this, and definately not by the poor selection of Guitars and Clothes for my "Character" to sport. I don't even pay attention to my character while I am playing the game, it just seems like I am playing the game to get to the next slightly more familiar Aerosmith song, that I can't even play as my character. Just going through the motions to give me some sort of sense of completion.

Overall, I think this game would be better as an expansion pack for $20 - $25 bucks, or at least let me download some of the Aerosmith songs for Legends of Rock. I feel that I wasted $63.00 on this game, and will never get it back, at least I didn't have to buy another Guitar. Should I have just waited for GH IVor is that going to be so far behind Rock Band that it doesn't matter?