Here’s a roundup of today’s news found elsewhere on the internet:
Access WOW auction house on iPhone, web (eurogamer) - Blizzard is planning to integrate World of Warcraft's auction house with its Armory platform, giving players out-of-game access to Azeroth's economy from web browsers and iPhones.
"Today, we wanted to give you a heads-up about a new service now in development that will let players access the Auction House directly through the Armory website or Armory App for iPhone or iPod touch. While there are still plenty of details to be worked out, we're designing the service to offer auction functionality similar to what's available in-game," said Blizzard's community manager "Bornakk" in a post on the official forums (via WoW.com).
You might, however, be waiting a while for this service - and you might have to pay extra for it, with Bornakk mentioning the dreaded word "premium".
"This is a fairly complex service to develop, due in large part to its unprecedented integration with the game, so we don't have an exact release date yet. It's important to note here that certain elements of the service will be premium-based, which we'll go into more detail on once the service functionality is finalised," he said.
"As with all of the services we offer, we plan to integrate the Auction House and Armory in a way that won't disrupt the gameplay experience, and we won't release it until it meets the quality standards that we've set for our other features and services."
There Shall Be New New Vegas News Tomorrow, Apparently (Kotaku) - Three different tweets from three different Bethesda Softworks sources hint at some sort of big Fallout: New Vegas info dropping tomorrow.
From Bethesda's Pete Hines: "if you're into Fallout or want to find out something, anything, on Fallout: New Vegas...well, tomorrow, it begins."
From community manager Nick Breckon: Tomorrow will be a big day for #FalloutNewVegas. Whoo.
From the Bethesda Blog Twitter feed: Keep your eyes peeled for new stuff on #FalloutNewVegas tomorrow!
Child sex predators exploiting Xbox (Sun Sentinel) - DENVER - With their explosive sound systems and killer graphics, they are the video games kids are dying to play.
But XBOX live, Play Station 3 and even Wii have become a sexual predator's playground.
That's because the games are interactive, kids are matched up with players all across the country, they can talk to each other, do battle in cyberspace and make friends.
The problem; often times the players are adult posing as kids, luring children through headsets and instant messages.
"It was very scary" says Erica McWhorter. She was playing XBOX when someone with the screen name, Romantic Devil started asking her personal questions through instant messages.
"He said, are you girl? How old are you? Do you have a web cam?" Then McWhorter says he asked her "if I wanted to see his private parts."
McWhorter reported the unwanted encounter to XBOX, and Romantic Devil was blocked from contacting her.
But it made McWhorter realize just how dangerous XBOX could be for a child.
Video game Pedophiles have been arrested all across the country for everything from using XBOX to send nude pictures to arranging to have sex with a minor. The FBI says it's one of the fastest growing crimes.
"Sex offenders will go anywhere kids go," says Jefferson County investigator Mike Harris. He says children are contacted by sex offenders through on line video games more often than parent's realized.
"Children don't always tell their parents because their afraid they will take the game away instead of trying to solve the problem."
The makers of XBOX says parents can take control of the game by setting up what kind of games their children can play or by restricting access to XBOX live.
But police say it is important parent's contact local law enforcement if their child is contacted by someone suspicious.
That's because there are ways to track down criminals through cyberspace.
PopCap: iPad will "kickstart" creativity News (eurogamer) - Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombies mastermind PopCap reckons Apple's new iPad could "kickstart" a creative revolution.
"PopCap loves to see devices that offer new experiences and force us to look at our games and rethink how we can make the best game using those new features," Andrew Stein, PopCap bigwig, told Destructoid.
"As a developer, the iPad offers the same easy development environment as the iPhone but amps that up with tremendous technical specs and a potential whole new way for somebody to interact with a game.
"As a consumer," he added, "the iPad has the potential to kickstart a whole new wave of creative innovation similar to the wave kicked off by the launch of the App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch."
Stein promised that iPad games by PopCap won't be iPhone ports. "As we're fond of saying, we don't port, we adapt – we keep the essence of what makes our games and then rebuild them to take best advantage of the features offered by the specific device," he said.
As such, the delay to the iPhone version of Plants vs Zombies is unrelated to the iPad. "It will be launched on the iPhone before the release of the iPad [in March]," said Stein. It just needed more time.



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