World of Warcraft's grip on the way things used to be has slipped again, down to a couple of fingers. What is possibly the last major patch before the next expansion, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, went live on Tuesday night, implementing many small changes that set the game up for the impending apocalypse.Perhaps the biggest change comes from the effects of the impending war trickling down to new and newish players. The cutscenes that play when starting a new character have been updated to include the Wrath of the Lich King and looming Cataclysm storyline. From the beginning, each race is told about the coming conflict—the rise of Dragon Aspect Deathwing and any factions that take his side—and that they need to prepare adequately. In the new Azeroth, everyone will be fighting the same war.
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Jury gives Oracle $1.3 billion in copyright damages from SAP
German software maker SAP has been ordered to pay $1.3 billion in damages to Oracle for copyright infringement. The companies had already determined that SAP was guilty of the act, but moved forward with the jury trial in order to determine damages. Now, SAP finds itself facing a record-setting judgment that it wasn't quite prepared for, but plans to appeal.
The lawsuit dates back to 2009, when Oracle accused SAP of posing as other companies in order to gain access to Oracle's intellectual property (the PeopleSoft system, for those of you who are painfully familiar with it). It alleged that SAP intended to "take the maintenance revenue stream away from [Oracle]." Among other things, SAP hurriedly acquired a company called TomorrowNow in order to make mass copies of Oracle's software and data, and then supposedly used software to comb Oracle's website for patches and updates to that software.
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Direct2Drive attacks: 1 in 5 orders free, lowest prices matched
We've already highlighted a few of the gaming deals to be had on Black Friday, but Direct2Drive is going above and beyond with its promotions. The company promises to have the lowest price on the games you buy digitally and, if one of the qualifying services has a lower price, you get the difference in store credit. That's not bad, especially when it's hard to make the decision to buy something knowing how many other sales are going to be starting in the next few weeks.
Are you a gambler? The question is... do you break up your purchases to increase your chances of winning, or do you lump it all together to try to win more? As far as gaming deals go, these are tops; it's hard to argue with a one in five chance of free games, and knowing you'll get credit back if prices are dropped makes it easier to pull the trigger.
So... what are you going to get?
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All my friends are cartoons: Poker Night at the Inventory is great
Poker Night at the Inventory is a good example of what you can do within smart limitations. This is a game of Texas Hold 'Em where you're always playing against the same opponents and everyone starts with $10,000... and that's it. The game takes place in a club designed to keep drinking and gaming alive during the Prohibition, and it's very hard to dislike a game that begins by slamming the 18th Amendment.Read the comments on this post
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