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DC Universe Online Adding More Servers to Meet “Overwhelming” EU Demand

Garrett Hartman — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:43:02 +0000

Sony Online Entertainment has to announced today they will be adding more servers to meet the demands of European players who received the game this week.

The official statement from the official DC Universe Online Facebook page:

To our EU Customers. We are extremely excited so many of you are enjoying DCUO! Additional server capacity for you folks is being added as fast as possible. Today we are opening up new EU servers that are based in our US Data Center. In the very near future we will add additional servers in our EU based data center. Once that happens, we will move the servers over to that facility. We apologize for any inconvenience, and doing our best to respond to this overwhelming demand.

Great news for the for inspired MMO that hopes to break the console barrier.

Microsoft Ordered to Pay $1.4bn to EU

Patrick Steen — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:31:33 +0000

Microsoft has been fined a hefty amount for violating the sanctions originally placed on them back in 2004 for anti-competitive behavior. The original violation involved Microsoft failing to share crucial information with its rival software makers.

The company was originally fined a record 497 million Euros ($613m at the time) in 2004. The total fine due to be paid by the software giant now stands at 899 million Euros ($1.4bn).

In 2004 the Competition Commissioner, Mario Monti, insisted that Microsoft reveal secrets of its Windows software, which sits on 90% of the world’s PCs, to make it easier for rivals to design compatible products.

Even though the battle had already been warring for years, Microsoft appealed the ruling, claiming it was unaware it was in breach of EU law. Why should the company share all of its secrets with competitors? Microsoft cited the ruling as “unfair.”

The appeal was a hard fought battle in 2006 with the EU Commission and Microsoft disputing each other’s claims. Microsoft said the Commission’s decision was “excessive, arbitrary and unreasonable” and undermined a key part of Microsoft’s business model, in addition to removing the incentive for them to improve their software.

But the Commission warned that if Microsoft was left to its own devices it would use its dominance to further squeeze its rivals, removing their ability to launch new products for Windows.

The outcome was eagerly awaited, with two possible outcomes. If Microsoft won the appeal, the Commission’s credibility would be severely undermined. If Microsoft lost they would risk further fines from the Commission.

It was the latter outcome that arose today, almost 2 years later. Microsoft must pay a total of $1.4 billion to the EU. Even though the fine is a record high for the Commission, surely this is a drop in the pond for the software giant.

Source: BBC News

US PSN Store Update – No Haze

Patrick Steen — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:30:05 +0000

Well, the PSN Store update today is just a little bit disappointing. We were foolishly expecting Haze on the EU store, but they only received an old Stranglehold demo, and the US Store didn’t get much either.

So what’s in store for the US Playstation Store? You’ll be pleased to know that there are actually two demos: A demo of Blazing Angels 2, and a demo of the PSN game Toy Home. Hm, we guess that’s good enough, though it’s a bit of a letdown after Uncharted last week and the expectations for Haze.

The full update looks like this:

Demos:

Toy Home
Blazing Angels 2

Game Videos:

Playstation Network Video
Toy Home Video
PAIN Launch Trailer
High Velocity Bowling Trailer
Ratchet & Clank BTS: Animation
Ratchet & Clank BTS: Gameplay
Uncharted: DF Meet the Dogs video
Time Crisis 4 Trailer 2
Burnout Paradise Ultimate Driving Trailer
Battlefield: Bad Company Teaser Trailer
Timeshift FPS Differently Trailer 1

Movie Trailers:

The Dark Knight
This Christmas
David Gilmour – Remember That Night (Blu-ray)

Enjoy! Or at least try to.