“GameGuard” being considered a “Trojan?”

There have been recent reports that GameGuard a game hack prevention tool, is being considered a Trojan by Grisoft’s AVG Anti Virus. Such a report has been turning users away from playing GameGuard protected games, though there is nothing to be worried about.

Gameguard runs as a background process while the game is being played, and scans the processes (programs) that are currently running. It will compare these programs to GameGuard’s internal library, to detect whether or not the user is using tools to “hack” their game to do things such as increase their character’s stats, or gain rare items.
If the program running is listed as a hacking tool, GameGuard will terminate the process.

Because this program has the ability to modify and terminate processes, AVG Anti-virus is considering this program a “trojan” while other anti-virus programs know that this program is designed to serve the community rather than destroy it.

GameGuard is a product of nProtect, a company that offers multiple anti-virus, anti-hacking, and encryption solutions.

‘Gears of War’ for the PC?

Apparently a video containing a montage to Gears of War (GoW) was released on the internet, but the video was tagged for the PC. It was shortly removed from the site, but found its way to YouTube and Google. Check the video below the cut.

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Beautiful Katamari for the Wii, maybe?

According to IGN and their “sources,” it’s possible that Beautiful Katamari may be cancelled for the PS3, and might possibly be moving to the Wii. For those of us who have a Wii, and don’t have a PS3, that’s great news! But, I wouldn’t exactly call it the best of news for Sony.

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Star Wars Lightsaber game for Wii, maybe?

This would be one heck of an awesome game if it was made. According to Gamasutra, during an interview with Jim Ward, the President of LucasArts and Senior VP of LucasFilm, he was asked about the possibility of a Wii Lightsaber game, and he said that the possibilities are already being tested: “We’re all over that, and internally we have already played a lightsaber game on the Wii. It’s a lot of fun, and we’ll get there.”

Gamasutra did bring up a point later in their post. This ‘testing’ of ideas might be for the Lego Star Wars game to come out soon. However, it’s probably safe to say that we should expect a Lightsaber exclusive some time down the line. Personally, I can’t wait. I hope it has online too, because I would just love to sign on and pwn all your faces off. Maybe chop off your hands or something? That would be awesome.

Sonic RPG announced?

After tons of years and mentions of a possible Sonic RPG, it was announced. It’s for the Nintendo DS. It will be shipped in 2008 and is being made by BioWare. What I’m wondering, is how it will work since Sonic is about speed. This will be interesting. Keep your eye on this one.