This week Turbine revealed to Gamertell on what to expect in the coming months from Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) . The game had just released a massive free content update about a month ago (March 2011), so I was surprised to hear that there are plans to release another content update in May 2011. Although the update will not be as large as the previous one, it still sounds like players will be kept mighty busy from now until the expected Fall 2011 release of Rise of Isengard, a full-on expansion.

Sony is serious you guys. It does not want anyone circumventing the PS3′s security measures. It especially doesn’t want anyone telling the whole world how to do it themselves. Sony has already gotten court orders to keep George Hotz from telling the internet how he hacked the PS3. Sony is also taking down anything it can find that links to hacking procedures. The company’s latest act of technology policing occurred in Germany, where police and someone from Sony participated in a raid on a hacker’s home.

A huge piracy ring in Taiwan has been brought down by the Intellectual Property Rights Police and the National Police Agency. This is reportedly the biggest bust in the area’s history. The pirates were producing illegal copies of PlayStation 2, Xbox and Wii games.

Piracy is one of the biggest problems the video game industry has to deal with. There’s always some hacker out there that can mod a system to play games that were not purchased legally. The latest story dealing with this problem according to MCV comes out of the UK after officials raided the home of a couple who were under investigation for selling fake Nintendo DS consoles as well as games for DS and Gameboy Advance over eBay.

The raid was carried out on…

One of the main things that hurts the video game industry is piracy. Some individuals know how to hack Xbox 360 or PSP consoles and play illegal copies of games on them with relative ease. There are DRM protection methods to help curb piracy on PC but consoles are quickly becoming another avenue for pirates to pillage.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) isn’t taking this problem lightly as it had in a recent raid in Guadalajara, Mexico. With the help of Mexican authorities, the ESA recovered a treasure cove of illegal games.

The San Juan de Dios Market was the target…

Nintendo has launched a crusade against video-game piracy around the world, working closely with local authorities in piracy hotbeds. Nintendo’s anti-piracy activism has accounted for millions of seized counterfeit Nintendo products. However, it is interested in fighting all types of piracy, it seems, and has been cooperating with Pokemon USA to stall the production and sale of fake Pokemon trading cards…

Ah, the shady, questionable use of mod chips. Tons of fun for gamers, fattening wallets for makers and sellers but the cause of huge losses for many game companies.

In an effort to crack down on cracked game systems, US Ferdeal customs agents raided more than 30 homes and businesses (using 32 search warrants) in 16 states to stop the flow of game system mod chips.

The raids, performed Wednesday, August 1, 2007, were the end result of a year-long investigation and, according to the New York Times, took place in California, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.

Soon after the raids, Nintendo sent out a press release applauding the effort which, it hopes, will help stop…