The news about a big strike against cheats courtesy of Valve Anti Cheat spread quickly through the scene. Even though there is no official statement so far, the discussions alone combined with statements from cheat developers will have an impact on cheaters. No one really knows at this point which cheats are detected and which aren't. Players should rejoice, the free CS:GO weekend is off to a splendid start. Time to continue it with some nice ESL action in cups, VERSUS and A-Series.

This is it! Microsoft has shut down the Windows Live Service including the MSN messenger. In this very last newsposting we will have a short flashback.

What is up with MSN and its games? During the last days and weeks there was no problem to join the service even though it was meant to be shut down weeks ago. But recently guys from several countries report: "MSN does not work anymore, I have to update to Skype in order to start the service."

Quo Vadis - Where are we headed? Representatives of the games industry have been addressing this question every year at same developer conference since 2003. During that period, the Quo Vadis has become Germany's largest conference for topics related to the video game industry.