Geohot has been in the community for quite some time gaining a notorious reputation for being one of the first to jailbreak Apple’s iPhone. However he’s come into the media as of late for infamously jailbreaking the PlayStation 3 and subsequently getting sued by Sony. Not only has this jailbreak allowed gamers to birng back things like the ability to install Linux, but it’s also allowed for some malicious doings such as cheating online and utilizing pirated software.

Not too long ago we told you that Sony would be banning those who jailbroke their system and/or cheated on PSN. This had led Geohot to come forth to comment on all of the cheating stating the following:

“I have never played PS3 online ever. Frankly I’m amazed by the apparent ease with which these cheats were created, security 101, why is the security in the client anyway? I had no idea this would happen, and am in full support of the cheaters being permabanned from PSN.”

A lesson to take away from this? Don’t cheat online as even the guy who gave you the ability to do so doesn’t support it.

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If you’ve been paying attention to pretty much any video game related blog (including DigitalBattle) you’re sure to know that a hacker by the name of GeoHot cracked the PS3′s security making it possible to run unauthorized code on the console. While his intentions were to bring back the ability to install Linux on the device this obviously also a major piracy threat as, quite literally, games can download virtually anything they want, burn it to a Blu-ray disc and play it on one of these cracked consoles.

Sony is none to happy with this hacking and have already taken Geohot, and a few other hackers, to court. While the legal matter is still sorting itself out, Sony has come forth to announce that if you mod your console you will be banned from the PlayStation Network for life. Of course, if you’re going to crack your console you probably already knew this as Microsoft has been doing it with the Xbox 360 for quite some time.

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As you’re sure to know StarCraft is one of the biggest RTS franchises in video game history. In fact, if you head over seas to South Korea you will find top StarCraft players rich and famous. However, with such massive popularity comes gamers from all walks of life – some a bit less ethical than others. Luckily, Blizzard has been good at keeping their games cheater free.

Today they have announced that another round of bannings has gone out for StarCraft II that has an unannounced number of cheaters felling the burn. Blizzard elaborates on this announcment by saying:

“As always, maintaining a stable, safe, and secure online-gaming experience for legitimate players is a top priority for us, and we’ll be continuing to keep watch on Battle.net and take action as needed.”

So folks remember, cheaters never win, in the end, anyways.

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Are you cheating in any of Blizzard’s games? If so, you better watch out as it has come to light that Blizzard is banning a whole slew of users. In fact, it was recently announced that Blizzard will be banning a whole 320,000 Warcraft III and Diablo II players.

If you’re a legimate player, you have nothing to worry about. All of these bannings will be dished out only to those who have been confirmed to be cheaters. Remember folks, cheaters never prosper.

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Microsoft has announced today that they are setting their sights on Xbox Live members with a modded Xbox 360. And by setting their sights on, I mean they are issuing a massive banning.

A Microsoft spokesperson said the following to IGN:

“We have taken action against a small percentage of consoles that have been modified to play pirated game discs. In line with our commitment to combat piracy and support safer and more secure gameplay for the more than 20 million members of our Xbox LIVE community, we are suspending these modded consoles from Xbox LIVE.”

So, any of you readers with a modded Xbox 360 notice that you can’t log onto Xbox Live anymore?

It’s no surprise that Germany’s recent banning of games such as World of Warcraft and Counterstrike would cause an uproar in the gaming community — It seems that a group of German gamers have banded together to form a formal protest against the government’s recent decision.

Said group formed a march 400 strong who paraded through Karlsurhe to show their hatred towards the government’s “war on videogames”. But that’s not all, Destructoid reports that 3 more protests are planned to happen simultaneously on July 25th.

Furthermore, there is an online petition that has formed that hopes to reach 5,000 signatures because if it does, officials are required by law to rethink their banning of such games. Will this be enough? Let’s hope so because I mean honestly, how can you ban Counterstrike?

Want to help out? The online petition is located here.

It was recently reported on Major Nelson’s blog that Microsoft has found and delt with a new batch of cheaters. Their offense? Using an exploit within Gears of War 2 to artificially boost their Gamerscores. Their sentence? A Gamerscore of 0.

This isn’t the first time Microsoft has had to step in to thwart cheaters in their attempt at a high Gamerscore. If you’ve been with us since March of last year, you’ll recognize a similar case.

Major Nelson also assures us that if you use ethical methods of obtaining your achievements, as in no cheating or glitching, you have nothing to worry about; your Gamerscore will not get reset accidentally.