There has been a lot of fuss going on recently regarding all of the hacking that’s been done to Sony’s PlayStation 3. While this originally started out as an effort to bring Linux back to the console, it’s spawned a myriad of malicious activity including video game piracy and cheating online. To combat this, Sony has been dishing out lawsuits left in right especially a hefty one to Germany hacker Graf_chokolo.

Apparently, after Graf’s home was raided due to the hacking he then released the tools he used to actually do the hacking to the public domain. Sony’s repsonse? A €1 million law suit. But, Graf won’t be going down so easy releasing the below comment:

“The SONY’s laywer asked me why I’m doing what I’m doing, because of my hatred for SONY? He cannot understand why I’m doing it, because he is paid for what he does. I’m not. I don’t hold a grudge against SONY even now Hatred clouds your mind, keeps you from more important things. I have a better use for my mind and knowledge.

“So, SONY you failed again, you took my equipment but my mind is still free and you canot (sic) control it. You failed again. They are just tools, I can get new ones and will continue my HV reversing and bringing back PS3 Linux which you took from us. If you want me to stop then you should just kill me because I cannot live without programming, HV and Linux kernel hacking You know who am I and where I live, so come and get me!!!”

While it’s definitely not right that folks are using the efforts of these hackers for things such as piracy, I don’t know if it’s the right move on Sony’s part to actually sue these hackers. I mean, you don’t see Apple sending out a lawsuit every time someone jailbreaks the iPhone, do you?

via ps3crunch

To combat used game sales, video game studios introduced bundled DLC. This was in an effort to entice people to buy brand new games as opposed to used games. Well, one customer who picked up Dragon Age: Origins at a GameStop wasn’t too pleased when he went home to find out that the DLC advertised on the front of the box was not included.

He then proceeded to sue GameStop for presumably false advertising. We’ll have to wait and see how this one unfolds.

via ign

If you’ve been following Brutal Legend, you’ll know that Activision is none too happy about EA gaining the rights to publish the game. In fact, they even went as far as asking a court to legally delay Brutal Legend after sueing the game’s developers.

Well, the final decision isn’t in yet but it looks like it’s going to be ruled in EA favors as the judge has expressed his disinterest in complying with Activision’s requests.

So, as of now, you can still expect to see Brutal Legend hit store shelves for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 on October 13th of this year.

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Square Enix’s takeover of Eidos Interactive has been an ongoing effort since last year when the deal was originally penned.

Well, Gamasutra is reporting that a court has finally made the take over official giving Square Enix control of valuable Eidos game franchises like Tomb Raider and Deus Ex.

So now that Square Enix’s $117 million buyout has been made official, what’s next? Are we going to see Laura Croft make a cameo in an upcoming Final Fantasy game? Let’s hope not!