PS4 may monitor your communications

You sony_ps4_largemight want to watch what you say when you’re playing on your PlayStation 4. You never know who could be listening.

The latest update to the next-gen console’s software usage terms includes the disclosure that the company may monitor and record the content of voice and text communication over the PlayStation Network.

Read more at Yahoo! Games

Gaming’s next legal hotbed

Privacy is fast becoming a legal hotbed, and while it’s something that’s certain to impact traditional game makers in one form or another, it’s mobile developers who are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs.

It’s an election year. And despite 2011’s historic Supreme Court ruling, you really didn’t think video games were going to be dropped from the political agenda, did you?

As predicted, privacy is fast becoming a legal hotbed — and while it’s something that’s certain to impact traditional game makers in one form or another, it’s mobile developers who are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs.

Read more at Gamasutra

Activision Battles ‘Trolls’, Backs Down on Privacy Fears

Trolls are pretty common in the online game “World of Warcraft.” Unfortunately, they’re pretty common on the game’s message boards as well.

Trolls, slang for people who haunt Internet forums and rip into other posters for seemingly innocuous statements, tend to ruin the fun for other players, who are sometimes seeking help or looking to start conversations.

Read more at CNBC.com