Blizzard wins Warcraft bot battle

Blizzard has won the first round of a legal battle against the maker of software that automates game play in World of Warcraft.



It brought the case against MDY Industries claiming its WowGlider program infringed its copyright.

An Arizona district court has ruled MDY does infringe Blizzard's copyright but not in the way the game maker claimed.

WowGlider controls characters in Warcraft so they kill enemies and loot them automatically.

Damage claim

The summary judgement by US District Court Judge David Campbell says that MMOGlider, as the software is now called, breaks the terms of the license players agree to abide by when they run World of Warcraft (WoW).

Despite this decision Justice Campbell did not side with Blizzard in its claim that MMOGlider broke the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

MMOGlider is the creation of MDY founder Michael Donnelly and more than 100,000 copies of the $25 (£12.47) tool are thought to have been sold.

It has proved popular as it helps players overcome the "grind" involved in turning low level WoW characters into more powerful ones.

Blizzard launched the case in 2006 via a lawyer from Vivendi, which publish WoW, who visited Mr Donnelly at home accompanied by a private investigator who told him to stop selling the software and hand over profits from it to Blizzard.

"Offended" by these threats Mr Donnelly decided to take Blizzard on in the courts.

Unless Blizzard and MDY settle out of court the case looks set to go before a jury in September. This court case will decide some of the issues the Judge did not pronounce on and address the question of whether Blizzard is due damages.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: Legend Cheats and Codes for Xbox 360

Pistol upgrades

Collect the indicated number of Bronze and Silver rewards to unlock the corresponding pistol upgrade:

Increased magazine capacity: 25% Bronze and Silver

Increased accuracy: 50% Bronze and Silver

Increased damage: 75% Bronze and Silver

Location concepts

Collect all Bronze rewards in the indicated level to unlock the corresponding location concept:

Bolivia: 100% Bronze in Bolivia, England: 100% Bronze in England, Ghana: 100% Bronze in Ghana, Japan: 100% Bronze in Japan, Kazakhstan: 100% Bronze in Kazakhstan, Nepal: 100% Bronze in Nepal, Peru: 100% Bronze in Peru.Special: 100% Bronze in Croft Manor.

Character profiles

Collect the indicated number of Bronze rewards to unlock the corresponding character profile:

Alister Fletcher: 90% Bronze

Amanda Evert: 70% Bronze

Anaya Imanu: 30% Bronze

James W. Rutland: 50% Bronze

Lara Croft: 10% Bronze

Shogo Takamoto: 40% Bronze

Toru Nishiruma: 40% Bronze

Unknown Entity: 100% Bronze

Winston Smith: 80% Bronze

Zip: 20% Bronze

Alternate costumes

Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding alternate costume:

Amanda (ritual): Successfully complete the Ghana Time Trial.

Amanda (winter): Successfully complete the Kazhkastan Time Trial.

Biker: Successfully complete England: King Arthur's Tomb.

Biker (no jacket): Collect all Silver and Gold rewards in England.

Biker (red jacket): Collect all Silver rewards in England.

Bikini (black): Successfully complete the game, all Time Trials, and collect all Bronze, Silver, and Gold rewards in all levels, including Croft Manor.

Bikini (white): Successfully complete the game and all Time Trials.

Catsuit: Collect all Gold rewards in Japan.

Classic (gray): Collect all Gold rewards in Ghana.

Classic: Collect all Gold rewards in Peru.

Evening Dress (red): Collect all Silver rewards in Japan.

Evening Dress (ripped): Successfully complete Japan: Meeting With Takamoto.

Goth: Successfully complete the England Time Trial.

Goth (lace shirt): Successfully complete the Japan Time Trial.

Legend (black): Collect all Silver rewards in Croft Manor.

Legend (blue): Collect all Silver rewards in Peru.

Legend (pink): Collect all Silver rewards in Ghana.

Legend (Union Jack): Collect all Silver rewards in Bolivia.

Snowsuit: Collect all Gold rewards in Nepal.

Special Forces (urban): Collect all Gold rewards in England.

Special Forces: Collect all Gold rewards in Kazakhstan.

Sport: Collect all Gold rewards in Bolivia.

Sport (green): Successfully complete the Bolivia Time Trial.

Suit (cream): Collect all Silver and Gold rewards in Croft Manor.

Winter (no coat): Successfully complete Kazakhstan: Project Carbonek.

Winter (no coat, pink): Successfully complete the Peru Time Trial.

Winter (no coat, orange): Collect all Silver rewards in Kazakhstan.

Winter (pink): Successfully complete the Nepal Time Trial.

Winter (orange): Collect all Silver rewards in Nepal.

Winter: Successfully complete Kazakhstan: Project Carbonek.

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