Sunday, January 1, 2012

A Right To Bear Virtual Arms?


theodp writes "In the world of virtual goods, reports GeekWire's Todd Bishop, it looks like there's no such thing as a Second Amendment. According to a forum post by an Epic Games community manager, a new policy will remove 'gun-like' items from Microsoft's Xbox Live Avatar Marketplace on January 1. The policy reportedly applies to accessories for the avatars that represent Xbox Live users, not to games themselves, and owners of virtual weaponry like the Gears of War 3 Avatar Lancer purchased before the policy goes into effect will be permitted to continue to wield them."

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotGames/~3/e6h1yZZWoh0/a-right-to-bear-virtual-arms

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