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Blizzard wins $6 million damages from Glider manufacturer

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Don't f**k with World of Warcraft. Blizzard will hunt you down, and kick your ass. According to this BBC story, Blizzard has won $6m (£3.36m) in damages from the maker of the infamous Glider bot, MDY Industries.

The case was awarded for copyright infringement: MDY founder Michael Donnelly who is thought to have sold more than 100,000 copies of the $25 (£14) program.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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