Tag: gamers
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ESA To GamerGate: Threats Must End
Gif Credit: The Mirror Political tirades are commonplace online – it’s just another thing that many internet users have to deal with, especially with the rise of internet activism, which has found its voice among the young and the impressionable online. Places like Tumblr are alive with political debate, and though many of these internet communities…
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GamerGate Controversy Rages on
The GamerGate controversy, a politically charged backlash against gaming media bodies and online activists, is reaching critical mass today. The conflict arose when certain indie game developers were found to be personally and financially involved with journalists from gaming news websites, prompting a backlash due to a perceived bias. In other words, the gaming journalism…
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Star Wars The Old Republic: One-Million Playing – Server Currently Down for “Maintenance”
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The Force is most definately strong with MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic with one-million players already up and running in the fantasy fictional Galaxy Far, Far Away! The Old Republic, by developer Bioware, was launched on December 15th in a London, Oxford Street celebration featuring Storm Troopers, Darth Vader and diminuative Ewok actor Warwick…
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World of Warcraft subscriptions: Blizzard posts second consecutive decline
Is WoW starting to lose its appeal with the MMORPG set?
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Star Wars: Galactic Warfare unofficial mod blasts onto Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
No, this isn’t a snippet of a new Star Wars game.. Not officially anyway. This is the massive-scale mod for Activision‘s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare that’s been in the works for over two years! The Galactic Warfare fan project was started a long time ago (2009 in fact) by a group of German…
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Sony Playstation Network may not return until 31st May!
We would we not like to be working at Sony at the moment, with this endless debacle about the PlayStation Network being down, hacked and generally violated it must be hard times at Sony corps worldwide. PS3 users are also having a bit of a toughie with the PSN still down and no foreseeable return…
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Another Playstation Network statement – Few more days needed to “confirm security”
The Playstation Network will remain inactive for a few more days, claims Sony, after promising its online services would be returned to working order on May 3rd – almost one week ago. Another day, another blog statement from Sony – who’s Playstation Network has been KO’d since April 20th, this time Nick Caplin, communications boss…
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Sony Online Entertainment network was also target of data theft threat!
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Things are getting worse by the day for Sony and its legion of frustrated gamers as it’s now been revealed that not only was the Playstation Network’s security compromised by hackers, but also the Sony Online Entertainment PC-based gaming network was open to data theft before the PSN was taken down for “maintenance” on April…
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Classic Paperboy game gets Special Delivery to iPhone – Now FREE on Apple App Store!
Read all about it! – Gaming classic Paperboy is back with the latest edition delivered straight to your iPhone! Instead of peddling out a totally new or remake version resembling nothing of the original, the Apple App Store is offering the same Atari action as you remember if you lived your childhood through video games…
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Playstation Network Update – Sony now admit security threat!
Many gamers will be aware that the Playstation Network (PSN) has been crippled for almost a week (if you’re not aware – where have you been? You can catch up with our previous article here). Sony has now confessed there has been a serious security threat to user’s vital information on the Playstation gaming community. The problem was initially claimed…
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Angry Birds – No replaying levels when gadgets sync – Also: Avian-based artwork hits web!
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Rovio Mobile first released its highly annoying and addictive puzzle game Angry Birds on Apple iOS in ’09 and since then it has spread like an avian influenza – landing on a number of platforms for smartphones and has also made the leap to tablets. Unfortunately for users of both formats there hasn’t been a…
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Another Xbox Live director hacked!
Here’s an interesting way to get noticed for a job (or fine) by Microsoft.. A hacker known as “Predator” has been able to phish information from Xbox Live’s Director of Policy and Enforcement, Stephen Toulouse (aka “Stepto”), gaining email and address information via his personal website server and was then able to alter the Chief’s…