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Worth P(L)AYing: Tribes Ascend
Alright guys I have had enough of shitty games. Especially shitty shooters (talking to you: Modern Shitfare 3, Red Orchestra 2 Heroes of Fail and Battlefield 3) I really feel like we gotta promote good games in here so… here’s Worth P(L)AYing! What is it? It’s simple, if you’re playing any good, underrated, indie (or not!), difficult and worth paying for (or free!) games and would like to share with us just post here. We’re going to post some titles from time to time that we think are worth playing and most of all paying for.
Social shopping group for games (Steam games too!)
The guys from G-FORUMS have created the first social shopping group for videogames.
What are social shopping groups? Well, I think that most of you have heard about groupon, but let’s talk about that site anyway. Groupon offers you a lot range of cheap deals for a lot of cities and countries, the condition to get those really cheap deals is to have at least #number# of people who is interested in the deal and that subscribe (paying) to it. In case that the condition is passed, you’ll receive via email the voucher code for that deal.
Getter (http://getter.g-forums.net/) uses a similiar method, based on the number of people who subscribe to the deal, but the game price is based on the number of people who subscribed to the deal… So the more people gets in, the less you will pay AT THE END of the deal. On other hands, if only a few people subscribe to the deal, you will pay almost a retail price…
They started their project with Sequence, an indie music game, and the deal will end in 12 days. The current price is setted to 3$ (instead of 5$) and it may be lowered to 2$ in the following days. It all depends on you guys, so… go support this nice initiative and get a fantastic game for a cheap price :)
I would like to remember you guys that you’ll have to pay AFTER the deal is ENDED and the price will the same for everyone, so don’t worry to join now….
News thanks to f3d3r1c0mb4t
TellTale Games damaged rented Jurassic Park Jeep..and won’t do anything about it!
Hi guys, see that car down there?
Some guy owns this Jeep and he decided to lend it to TellTale Games for the promotion of their new, Jurassic Park theme game.
Steam database compromised, what now?
Check this e-mail from Gabe:
Edit: It turns out it’s probably fake but we’ll see:
Steam got hacked pretty bad
Here’s the official statement in plain text:
Dear Steam Users and Steam Forum Users:
Our Steam forums were defaced on the evening of Sunday, November 6. We began investigating and found that the intrusion goes beyond the Steam forums.
We learned that intruders obtained access to a Steam database in addition to the forums. This database contained information including user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information. We do not have evidence that encrypted credit card numbers or personally identifying information were taken by the intruders, or that the protection on credit card numbers or passwords was cracked. We are still investigating.
We don’t have evidence of credit card misuse at this time. Nonetheless you should watch your credit card activity and statements closely.
While we only know of a few forum accounts that have been compromised, all forum users will be required to change their passwords the next time they login. If you have used your Steam forum password on other accounts you should change those passwords as well.
We do not know of any compromised Steam accounts, so we are not planning to force a change of Steam account passwords (which are separate from forum passwords). However, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to change that as well, especially if it is the same as your Steam forum account password.
We will reopen the forums as soon as we can.
I am truly sorry this happened, and I apologize for the inconvenience.
Gabe.
Also I just cancelled my credit card associated with my Steam account and changed my password, Sony gave away free games after their hackings. Is Valve going to do this?
Valve’s official statement (just popped up on Steam):
Official Steam forums hacked?
The Steam forums are currently offline.
"The Steam Forums are temporarily offline for maintenance. Your patience is appreciated."
Valve is yet to comment on the situation, but some users have reported what looks like a breach that occurred last night.
Images, below, show the forum redesigned slightly to contain a message from FknOwned.com, a website that offers video game hacks.
And emails from Steampowered.com were sent to some users containing the following:
"Ever wanted to dominate the servers you play on with guaranteed results, but you were too afraid to cheat because of ban risks? Visit [removed domain] It’s safe, secure and undetected.
"Along with hacks, we’ve also got some general discussion sections, hacking tutorials and tools, porn, free giveaways and much more. This site has been conditioned to meet all your needs in terms of resources so be sure to take a look and tell us what you think.
"Thanks again, the fkn0wned team."
At this stage there is no evidence to suggest that users’ details have been compromised, or that Steam accounts have been breached.
The problem may only relate to the vBulletin forum software Valve uses for Steampowered. However, there may be an issue if gamers use the same username and password combination for the Steam forum as they do for Steam itself.
Poll time: Do you use EA’s Origin?
Just a simple question to you guys, out of curiosity:
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Origin is under fire in Germany, here’s some info from the Spiegel (via Eurogamer) – they mostly bash EA for (allegedly) accessing other programs without notifying users and giving “partners” free rein to collect information on “IP addresses, usage data, software, equipment, software usage and existing hardware peripherals” fingor marketing purposes. According to the Spiegel, these things may even violate German (and probably most of other European countries) privacy laws.
But EA defends itself, and says it absolutely isn’t what it looks like:
“We have updated the End User License Agreement of Origin, in the interests of our players to create more clarity,” EA Germany said in a statement. “Origin is not spyware. Neither do we use nor install spyware on the PCs of users.”
“We do not have access to information such as pictures, documents or personal data, which have nothing to do with the execution of the Origin program on the system of the player, neither will they be collected by us. EA takes the privacy of its users very seriously. We have taken every precaution to protect the personal and anonymous user data collected.”
To conclude, EA noted that its EULA sticks to the “industry standard” where privacy is concerned – but added that it’s certainly open to addressing any concerns the German government might have.
I dunno about you guys but I actually try to read some bits of EULAs before clicking accept, you never know what you might be agreeing to.
In other Origin news, Mass Effect 3 is probably going to use Origin somehow…on consoles – source.
Electronic (F)Arts know how to fuck it up!
Check this story out, I cannot believe how stupidly EA/Origin behaves:
From now on we’ll keep on posting every bad EA thing we find. This sums it up pretty well:
Source: Reddit and original image.
Happy Birthday to Gabe Newell!
After having dropped out of Harvard University Newell spent thirteen years working for Microsoft Corporation, ultimately becoming a "Microsoft Millionaire". Newell has described himself as "producer on the first three releases of Windows". Inspired by Michael Abrash, who left Microsoft to work on the computer game Quake at id Software, Newell and another Microsoft employee, Mike Harrington, left Microsoft to found Valve in 1996. He and Harrington used their money to fund Valve through the development of Half-Life.
During production on Half-Life 2, he spent several months focusing on the Steam project.
In 2007, Newell openly expressed his displeasure over developing his software for gaming consoles, particularly the PlayStation 3. In regard to the system, Newell was once quoted as claiming that developing processes for the console in general was "a waste of everybody’s time" and "a disaster on many levels … I’d say, even at this late date, they should just cancel it and do a do over. Just say, ‘This was a horrible disaster and we’re sorry and we’re going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it’." Nevertheless, at E3 in 2010, Newell appeared on stage at Sony’s keynote; while acknowledging his past outspoken comments on console development, he discussed the open nature of Sony’s PlayStation 3 platform, and announced Portal 2 for the console, remarking that with Steamworks support it would be the best version for any console. Newell has also criticized the Xbox Live service, referring to it as "a train wreck".
In December 2010, Forbes named Newell as "A Name You Should Know" mainly for his work on Steam having partnerships with multiple major developers.
His favorite games are Super Mario 64, Doom, and Star Trek played on a Burroughs mainframe computer. Doom convinced him that video games were the future of entertainment, and Super Mario 64 convinced him video games were art.
Also today is Gabe’s 49 birthday and he decided to send out DOTA 2 keys. Cake is a lie…
Source: Wikipedia
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