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General Gaming Article |
| Google to Add Gamepad Support to Chrome Posted: 26 Nov 2011 06:25 AM PST
Speaking at the Develop Liverpool conference, Google developer advocate Paul Kinlan shed light on a number of upcoming Chrome features. Besides adding plug-and-play support for gamepads, Google will also update its web browser with native support for microphones and cameras. Interestingly, Kinlan seems to think that such functionality will lend itself quite well to browser-based AR games and player tracking. Also coming to Chrome is support for WebRTC, an open source framework aimed at enabling real-time communications within the browser without the use of any plugins. All these features will become part of Chrome sometime during the first quarter of next year. These updates are also going to be significant from the standpoint of Google's Chromebooks, which have hitherto failed to make any impression on consumers. |
| Security Researcher Demos Windows 8 Bootkit Posted: 26 Nov 2011 06:08 AM PST Windows 8 Bootkit Demo from Peter Kleissner on Vimeo. Few men can lay claim to being ahead of their time like Peter Kleissner. While most of us were busy playing around with the Windows 8 Developer Preview, this Austrian security researcher was vetting it for possible vulnerabilities. Whatever he was up to seems to have worked. Kleissner has successfully identified a vulnerability in this early version of the upcoming operating system and even posted a video of his proof-of-concept "Stoned Lite" bootkit successfully exploiting this flaw. Hit the jump for the video. Here is a video of his 14KB bootkit called Stoned Lite successfully bypassing Windows 8 User Account Control. "This shows how to use Stoned Lite to get SYSTEM rights on Windows 8 through the cmd privilege escalation (done by a driver loaded by the bootkit). The infector is just 14 KB of size and bypasses the UAC," reads the video's description on Vimeo. With the release of Windows 8 still a fair way away, Microsoft has plenty of time to fix this bug discovered by Kleissner, who is a bootkit junkie of sorts having previously developed a bootkit called Stoned as a proof-of-concept for a vulnerability in Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003. |
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MMO Updates |
| League of Legends discusses jungling changes in patch preview Posted: 26 Nov 2011 09:00 AM PST Filed under: Video, Patches, PvP, News items, Free-to-play, MOBA  The Riot team is now looking to continue the trend toward improving jungling with the Volibear patch. A whole slew of changes aimed at lowering the skill and rune requirements for jungling and making jungling decisions more complex are slated for the next patch. In addition, the dev team is planning a total rework of Sivir (probably at least partially because of the planned dodge changes). Check out the video after the jump for more specifics! Continue reading League of Legends discusses jungling changes in patch preview
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| WRUP: Now I can show you this screenshot edition Posted: 26 Nov 2011 07:00 AM PST Filed under: Massively Meta, Miscellaneous  Speaking of that NDA drop, I think it's actually germane to this week's installment of WRUP because this week's bonus question for the Massively staff members was whether or not their impressions of Star Wars: The Old Republic were changed by post-NDA testimonials. The main question, of course, is the same as always: What will we be playing over the weekend, and what's our favorite Thanksgiving food? Find out past the break, and let us know what you'll be up to in the comments. Continue reading WRUP: Now I can show you this screenshot edition
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| The Daily Grind: Do you play any mobile MMOs? Posted: 26 Nov 2011 05:00 AM PST Filed under: MMO industry, Opinion, Free-to-play, The Daily Grind, Mobile, Casual  And yet the mobile gaming market is exploding, so someone out there must be playing these wee little MMOs, like Pocket Legends, shown in tablet form in the above screenshot. In fact, these games might just be the perfect snack while you're trying to surreptitiously get your game on at family holiday events or while waiting in an endless shopping line. So are you a mobile MMO gamer? And if so, what mobile MMOs do you play?  Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!
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| The MMO Report: GW2 field trip edition Posted: 25 Nov 2011 06:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Video, Events, real-world, Guild Wars 2, Races, Humor, The MMO Report  Casey also interviews a trio of women portraying female Charr characters, but it just wouldn't be an MMO Report field trip if Casey hadn't given the voice acting a try himself. Rising to such stage directions as "he's a cat" and "now try it drunk," Casey receives a hard-earned standing ovation from the sound booth. All this and more in the MMO Report video tucked behind the break! Continue reading The MMO Report: GW2 field trip edition
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| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 05:00 PM PST Filed under: Betas, Massively Meta, Betawatch, Miscellaneous  Finally, Iris Online celebrated its first birthday. Why is that relevant? Because it's still officially in open beta! "Beta" doesn't mean what it used to, folks. Hit the jump for the full Betawatch list. Continue reading Betawatch: November 19 - 25
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| Runes of Magic now featuring new raid content, Tergothen Bay zone Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:00 PM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Patches, News items, Free-to-play, Runes of Magic, Dungeons  First up is a new raid dungeon called the Tomb of the Seven Heroes, and it will challenge groups of 12 players with seven formidable boss battles. Frogster has also raised the level cap to 70 and is also offering up a entirely new content zone called Tergothen Bay. Here the players will find themselves taking part in the ongoing struggles between the region's ruling families, and the new content "paves the way to Chapter 5, which we are all very much looking forward to," says Runes of Magic producer Mandy Blumenthal.
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| This Week In MMO: It's a Secret World to everyone edition Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:30 PM PST Filed under: Video, Culture, Game mechanics, Previews, Opinion, The Secret World, Star Wars: The Old Republic, MechWarrior Online  But as on a late-night television advertisement, just wait -- there's more. After all, Star Wars: The Old Republic just dropped its NDA, and since the show is already about removed bits of secrecy, it would be wrong not to talk about that. The show also digs in to the latest news out of MechWarrior Online; the cast debates whether or not the game will even deserve to maintain the "MMO" label without a persistent world. Click on past the break to see the full show in all its glory! Continue reading This Week In MMO: It's a Secret World to everyone edition
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| Some Assembly Required: Happy birthday Perpetuum! Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, Business models, Expansions, Game mechanics, MMO industry, Patches, PvP, PvE, Opinion, Perpetuum, Some Assembly Required, Sandbox  Join me after the break for a recap of Perpetuum's first 12 months. Continue reading Some Assembly Required: Happy birthday Perpetuum!
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| Storyboard: There are no bathrooms on Coruscant Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:30 PM PST Filed under: Culture, Game mechanics, Lore, Roleplaying, Storyboard, Miscellaneous  The problem is that we look at these characters and see human beings because they are human beings. They behave, by and large, in ways that we understand human beings to behave. And yet there are some pretty huge obstacles in the path of their natural behaviors, things that the developers don't seem to address. When you start to think about it hard enough, not only does it seem like they shouldn't date, but it seems like they wouldn't even know where to start dating. And if the idea of dating doesn't exist, a lot of our assumptions fall apart. Continue reading Storyboard: There are no bathrooms on Coruscant
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| SWTOR's Friday update features a Jedi Consular video Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, Trailers, Video, Classes, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, News items, Star Wars: The Old Republic  If you've been following the game for a while, the clip probably won't tell you anything you don't already know. For new and/or hopelessly addicted fans, though, there's a good amount of in-game footage and some glimpses of the class's advancement paths.
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| Black Friday deal for EVE players: 50% off EON Magazine and ISK Guide Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:30 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, News items, Promotions, Guides, Sandbox  EON is published quarterly and has recently reaching its 25th issue. The magazine has a professional quality to it, and interestingly the only advertisements you'll see in it are for in-game EVE Online corporations and services. The Industrial Sized Knowledgebase is a professionally laid out print copy of the most comprehensive guide to EVE ever released. A basic version is available for free as a PDF, and the purchased product is an extended reproduction delivered as a colossal ring-bound reference manual. EVE Strategic Maps is an accurate map of New Eden ready to be filled with post-it notes on big finds, wars and travel routes.
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| The Firing Line: A look at World of Tanks Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:00 PM PST Filed under: Historical, Real life, Game mechanics, PvP, Opinion, War, Free-to-play, Hands-on, World of Tanks, Miscellaneous, The Firing Line  Imagine the surprise, then, when I loaded up World of Tanks a couple of weeks ago and found myself having a jolly old time. Wargaming.net's free-to-play action title is a deceptively simple shooter with a lot of depth under the hood, and despite what some players refer to as pay-to-win shenanigans, I highly recommend it. Continue reading The Firing Line: A look at World of Tanks
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| EVE Online shows off new Crucible engine trails Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:00 PM PST Filed under: Sci-fi, EVE Online, Expansions, Game mechanics, Patches, News items, Dev Diaries, Sandbox  Mankiller explains that the old engine trail effect actually needed to have its vertex buffer updated every frame, making it a massive performance hog. The new trails use a much less costly approach that generates the geometry inside a vertex shader using splines. For those who fancy themselves mathematicians, CCP Mankiller provides the gruesome details of the equations that had to be constructed and solved to program the new shader. The new technique has additional advantages, like no longer skipping around when you're lagging and the possibility of new effects like heat shimmer, light absorption and refraction. The new engine trails go live with the Crucible expansion on November 29th.
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| New Archeage CBT4 clip shows expanded character options Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Trailers, Video, Game mechanics, MMO industry, New titles, News items, ArcheAge, Sandbox  Our experience of the game's CBT3 phase found the character customization a bit lacking (mostly because a ton of the options were greyed out), but it looks like XL is going to remedy that by adding a lot more functionality for CBT4. Have a look at the new clip after the break. Continue reading New Archeage CBT4 clip shows expanded character options
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| Treat yourself to a freebie from Spiral Knights for Black Friday! Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:00 AM PST Filed under: Fantasy, Contests, Free-to-play, Giveaways  In either case, if you're in the U.S., you're hanging out at home enjoying your day off work or school, ready to indulge in some gaming. The developers at Spiral Knights are right there with you and have whipped up a cool little accessory for your Spiral Knights characters. The Regal Parrying Blade is a decorative sword that you can get only here at Massively. All you need to do is visit our giveaway page to pick up a code, then log into Spiral Knights. Click on the "gear" icon in the top corner of your game screen, select "redeem code" from the options menu, and enter your code. Voila, you're the proud owner of a brand-new Regal Parrying Blade. Join us in thanking the Spiral Knights team for this gift, and have fun! 
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MMORPG News |
| Star Wars: The Old Republic: Jedi Consular Character Progression Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:27 PM PST The latest in a series of 'character progression' videos has surfaced on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site. This time, the Jedi Consular is profiled. It's a great look for those embarking on the beta this weekend and choosing to play the Jedi Consular. Check it out!     |
| Spiral Knights: Spiral Knights Parrying Blade Gift Key Giveaway! Posted: 25 Nov 2011 09:32 AM PST MMORPG.com has been given special Black Friday gift codes for Sprial Knights that will grant a player an in game item - the Parrying Blade! Just get your free code from us and enter it in game to get your gift!   |
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General gaming |
| A World Without The Legend of Zelda Posted: 25 Nov 2011 04:26 PM PST
Feature  A World Without The Legend of ZeldaGet a glimpse of where the game industry would be without Nintendo's flagship series.By: Bob Mackey November 25, 2011 Imagine, if you will, waking this weekend to sink precious free time into The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. You turn on your Wii, only to discover a disc-free drive. Figuring out the most likely culprit, you head to your roommate's door, asking if he napped your copy in the dark of night. His response? "What the heck is 'The Legend of Zelda?'" Something is wrong here. Something is very, very wrong. Luckily, this horror story is wholly fictional, though it does pose an interesting question: just what would the world be like without The Legend of Zelda? Since the series has become a known quantity of late, it's easy to take for granted the innovative ideas pioneered by Shigeru Miyamoto's creation over the past 25 years. To be fair, other developers would've eventually stumbled upon the revolutionary concepts featured in Zeldas past and present, but their efforts would not have arrived as early, nor would they be presented as elegantly. So, in this nightmarish scenario best reserved for the likes of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Ayn Rand, what horrors would we face in a world without Zelda? |
| Battlefield 3 PS3 Owners Will Get BF1943 for Free After All Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:53 PM PST It may not be as timely asexpected, but those who purchase Battlefield 3 on PlayStation 3 will get the free copy of Battlefield 1943 they were promised earlier this year. Back in June, during its E3 press conference, Sony announced exclusives for the PS3 versions of several multiplatform games. Among them was a free copy of 1943 (a downloadable title released in 2009) that would be included with Battlefield 3 on PS3. It sounded like a nice reason to pick up the game on PS3 as opposed to another platform, only it wasn't included when the game came out in October. |
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Thanks to the impressively wide repertoire of modern web browsers, these days it's possible to accomplish so many different things within them. Soon you will be able to enjoy web-based games a lot more than you already do. This is due to the fact Google is getting ready to include plug-and-play support for gamepads in Chrome.
