9
Mar

MMOGaming News

MMOGaming News

Top Five Mobile Games You Can't Miss - Parkour Collection

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Top Five Mobile Games You Can't Miss - Parkour Collection


It is now commonly seen that mobile games help people to stave off boredom. Today, we brought you a collection of best time killers: Parkour games on mobile devices. There are new Parkour games every day, and quite a lot of them may not have your attention. Well, what we have picked out for you must have something special; check it out:

Top 6 Tips for Kritika: The White Knights

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Top 6 Tips for Kritika: The White Knights


Kritika: The White Knights is an exciting action-RPG that has you hacking and slashing your way through multiple foes at once

The Best of PAX East 2015 Day 2

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The Best of PAX East 2015 Day 2


The spotlight of PAX East 2015 Day 1 is definitely Blizzard. But as PAX East Day 2 comes to a end, what else impress IGN's journalists most on Day 2? They've sorted out all the best games they played at the Penny Arcade Expo, here are them!

Magicka 2 Will Available on PC and PS4 May 26th

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Magicka 2 Will Available on PC and PS4 May 26th


Magicka 2, Paradox Interactive's four-player team-based battle arena game, will be launch on PC and PS4 on May 26th.

ZeptoLab Releases King of Thieves on Android

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ZeptoLab Releases King of Thieves on Android


ZeptoLab, the publisher of Cut the Rope, has released its new title King of Thieves on Android recently

Three Cats Can Be Summoned At The Same Time in Black Desert

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Three Cats Can Be Summoned At The Same Time in Black Desert


Now three cats can be summoned at the same time in Black Desert, which greatly improves the efficiency of picking up items and searching items. At present, there're 3 types of pet with different color. If you feed them well they will level up.

New MOBA Title Gigantic to Launch on Xbox One and Windows 10

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New MOBA Title Gigantic to Launch on Xbox One and Windows 10


The developer of Gigantic, Motiga, recently announced that the new MOBA title will be launching on Xbox One and Windows 10, with the support of Microsoft. It will be a launch title for Windows 10, which will allow cross-platform gameplay with users on Xbox One. And yes, it means Gigantic will eventually be playable only on Windows 10, similar to Fable Legends.

Revelation Dungeon Guide

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Revelation Dungeon Guide


Here is the guide for Revelation Dungeon, including Spirit Ruin,Abandoned Shrines, Underground Great Wall, The Lost City of Machine,Mist Valley and Demon Tower.

Continue reading Revelation Dungeon Guide.

ArcheAge Update Brings New Level 55 Skills

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ArcheAge Update Brings New Level 55 Skills


As we all know, the path to level 55 in ArcheAge is quite long and difficult. To speed your journey, the team behind ArcheAge's NA/EU server is going to release a new update "Secrets of Ayanad" recently

Requiem: Rise of the Reaver Launched on Steam

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Requiem: Rise of the Reaver Launched on Steam


Requiem: Rise of the Reaver, the free-to-play horror MMO that allows for realistic life and death, announced its availability for download on steam this week in hopes of expanding its audience

Luna: Moonlight Thieves Adjusted the Distribution of Monsters

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Luna: Moonlight Thieves Adjusted the Distribution of Monsters


Webzen publicized the development progress of Luna: Moonlight Thieves that they had made some change in gear balancing, monster distribution, potion efficiency, system and character customization.

FFXIV Heavensward to be released June 23rd and PAX 2015 Footages

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FFXIV Heavensward to be released June 23rd and PAX 2015 Footages


Final Fantasy XIV has the biggest booth at PAX this year, and for good reason! Producer/Director Naoki Yoshida has prepared some new information and footage of FFXIVARR's first expansion Heavensward! From the level cap increase, to the power of flight, Heavensward is said to contain about twice as much content as what FFXIV had at launch.

Tree of Savior: the Upcoming International Test Preview

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Tree of Savior: the Upcoming International Test Preview


According to Tree of Savior dev blog, the CEO of imcGAMES Hakkyu Kim has unveiled their current process about Tree of Savior international test version. I think it's the best new we've ever heard from Tree of Savior official, let's have a look at what he said about the upcoming international test.

MMOsite Exclusive Interview with The Repopulation Dev Team at PAX East

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MMOsite Exclusive Interview with The Repopulation Dev Team at PAX East


If you're looking for a new Sci-fi sandbox MMORPG, The Repopulation must be a good choice. The game launched an Early Access on Steam recently, and we're honored to have a chance to talk with the dev team of this game in PAX East this year

Vainglory Gets Closed Beta Sign-ups for the Upcoming Android Version

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Vainglory Gets Closed Beta Sign-ups for the Upcoming Android Version


Super Evil Megacorp is now taking sign-ups for the closed beta of the Android version of its Bronze Award-winning MOBA Vainglory. You can sign-up for it by filling out this Google doc. The closed beta will only be available to high end NVIDIA, Samsung Galaxy, and Google Nexus devices. So, if you don't have one of those, don't expect to get in.

Monument Valley – Create Castle with Your Princess

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Monument Valley – Create Castle with Your Princess


Monument Valley, a puzzle adventure game developed by ustwo has awarded the most popular game in IMGA and the most-watched and creative mobile game in GDC 2015.

Black Desert: Sorcerer Skills Preview

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Black Desert: Sorcerer Skills Preview


Sorcerers are considered to be Spellcasters who wield powerful spells, but are often physically weak as a trade-off. They are commonly confused with similar offensive spellcasting classes such as the Warlock and the Necromancer.

Marvel Heroes Iceman Build&Gameplay

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Marvel Heroes Iceman Build&Gameplay


Bobby Drake's icy arsenal in Marvel Heroes 2015 includes everything from expected moves like Ice Beam, Ice Sled, and Wave of Icicles to...well, building a snowman.

'Heroes of the Dorm' Tournament Offers Free College Tuition for Winners

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'Heroes of the Dorm' Tournament Offers Free College Tuition for Winners


Wrap up that term paper, because you'll want to hit the battlegrounds with no distractions. Today, Blizzard Entertainment and TeSPA revealed plans for Heroes of the Dorm—the ultimate Heroes of the Storm college tournament, offering an unprecedented prize pool where the winning team will receive free tuition for the rest of their college career.
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8
Mar

General Gaming Article

General Gaming Article

Microsoft: Windows Not Immune to FREAK Attack

Posted: 08 Mar 2015 09:12 PM PDT

FREAK AttackThe encryption flaw was previously thought to only affect Google and Apple products

A few days back, Apple and Google products were found to be affected by a longstanding vulnerability, which stems from a now-defunct U.S. government regulation enjoining tech companies to use encryption no stronger than 512 bits in "export-grade" software — so that it could maintain a cryptographic edge over its adversaries. Well, how could Microsoft be left behind? The Redmond-based company issued a security advisory Thursday to warn that all supported versions of Microsoft Windows are also affected by FREAK (Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys), as the SSL/TLS  flaw is called.

"Microsoft is aware of a security feature bypass vulnerability in Secure Channel (Schannel) that affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows," reads the advisory. "Our investigation has verified that the vulnerability could allow an attacker to force the downgrading of the cipher suites used in an SSL/TLS connection on a Windows client system. The vulnerability facilitates exploitation of the publicly disclosed FREAK technique, which is an industry-wide issue that is not specific to Windows operating systems. When this security advisory was originally released, Microsoft had not received any information to indicate that this issue had been publicly used to attack customers."

The company says it's currently working on a fix, which could come either as part of a future Patch Tuesday bundle or in the form of an out-of-band security update. In the meantime, the company recommends that those running Windows Vista or later "disable RSA key exchange ciphers using the Group Policy Object Editor" in order to mitigate the threat. The entire procedure can be found here.

A list of vulnerable browsers and popular domains is available at  FREAKattack.com. The affected browsers are Internet Explorer, Chrome for Mac (patch available), Chrome for Android, Safari for Mac (patch likely in a week), Safari for iOS (patch likely in a week), stock Android browser, Blackberry browser, Opera for Mac and Opera for Linux. Maintained by computer scientists at the University of Michigan, the site also lets users check if their browser is vulnerable.

"The FREAK attack," the site warns, "is possible when a vulnerable browser connects to a susceptible web server—a server that accepts 'export-grade" encryption.'" According to the researchers, an attacker could use the vulnerability to "intercept HTTPS connections between vulnerable clients and servers and force them to use weakened encryption, which the attacker can break to steal or manipulate sensitive data."

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uTorrent Developer Denies Installing Cryptocurrency Miner Without User Consent

Posted: 08 Mar 2015 08:55 PM PDT

uTorrent EpicScale Offer Prompt

Be that as is it may, company is not entirely blameless.

On Thursday, a uTorrent user going by the handle "Groundrunner" took to the popular torrent client's official forum to report something fishy. Updating to the latest version of the client (3.4.2 build 38913), he complained, "silently installed a piece of software called EpicScale" (a cryptocurrency miner) on his machine. He also linked to a web page littered with similar complaints — some dating back to early Feb —  from angry uTorrent users. As was to be expected so close on the heels of Lenovo's Superfish fiasco, it didn't take long for a furor to erupt around these sensational claims.

BitTorrent Inc., the company behind uTorrent, was quick to dismiss the whole thing, blaming it on user ignorance. This is what the company had to say in a statement it sent to PCWorld:  "We have reviewed the issue closely and can confirm there is no silent install happening. It is in fact impossible for partner software to be installed without user permission. We are continuing to look at the issue. But it is almost certain these users accepted the offer during install. In terms of user complaints in our forums, we always take these claims seriously. We highly value our users, they are a passionate and tech savvy group. In the last 24 hours we have received less than a dozen inquiries out of several million offers. That should put things into perspective."

Turns out, the company is telling the truth and a section of the tech media may have jumped the gun in raking it over the coals. Many users and media outlets have since confirmed that the  uTorrent installer presents the user with an option to decline the "offer" to install EpicScale and proceed with the rest of the installation.

That does not mean that the company is entirely blameless, though. The reason why so many people have no recollection of having green-lighted EpicScale's installation is because the said offer is presented in a way that closely mimics a ToS/EULA dialog box. There's a lesson for all of us in this: read before you press that Next button.

As for EpicScale, it is more than a cryptocurrency miner. Its official website claims that the program springs into action when a PC is idle to harness its unused processing power to solve "math problems for weather prediction, physics simulations, cryptography (including cryptocurrency mining) and more." Apparently, around 75 percent of the proceeds from this activity go to various charities.

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GDC 2015: Gabe Newell Talks About Growth of PCs, Source 2, Steam Link, and More [Video]

Posted: 08 Mar 2015 03:38 PM PDT

Gabe NewellValve's tools are there to "keep PC gaming moving forward"

Valve certainly turned heads with its SteamVR experience and other announcements about Source 2 and Steam Machines during GDC 2015. But the announcements didn't stop there. The company also held a presentation that Maximum PC Online Managing Editor Jimmy Thang was able to record, where Valve boss Gabe Newell talked about Steam Machines, Steam Link, Source 2, Steam Controller, Vulcan, and the growth of PCs. 

While Valve didn't allow any questions to be asked during the presentation, Newell talked a fair amount regarding the growth of the PC industry saying that Steam has seen an increase of 50 percent year-over-year. A claim that is substantiated by the company's announcement last month that the digital distribution platform currently boasts 125 million accounts. He went on to briefly talk about how the industry has continued to grow when it comes to hardware, that there has been a 20 percent decline in bandwidth cost, advancements when it comes to monitors, and the rise of generated user content. All of which has contributed to the PC industry's growth.

 

 

Newell also talked about Valve's Source 2 engine and how it will be free for everyone to use. One of Valve's focuses on its newest engine, he elaborated, is productivity for both developers and gamers. Vulcan, which is the next-generation of OpenGL, was also talked about and how it is a cross-platform API that will be supported by companies such as Valve, Blizzard, and Epic Games. 

There was also a demonstration of Valve's new Steam Link hardware that will let users play games in 1080p and 60Hz, in conjunction with a Steam Machine, PC, or Mac on any televisions. The Talos Principle, a pre-alpha version of Unreal Tournament, and even System Shock 2 to demonstrate the Steam Link and Steam Controller. 

If you want to hear what Gabe Newell has to say, be sure to watch the video.

So what are your overall impressions of Valve and its various announcements at GDC? Let us know in the comment section below!

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MMORPG News

MMORPG News

Tribal Wars: Addresses the Learning Curve With New Mentoring System

Posted: 06 Mar 2015 09:58 PM PST

Addresses the Learning Curve With New Mentoring System

In the interest of bringing new players into the fold, strategy MMO Tribal Wars announced it's adding a new Mentoring System that assigns each newbie to a veteran player.

General: Able Gamers Doubles Its Presence at PAX East

Posted: 07 Mar 2015 10:08 PM PST

Able Gamers Doubles Its Presence at PAX East

Nonprofit charity Able Gamers is all about improving the quality of disabled gamers' lives, and to that end, this year the organization is setting up two booths at PAX East.

Stronghold Kingdoms: Rise of the Wolf Expansion Adds Class Stronghold Characters

Posted: 07 Mar 2015 10:21 PM PST

Rise of the Wolf Expansion Adds Class Stronghold Characters

This week, castle builder Stronghold Kingdoms released Rise of the Wolf, an expansion that adds a new PvE gameplay mode.

General: Underworld Ascendant Achieves Fifth Stretch Goal

Posted: 07 Mar 2015 10:37 PM PST

Underworld Ascendant Achieves Fifth Stretch Goal

Next-gen sequel to Ultima Underworld 1&2, Underworld Ascendant has been raking it in on Kickstarter, and thanks to reaching its $750,000 stretch goal, the game will now enjoy the swampy presence of the Lizardmen.

Final Fantasy XV: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same

Posted: 07 Mar 2015 03:37 AM PST

The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same

Final Fantasy XV and its more modern fantasy setting and main cast of friends within a darker action-driven RPG story might not seem quite like the Final Fantasy we're all familiar with. After playing through a roughly hour-long demo of the game, as the old saying goes - the more things change, the more they stay the same.

General: New Content vs New Systems

Posted: 05 Mar 2015 06:38 PM PST

New Content vs New Systems

Patches are the way of life for MMO players. They come and they go, but until a developer lays out exactly what each patch means to them, there's no way of telling what's in store. Some games wait months, like World of Warcraft, before release, while others, like RIFT, come out so quick it makes you wonder what the rest of the industry is doing wrong.

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn: Heavensward Pre-Order & Release Dates Revealed

Posted: 07 Mar 2015 09:13 AM PST

Heavensward Pre-Order & Release Dates Revealed

Square Enix and the Final Fantasy XIV team were on hand at this weekend's PAX East convention to reveal some new information about the Heavensward expansion. YoshiP confirmed that the pre-order date will begin on March 16th, with release on June 23rd. Those wishing early access will gain it by preordering Heavensward.

General: The Way I See It

Posted: 05 Mar 2015 06:10 PM PST

The Way I See It

I don't consider myself a journalist. I write about video games and sometimes technology. When I think of journalists I envision the likes of Barbra Walters, Ed Bradley, Tom Brokaw, Walter Cronkite, and Edward R. Murrow. Women and men of great stature that have made lasting contributions to society through their craft. I write and make videos about games.

Marvel Heroes 2015: Now With Playable Iceman!

Posted: 06 Mar 2015 10:33 PM PST

Now With Playable Iceman!

Gazillion's touting the recent addition of Iceman as evidence of its attentiveness to community requests and as such, has made him available via the Iceman Hero Pack.

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