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Temple of the Jade Serpent

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Temple of the Jade Serpent


Rising high above the east coast of Pandaria, the Temple of the Jade Serpent stands as a sacred monument to the legendary pandaren emperor Shaohao's victory over the Sha of Doubt thousands of years ago. Recently, a disastrous conflict in the Jade Forest unleashed the sha, and several of the entities have raided the temple's most treasured stores of wisdom and knowledge.

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ChangYou Releases Dragon Oath: Soul of the Sphinx Expansion

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ChangYou Releases Dragon Oath: Soul of the Sphinx Expansion


SANTA CLARA, CA (September 27, 2012) - ChangYou.com (US)and a leading publisher of online interactive entertainment, today released Dragon Oath: Soul of the Sphinx, the third expansion to its popular flagship game . The new content update introduces an all-new character class, new maps and instances, increased level cap, and much more.

SWTOR Encyclopedia Trailer

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SWTOR Encyclopedia Trailer


A new video was recently made available featuring the Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia.

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Dragon Nest CN Mid Autumn 8 Days of Happiness Events

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Dragon Nest CN Mid Autumn 8 Days of Happiness Events


Because today starts the Chinese Mid-Autumn Holiday, they decided to host an event for the players on DN.

Kritika – Closed Beta 2 Confirmed for October

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Kritika – Closed Beta 2 Confirmed for October


Kritika has announced that Closed Beta 2 will last from 18th to 24th October, with new maps, skills and more.

Age of Wushu Announces Beta And Launch Timing

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Age of Wushu Announces Beta And Launch Timing


The highly anticipated martial arts MMORPG Age of Wushu, which is quite popular in China, will make its North American debut February 1, 2013. With over 10 million registered players worldwide when launched in China, Age of Wushu features realistic combat, replicating the fighting styles made popular by blockbuster Chinese martial arts films.

Get The Secret World for 50% Off This Weekend

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Get The Secret World for 50% Off This Weekend


If you're on the fence about The Secret World, this weekend is a great time to give it a try. This weekend only, pick it up for $24.99. If you've got the time, I think you could get an even better deal by getting the free trial, running 30 missions for the bonus points, and then picking it up at 50% off.

DC Universe Halloween Event: the Witching Hour

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DC Universe Halloween Event: the Witching Hour


DC Universe Online updates a new seasonal event for Halloween – The Witching Hour! This October, Gotham City is getting a ghoulish makeover, and there are tricks and treats aplenty to go around.

Knight Age Launches Order of Knights

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Knight Age Launches Order of Knights


Joymax today revealed key features of its unique guild system for the recently launched free-to-play, fantasy MMORPG with unique riding action, Knight Age. This in-depth look comes on the heel of Knight Age's first major update since its recent successful launch.

New EVE Online Tournament, Win $10,000!

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New EVE Online Tournament, Win $10,000!


Following the success of Alliance Tournament X in July 2012, EVE Online is getting its first cash tournament. The tournament will be streamed on own3D.tv with a prize pool of a whopping $10, 000.

Call of Duty Online – Registration for First Experience Test

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Call of Duty Online – Registration for First Experience Test


Tencent Games decided to add Call of Duty Online to its massive shooter stable, and registration for debut phase has begun, currently only for China. Chosen through a questionnaire, 200 elite players will have the "experience test" on the spot and be lucky to own the limited edition and related product of the game.

Pangya News: The Second Journey Update

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Pangya News: The Second Journey Update


SG Interactive has launched the Second Journey update for Pangya players.

Mists of Pandaria Zones

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Mists of Pandaria Zones


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Dark Blood – Review: Bloodfest

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Dark Blood – Review: Bloodfest


So you heard about Dark Blood and thought about playing it, but what sets it apart from other action-RPGs on the market? Well, to begin, Dark Blood is a gorier game than most, with blood splattering everywhere whenever you land an attack, and the game prides itself on its combos.

GW2: Dynamic Events and YOU !

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GW2: Dynamic Events and YOU !


So, like many of my other articles. I'll be running through with a simple topic that you might know the basics of and really go in-depth with the subject so you know the in's and out's before the release, so let's do it!

Phantasy Star Universe Farewell: Servers Closed

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Phantasy Star Universe Farewell: Servers Closed


With the closure of the Japanese PSU servers on September 27, players had to bid the game a final farewell.

Blade and Soul "7 Waves Update" Unveils New Class

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Blade and Soul


Blade and Soul (KR) is going to giving us the 7 waves update, this major update from Team Bloodlust brings along new and redesigned dungeons, PvP battlegrounds, a cross-server party finder and most important of all, a new class! Excited? An update trailer first.

C9 Slayer's PvP Skill Guide & Build - by Rei

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C9 Slayer's PvP Skill Guide & Build - by Rei


So with the new 57 Patch out... I already have in mind what to build and decided to post it. I am still level 50, so the English pictures will be my 50 build & stats. The foreign looking picture will be the 57 build with all quests done and what not.

District 187: Sin Streets Unveils Open Beta Date

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District 187: Sin Streets Unveils Open Beta Date


CJ Games Global announced the open beta date for its anticipated f2p first-person shooter, District 187: Sin Streets, Tuesday, October 9. The open beta will include major updates, introducing new maps, new weapons and more!In addition, District 187's popularity has driven the Netmarble portal, to well over 1 million registered players!

Dancers in the Bomb - Navy Legend & Elite Forces

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Dancers in the Bomb - Navy Legend & Elite Forces


Kingworld dedicates 2 eye-catching game titles to world players, calling all the people fight for survival, defend their beloved before the approaching of "the end of the world".

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Our selection of the best FREE MMORPG of September 2012

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 08:24 AM PDT

Today we offer our selection of the Best FREE MMORPG of September 2012 . Here you can take a look to the 10 MMORPG that most caught our attention.   Feel free to leave comments or share experiences about these games! 10 World of Tanks is a free to play massively multiplayer online action game [...]

Trickster Online has released the trailer of its newest update

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 06:49 AM PDT

SG Interactive has published a new trailer that shows Tapasco, the newest update for Trickster Online, which introduces into the game new NPCs, quests, monsters and a whole bunch of equipment. Source of information: SG Interactive press release

NEXON America has launched Maplestory’s “Champions update”

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 05:52 AM PDT

NEXON America has launched Maplestory‘s “Champions update“. The update has redesigned the Warrior, improving their mobility, the Magician, increasing their damage and range and the Bowman, increasing their damage, and no longer have to summon Frostprey and Phoenix, now passive buffs. Also, from now the legend characters, Canoneer, Mercedes, and Demon Slayer, are stronger and [...]

Discover another area of RaiderZ, the Mt. Eda

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 03:46 AM PDT

RaiderZ has released some screenshots and a video that presents the Mt. Eda. Located to the East of Hero’s Lane , the majestic Mt. Eda was once a symbol of peace and beauty, but has since become a warzone for battling tribes of ogres and trolls. “With breathtaking visuals and some of the most complex [...]

Forge of Empires advances to the Colonial Age

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:37 AM PDT

The colonial age will arrive to Forge Empires in a couple of weeks. With the new era players advance more beyond the middle ages, being able to access new technologies, units, buildings, and 54 new history missions. In this colonial-era players may build monuments as the Colosseum, Angkor Wat, or Notre Dame, and meet leaders [...]

Details of DK Online PvE

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:32 AM PDT

Aeria Games has unveiled new information about the PVE content of DK Online. The core of the PvE content of the game focuses on the exploration of the world of Litos, and players can travel between different and varied areas, from the floating towers of the capital Ledise, or the Arabic-inspired city Emtlant. In these [...]


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General Gaming Article


Adobe Digital Certificate Used to Sign Malware

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 08:20 PM PDT

Adobe is no stranger to seeing vulnerabilities in its software being targeted in the wild, but it's not every day that the company comes across malware masquerading as Adobe software using a valid code signing certificate. Adobe recently received not one, but two such malicious utilities, the company revealed Thursday.

Upon being convinced of the authenticity of the digital certificate used to sign the said malware apps, the company decommissioned its existing code signing infrastructure and launched an investigation. According to Brad Arkin, senior director of product security and privacy at Adobe, the investigation led the company to a build server that had been compromised. 

"We have identified a compromised build server that required access to the code signing service as part of the build process," Atkins wrote in a post on the Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET) blog Thursday. "Although the details of the machine's configuration were not to Adobe corporate standards for a build server, this was not caught during the normal provisioning process. We are investigating why our code signing access provisioning process in this case failed to identify these deficiencies."

But how did the attackers manage to get in? The company claims to have found the mechanism they used to compromise the build server, which was itself found to be infected with malware: "We can confirm that the private key required for generating valid digital signatures was not extracted from the HSM [Hardware Security Module]. We believe the threat actors established a foothold on a different Adobe machine and then leveraged standard advanced persistent threat (APT) tactics to gain access to the build server and request signatures for the malicious utilities from the code signing service via the standard protocol used for valid Adobe software."

The company feels that this issue does not pose a general security risk. A more likely scenario, according to the company, is one which involves the use of these digitally signed utilities "during highly targeted attacks for privilege escalation and lateral movement within an environment following an initial machine compromise."

"Adobe is currently investigating what appears to be the inappropriate use of an Adobe code signing certificate for Windows," the company said in a FAQ about the issue, which is said to only affect Adobe Muse, Adobe Story AIR applications and  Acrobat.com desktop services. "To maintain trust in genuine Adobe software, we plan to revoke the impacted certificate on October 4, 2012 for all software code signed after July 10, 2012. We are in the process of issuing updates signed using a new digital certificate for all affected products."

General security risk or not, this is a highly troubling development. What do you think?

Daily Deals 9/28/12: Kingston 240GB SSD $145, Free Logitech WebCam, and More

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT

Kingston V+200

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Top Deal

The top deal today is one the best deals we've ever seen for a 240GB SSD from LogicBuy. The Kingston 240GB V+200 SSD is on sale for $144.99 (normally $174.99). The drive has sequential read and write speeds of 535MB/s and 480MB/s, respectively. 

Laptops:
Dell Inspiron 15R Special Edition 15.6" Laptop with 3rd generation Intel Core i7, 1080p display, 2GB GDDR5 Radeon HD 7730m graphics, aluminum body for $849.99 with free shipping (normally $1,138.99 - use $150 coupon code: QH3XW509GT$BBL).
Hardware & Peripherals:
Buffalo MiniStation 500GB USB 2.0 portable hard drive for $59.99 with $2.29 shipping at TigerDirect (normally $71).
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" Tablet with Android 4.0 for $214.99 with free shipping at BuyDig (normally $250). Be sure to select the tab for the new model under "Alternatives" to get same price as refurbished. 
Logitech C260 Webcam with built-in microphone for free after mail-in rebate with free shipping (normally $39.99).

Western Digital Launches RE SAS and SATA Hard Drives for Enterprise

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 07:10 AM PDT

WD PlattersStorage stalwart Western Digital announced that it's expanding its enterprise-class storage line with the release of new WD RE SAS and WD RE SATA hard drives in capacities up to 4TB, matching the largest capacity current available in the market. If that's too much storage, the new SAS drives will also ship in 1TB, 2TB, and 3TB capacities, and the same with the SATA drives, minus the 1TB model.

"Given the insatiable need for storage capacity across all market segments, WD is offering both SAS and SATA interfaces for the WD 4 TB RE hard drives to best support both private and public clouds," said Doug Pickford, senior director of business marketing for WD's enterprise business unit. "WD continues to pioneer the capacity-optimized 3.5-inch market segment, in particular, and the WD RE SAS and SATA 4 TB drives are designed, tested and optimized for enterprise storage and applications, enabling 33 percent greater capacity than previously available drives and up to 2.4 PB of raw capacity in a single enterprise rack."

WD's enterprise-class HDDs differ from consumer drives in that they offer a number of IT friendly features, like dual port, full duplex connectivity and several technologies intended to enhance reliability, all of which come at a premium. Pricing breaks down as follows:

  • 4TB SAS: $479
  • 3TB SAS: $369
  • 2TB SAS: $249
  • 1TB SAS: $139
  • 4TB SATA: $459
  • 3TB SATA: $349
  • 2TB SATA: $229

WD RE Drive

The drives are available now through select distributors and resellers, and are backed by a 5-year warranty.

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Intel Arms Tablet Makers with Atom Z2760 'Clover Trail' Chip

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 06:04 AM PDT

Intel Atom Z2760 ProcessorIn what's being described as "just the beginning of Intel's effort in the tablet market," the world's largest chip maker unveiled its Atom Z2760 processor (codenamed Clover Trail) for Windows 8 tablets. According to Intel, the spunky Atom chip allows for the thinnest, lightest tablets built on the company's architecture -- as thin as 8.5 mm and 1.5 pounds -- and lends itself to long lasting battery life, enough to watch 10 hours of local HD video.

The Atom Z2760 SoC (System on Chip) is built on a 32nm manufacturing process and features an Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX545 graphics core. It's a dual-core part with four threads via Hyper Threading and a 1.8GHz clockspeed, or higher using Intel's Burst technology. The GPU is clocked at 533MHz.

A number of OEM partners are on board with the new chip and will implement it into upcoming Windows 8 tablets. They include Acer, Asus, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Samsung, and ZTE, all of which said they plan to offer full featured tablets built around the Atom part.

"This is just the beginning of Intel's effort in the tablet market, and our goal is to deliver products that fit the spectrum of evolving needs of both consumers and business users without compromising on compatibility, experience or battery life," said Erik Reid, general manager, Application Processor Platforms for Intel's Mobile and Communications Group. "When people or corporations buy a device with Intel Inside, they're getting the best of Windows 8 features with a computing experience that just works."

What Intel has really done is set the stage for a showdown with ARM-based tablets, which will run Windows RT. Expect them all to make their debut when Windows 8 launches in late October.

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Adata's DashDrive Elite HD720 is Thinner Than Toshiba's Canvio by a Hair

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 05:14 AM PDT

Adata DashDrive Elite HE720Technology has a tendency to move fast, and as a result, your reign on top might only last a few days. Just ask Toshiba, which at the beginning of the week unveiled its 500GB Canvio Slim, a portable drive it proudly billed as the world's thinnest at 9mm thick. By the end of the week, it became the second thinnest, as Adata just introduced its DashDrive Elite HE720 external hard drive, which is 8.9mm thick.

For the time being, Adata's model is now the world's thinnest, and it's a looker too. It has a brushed stainless steel surface that, in addition to being attractive, offers 9H scratch resistance and prevents damage, even after long-term use, Adata says.

There's a blue LED indicator on the bottom to let you know when it's transferring data, along with a one-touch backup feature to automatically backup and sync data with a single touch. Other features include USB 3.0 connectivity and a 60-day free trial of Norton Internet Security 2012 (which did well in our most recent antivirus roundup).

Adata DashDrive in Pocket

Adata says it will initially offer the DashDrive Elite HE720 in 500GB capacity for $90, which trumps Toshiba's Canvio by $25.

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Ashes Cricket 2013 announced

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 08:25 AM PDT

Out of nowhere, 505 Games has announced that it will release the official Ashes Cricket 2013 game next year. Aussie studio Trickstar Games, who developed International Cricket 2010 under the Codemasters banner, will handle development. Ashes Cricket 2013 will feature official licenses for the Australian and English cricket boards. While 505 hasn't announced if other [...]

Acer Iconia W510 Tablet Runs Windows 8 FAST (Video)

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:20 AM PDT

Maximum PC had the opportunity to check out Acer’s newly announced Iconia W510 Windows 8-powered tablet today and boy, was the thing FAST. As you can see from the video above, this ain’t your uncle’s Atom processor. Navigating through Windows 8′s touch interface was lightning quick. The W510 is expected to go on sale in [...]

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Latest Gaming and MMORPG Updates


Acer Iconia W510 Tablet Runs Windows 8 FAST (Video)

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:20 AM PDT

Maximum PC had the opportunity to check out Acer’s newly announced Iconia W510 Windows 8-powered tablet today and boy, was the thing FAST. As you can see from the video above, this ain’t your uncle’s Atom processor. Navigating through Windows 8′s touch interface was lightning quick. The W510 is expected to go on sale in [...]

PS3 Essentials priced and dated for India

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:25 AM PDT

Sony has confirmed to MCV India that Playstation 3 Essentials will be arriving in India this weekend. This really is good news for gamers who've only just bought a PS3 and are catching up on a humongous backlog. For those who don't know, PS3 Essentials are (older) budget first as well as third PS3 games. [...]

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