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Did LulzSec Publish Your XBL, PayPal, Facebook Passwords?
In: Articles by Edie Sellers
19 Jun 2011The whole security thing just got very, very nasty. On Thursday, hacker group LulzSecurity, AKA LulzSec, published a file containing passwords and email of 62,000 users of Xbox Live, PayPal, and Facebook. The group uploaded the file to file sharing sites twice: Once in its initial posting and a second time after the site removed [...]
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- Tags: facebook, hacking, identity theft, lulzsec, paypal, xbox live
PAX East 2011: Bastion Hands-On
In: Articles by Leah "WhiteGodiva" Haydu
11 Mar 2011Imagine that when you wake, your world is falling down around you, and you must pull together the shards to start again. As “The Kid,” hero of Supergiant Games’ Bastion, that’s exactly the case. Your world and everything in it have been ripped apart by “The Calamity,” which is precisely what it sounds like: An [...]
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- Tags: bastion, PAX East, pc, playstation, preview, supergiant games, xbox live
PAX East 2011: Outland Hands-On
In: Articles by Leah "WhiteGodiva" Haydu
11 Mar 2011I actually didn’t even have the upcoming Housemarque-developed, Ubisoft-published platformer Outland on my radar until I happened to pass by and notice its distinctive visual style, which intrigued me enough to go in for a closer look. Outland samples from the plates of several different games that have come before it, but it doesn’t glut [...]
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Free Black Ops Gear for Female Xbox Live Avatars
In: Articles by Nick "Alsop Live" Dinicola
15 Nov 2010If you bought the Hardened or Prestige versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops for the 360, you’d find a voucher for some free Xbox Avatar outfits. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), Activision messed up and didn’t print a code for female Avatars on the voucher. To make up for the mistake the publisher created two universal [...]
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- Tags: activision, avatar, Black Ops, call of duty, marketplace, xblm, xbox live
XBL’s New Price: Virtual Gold Takes a Hike
In: Articles by Nicholas "Heartbreak Ridge" Sylvain
30 Aug 2010In the past few years, the price of real gold has trended higher, and today Microsoft announced that their virtual version, aka Xbox Live Gold membership, is joining that trend on November 1, with price increases for all memberships in the United States and bumps in other plans for Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. [...]
Microsoft Raises Xbox LIVE Subscription Costs
In: Articles by Nick "Alsop Live" Dinicola
30 Aug 2010This morning the Internet exploded with a frugal-driven fury. That’s when Microsoft’s Major Nelson announced that the subscription price for Xbox Live will increase across the board starting November 1. A year’s subscription will go from $49.99 to $59.99, a three month subscription will go from $19.99 to $24.99, and a one month subscription will [...]
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The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Xbox Live Enforcement
In: Articles by Nicholas "Heartbreak Ridge" Sylvain
29 Jul 2010I was unaware of online gaming until I got my first Xbox 360 at launch. Fortunately, in the run up to launch I had become associated with some fine gaming folks at AVS Forum who in turn pointed me to some gaming communities for adults interested in enjoying their favorite hobby with each other. As [...]
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Humpdate 06-18-08
In: Podcasts by Edie Sellers
18 Jun 2008Wednesday brings the unofficial start of the unofficial start of the weekend — the official-unofficial start of the weekend being Thursday. How’s that for figuring out something original to say about the Jan Brady of weekdays? It also, however, brings you a new Humpdate episode. Edie and Simon DI dig deep into the first half [...]
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