Rift devs get help from a hacker and plug security flaws

Since launch, Trion World’s new MMO, Rift, has been under constant attack from hackers trying to steal accounts. Trion Worlds have been fighting back against the attacks with the help of a benevolent hacker who spotted a huge security flaw in Rift’s system, and contacted the developers to help them fix the problem. Trion Worlds have since launched a “one-two punch” of security updates over the weekend to help protect player accounts. The hacker...

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Prey 2 inspired by Blade Runner and Mirror’s Edge

The first details of Prey 2 suggest that it will be very different to the original, though equally as mad. It will be a single player only, open world shooter set in a run-down future metropolis. The main character will be a free-running Sheriff with the unlikely name of “Killian Samuels,” and the game promises to have “the moving scheme from Mirror’s Edge, the freedom of Mass Effect and the fire fights of Killzone 2.” GameReactor magazine have...

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Duke Nukem Forever multiplayer replaces flag with capturable, slappable women

Duke Nukem Forever’s “Capture the Babe” CTF variant requires you to abduct a woman to score. The mode is revealed in the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine US where they explain that Gearbox will give the option to give her a “slap” if she “freaks out” as you drag her across the map. WTF? Read on for the details and to hear Gearbox’s CEO’s attitude towards Duke’s controversy-bating elements. Speaking to the magazine, Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford...

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Crysis 2 review

An alien dropship hums overhead, trailing otherworldly ruby-red fumes from its engines. The patrol craft spits shining metal pods at the earth as it passes. Embedded in the city street asphalt, the pods pop like pressurized eggs; three raptor-legged, inquisitive Ceph soldiers spring out. They can’t see me, but I’m a mere 20 feet away, invisible, steel feet perched still atop a shipping crate. I’m holding the wrong gun for this—a microwave gun would’ve...

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EA manager says $60 games are “exploitative

General manager at EA Ben Cousins has been talking about the benefits of the free-to-play model ahead of the launch of the Battlefield Play4Free open beta in April. He says that he believes the $60 pricing on games is “exploitative,” and considers the full priced game market to be “a really harsh business model.” Cousins was talking to Rock Paper Shotgun about the controversies surrounding microtransactions in free-to-play games when he said “I...

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