Collaborate Disseminate
While the recent announcement of Grand Theft Auto V for the upcoming next-generation game consoles was a disappointment for those fervently waiting for a successor in the infamous video game series, it shows that after almost seven years of its initial release, the epic title is still going strong — …read more
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Microsoft’s Kinect, a motion-sensing peripherial originally for the Xbox 360, is almost exactly a decade old now. And in that decade it has expanded from its limited existence tied to a console to a widely-used tool for effective and detailed motion sensing, without breaking the bank. While it’s seen use …read more
Watching the advancement of technology is interesting enough by looking at improved specifications for various components as the years go by. But clock speeds, memory size, and power consumption are all fairly intangible compared to actual implementation of modern technology when compared to days of yore. For example, this $40 …read more
More than one million players of the video game Stalker Online have been put at risk after hackers offered them for sale on the darknet.
Continue reading Stalker Online hacked! Over one million gamers’ passwords made available for download
In the classic gaming world, even before the NES arrived on the scene, there was no name more ubiquitous than Atari. Their famous 2600 console sold almost as many units as the Nintendo 64, but was released nearly 20 years prior. In many ways, despite making mistakes that led to …read more
Nintendo, like many other companies, offers two-step verification (2SV) to help users protect their online accounts from hackers.
Here’s what you need to know.
Continue reading How to protect your Nintendo account from hackers with two-step verification (2SV)
This weekend rumours circulated that the Nintendo Switch video game “Cooking Mama: Cookstar” contained code that would secretly hijack the game console’s processing power to mine for cryptocurrency.
Probably not the kind of think you … Continue reading Crazy cryptomining Cooking Mama rumours spread as game pulled from Nintendo Switch online store
Microsoft is inviting gamers, security researchers, and technologists to pit their wits against the Xbox network in the search for security vulnerabilities.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading $20,000 up for grabs in Xbox Live security hole hunt
Video game maker Ubisoft gas filed a lawsuit against the alleged operators of a DDoS-for-hire website, claiming they are “well aware of the harm” the service has caused for the company, after its Rainbow Six: Siege servers were disrupted.
Continue reading Ubisoft takes DDoS-for-hire website to court over attacks on video game servers
There aren’t a lot of video game experiences we can easily recreate in the physical realm. You’ll quickly find that jumping on mushrooms in the real world doesn’t have nearly the same appeal as it does in Super Mario, and we won’t even get into the dangers of trying …read more
Continue reading HoloLens Brings Video Game Kart Racing to Life