Every popular multiplayer game experiences hacking and cheating to some extent. Some games and developers are good at dealing with hackers and cheaters, while others… not so much. Battlefield 3, being a very popular shooter, has been the target of game hackers and cheaters for a while now, and it’s getting increasingly common to come across such individuals in a match.
A new video recently popped up showing off one of the most popular Battlefield 3 hacks (we won’t advertise or link to it here), and to rub it in, the hacker went after DICE developers — makers of Battlefield 3 — knifing them, and showing of his “skills”. It’s sad that some gamers have to resort to hacks to boost their ego, and it’s perhaps even sadder that this hasn’t been fixed yet.
If you’re a PS3 owner you’ll undoubtedly know that the PlayStation Network has been down for quite some time now. If you weren’t aware this downtime was due to a group of hackers exploiting holes in the network’s security to gain access to a whole slew of personal information including credit card numbers, home addresses, phone numbers and even passwords. This has basically sent the entire PlayStation community into a frenzy as it’s quite obviously a very large breech.
Well, if you’ve been sitting by looking to resume your Black Ops binge sessions you’re in luck. Sony has just recently announced that the PlayStation Network is officially back up and running. This includes online play, trophies, services like Netflix and much more. However, before you sign into the PlayStation Network, Sony is going to ask you to change your password – something that doesn’t come as much of a surprise at all.
What have you been doing when the PlayStation Network was down?
There has been a ton of news circulating regarding the battle between hackers and Sony. First, Geohot broke security behind the console in an effort to re-enable the ability to install Linux on the console. Following this malicious users did what they could with the hack to pirate games, cheat online and cause all sorts of havoc. Next came a law suit from Sony against Geohot which forced him to never distribute the already available hacking information which angered the online group dubbed Anonymous. Finally, Anonymous hacked Sony bringing down the PlayStation Network and stealing all sorts of user info.
Most of this other than Geohot’s initial intention to bring back the ability to install Linux is incredibly bad. However, it seems that the fruits of his labor have finally paid off as it was just made known today that hackers have managed to finally bring back the OtherOS functionality. If you’re not familiar with this feature it shipped with the original PS3 and allowed consumers to install and use Linux on the console. Unfortunately Sony removed the feature due to security concerns which obviously worked against what they were trying to accomplish.
If you’ve tuned in to pretty much any video game publication in recent memory you’ll probably know of the fuss going down between acclaimed hacker George Hotz (otherwise known as Geohot) and Sony. If you’re not aware of the debacle, Geohot went on to hack the security measures Sony used to gain root access to their PlayStation 3 and then released the information for all. In other words, Geohot was the first who managed to jailbreak the PlayStation 3. Sony, of course, was none too happy about this and took Geohot to court despite jailbreaking devices like the iPhone remaining perfectly legal. Well, the legal battle is finally over and Geohot has been banned from ever spreading the jailbreaking information again. But, while things seem to be going quite well for Geohot and his legal team feelings seem to be a bit sour. Geohot recently took to his blog to let us know that he is boycotting Sony products and encourages us not to buy anymore or, if we’ve bought one recently, to give it back.
What do you think of the matter? Should Sony have ever used Geohot? Let us know what you think.
In this day and age gamers are doing everything they can to gain an edge over one another. Unfortunately many times this means cheating in one form or another be it exploiting an in game glitch or using a modified console. In first person shooter games in particular this seems to happen more often than not and Crytek’s recently released Crysis 2 seems to be no different.
Luckily, Crytek seems to be jumping on this problem sooner rather than later releasing a statement today that they are doing what they can to not only eliminate the exploits that give some gamers an unfair advantage while also penalizing the players that actually choose to utilize these exploits.
So folks, in a nutshell, don’t cheat on Crysis 2 or else Crytek will find you and it won’t be pretty.
With the introduction of modern console’s various online services such as Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network, gamers have been given access to a whole slew of content that they wouldn’t have otherwise had access to. While you’re allowed to pay with real money on the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live requires you to buy Microsoft Points which you can then spend on content like Avatar clothing, new game levels and more. With all of the content available on Xbox Live, wouldn’t it be great if you had access to an unlimited amount of Microsoft Points?
Sure would, which is why a group of hackers took it upon themselves to discover the point generating algorithm and release it to the public by way of a website. The website was apparently so popular that it cost Microsoft $1.2 million worth of virtual goods. Pretty incredible byut if you were looking to get down on the free goodness you’ll be disappointed to hear the website has since been such down.
Now, let’s see how Microsoft reacts to this fiasco.
There’s nothing worse than logging onto your favorite game looking to grab some frags only to find out that it’s online multiplayer has been overrun by hackers. It seems that no matter what game studios do to ban these hackers they just keep coming back. The latest of such incidences focuses on the PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2 where hackers have saturated the game’s multiplayer component effectively ruining it for everyone else in the process.
Luckily, it was just announced today that there will be a forthcoming patch that addresses the issues and, hopefully, will curb online hacking considerably. Word comes to us straight from Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling who’s tweet you can see above.
So folks come March 8th lets hope that the online hacking will be no more.
If you’ve been paying attention to pretty much any video game related blog (including DigitalBattle) you’re sure to know that a hacker by the name of GeoHot cracked the PS3′s security making it possible to run unauthorized code on the console. While his intentions were to bring back the ability to install Linux on the device this obviously also a major piracy threat as, quite literally, games can download virtually anything they want, burn it to a Blu-ray disc and play it on one of these cracked consoles.
Sony is none to happy with this hacking and have already taken Geohot, and a few other hackers, to court. While the legal matter is still sorting itself out, Sony has come forth to announce that if you mod your console you will be banned from the PlayStation Network for life. Of course, if you’re going to crack your console you probably already knew this as Microsoft has been doing it with the Xbox 360 for quite some time.
Video gaming is quite popular and I’m going to go out on a limb and say you enjoy it quite a bit. While the various categories of video game titles the single genre that’s caused the most impact on society is arguably the FPS genre. We’ve all see FPS Doug, played Counter-Strike and Call of Duty, but how many of us have shot a real gun? Maybe not too many.
Luckily, next time we actually pick up a gun there might be something attached to the side that would make us gamers feel a lot more at home – an electronic ammunition counter. Utilizing a built-in accelerometer this electronic ammo counter was made by Michael Ciuffo and will keep track of how many bullets you have left in the clip.
Check out the above video and let us know what you think.
The Microsoft Kinect is quite arguably the most interesting of the three motion controllers on the market due to its physical controllerless design. However, while this point has made consumers take interest in the Kinect it’s not practical for all games, namely shooters that require precise aiming. Luckily the Kinect hacking community is on hand to remedy this as one YouTube user by the name of Demize2010 has managed to combine Nintendo’s Wiimote with Kinect to control games like Call of Duty, Max Payne and more. The results are pretty stunning which you can see in the above video.
Perhaps Microsoft will one day come out with a peripheral that works in conjunction with the Kinect to give us precision control while maintaining the innovative motion control provided by Kinect.
The guy behind this hack has a few other videos on his YouTube channel showing off this hack’s functionality which you can access here.
