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Hitman 5 (Absolution) has been announced and in the wake of the news these three cover arts have emerged onto the interwebs for all eyes to see and create hype over. Replace "Subtitle" with "Absolution" and we might have a cover on our hands gamers!
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As of May 14, 2011 Sony announced the relaunch of the PlayStation Network and brought its online abilities back in full gear. Sony has stated that the PSN and SOE will return in different "phases," meaning that they will take steps in relaunching their servers, browsers, and features. Congratulations PS3 gamers, you finally have your system back. Below is the return announcement from none other than Kaz Hirai. Eidos Interactive and Deus Ex websites were hacked by a rogue cell of Anonymous. Among the wreckage are a reported 9,000 resumes, information on 80,000 Deus Ex members, and "src" which may mean source code. It's undetermined if the source code would relate to Deus Ex: Human Revolution, other Eidos games, or any of the web sites' source code. Here is the official statement from Eidos Interactive: "Square Enix can confirm a group of hackers gained access to parts of our Eidosmontreal.com website as well as two of our product sites. We immediately took the sites offline to assess how this had happened and what had been accessed, then took further measures to increase the security of these and all of our websites, before allowing the sites to go live again. Eidosmontreal.com does not hold any credit card information or code data, however there are resumes which are submitted to the website by people interested in jobs at the studio. Regrettably up to 350 of these resumes may have been accessed, and we are in the process of writing to each of the individuals who may have been affected to offer our sincere apologies for this situation. In addition, we have also discovered that up to 25,000 email addresses were obtained as a result of this breach. These email addresses are not linked to any additional personal information. They were site registration email addresses provided to us for users to receive product information updates. No dissemination or misappropriation of any other personal information has been identified at this point. We take the security of our websites extremely seriously and employ strict measures, which we test regularly, to guard against this sort of incident." Max Payne 3 will be released on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. There’s no date though as of yet, unfortunately. Here’s hoping there’s one provided at E3.
ScreenDaily reports that Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight), Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) and AnnaSophia Robb (Soul Surfer) will star in a darker version of the Peter Pan story at New Line/Warner Bros. to which Guillermo del Toro was originally attached to direct. The site says that "Eckhart plays Hook, the Captain Hook character reimagined as a tormented former detective on the trail of a childlike kidnapper. Robb... will portray Wendy, the lone survivor who leaves an asylum to help in the hunt... Sean Bean has been cast as Smee, the chief detective and Hook's only ally on the force." Ben Hibon will direct from a script written by Ben Magid. Filming is scheduled to start in Eastern Europe this October. Most evidence of these images have been removed from a lot of websites at the request of Ubisoft, which begs the question, "Is this real?"
The images are of a sound-stage and recording studio where Splinter Cell 6's audio is being rendered. This may be 1 of 3 things.
#1- These images are a complete fake and someone is trying to stir up some rumors involving Rockstar and E32011. #2- These are "stolen" images from inside Rockstar that someone has posted to the internet. #3- Rockstar is actually releasing these images to start the excitement for the highly anticipated fifth installment of GTA for E32011. You be the judge... Click to Enlarge March 2010.
Sony removes the ability to third party software like Linux from the PS3. Most gamers were unaware or didn't care, but a select few were angry with the decision. January 2, 2011 George Hotz, AKA GeoHotz(infamous hacker), jailbreaks the PS3 (firmware 3.55) allowing many programs to be downloaded onto the PS3 and for the console to do things it was not made to do. GeoHotz publishes this knowledge and instructions on his website and YouTube Channel. January 11, 2011 Sony sues George Hotz for distributing Jailbreak software to the public and cites Mr. Hotz for promoting online piracy and allowing illegal copies of PS3 games to be played on Jailbroken PS3s. April 2, 2011 Hacker group Anonymous begins "Operation Sony," in response of Sony's lawsuit vs. GeoHotz. The "Denial of Service" error messages begin. PS3 users are now becoming aware. April 11, 2011 George Hotz takes down the info on his websites after Sony and he settle. Details are scarce. April 13, 2011 Anonymous calls for a day of protest. Sit-ins at all Sony retail stores. Anonymous also warns Sony of a HUGE attack coming soon in a video message. April 16-17, 2011 Hackers digitally break into the Playstation Network and the SOE(Sony Online Entertainment) servers. They steal personal data, European SOE credit card numbers, and debit card numbers. April 19, 2011 Sony detects a PSN security breach but does not alert the public. April 20, 2011 Sony shuts down the Playstation Network citing technical issues. April 22, 2011 The news spreads across the web that Sony and the PSN were hacked. Anonymous declares it had nothing to do with the attack. April 26, 2011 Sony calls in the FBI and states to the public that the PSN had been hacked. May 1, 2011 Sony shuts down the SOE servers after discovering a data breach. Sony executives apologize for the outage. May 2, 2011 Sony publicly states that the SOE servers were breached. May 4, 2011 Sony Chairman Kaz Harai talks to Congress. He details that a file named "Anonymous" was found within the hacked data and the message "We are Legion..." (which is the hack group Anonymous' catch-phrase.) Sony does not accuse Anonymous but does note that the PSN's security was weakened by GeoHotz and Anonymous' previous efforts. May 5, 2011 A letter stating the Anonymous was not involved in the PSN attack reaches Sony. Anonymous says they are only after large and corrupt corporations and governments. May 5, 2011 Sony releases a statement that the "New" PSN is being tested in it's "Final Stages" and should be back online within a few days. May 6, 2011 PSN and SOE servers are still offline. May 7, 2011 PSN and SOE servers are still offline. |
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