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Live Login Vulnerabilities are Main Cause of Latest XBL Hacks
It’s never a good feeling knowing that a service that you use may be vulnerable to hackers. It’s even worse knowing how easy it is to do. According to Inside Gaming Daily, Eurogamer and AnalogHype have posted reports of findings behind the latest Xbox Live hacks. Essentially, hackers use your gamertag to find profiles on other websites that you have linked your gamertag with and use the associated e-mail address as a base to see if it is your live ID. Then, through scripting and other means of automation, hackers “brute-force” your password and gain access to your account, where they can do untold damage, especially if you have a credit card on file with Microsoft.
Best word of advise I can give in a situation like this, use a strong password, including lower/UPPER case letters, numbers, and special characters and no words or easily identifiable numbers (Wikipedia). One other thing that frustrates me a little about live accounts is that the max password length is 16 characters, but that’s typically long enough for the casual user.
Halo: CE Anniversary Review
JVB has been kind enough to write a review on Halo Anniversary that releases tonight at midnight. There are some nice little tid-bits in it, so take a read.
- Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- Microsoft Studios
- 343 Inustries/Saber Interactive Inc./Certain Affinity
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Review
Ten years ago, Microsoft and Bungie studios released Halo Combat Evolved for a new console called Xbox. It was a launch title that would help the Xbox become a legitimate player in the console market, and the reason why the First Person Shooter genre made a successful transition from PC to home console. An engaging science fiction story, about courage, survival, and sacrifice — with good visuals, AI, and level design. And you can see why many Gamers lost nights of sleep playing 4-player coop, and LAN Parties.
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Tagged 343i, anniversary, Autumn, Classic, Halo CE, HD, Master Chief, Pillar, Remake
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Playtime Season 2 Finale
CruelLEGACY released the final episode of Playtime, Season 2 today. Make sure you go take a watch as he will be our next guest. We’ll ask him how me made that incredible tower and the idea behind the series. If you have any questions about the series or about making machinimas in general, now would be the time to send us a submission, and we’ll ask him for you.
High Noon, Kinect Integration, and ATLAS
As some of you may know, 343i officially announced the final map that will be in the Anniversary Map Pack: High Noon. It is a remake of the Halo: CE map Hang ‘em High, which is definitely one of the all-time classics. You also may have heard of some Kinect integration into Halo CEA. There are three main features that we will get to use with Kinect and Halo next month: Analyze Mode, the Library, and Voice Commands. Finally, new Waypoint features will be landing soon to expand your Halo experience along with ATLAS and Custom Challenges. See the Official Press Release for more information and some additional screenshots.
Posted in News, Waypoint
Tagged ATLAS, CEA, Challenges, Commands, Custom, Halo, Hang 'em High, High Noon, Kinect, Multiplayer, Voice, Waypoint
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Halo CEA is Gold with Achievements
Yesterday, Halo Waypoint posted the achievements that we will see on Halo CEA that is coming out in one month. Dang, it’s that time already. In addition to the achievements, today it was announced that Halo CEA has gone gold: in other words, the final code for the came is done and copies are being manufactured as we speak. So, for those of you who want to see what you’ll be up against in terms of gamerscore, go check out the post and prepare yourself be playing a little of the original, if you still have it (which you should!). The fan favorite at the moment seems to be Popcorn.gif.
Fight Like A Girl Tourney
Our friends over at Fight Like A Girl are having their annual breast cancer awareness tourney in two weeks from October 21st through the 23rd. There are five different events you can participate in to help raise money that will go to breast and cervical cancer research. If you are interested, head on over to their website, get a team together and sign up.
Here are the 5 events you can participate in:
- FFA Slayer Tourney (Single Elimination)
- Solo Firefight Score Attack
- 2v2 Team Slayer (Single Elimination)
- 4v4 Team Slayer (Double Elimination)
- Team Firefight Score Attack
Make sure you go sign up and donate to a good cause.
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So That’s How They Do It…
This week’s Halo Bulletin takes a look at the team behind all the Spartans that were at Halo Fest. As you may recall, Adam Grumbo was one of the panelist for the community panel and is interviewed by bs angel about the process of making the suits. It’s a sight to see when they’re walking around. There’s also a little bit about the new Firefight map we’ll be seeing in the multiplayer pack coming with Anniversary. And as always, there’s pretty pictures
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Tagged 343i, anniversary, Bulletin, Firefight, Halo, Multiplayer, Waypoint
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Halo Creative Director had a Good Run
The Creative Director behind our beloved Halo franchise has decided to leave Halo and 343i. Ryan Payton talked with Kotaku and said that he wasn’t “creatively excited about the project anymore.” The story so far has been amazing, and I’m sure we’ll be seeing great content in the future from 343i.
Halo Decade, Round 2
This weekend, we are continuing our Halo Decade “Miniseries”. As you might recall, we did one about two months ago that highlighted a lot of things in the Halo Universe as an introduction to what we all like and love about Halo. As Halo Fest was just a week ago, we will be focusing on the importance the community has played on the franchise. We will be doing this live again via our Ustream channel at 6:00 PM Eastern (3:00 PM Pacific) on Saturday, September 10th. We would love to see you there and answer your questions during the show. We will also be giving away a couple of Cortana Chip and Sword codes for your avatar during the live show.
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