Yeah, there are actually people clamoring for a Far Cry 3 Remaster, which is just totally unnecessary.

Today's News:
1) While the game managed to launch on Greenlight, Valve has recently pulled Hatred off of Steam with no plans of allowing it back. The game became infamous due its strong gameplay focus as a potential mass murder-like simulator and the developer claiming it to be an anti-PC message.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014...ed-from-steam/

2) The Humble Bundle stated around $50 million has been raised for charities since their launch four years ago and gave their thanks to everyone who has contributed over the years.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/humb...000000-charity

3) Nintendo revealed the newest batch of game rewards for Club Nintendo include Metroid (Wii U) and A Kappa's Trail (3DS) among the list of 8 games available.
http://www.destructoid.com/club-nint...3-285022.phtml

Lulz seeing Hatred reminded me of my PS2 days playing Manhunt and State of Emergency.

wooooooooo

In some good news for us gamers, a group of hackers got together and managed to take down Lizard Squad. Who were threatening to shut down gaming for Christmas.


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/hacker...214600680.html

That's awesome.

They got hit hard. Full blown doxxing, the one and only time I'm down for that. They could have spared the family FB info, though.

Today's News:
1) Update to Valve pulling Hatred from Steam news as the company has reversed their stance and placed the game back to Steam's Greenlight service.
http://www.pcgamer.com/hatred-reinst...am-greenlight/

2) Ubisoft states they are working with Microsoft to fix a patch issue for the Xbox One version of Assassin's Creed Unity which caused the patch size to be 40GB instead of 6GB when downloaded.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/late...40gb-game-down

3) For those aware of a Transformers MMO game, both Hsabro and developer Jagex state the project has been canceled with the beta to go offline at the end of January 2015.
http://www.destructoid.com/jagex-and...o-285068.phtml

4) Bandai Namco Games states starting April 1st, 2015 they will be officially changing their name to Bandai Namco Entertainment along with plans to expand beyond into more markets outside of gaming.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/band...s-beyond-games

Fuck yeah, Mega Man Zero now available on Wii U VC.

Also buncha Mega man games are on sale on VC for both Wii U and 3DS.

fuck Lizard Squad

Today's News:
1) Nintendo announces NES classic Duck Hunt will arrive for the Wii U Virtual Console on December 25th.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/clas...-christmas-day

2) SALES & FREEBIES:

• Valve is currently holding the annual Steam Winter Sale with Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes among today's daily deals and Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition among today's half-day deals.
• http://www.destructoid.com/the-steam...e-285139.phtml
• For those owning AC: Unity's Season Pass, Ubisoft's free game offer as their apology for Unity's problems officially started today.
• http://www.destructoid.com/come-get-...s-285144.phtml

3) A lawsuit regarding claims of deceptive marketing by Sony for Killzone: Shadow Falls was ordered to continue today by a US district judge. The lawsuit revolves around Sony's claims of native 1080p support and complaints of "tricks" being used instead.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/grap...district-judge

4) Telltale Games and Mojang announced they are collaborating on a Minecraft spin-off project called Minecraft: Story Mode with gameplay to be based on Telltale's choice-driven style.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/te...mod/1100-5129/

lol wow, you think they would've learned their lesson after the Killzone 2 trailer fiasco

Nope. People will now think twice before doing this when they know how hard they will get hit. Harsh but necessary.

The people responsible - okay.....

The hackers family info - not okay

WTF is wrong with you STD.

Beat Volgarr. Have to totally disagree with you drave. Controls great, and there's a lot of stuff that seems cheap when you first encounter it, but it's nothing that can't be overcome with a little skill. Obviously, if you don't know it's coming, you're probably going to die, but that trial and error system is part of every challenging platformer ever.

Also didn't REALLY beat it yet. There is a secret final level and boss that you get by beating the Valkyrie levels which are accessed by finishing the level with pyreflies. You get those by opening 7 chests without getting hit. SO it's pretty fucking tough, but definitely doable.

Today's News:
1) Microsoft rumored to be releasing their virtual reality headset at some point next year with prototypes already sent to developers for Xbox One game development.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/micr...et-development

2) According to Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo is considering the idea of replacing Amiibo figurines that become discontinued with Amiibo cards as a way to keep up with demand and ensure a steady supply for characters.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/disc...rding-miyamoto

3) CVG announced they are shutting down after 33 years in the industry with their digital magazine being ceased by Future Publishing and their website folding in favor of GameRadar+ (also owned by Future Publishing).
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/201...after_33_years

4) Capcom announces the XBLA and PSN version of Marvel vs Capcom Origins will be getting delisted on December 23rd for PSN and December 31st for XBLA.
http://www.destructoid.com/capcom-is...n-285148.phtml

Today's News:
1) Toys"R"Us is currently looking into some issues regarding pre-orders for the Lucario Amiibo with some of the canceled pre-orders being reinstated.
http://www.destructoid.com/toys-r-us...n-285257.phtml

2) Microsoft reveals the list of free games for January's Games With Gold offerings are Dark Dreams Don't Die (Xbox One), MX vs. ATV Alive (Xbox 360), and The Witcher 2 (Xbox 360).
http://www.destructoid.com/d4-the-wi...y-285289.phtml

3) Microsoft also states everyone who has played Halo: The Master Chief Collection at least once online will get the ODST remake for free when its released as part of their apology package for on-going issues with the game.
http://www.destructoid.com/343-apolo...e-285283.phtml

Xbone games for gold suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck - with a few exceptions.

Nothing. They get a taste of their own criminal medicine. They should know what identify theft feels like. If you want to fuck with people's persona information yours is forfeit.

Disrupting game servers, with what essentially is just a large scale DDoS, does not make it okay for the family of the dumb hackers to be exposed.

The hackers get what is/was coming to them, but their family most likely had no clue about what they were doing.

IF they did doxx, then I failed to read the story.

Lizard Squad just DDoS'd servers, they never doxxed people from what I know.

I dig that they got what was coming to them but Anon could have had some mercy about the family stuff. They could have made their point with the full names and pics really.

Or all these fucking clowns could all just go fuck themselves entirely

Distinction. Anon has done a lot of good. Lizard Squad is shit.

Was Anonymous not responsible for previous PSN server hacks?

No.

In fact I can tell you right now Anon doesn't really concern themselves with commerce issues. They are almost purely social-political.

You can say that, but with a leaderless movement and "everyone" being Anon, it is kinda hard to actually know innit?

Was some other group called LulzSec but the counter hack attacks were from Anonymous or splinter groups within it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LulzSec

LulzSec is such a great name.

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES:

• PSN is currently on the last week of its holiday sale with discounts ranging as high as around 50% off and the usual extra discounts for PS+ members.
  http://www.destructoid.com/psn-deals...s-285339.phtml
• Valve's Steam Holiday Sale is currently going on with BioShock Infinite among today's daily deal and Darksiders II among today's flash sale.
  http://www.destructoid.com/steam-sal...r-285341.phtml
• Microsoft is also in the middle of their own holiday sale with the games for week two of Xbox's Countdown to 2015 revealed today.
  http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-live...z-285343.phtml
• Telltale Games announces a special Telltale Games Collection is currently on sale exclusive to the Xbox One with Gold members getting around a 50% discount on the set.
  http://www.destructoid.com/telltale-...5-285332.phtml
• Tecmo and Nintendo are currently having a 99 cents sale for Hyrule Warriors DLC packs.
  http://www.destructoid.com/hyrule-wa...p-285279.phtml
• Playable fighter Bruce Lee is currently available to download for free for EA Sports UFC from now until January 5, 2015.
  http://www.destructoid.com/it-s-now-...c-285334.phtml

2) For those interested, One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X for the 3DS was announced to be getting Ammibo support in the form of new in-game costumes and models.
http://www.destructoid.com/get-a-loa...t-285278.phtml

No it isn't.

Lizard Squad took down North Korea's internet. :-0

Score one for good.

Oh. Okay.

I have a hard time believing Lizard Squad can shut down an entire country's network.

But if that country is as back-water as N.Korea...

And yet currently PSN and Xbox Live are currently down. Someone get on the twitter to Finest Squad.

Check your internet dude. Live has been running fine for me. Watching Netflix right now.

Live is down now. Can't even get to the XBL status page.

Even if Live is down, kinda crazy I can't even sign in to my profile to do offline shit like Killer Instinct training or whatever. This is a disaster and probably legally actionable. I can do offline stuff on 360 ffs.

:|

Litigious folks :roll:

Please pursue legal action and document it here.