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RePLAY: Only a minority of players were affected by the Diablo III hacks, details on Castlevania’s
rumored reveal at E3 and GameStop’s annual Expo conference opens up to the
public.
In an update to the Diablo III community, Blizzard assured
fans today that Battle.net and Diablo III
servers have not been compromised by hackers and only an “extremely small” number of players have
been affected.
“First and foremost,
we want to make it clear that the Battle.net and Diablo III servers have not been compromised,” wrote Blizzard
Community Manager Danielle “Nethaera” Vanderlip. “In addition, the number of Diablo III players who’ve contacted
customer service to report a potential compromise of their personal account has
been extremely small.
“In all of the
individual Diablo III-related
compromise cases we’ve investigated, none have occurred after a physical
Battle.net Authenticator or Battle.net Mobile Authenticator app was attached to
the player’s account,” she continued, “and we have yet to find any situation
where a Diablo III player’s account
was accessed outside of “traditional” compromise methods (i.e. someone logging
using an account’s login email and password).”
Nethaera rejects
speculation that “session spoofing” was used as a method to hijack a player’s
identity after he or she joins a public game, but assures fans that despite the
“technical impossibility” of it occurring Blizzard will continue to investigate
reports of such incidences.
"To that end, we’ve
also seen discussions regarding the possibility of account compromises occurring
in ways that didn’t involve these “traditional” methods—for example, by “session
spoofing” a player’s identity after he or she joins a public game," she continued. "Regarding
this specific example, we’ve looked into the issue and found no evidence to
indicate compromises are occurring in this fashion, and we’ve determined the
methods being suggested to do so are technically impossible. However, you have
our assurance that we’ll continue to investigate reports such as these and keep
you informed of important updates.”
|Source: Blizzard
Details on Castlevania’s return are materializing
from the mists of rumor prior to its E3 2012 debut much like Dracula’s Castle does every century.
Castlevania: Mirror of Fate, the 3DS title, is reportedly a 2D
adventure that stars two different playable characters and co-op play much like
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for the
DS. Unlike its DS cousin, Mirror of Fate
allegedly utilizes the 3DS’ cameras as some sort of mirror or as a new
puzzle-solving mechanic.
On the official front,
Konami has released a teaser site at thedragonreturns.com. Not only does the
site contain Castlevania-esque artwork the web address refers to the name of
Vlad Dracul, or Vlad the “Dragon” in Romanian, the basis of the Dracula legend.
|Source: IGN
GameStop is opening
its annual Expo conference to consumers—an event that was previously exclusive
to the retail chain’s managers and members of the game industry.
The Expo conference
serves to introduce GameStop managers to upcoming game titles and a preview of
products that will be sold during the holiday season. And now in what is likely
a public relations move, consumers will get an inside look into what games will
be released, meet video game publishers and see special guests.
Price for admission is
$35, or $100 for VIP admission. VIP passes will be able to attend presentations
by major game companies. Tickets are only sold to members of GameStop’s PowerUp
Rewards loyalty program.
The conference will be
held at San Antonio, Texas on August 29th, two days before PAX 2012 in Seattle.
|Source: Gamasutra
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