Hacker Group 'Lizard Squad' Issued a Bomb Threat in the Midst of DDoS Attacks Against Several ...
If you tried to play some games this Sunday, you may have encountered some service issues. A hacker group posting under the Twitter handle "Lizard Squad" has claimed responsibility for a string of attacks against several online gaming services, including PSN, Battle.net, Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) titles, League of Legends, Path of Exile, and most recently Xbox Live. If that wasn't bad enough, Lizard Squad took it even further, calling in a bomb threat for an American Airlines flight that SOE president John Smedley had been on, causing it divert to Phoenix. Unsurprisingly, that action got the attention of the FBI as a matter of national security.
.@AmericanAir We have been receiving reports that @j_smedley's plane #362 from DFW to SAN has explosives on-board, please look into this.
— Lizard Squad (@LizardSquad) August 24, 2014
While Lizard Squad is most definitely behind the bomb threat, a Twitter user by the name of FamedGod is claiming that he's responsible for the DDoS attack on PSN; that "LizardSquad couldn't hurt a fly." As of now, it does not seem any personal information has been compromised at any of these sites or services.
Source: Shacknews and PC Gamer and PS Blog and Huffington Post
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Age of Wonders III Getting Its First Major Expansion on September 18, Entitled Golden Realms
Turn-based strategy game Age of Wonders III has been available for roughly five months now, and having received mostly favorable reviews, it's now time for developer Triumph Studios to expand upon it. The Dutch studio has revealed the first major expansion pack, Golden Realms, will be arriving as DLC on September 18; and it's certainly more akin to the expansion packs us older gamers grew up on, adding a slew of new content and features.
While Golden Realms doesn't add a new class, it does add a new race: The Halfling Race. Alongside the Halflings is additional content in the form of: a three-scenario Golden Realms campaign; new exotic map locations, such as the Naga Dwelling and Lost City; over twenty new units, including Dread Monkeys, Mermaids, and Glutton; 50 new magical artifacts to be used by your heroes, including the Crystal Skull and Witch Doctor's Headdress; a new Wild Magic specialization, which allows you to cause mutations, warp equipment, or simply cause pandemonium; a new Partisan Specialization to help you engage in guerrilla warfare, allowing you to create concealed hide-outs and develop ambushing skills; and two hand-crafed, standalone scenarios that can be played solo or in multiplayer.
Age of Wonders III: Golden Realms will arrive via digital distribution channels on September 18, and all the aforementioned new content and features will be integrated into the updated Random Map Generator. Pricing has not been determined yet, but those that don't feel like dropping some coin will still get some benefits in the form of a new patch releasing that same time. The free patch will add "updated AI, balance, a new Spell Disjunction System, Steam Workshop and Cloud Saves for Steam Users." Along with the Gameplay Trailer above, ten new screenshots have been released, which can be viewed below.
Source: Press Release and Official Site
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Wearable Devices Continue Gaining Popularity
Canalys, an analyst group that combines global coverage and local insight gained from offices in America, Europe, and Asia, has revealed that shipments of wearable devices are quickly increasing. The group estimates that 6 million smartwatches and fitness trackers were shipped by technology companies in the first half of 2014. Compared to the 300 million smartphone shipments in the second quarter of this year that number is quite small. However, compared to previous shipments of like devices, the estimate concerning smartwatches and fitness trackers for the first half of this year is a 700 percent improvement over last year.
Samsung currently is the worldwide leader in the smart wearable band market, in regards to the first half of 2014, but competitors such Motorola may change that statistic with the release of the Moto 360.
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Radeon R9 285 Announced by AMD
AMD has recently announced the Radeon R9 285 graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 memory, which is set to succeed the Radeon R9 280. The latest graphics card from AMD comes with a Tonga Pro GPU, which supports new features such as AMD TrueAudio and FreeSync technology, and matches the 1792 stream processors offered by its predecessor. The Radeon R9 285 does feature a lower maximum GPU boost clock rate than the Radeon R9 280, at 918 MHz for the former compared to 933 MHz for the latter. However, the Radeon R9 285 does feature faster memory, with the new card boasting a 1375 MHz actual/5.5 GHz effective memory speed compared to the 1250 MHz/5.0 GHz effective memory speed offered by the Radeon R9 280. The main improvement that the AMD Radeon R9 285 offers is a lower TDP, as it carries a maximum 190 Watt TDP compared to the 250 Watt TDP of the Radeon R9 280.
The AMD Radeon R9 285 will be available starting September 2, 2014, and carries an MSRP of $249. The card will also be available with the Never Settle Space Edition bundle, which adds Alien Isolation and Star Citizen to the list of games that come bundled with certain Radeon graphics cards.
Source: Tom's Hardware
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