News in the Gaming category

Hackers breach gaming giant Electronic Arts, steal game source code

Gaming giant Electronic Arts (EA) has been hacked and threat actors claim to have stolen roughly 750 GB of data, including game source code and debug tools.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 10, 2021
- 12:59 PM
- 3
NVIDIA staff suggests rolling back Windows 10 update to fix game issues

An NVIDIA staff member has suggested users roll back to an earlier version of Windows 10 to resolve gameplay issues on devices using NVIDIA GPUs.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 22, 2021
- 05:19 PM
- 4
Google is adding its Dinosaur Game as an iPhone widget

Google is bringing its Dinosaur Game to Apple iPhones as an iOS widget that you can add to your home screen.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 17, 2021
- 01:34 PM
- 1
XBOX Live outage prevents players from logging in

Xbox Live outage is suffering a worldwide outage that prevents users from logging into the service and accessing games.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 25, 2021
- 05:17 PM
- 1
Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.2 delayed by CD Projekt ransomware attack

CD Projekt Red announced today that they are delaying the anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.2 to the second half of March 2021 due to their recent cyberattack.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 24, 2021
- 01:14 PM
- 2
Hackers auction alleged stolen Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher source code

Threat actors are auctioning the alleged source code for CD Projekt Red games, including Witcher 3, Thronebreaker, and Cyberpunk 2077, that they state were stolen in a ransomware attack.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 10, 2021
- 10:43 AM
- 0
Microsoft: Recent Windows 10 gaming issues caused by Discord bug

Microsoft has acknowledged a known issue that was causing Direct3D 12 games to fail to launch or crash with an error on some Windows 10 devices.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 09, 2021
- 08:37 AM
- 0
CD PROJEKT RED gaming studio hit by ransomware attack

CD PROJEKT RED, the video game development studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher trilogy, has disclosed a ransomware attack that impacted its network.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 09, 2021
- 05:33 AM
- 0
Cyberpunk 2077 bug fixed that let malicious mods take over PCs

CD Projekt Red has released a hotfix for Cyberpunk 2077 to fix a remote code execution vulnerability that could be exploited by third-party data file modifications and save games files.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 08, 2021
- 02:10 PM
- 0
Monster Azure VM used to play Tetris in Windows Task Manager

Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich utilized a monster 420 logical processor virtual machine to play Tetris using the CPU core list in Windows Task Manager.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 07, 2020
- 07:13 PM
- 0
Capcom confirms data breach after gamers' data stolen in cyberattack

Japanese game giant Capcom has announced a data breach after confirming that attackers stole sensitive customer and employee information during a recent ransomware attack.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 16, 2020
- 10:24 AM
- 0
Animal Jam kids' virtual world hit by data breach, impacts 46M accounts

The immensely popular children's online playground Animal Jam has suffered a data breach impacting 46 million accounts.
- Lawrence Abrams
- November 11, 2020
- 07:23 PM
- 0
Microsoft is purchasing ZeniMax Media/Bethesda for $7.5 billion

Today, Microsoft announced it's plans to purchase Zenimax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Software, for $7.5 billion.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 21, 2020
- 10:07 AM
- 6
Razer data leak exposes personal information of gamers

Gaming hardware manufacturer Razer has suffered a data leak after an unsecured database for their online store was exposed online.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 12, 2020
- 10:05 AM
- 0
Valorant update causes VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing error, how to fix

After installing today's Valorant update, Windows users are reporting that they are unable to launch the game and are shown a 'VCRUNTIME140.dll is missing' error.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 01, 2020
- 04:37 PM
- 0
Windows 10 DirectStorage API will greatly reduce gaming load times

Microsoft is bringing its DirectStorage API to Windows 10 to increase PC gaming performance by greatly reducing load times.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 01, 2020
- 03:58 PM
- 1
How to install and update Fortnite on iOS after App Store ban

Apple has banned the Fortnite mobile app from the iOS App Store, but there is still a way to install it or update it to the latest version if you had previously installed it.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 14, 2020
- 05:00 PM
- 0
ProtonVPN: US servers overloaded in warzone for Call of Duty updates

Most of the U.S. ProtonVPN servers are under high load as users worldwide battle to be the first to download the latest Call of Duty: Warzone update.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 05, 2020
- 04:50 PM
- 0
BEC Scammers target unemployment and CARES Act claims

A group of business email compromise (BEC) Nigerian scammers has been targeting U.S. unemployment systems and COVID-19 relief funds provided through the CARES Act.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 19, 2020
- 05:30 PM
- 0
Free Grand Theft Auto V offer brings down Epic Games Store

Epic Games store is experiencing an outage after being bum-rushed by gamers looking to snag a copy of Grand Theft Auto 5 being offered for free today.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 14, 2020
- 04:40 PM
- 0