News in the Gaming category

Valve reassures gamers after CS:GO and Team Fortress 2 leaks

The source code of Valve's Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive games was leaked today and published on the Internet for anyone to download.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 22, 2020
- 05:29 PM
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Fake Valorant beta key generators are stealing gamers' passwords

With Riot Game's new eagerly anticipated tactical FPS game Valorant reaching closed beta, gamers around the world have been scrambling to get an invite so that they can start playing the game before its released.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 16, 2020
- 04:03 PM
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38,000 Flash Games Archived for Offline Play and Preservation

With Flash being discontinued by the end of the year, over 38,000 Flash games have been archived so that they are available for offline play and historical purposes.
- Lawrence Abrams
- February 03, 2020
- 02:49 AM
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The Half-Life Series is Free to Play Until March 2020

To promote the upcoming release of Valve's Half-Life: Alyx VR game for PC, you can play all of the previous games in the Half-Life series for free for a limited time.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 22, 2020
- 12:48 PM
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Wine 5.0 Released With Numerous Gaming Improvements for Linux

Wine 5.0 has been released today and contains over 7,400 bug fixes and numerous audio and graphics improvements that will increase performance in gaming on Linux.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 21, 2020
- 02:30 PM
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VVVVVV Source Code Released to Mark 10th Anniversary

Distractionware has released the source code for their VVVVVV platform game to mark its 10th anniversary. You can now download the game engine to make your own modifications or get a better understanding of how the game works.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 10, 2020
- 12:52 PM
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Linux Gamers Banned in Battlefield V if Using Wine and DXVK

Linux users who are running Battlefield V under Wine with DXVK are being permanently banned from Electronic Art's Battlefield V because the anti-cheat system is mistakenly detecting them as cheating.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 03, 2020
- 08:44 PM
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Nexus Mods Game Modding Site Discloses Data Breach

The popular game modification site NexusMods has announced a security incident that may have exposed the registration information for its users.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 19, 2019
- 10:41 AM
- 0
Microsoft Releases Workaround for Windows 10 Audio Issues in Games

In an update to the support bulletin for the Windows 10 1903 KB4515384 cumulative update, Microsoft has acknowledged that a change was made that would cause games to sound different or have low volume.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 14, 2019
- 01:12 PM
- 0
Steam Patches LPE Vulnerabilities in Beta Version Update

Almost 48 hours after security researcher Vasily Kravets (PsiDragon) released his proof of concept (PoC) for a second vulnerability in Steam client for Windows leading to privilege escalation, Valve released a beta update that allegedly fixes the bugs.
- Allen Lydiard
- August 22, 2019
- 05:56 PM
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Steam Accounts Being Stolen Through Elaborate Free Game Scam

An elaborate scam is underway that pretends to be a free game giveaway site, but instead hacks a user's Steam account, takes control over it, and then uses it to target other players.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 18, 2019
- 10:29 AM
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Steam Security Saga Continues with Vulnerability Fix Bypass

A bypass for a recent Steam vulnerability that could allow malware or a local attacker to gain admin privileges has been disclosed on Twitter. This new method allows an attacker to bypass the fix created by Steam and exploit the vulnerability again.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 16, 2019
- 05:37 PM
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Apex Legends Anti-Cheat Pits Cheaters Against Each Other

Cheating in online games sucks as it not only hurts the developers who try and create a fair and balanced game, but the gamers who are frustrated by constantly getting sniped by aimbots. To battle this, Respawn is doing something clever; matching the spammers and cheaters against each other so they don't bother the rest of us.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 16, 2019
- 02:01 PM
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Microsoft is Shutting Down their Classic Internet Games Service

It has been a good run, but Microsoft has finally decided to shutdown the services powering their classic multiplayer Microsoft Internet Games. After almost 20 years, Windows users will no longer be able to fire up Internet Spades, Backgammon, or Checkers and get quick game with someone on the other side of the world.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 10, 2019
- 06:02 AM
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Steam Phishing Campaign Steals Credentials, Hijacks Accounts

A new phishing campaign is doing the rounds on the Steam game distribution platform, attempting to trick people into handing over their credentials via a roulette-style game promising free keys.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 21, 2019
- 03:40 PM
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Epic Games Sues YouTuber CBV for Selling Fortnite Cheats

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Epic Games is suing a YouTuber who goes by the name CBV for allegedly selling cheats Fornite and ruining the game for other users.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 20, 2019
- 04:30 PM
- 0
Hackers Disguise New JavaScript-Based Trojan as Game Cheat

Researchers discovered a new JavaScript-based and modular downloader Trojan camouflaged and distributed to targets in the form of game cheats via websites owned by its developers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 19, 2019
- 12:00 PM
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Get The Witcher: Enhanced Edition For Free Promo

For a little weekend fun, you can now get the The Witcher: Enhanced Edition for free simply by installing another free game called Gwent from and subscribing to the GOG.com newsletter.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 18, 2019
- 11:02 AM
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New Game Boy Emulator Has a Remote 'Cloud Gaming' Mode

A new Game Boy emulator written in Go has been released that offers the interesting ability of making your games accessible over the Internet using Telnet. While the online games are rendered using ANSI and are not as visually appealing, it illustrates how emulator developers can extend their features to the Internet.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 13, 2019
- 12:49 PM
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Nintendo Super Mario Bros. Now Playable on Commodore 64

After seven years of development, Super Mario Bros. has been ported from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) to the Commodore 64.
- Lawrence Abrams
- April 20, 2019
- 11:46 AM
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