Microsoft's Xbox Live team strongly suspects that a systematic denial-of-service attack is responsible for the crippled functionality and performance the network suffered over the past ten days, a source close to Microsoft has confirmed to Primotech.
The attack, carried out by one or more individuals, left a large percentage of Xbox Live's 8 million subscribers with unstable online performance in popular Xbox 360 games like Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. In addition, many common functions like voice chat, game invites, and even Marketplace browsing, were left severely impaired or completely non-functioning.
A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.
Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.
15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.
The name "Hewson" carries a special weight for anyone who grew up during the golden age of British computing. As the son of Andrew Hewson—the man behind legendary publisher Hewson Consultants—Rob Hewson didn't just grow up playing video games; he learned to spell his name from their title screens. However, Rob didn't just rest on his family's 8-bit laurels. From leading major LEGO franchises at TT Games to tackling the high-stakes world of technical porting at Huey Games, Rob has carved out a unique path in an ever-evolving industry. In this candid interview Rob to discussed the burden and beauty of a family legacy, the technical "scar tissue" left by the ambitious Hydrophobia, and why porting a masterpiece like Inscryption to consoles is far more than a simple copy-paste job.
To celebrate Tomb Raider: Legend's 20th anniversary, the official channels have shared an early in-development gameplay demo.
my ppl in ms told me a dog hacked into live and bite off some cables
ACTIVATE!
I know I would be pissed off if I was a customer but when I read this all I could imagine was a bunch of pimple-faced geeks dressing up as ninjas and gathering in a secret downstairs basement to concoct this plan.
$5 says they were wearing costumes when they did whatever they did.
Wow Sony Fan Boys will go to great lengths to annoy the 360 folk. ;)
now this. Shame, shame, shame. (snort)
Hmmm. I see twelve year olds have a hard time with sarcasam. Spell it with me now children. S-A-R-C-A-S-A-M. It's okay, Johnney, we don't want to bruise your little ego.
if this is true, I really wouldn't want to be those guys. If MS finds the source of the attack, there's no telling what's gonna happen.