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Yet Another Online Game Is Shutting Down, Devs Promise 'Private Server' PC Version
3.2.2023
What a week. It was only Tuesday that we wrote about Rumbleverse, a battle royale game that was shutting down less than six months after launch. Now, on Thursday, we’ve got another, only this time it’s Knockout City.Read more
Bungie Explains Destiny 2's Recent 20-Hour Outage
27.1.2023
Two days ago, Bungie turned off the Destiny 2 servers while the studio looked into a problem that had players apparently losing progress on in-game challenges. This outage lasted a bit longer than everyone expected, with the free-to-play loot shooter remaining offline for nearly 20 hours. So what...
Epic Is Cutting The Servers For 17 Older Online Games
14.12.2022
Fortnite developer Epic Games announced today that it will no longer provide online service or servers for 17 older games, including six from the Unreal series dating back as far as 1998, and it will end access to some additional games entirely. The shutdowns are already starting to be enacted,...
NFTs, Crypto Banned From GTA Online Servers
22.11.2022
An update to publisher Take-Two’s “legal enforcement policy” for Grand Theft Auto Online was made late last week, which sought to clarify a whole bunch of boring legal and rights stuff, but which is also specifically cracking down on the sales of NFTs within the game.Read more
EA Shutting Down Servers For Loads Of Very Good, Very Old Games
18.10.2022
Electronic Arts has moved quietly to begin the process of shutting down the online servers for a bunch of old games, some of them absolute classics, some you would be forgiven for having forgotten all about.Read more
7 Tips For Overwatch 2 Beginners Determined To Win
7.10.2022
Thanks to a bunch of funny people, the most difficult aspect of Overwatch 2 right now is probably just getting into the damn game. But if you’re new to this franchise, what awaits is a whole suite of heroes with unique abilities that mesh together into a hectic first-person shooter in which...
Metaverse firm implements NFTs into its Minecraft and GTA 5 servers
19.9.2022
“We wanted to show Mojang that it could be done in a way that benefited them and benefited their player base,” said MyMetaverse CEO Simon Kertonegoro
NFT Projects Keep Getting Their Discord Servers Hacked - Here’s Why
8.9.2022
In an unexpected development, non-fungible token (NFT) fraud watchdog Rug Pull Finder (RPF) has been successfully targeted by a smart contract exploit that allowed two persons to seize more than 450 NFTs, as per the entity. RPF offers its customers assistance which includes services related...
Hate Forum Kiwi Farms Flees To Russian Servers After Cloudflare Takes Site Offline
5.9.2022
Kiwi Farms, an internet cesspit that has birthed countless hate campaigns over the last decade, has finally had concrete action taken against it after internet security provider Cloudflare essentially took the site offline.Read more
Experts find private keys on Slope servers, still puzzled over access
5.8.2022
Blockchain analysis firms involved in Solana exploit investigation unpack the latest developments as teams try to figure out how private keys were stolen
‘Save Minecraft!’ Cry Players After Mojang Starts Moderating Private Servers
28.7.2022
Minecraft is on fire. At least that’s how it currently feels if you follow the fandom on social media or certain message boards. A portion of the community is up in arms following the news that developer Mojang won’t back down from a controversial move to open private servers up to moderation...
Fall Guys Goes Free-To-Play, Servers Immediately Crash
22.6.2022
Oops, they did it again. Fall Guys, Mediatonic’s bubbly platformer royale, released on Xbox and Switch yesterday as part of a big free-to-play overhaul. The game’s servers immediately combusted, with reports of connectivity woes continuing more than 24 hours later.Read more
Pokémon GO Is Down, Weep And Gnash Teeth
1.6.2022
Like a poor young suckling puppy being torn from its mother, millions of Pokémon GO players are unable to log in, or take part, in their favourite mobile game. Reports are coming from all around the world that the game is down. POGO is no-go.Read more
New Cloud Technology Warns You When Not To Play Kingdom Hearts
14.5.2022
Once, long ago, buying and playing a video game was pretty easy. You bought the disc or cart, stuck it in the console, and hit play. Not so much anymore. Case in point: The not-so-great cloud-streaming-only versions of Kingdom Hearts released on Switch earlier this year recently got an update,...
Germany Shuts Down Hydra Market, Seizes Servers and Bitcoin
5.4.2022
Law enforcement agencies in Germany have targeted Hydra, a leading darknet market (DNM). As part of an operation conducted with U.S. support, the German police were able to establish control over the servers of the Russian-language platform in the country and take down its website. Investigators...
Everybody's Golf PS4 Servers Shutting Down In September
2.4.2022
Sony has quietly announced that all of the online and multiplayer features of 2015's Everybody’s Golf will be taken offline permanently in September. This will make some trophies impossible to collect, though the game’s singleplayer and offline modes will remain playable. Read more
Anonymous Affiliate Hacks State-Run Russian Broadcaster
31.3.2022
NB65, a hacking group affiliated with the Anonymous collective, has allegedly breached the servers of the Russian government-controlled television and radio broadcasting company. According to social media reports, the hackers are preparing to release hundreds of gigabytes of appropriated data....
Among Us Servers Have Been Down For Over 48 Hours Due To DDoS Attack
27.3.2022
Popular online indie sneak-and-stab simulator Among Us is currently facing an ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack. According to Among Us developers Innersloth, the game has been offline in both North America and Europe for over two days due to the attack. Read more
Wii And 3DS Shop Channels Have Been Down For Days With No Sign Of Return
20.3.2022
Bad news for anyone trying to redownload some old 3DS digital games or Wii titles via each consoles’ respective store channels: Currently, players report both channels are down and have been for a few days now. Many are now concerned the channels may not return, possibly locking away a lot...
PlayStation’s Big New Exclusive Has Been Nearly Unplayable For Over 24 Hours
18.3.2022
PlayStation racing sim Gran Turismo 7 has been offline for maintenance for over a day. Normally, that wouldn’t be a huge deal, but because so much of the game requires an online connection, including a great deal of single-player content, fans have effectively been locked out of Sony’s latest...