Gaming
Ransomware demands $500 from gamers to play
A new type of ransomware has been discovered by security analysts that targets gamers and holds their games hostage until they agree to pay $500 to the perpetrators. Researchers over at Bromium discovered that the crypto-ransomware is called TeslaCrypt and it targets mostly Steam games. According to the company’s analysis, the ransomware targets more than 50 extensions from single and multiplayer games, as well as game development software used for Steam games.
Gamers across the world might want to pay attention when surfing online, because the new ransomware is hosted on a WordPress site that redirects to the Angler clip. It’s rather easy to get infected with the ransomware as you might accidentally click a seemingly blank space on the website, which in fact contains a hidden banner with a Flash clip. The good news is that the exploit only seems to be working on Internet Explorer 11 and Opera browsers.
At the moment, those affected by the ransomware have no way out. Once they get infected, their games are encrypted with a key which TeslaCrypt says that it will destroy within three days if gamers don’t pay up. Naturally, security analysts are advising gamers to not give in to the pressure, although losing a lot of game data might look like the end of the world for many out there. Once the ransomware is on your computer, your wallpaper will be replaced and you will be prompted to go and download Tor in order to pay the hackers. According to the affected users, you will have to pay either $500 in bitcoin or $1000 through Paypal. You’re going to have to install Tor if you want to comply and pay up, which is actually kind of normal in these cases.
At the moment, games like Elder Scrolls, Half-Life 2, Dayz, Diablo, Fallout 3, StarCraft II, Warcraft III, BioShock 2, Call of Duty, Dragon Age: Origins, Resident Evil 4, World of Tanks, Metin 2 and Metro 2033 seem to be the targeted games, although there are others in the mix as well. Besides locking access to the games, the ransomware also encrypts DLCs and mods, save files, documents and even photos associated with your games. That being said, all gamers beware of what they’re clicking and pay special attention to obvious blank spaces on webpages, because they might be hiding horrendous things.
We have been keeping an eye on the game Miasma Chronicles from the creators of Mutant Year Zero for a while now. We now know when it will be released, and it will be on May 23, 2023, on the PS5.
Being outnumbered all the time, mastering the art of the ambush will be crucial to surviving, and whatever advantage you can get will be needed. You can view a different, more condensed glimpse of gaming above and below.
How do you feel about the Miasma Chronicles? You played Mutant Year Zero, right?
Fans of Final Fantasy have been disputing for decades over a variety of topics, such as whether game VIII is the finest or which one contains the best minigames. But something fresh has the community in a tizzy, and this time it’s a 19-second trailer for the upcoming Final Fantasy XVI that’s energizing fans along with the reappearance of certain well-worn and recognizable talking points.
主人公クライヴの相棒、トルガルをご紹介🐺Part2
探索の心強い味方！ボタンひとつで誘導してくれます。『ファイナルファンタジーXVI』
🔔予約受付中🔔https://t.co/6BciWXOPkt #FF16 pic.twitter.com/KmsisjJbbY— FINAL FANTASY XVI (@FF16_JP) March 22, 2023
If it weren’t for the fissure that protagonist Clive skillfully navigates in the video, this narrative might have been about Torgal, a great canine companion. That’s right, we have returned to the discussion of the Squeeze Gap, the most heinous error in game design (in the eyes of some fans).
Others pointed out that you can see through the gap that this is an intentional design choice and does not, in fact, hide a loading screen. In the colorful comments section of the aforementioned Tweet, some people complained about the inclusion of yet another Squeeze Gap on current-gen PCs.If you have nothing better to do, follow us down the rabbit hole of quote-retweets.
Sincerity be damned, we don’t really care either way, but it is odd for Square Enix to release an official promo for a highly anticipated game that shows half of a character squirming through a small space.As always, the music is spot on; praise where praise is due. On June 22, Final Fantasy XVI will debut for PlayStation 5.
What do you think of the squeeze gaps generally and the squeezegate incident specifically?
In order to decide which publisher published the best games, Metacritic calculates ratings for all the games that were released in the previous calendar year. The website that collects review ratings for all popular media has done the math, and Sony Interactive Entertainment came out on top for 2022.
Yes, Sony’s first-party initiatives from the previous year allowed it to “no issue” claim the top spot on Metacritic’s list. The 2022 release schedule for the platform holder averaged 85.6 points overall, with all of its PC ports scoring in the website’s “green score” range.
The business did indeed have a successful year in 2017. We had a fantastic trio of original games: God of War Ragnarok, Gran Turismo 7, and Horizon Forbidden West, all of which were of very high caliber. But in addition to that, the firm also launched The Last of Us: Part I and a number of PC ports, including God of War, Marvel’s Spider-Man, and Uncharted: The Legacy of Thieves Collection, all of which received positive reviews from critics. MLB The Show 22 had the lowest metascore of any Sony game last year, according to Metacritic, but it still earned a respectable 77.
According to Metacritic, these are the top 10 publishers for 2022:
- Sony Interactive Entertainment
- Paradox Interactive
- Activision Blizzard
- Focus Entertainment
- Take-Two Interactive
- Capcom
- SEGA
- Annapurna Interactive
- Humble Games
- Devolver Digital
If you’re interested, you can view the complete summary at this link. How do you feel?
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