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Operation Supply Drop is a charity effort to help support military. The idea is that money is raised to then be used to buy games for the forces to then use and play on, helping to allievate stress and provide much needed distraction from the other things that war is generally known for. It helps to combat the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and a whole host of other mental issues that soldiers are prone to. A noble cause.
However, they are currently as of writing running their annual 24-hour stream called the 8-Bit Salute to raise some of this money, featuring prominently guys from the Rooster Teeth group among others. It began at 2pm BST. An hour later at 3pm the group’s website had already been DDoS’d by hackers. In fact, as I am writing this the website is still down thanks to what the group is calling a sustained, organised DDoS attack, although the stream is thankfully still going strong.
The #8BitSalute site has been attacked, please continue to support via PayPal to donations@operationsupplydrop.org while we fix
— OperationSupplyDrop (@OpSupplyDrop) 17 May, 2014
DDoS update: we’re still down. Report is that this is a targeted and continuous attack. Donate via PayPal donations@operationsupplydrop.org
— OperationSupplyDrop (@OpSupplyDrop) 17 May, 2014
It’s not all bad news though. As mentioned the stream is still going and the replies to the group’s messages informing the Internet of why their website is down suggest that the majority of the gaming community are outraged that some people want to spoil it for the rest of us. In fact, the attack might even have gotten the stream attention quicker than it would have otherwise. And despite the website being down, it is still possible to donate to the charity through Paypal or by buying a limited edition poster of the Achievement Hunter group via Rooster Teeth’s store (already got mine) for $10/£6.
But yes, long story short: despite the efforts of a few, maybe we can still have nice things. Or work together to get nice things to people who could use them.
OSD Website is here.
Stream is here.
Paypal donations can be made here.
Following swiftly on the heels of their Kinect-free Xbox One, Microsoft have revealed the details of the next Halo game, titles ‘Halo 5: Guardians’.
Due to the next-gen console it is destined to be on, we’re told that this Halo game has been built from the ground-up and with the idea of pushing the Halo experience to new heights by utilising the better hardware of the Xbox One and telling even greater stories to really show off the platform’s potential. And why not? Halo is very much a part of the fabric of the Xbox, having been there since the original Xbox as a launch title.
They’re promising that as a game Halo 5 will be much bigger and better than Halo 4. Right now details are scarce, but with E3 around the corner and Microsoft going to show off their new toys it’s very likely that a whole lot of them will be emerging very soon to the joy of Halo-fans everywhere.
Electronic Arts have released a companion app to popular game Titanfall today. Being offered on both Android and iOS, the app is free and gives you full-time access to information and stats about your character among other things.
It is used to check up on your character and their standing in leaderboards across the world through a full-size map that is said to be interactable. The app also contains lore for the universe Titanfall is set in and will allow players to be up-to-date on all the updates and news for the game, including new maps, weapons, information on playable classes and maps and one would assume brief details on which bugs were the latest to be fixed.
Titanfall received its first downloadable pack of content this month and is one of the four games currently being included in EA’s Origin sale. It seems like they’re really promoting the game to try and catch the customers who couldn’t buy it in the release sale wave of gamers.
If you were looking to get Titanfall for the PC after the price had fallen a bit, now might be your chance. EA is currently having a 2-day flash sale on Origin which includes a number of their well-known titles, including the popular FPS mech game.
With a number of titles on offer, many including Titanfall are being sold for around 40% less than the normal price. Other famous (or ‘infamous’) titles in the sale include The Sims 3 Starter Pack, Battlefield 4 and Simcity. If you’re not put off by Origin you might want to be quick though. The sale is due to end Sunday, May 18th at 12pm Pacific Time.
