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FNAF World pulled; will re-release later for free

Well, with the tradition of FNAF games releasing earlier than we were told, it was bound to happen sometime. The creator pulled his latest game FNAF World after stating that he jumped the gun on its release.

 

The Five Nights at Freddy’s games have been quite successful since the first game shot to success about a year and a half ago. Sequels quickly followed and from the start, fans of the series have joked about creator Scott Cawthon’s habit of giving release dates that he then ignores by releasing the game early. Hell, he even began joking about it himself when he announced FNAF World, with the game’s final teaser image reading “Coming 2016 (seriously.)” at the bottom. The release date was set to be in February but once again Cawthon jumped the gun and FNAF World burst onto Steam on January 21st.

 

The problem is that FNAF World was an RPG but an awful lot of little things were missing, leaving players to figure out what attacks did for themselves among other things. This was a problem for some and despite Scott patching these things in he ultimately decided that he had made a mistake releasing it early and needed to pull the game.

 

FNaF World out now

 

“Hi everyone, I wanted to make a post about the fate of FNaF World. Even though the game had a “Very Positive” rating with 87%, I was not satisfied with the reviews and ratings it was getting.

 

For that reason, I’ve decided to remove the game from Steam. I’ve also asked Valve to make it so that the game can be refunded regardless of the amount of the time it has been owned, meaning that anyone can get a refund at any time. It may take them a while to set that up, but it will be in place soon.”

 

He is now working on polishing the game up and will re-release it on Gamejolt once done, with the game being free now as an apology for its incompleteness. Among other things it will include a 3D overworld for navigation.

 

Like the other FNAF games I didn’t get FNAF World, but the difference is that this one I was going to get. I was just holding off until the patching was done and was sad to see it pulled, although I do understand why this happened. Time and again we see the result of games rushed to release and although FNAF World is far from being the worst example of this (who can forget Unity’s issues?), it’s still a problem. That being said, Scott is a developer I’ve always had respect for so kudos for recognising the issue and admitting the fault. No matter how much he’s made from the FNAF series, he’s still an Indie dev and couldn’t have made the decision lightly.


January 30th, 2016 by
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Video: Rise of the Tomb Raider Port Report

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Rise of the Tomb Raider, the sequel to 2013’s excellent reboot of the franchise has been out on the Xbox One for some time now (Scarelt Dragon loves it.). It just landed on the PC, and expectations are high for the newest installment in the beloved franchise. Fortunately, Digmbot has gone hands on with the game and has a full breakdown on the PC specific features, the port’s performance and the gameplay. Click the video below. You know you want to.

 


January 30th, 2016 by
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Console Fallout 4 Mods are Coming!

Reported today is news on the availability of Fallout 4 mods coming to game consoles. Fallout 4 is a post-apocalyptic role playing game, set across a sprawling world and influenced by the post-war 1950s. The game gives players a huge amount of content to explore and many hours to invest. However, the PC community has been taking things a step further since its availability on that platform.

 

Please Stand By Fallout 4

 

The PC gaming community is known for making mods to games. Mods are basically community developed game add-ins that can enhance gameplay or add in additional content for almost any purpose. For console gamers, the ability to use Mods has never been available for any game. Things may be looking up for those wishing to have this feature on their Xbox One, however.

 

In a recent tweet, the official Fallout Twitter account, responded to a fan’s inquiry about Mods on consoles, with:

 

 

While not official confirmation about this feature coming to consoles or when a date has been set, we can have at least a tiny bit of hope that it’ll be sooner, rather than later. With the Xbox One now running Windows 10, we do know that the Xbox One would receive this feature due to running the same OS as its PC counterpart. The goal for Bethesda would be to add these Mods seamlessly into the gameplay with upcoming DLC packs.

 

With this new information, what mods from the PC version of Fallout 4 would you like to see on the Xbox One or Playstation 4? Let us know in the comments.


January 29th, 2016 by Lonesamurai
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YouTube Makes It Easier For Creators To Raise Money For Charities

YouTube has an obsession with innovating and adding new features to it’s service. In keeping with that tradition, they have unveiled their newest feature: donation cards. With these new cards, video creators can now choose from any of  over 1.8 million IRS validated 501(c)3 nonprofits and send donations to them directly from their videos. Of course nonprofits can use these cards on their own videos, but more often than not its a regular user thats likely to solicit donations. Remember the Ice Bucket challenge?

 

 

Once a donation is made, the nonprofits will receive 100% of the money with no credit card fees or percentages going to Google. As with many YouTube features, this one is rolling out to creators in the US first, but google says it will open this program up to more countries “so creators across the world can power the nonprofits the care about”. It certainly seems like it will beat using annotations in videos to link to charities.


January 28th, 2016 by
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Lenovo Grilled By Security Researchers over poor ShareIT Security

Computer users often make very basic mistakes that make more sensible people wonder just what they were thinking. Case in point: passwords. Splashdata recently published its fifth annual list of the most commonly-used passwords by computer users in North America and Western Europe; and many people will be hitting their heads against their desks when they learn that obvious choices like "password" and "12345678" still top the list.

 

While you can expect individuals to make basic mistakes like these, you would assume actual computer manufacturers would be smarter. But if the latest headlines are to be believed, it seems Lenovo's software developers could do with reading this list themselves. As revealed in an advisory posted by Core Security, Lenovo's ShareIT file-sharing software – built in to their computers – has a very serious password-related flaw.

 

How bad? The Wi-Fi Network created and used for transferring files between Windows computers "securely" uses a very predictable password: 12345678. Even worse, this password is "hardcoded" into the software, making it impossible for users to change it to something much more secure. The problem is even worse for Android users, where the ShareIT app has no password at all, leaving the network entirely open for anyone within radio range to connect to.

 

The implications for the security of transferred files is serious. Merely using a web browser to connect to a ShareIT network can reveal all the files currently stored on the platform by the affected user. While the files cannot be downloaded this way, the researchers also discovered that the files are transferred insecurely, without any kind of encryption, meaning the simple use of a traffic sniffer once connected could allow anyone to obtain a copy of any transferred file.

 

Luckily, the flaws may not exist much longer. Lenovo claim that since being made aware of the issues in October last year, the company has worked to bring the software up to snuff. Those running ShareIT on Windows or Android are now advised to download the latest version of the software from the ShareIT website, which was released this week and claims to resolve all the issues found by the Core Security researchers. Given that this is not the first time Lenovo have been found to engage in shady security practices, however, it may be time to think twice about that ThinkPad.

 

This article originally appeared on Technically Motivated


January 27th, 2016 by CrimsonShade
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