Pro athlete Gordon Hayward to become a pro gamer
Professional video game players just got a big endorsement: NBA star Gordon Hayward has signed on with the IGN Pro League.
Hayward (pictured), a forward for the Utah Jazz pro basketball team, will try his hand at the eSport of professional video games in a league sponsored by News Corp.’s IGN Entertainment. The move will bring more credibility and new attention to the fledgling spectator sport of pro gaming, which has struggled for years to … Continue Reading
Hackers steal 21,000 passwords from Star Wars game fan site
A Star Wars Galaxies fan site got hacked today and thieves stole 21,000 email addresses and 23,000 passwords. And judging from an analysis of the passwords, most of them were weak.
The site SWGalaxies.net is a fan site owned by LFNetwork, an independently owned network of LucasArts fan sites. Hackers from the group ObSec, a small hacking collective with apparent sympathies for the LulzSec and AntiSec hacktivist groups, broke into the site’s security and posted … Continue Reading
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