In the past few hours, hundreds of reports have popped up on the battle.net forums all saying the same thing: “My Account has been Hacked!”

This is by no means a series of isolated incidents. We’ve received word that the Blizzard Autheniticator, a program designed to help protect gamer’s accounts, has been ineffective in dealing with a significant amount of the hacking reports. Furthermore, it appears that even players who have only participated in the Singe-Player mode of the game have had their accounts hacked as well.

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John O’Grady | 5/13/12, 6:20 pm

An online survey company has recently released new wii u concept art.  The art is nothing really new, just showing off the features of the console.  However, it also asked if people would buy the wii u for a price of $300.  According to Nintendo, the final price as well as the launch lineup will be revealed after E3.

Source: wiiudaily

Taylor van Doleweerd| 05/13/12, 6:20 PM

According to Spanish video game website, XtraLife, the Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Budokai HD Collection will be hitting stores this Fall.  With a release date of October 12, the game is set to be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360.  In addition, the website including this image as cover art for the game’s box.  This site is somewhat famous now for announcing these HD collections ahead of time: XtraLife also announce the Devil May Cry HD Collection months before it’s actual release.

Source: NeoGAF Forums

Taylor van Doleweerd | 05/13/12, 6:07 PM

According to the website of UK Magazine Play, Luigi’s Mansion 2 could be seeing a future release on the Wii U, in addition to the already-announced 3DS version.  Expect some clarity on the issue come E3 next month.  The 3DS version of Luigi’s Mansion 2 drops sometime later this year.

Source: Play.com

Taylor van Doleweerd | 05/12/12, 2:03 PM

In a recent Famitsu isse, Tetsuya Nomura, the creator of the renowned Kingdom Hearts franchise, announced that Kingdom Hearts 3D, the newest title for the 3DS, will see a demo coming to North American shores in the coming weeks.  The demo will feature Sora fighting through enemies in Traverse Town.  Kingdom Hearts 3D drops in Europe on July 20, 2012, and July 31, 2012 for North America.

Source: SQEX

John O’Grady | 5/10/12 10:00 pm

Industry giant Capcom recently released their sales figures for the fiscal year of 2012, most notably featuring a 16% decrease in net sales and a 13.8% decrease in profit from 2011.  They have reported that sales of their most recent fighting title Street Fighter X Tekken have been “lagging”, having sold 1.4 million copies as of the time of the release, while their other recent flagship titles Monster Hunter Tri G  and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City  have performed “steadily”, selling 1.6 and 1.7 million copies respectively.  It is worth noting that Capcom expects Street Fighter X Tekken  to reach its projected goal of 2 million copies soon once DLC characters are released, and expects record high profits once Resident Evil 6 is released.  But for now, how will these losses affect Capcom’s game releases?  Will they take a break from fighting games?  Will this lower the chance of games such as Ace Attorney: Investigations 2 being localized?  Will we see no change from Capcom at all?

Source: Capcom.co.jp

Taylor van Doleweerd| 05/09/12, 6:33 PM

Tetsuya Nomura, creator the vastly popular Kingdom Hearts series, has shared some facts on the future of the series.  First and foremost, he wants Kingdom Hearts to return to consoles, stating that while the PS Vita is interesting, KH really needs to return consoles.  That’s right: consoles.  Nomura is interested in seeing the series on many different home consoles.  Furthermore, Nomura admitted today that Kingdom Hearts III, the long-anticipated sequel to the fan-favorite Kingdom Hearts II, will be a “curve ball” for fans.  Could this mean that Kingdom Hearts III is already in development?

Taylor van Doleweerd | 05/09/12, 6:24 PM

Despite the fantastic sales of Pit’s newest 3DS adventure, Kid Icarus Uprising, creator Masahiro Sakurai has no plans to develop a sequel.  After stating that the team put a lot of work into the game, he admitted that he has no plans to continue making Kid Icarus games, but that he expects to see someone else pick it up in the next “25 years”.  Hit the jump for his full quotes!

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Taylor van Doleweerd | 05/09/12, 4:22 PM

Bioshock Infinite, the newest game in the BioShock series, originally set for an October 2012 release, has been pushed back to a release of February 23, 2013.  Developer Irrational Games has stated that they need the extra time to prepare the game; however, with the recent rumor of a Grand Theft Auto V October 2012 release, could IG be pushing their game back to avoid the tough competition?  Hit the jump for their full explanation.

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In a matter of days, my friends.  You better batten down the hatches.