Street Fighter V Patch Adds Potentially Dangerous Files for PC Players
The September update that rolled out today for Street Fighter V had some unexpected surprises for PC players.
Reddit users discovered the patch planted a "Capcom.sys" file in the System32 folder. A kernel-level implant like this opens up backdoors within your machine, which could potentially allow any outside user to access and remotely control your machine.
Those who updated to the new patch were reporting the application acquiring elevated privileges, and even a few blue screens of death. The September update was anticipated, adding returning fighter Urien and several long-awaited features to the popular fighting game.
Insomniac, Polytron React to Oculus Controversy
In light of recent revelations around Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, several indie developers have spoken out, with some even announcing they will no longer support Oculus Rift.
Insomniac Games, currently working on three games for the Oculus Rift, gave IGN the following statement:
"Insomniac Games condemns all forms of hate speech. While everyone has a right to express his or her political opinion, the behavior and sentiments reported do not reflect the values of our company. We are also confident that this behavior and sentiment does not reflect the values of the many Oculus employees we work with on a daily basis."
Untold Stories Pose a Major Threat to Once Upon a Time
Hyde (Sam Witwer) is bringing the Land of Untold Stories into Storybrooke in this clip from Once Upon a Time's Season 6 premiere, and there's nothing the Savior, the Evil Queen or any of the storybook heroes can do to stop him.
Check out the clip from Sunday's episode below:
The Season 6 premiere picks up in the immediate aftermath of last year's cliffhanger finale, with Emma, Regina, Snow and the rest of the gang facing off against the villainous Mr. Hyde. The people coming into the town from the Land of Untold Stories will be characters who decided to leave their own storylines so as not to follow a pre-determined fate. Season 6 characters will include the likes of the Aladdin, Jafar, Jasmine, the Count of Monte Cristo, Cinderella and her evil stepmother and stepsisters, and Captain Nemo.
Horror Isn’t Dead, But Is the Blair Witch Franchise?
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Daily Deals: PS4 With $75 Credit, Crucial SSD Sale, Monster Hunter Generations
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PlayStation 4 with Call of Duty Black Ops III, NBA 2K17, and a $75 Gift Card
Dell just upped the ante on its PS4 deal: get the launch version of the console with two games, and $75 in credit you can spend on anything Dell sells.
Pokemon Generations: Episode 3 Released
After debuting the first two episodes of Pokemon Generations last week, The Pokemon Company has today released the third installment in its new web-based animated series.
Episode 3, aptly titled "The Challenger," is set in Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow's Kanto region, and centers around the first generation's confident rival, as he battles his way through the Elite Four.
Pokemon Generations will span a total of 18 episodes, with each installment running sometime between three and five minutes, highlighting iconic moments and characters from the first six generations.
Is the Time Travel on Timeless Believable?
Just how scientifically possible is time travel? That's the question Caltech theoretical physicist Sean Carroll seeks to explore in this new promo for NBC's upcoming drama Timeless, debuting exclusively on IGN.
In the below video, star Abigail Spencer questions out loud whether we're really so far away from coming up with a method to travel through time -- something Carroll seeks to further explore.
"Einstein comes along and says that space and time are flexible, that they can curve," said Carroll. "We can imagine that's really conceivable according to the laws of physics that we currently understand. We don't know how to do it, but a show like Timeless can ask the 'what if' question, 'What if we had actually built a time machine?'"
Google, Verizon, Microsoft Want To Buy Twitter
Some of tech's most recognizable and powerful brands are looking to buy Twitter, according to reports.
CNBC said some of the potential buyers for the microblogging platform include Google, and Salesforce.com, with TechCrunch reporting Microsoft and Verizon are also interested parties.
The rumblings of a potential buyout put Twitter's stock up 20 percent on Friday, but no sale is imminent. However, CNBC said Twitter's board of directors is "largely desirous" of an impending sale.
How Classic Horror Movies Are Brought to Life
Halloween Horror Nights 26 kicked off recently at Universal Orlando, as the fan favorite event returned with one of its most impressive lineups yet.
The mazes at this year’s Horror Nights are focused on everything from American Horror Story to Krampus to the ever-popular The Walking Dead. You can get a look at much of what Halloween Horror Nights 26 has to offer in our slideshow below.
Last weekend, as HHN 26 began, I sat down with Michael Aiello (Universal Orlando’s Director of Entertainment - Creative Development) on opening night to discuss some of the big mazes this year – including The Exorcist, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Halloween – along with some of the event’s original concepts, as Halloween Horror Nights goes into its next quarter century…
Vincent D’Onofrio on Magnificent 7, Death Wish Remakes
I chatted with actor Vincent D'Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket, Kingpin on Marvel's Daredevil) earlier this week about his current film, The Magnificent Seven. D'Onofrio plays burly, lethal mountain man Jack Horne in the Antoine Fuqua-directed remake of the 1960 western.
But before we spoke about Magnificent Seven, I had to tell him how he once unintentionally helped catch a criminal ...
IGN: First of all, on a personal note, years ago, I was able to identify the guy who mugged me because as he's mugging me, pulling a knife on me, I was like, wow, he looks just like Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket. And of course, I'm at the station two hours later and ended up talking to the cop about Full Metal Jacket for about 20 twenty minutes.