Timothy Chang Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Fake Bad Piggies Apps Infect Over 82,000 Chrome Browsers

Eight plugins posing as Rovio apps were running ad-ware behind the scenes. Rovio’s Bad Piggies is doing rather well at the moment, and ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorOctober 9, 2012

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World of Warcraft Hackers Kill Thousands in Minutes

An instant-kill exploit turns several cities into makeshift graveyards. When you enter a city in World of Warcraft and see nothing but skeletons ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorOctober 8, 2012

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Xbox Music Debuts This Month as Free Streaming Service

Free access to 30 million songs and cloud storage, as long as you can sit through advertisements. Microsoft’s Zune branding is being shuffled ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorOctober 5, 2012

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NCSoft: City of Heroes Can’t Be Saved

A 20,000+ strong petition and a fundraiser aren’t enough to save the superhero MMO from closure. Just over a month ago, NCSoft decided ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorOctober 3, 2012

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Crysis Goes Sci-Fi in StarCry Mod

Lightsabers and Gnashers are together at last in a complete overhaul package. Crysis, the game that humbled a generation of graphics cards back ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorOctober 2, 2012

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Angry Birds Dev Needs Big Success From Bad Piggies

Rovio is hoping that its next game will help slingshot the company to new heights. Angry Birds has had an impressive run since ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorOctober 1, 2012

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Latest 3DS Firmware Blocks Flash Cartridges

A flash cart manufacturer believes that Nintendo’s new update can’t be circumvented with a software patch. If you happen to use a flash ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorSeptember 27, 2012

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Gearbox Promises More “Non-Season Pass” DLC for Borderlands 2

The CEO of Gearbox hints that new characters and vehicles are in the pipeline. Now that Borderlands 2 is out the gate and ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorSeptember 24, 2012

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Starcraft 2 Multiplayer May Become Free-To-Play

Blizzard considers lowering the cost of entry to the eSports scene. Playing Starcraft 2 competitively comes at a price: the recommended retail price, ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorSeptember 23, 2012

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Kickstarter Is “Not a Store,” Introduces New Rules

The crowdfunding website implements restrictions on projects to ensure backers understand the risks. Given the sheer amount of projects being advertised on Kickstarter ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorSeptember 21, 2012

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Sony Announces Redesigned PlayStation 3

The new PlayStation 3 refresh loses a few inches and pounds. The seventh and current generation of consoles has been around since 2005. ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorSeptember 19, 2012

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Obsidian’s Project Eternity Hits $1.4 Million in Three Days

The project team announces new stretch goals that unlock additional content and support for Mac and Linux. It turns out that plenty of ...

By Timothy Chang Legacy AuthorSeptember 17, 2012

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