MPGH News (8/10/12)

Moderators and Applications!
To start off this week's MPGH News, I want to formally and personally congratulate all of the newly promoted Moderators! Big props from the News team as well. Shoutout to Hero for being one of the newly promoted Moderators! Second shoutout goes to Nico for being another one of the new Moderators! Congratulations to both of you.

Applications are opening again! Earlier this week, Liz opened up some more staff positions including; Middleman applications, and Minion for Battlefield 3. If you would like to apply for one of those positions, click on the hyperlink.




Post Bans
ZeroCool+ acquired 1,337 posts. He said he likes liz. He isn't getting unban
scotbud123 acquired 1,337 posts as well.
Richard Nixon acquired 6,000 posts. He still ain't getting hoes
Shane got 13,000 posts. Thats a lot of posts. I don't see how ya dooeet

Group Changes
Hero was promoted to Moderator! Congratulations!
Nico was ALSO promoted to Moderator! Congratulations!

Staff applications are now open for the following;
Middleman
Battlefield 3 Minion

You can find the links to the application thread in the MPGH Headlines!



Interview - Katy


Interview - Blitz




Afghan police officer kills 3 US marine soldiers, third attack like this in a week
An Afghan police officer murdered three US marine soldiers after sitting down and having a meal with them, then they hid in southern Afghanistan. This is the third attack like this in just this week. Four international troops also died Friday, bringing the number up to seven soldiers killed in a day in the dangerious south. In total for this year, 31 service members have now died by Afghan forces, or people disguised.


Tropical Storm Ernesto kills 7 in Mexico, meteorologists and forecasters warn citizens about the threat of dangerous rain
The deadly tropical storm in Mexico, Ernesto, killed 7 people as it moved inland on Friday. In Veracruz, two people were killed early Friday, including a teen girl who was inside a vehicle and dragged by the current of the river. A 62 year old man was struck by lightning. The Civil Protection Department also mention that three members of a family died Thursday night when strong winds that were brewed by the storm knocked down a tree that fell on their car. In Tabasco, two fishermen drowned. Hopefully the wrath of the tropical storm will stop soon.





Steam Expands Beyond Games
Steam gears up to launch a range of Software Titles on September the 5th.
Valve have today announce that their famous Steam game distribution platform will from September also act as a software distribution system as well.
The Software titles coming to Steam range from creativity to productivity and many of the launch titles will take advantage of popular Steamworks features, such as easy installation, automatic updating, and the ability to save your work to your personal Steam Cloud space so your files may travel with you.
The initial roll out will be limited with more Software titles to follow, developers will be welcome to submit Software titles via Steam Greenlight, once their software reaches a critical mass of support, Valve will work to make it available via Steam.



Blizzard Gets Hacked
This week, Blizzard security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into their internal network. Some data was illegally accessed, including a list of email addresses for global Battle.net users, outside of China. For players on North American servers the answer to the personal security question, and information relating to Mobile and Dial-In Authenticators were also accessed.
Although all this is not enough for anyone to gain access to Battle.net accounts, they prompting players on North American servers to change their secret questions and answers through an automated process. Additionally, their will also prompt mobile authenticator users to update their authenticator software. As a precaution, they also recommend that players on North American servers change their password.
They are still investigating but at this time, they’ve found no evidence that financial information such as credit cards, billing addresses, or real names were compromised.



Epic Games Announces Impossible Studios
Epic Games, Inc. announces the opening of Impossible Studios, a company comprised of highly skilled, senior-level game development talent. Based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, Impossible is the latest addition to Epic’s network, which includes corporate headquarters in Cary, North Carolina; ChAIR Entertainment in Salt Lake City, Utah; People Can Fly in Warsaw, Poland; Epic Games Korea in Seoul, Korea; and Epic Games Japan in Yokohama, Japan.
Led by studio director Sean Dunn, Impossible’s first project is the touch-based action role-playing game “Infinity Blade: Dungeons” for iOS. “Infinity Blade: Dungeons,” which was conceived at Epic’s Cary studio, is being developed in collaboration with Epic and ChAIR under Impossible’s roof in Maryland.

Capps will lead an “Infinity Blade: Dungeons” panel with the game’s lead designer, Ian Frazier, and author, Brandon Sanderson, at Dragon*Con in Atlanta on August 31. “Infinity Blade: Dungeons” is set for release on the App Store later this year.



DayZ Becoming Its Own Game
DayZ has announced in a Tweet they will develop the mod as a standalone game. Currently DayZ is a mod for ArmA II: Combined Operations, and has more then a million unique players. And with "The War Z" around the corner this could be a battle for the best. With both games having the same gameplay The War Z was going to bring DayZ down, but now with DayZ also bringing it as a standalone game I think The War Z will have a hard time competing.
Development and updates of the mod will continue in parallel with the development of the game, so anyone who is playing the mod now will be able to continue to do so. The project will follow the Minecraft development model; fast iterations with the community alpha available for a heavily discounted price.
More news will be coming over the upcoming weeks on their website @ DAYZ



Assassin's Creed III PC Release Date Announced
Ubisoft has announced that Assassin's Creed III will be launched on PC on November 23, 2012.
This latest addition to the series will be available on Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 30, 2012 in the US and on October 31, 2012 in Europe and it will also be available on Wii U after the lauching of the new Nintendo's console.
Side note: The delay between the consoles' launching and the PC's launching keeps decreasing: five months for the first Assassin's Creed, four months for Assassin's Creed II and Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and only a couple of weeks for Assassin's Creed Revelations.



The 3D Printer Revolution
3D printing technology has taken major strides in recent years. The most recent development is sure to spark a revolution that will take the entire construction industry by storm. Contour Crafting uses giant printers to actually construct homes. These machines will not only build the frame of the house, but install plumbing and electricity at the same time. An average home of 2500sq ft will not only take 20 hours to build. That means entire neighborhoods can be built in under a year. NASA has also seen the potential applications of these printers on the moon and mars to build colonies before we’ll even get there. Watch the Tedx video below for the full presentation.

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Anon strikes back
Most of you have heard by now about the Demonoid fiasco, and about the Ukrainian government’s announced involvement. According to TorrentFreak, “the raid on Demonoid was timed to coincide with the very first trip of Deputy Prime Minister Valery Khoroshkovsky‘s trip to the United States. On the agenda: copyright infringement.” Basically, Ukraine wanted to hand Demonoid’s head on a plate to the the United States as a message of good will and the intent for complete cooperation. Well, apparently anon was disappointed with Ukraine’s dick sucking tactics. So far DDoS attacks have been innitated against the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine (nrada.gov.ua), the Ukrainian Agency for Copyright and Related Rights (uacrr.kiev.ua), and the Ukrainian Anti-Piracy Association (apo.kiev.ua), taking these sites down.

“Sergei Burlakov of Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs has confirmed that a criminal case in Mexico against the owners of Demonoid has been initiated and the tracker is charged with intellectual property rights violations. A future without public trackers is a bleak one my friends. For most of us Demonoid and other public trackers have been about much more than music or movies. They are an incredibly powerful educational tool, facilitating much more than just open piracy. Corporations and governments fear them. Anonymous will not tolerate a world without them,” Anonymous states. As far as I can tell this is their official stance on P2P sharing in general. It goes far beyond the crack down on piracy, it’s restricting the freedom of information sharing.

“Ukrainian government, you should have expected us.”



First Red Dawn Trailer appears
Like the original film, the 'Red Dawn' trailer focuses on the Wolverines, a group of teens and 20-somethings who wind up being America's last hope when North Korea decides to take over half the country. (Just go with this: In the original film it was the Soviet Union; in the first "Red Dawn" cut, it was China.) Guns, explosions, heroics and campfires follow, with Hemsworth's Jed Eckert leading the way and taking care of his little brother, played by Josh Peck. (Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Hutcherson and Tom Cruise's son, Connor, all come along for the ride as well.) "Red Dawn" will arrive in theaters on Nov. 21, and you can watch the trailer here: Trailer - Red Dawn TRAILER (2012) Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson Movie HD - YouTube


'The Walking Dead' Season 2: Deleted Scene Features Zombie Invasion
"The Walking Dead" is returning to AMC this fall, but in the meantime, there's a bit of never-before-seen footage to watch. The Season 2 deleted scene opens with a zombie invasion and closes with a shooting that does away with every zombie in sight. You can watch it on youtube here: The Walking Dead - Season 2 - Deleted Scene - YouTube



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