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Geoff Gets Locked Out of Xbox Live

It appears no matter who you are, Microsoft's Xbox Live team will lock your account until a certain period.

rebirthofcaos4526d ago

well. I have dont think he was hacked right.... right?

because I mean its microsoft, their system cannot be hacked.

WhiteLightning4526d ago (Edited 4526d ago )

How can you say that and not add the image......

...for shame

http://www.brianchalfin.com...

saladthieves4526d ago

For some weird reason, he's got a face that I would love to punch. :S

Bull5hifT4526d ago

he's cool i like his unbiased views, if he had a show id watch it

_Aarix_4525d ago

Your missing the fry face.

crxss4525d ago

not really a huge fan of geoff keighley but he did stand up for ME back in 2008 against a group of fox analysts so i mean he deserves some respect - http://www.gametrailers.com...

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SilentNegotiator4525d ago

"It appears Stepto (aka Stephen Toulouse), the Xbox Live Director of Policy and Enforcement will be helping Geoff get his account back sooner than expected"

Well duh. If it were some peon customer, the full 25 days might be used, but they don't want the bad publicity.

Ddouble4526d ago (Edited 4526d ago )

Microsoft are still saying it's down to phising but i'm sure there's something, a hole that a lot of people know how to exploit.

The only question is why is it still happening.
Now that it's happened to a Gaming journalist maybe more people will take it seriously.

TheBeast4526d ago

It would be scary to fear that someone managed to steal a lot of passwords without MS knowing about it...

killerhog4526d ago (Edited 4526d ago )

wouldnt be surprising. MS xbox 360 has been insecure since launch, but xbox fanboys (no offense to real xbox owners), are delusional and only want to bring up sony's latest security problem that, so far, have been no reports of actual information being stolen.

go look-up the many hackers publicly advertising the theft of any account on the 360, and to prove their ability, they usually hack journalists or xbox staff members to inveigle attention.

SilentNegotiator4525d ago

"Microsoft are still saying it's down to phising but i'm sure there's something"

Unless Geoff fell for one of those "Get free MS points!!" sites, lol.

kaveti66164525d ago

As far as what I've read on the net, MS is supposed to encrypt consumer data to like 1024 bits so that decrypting it would take a very long time, like many years. This is assuming that the decryption algorithm MS uses isn't stolen by whoever.

killerhog4526d ago (Edited 4526d ago )

"take it seriously", since its now happening to game journalist? are you for real? it happen to Ms's head security poncho toutso (however you spell his name), it happen to Ms's female representative, it HAPPEN to Patcher, and millions of xbox 360 owners since launch, and Ms still has done nothing to extirpate the problem. Besides their patent, "shouldnt give your password away durrrrrrrrrr".

Darkfocus4525d ago (Edited 4525d ago )

ya major Nelson(xbox live director) got his account hacked and they did nothing...

Buff10444526d ago

Who cares? This isn't news. It's crazy the crap you guys promote to the front page.

Parapraxis4525d ago

How is this NOT news?
A prominent industry figure is locked out of a service.
That, if anything, would qualify as legitimate news.

FourGees4526d ago

He obviously fell for a phishing scam.
/s

I wonder if this has anything to do with that Steam hack a few weeks ago? Maybe got a hold of his user/pass which is the same on both services.

M1chl4526d ago

This is actually a interesting idea...

bozebo4525d ago (Edited 4525d ago )

^ is how most people get "hacked"

or keyloggers/man-in-the-middle

Also, MS connects your xbl or 'live' account to loads of other MS related stuff, I can log into xbl with 3 of my different passwords lol.

Though er, the steam community doesn't store passwords in plaintext (vBulletin). I don't think any service/site does lol, that would be silly. Any site that uses a common forum system will be hacked at some point because there are people with access to the source code who will find vulnerabilities. I'm not sure why valve didn't have it custom programmed in-house lol (harder to hack if their programmers are good, or a lot easier if they suck).

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The Game Awards will beef up security to prevent stage-crashers this year

Don't expect a repeat of last year's on-stage weirdness.
One of the more memorable moments in the 2022 Game Awards came courtesy of a kid who crashed FromSoftware's acceptance of the Game of the Year award for Elden Ring. Don't expect something similar to happen in 2023, though

H9137d ago

They should, it's a disgrace, it couldn't get worse than last year

RaidenBlack137d ago

well they did Wishlist for the next GTA last year ... and we final got the official announcement this year .... so ...
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any "Bill Clinton wants to play Half-Life 3"-stage-crashers this year, plz?

anast136d ago (Edited 136d ago )

The stage crashes made a boring sales pitch fun. But yeah, there is a security concern.

H9136d ago

Well it's more that stealing the thunder from From Soft last year, the GTA guy was at the start of summer game show so people forgot about him as the show gone on, but the bill Clinton guy stayed talked about the most

RAFTECH26137d ago

They need to..... because of what Lord Spencer will announce.... will make everyone throw a fit

jambola136d ago

Last year is was a kid making a joke
At summers games fest it was 2 worthless pathetic adults crashing the middle to be assholes and copy a child for attention

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Geoff Keighley Confirms Summer Games Fest Will Return For 2024

While Summer Games Fest 2023 is still ongoing, with a couple more showcases to come, the games fest man himself, Geoff Keighley has confirmed that the show will return next year in June, for Summer Games Fest 2024.

“After a record-setting 2023, we are excited to share some news.” Keighley began in his announcement on Twitter. “Summer Games Fest will return in June 2024, including our live showcase event hosted by Geoff Keighley, and Summer Games Fest Play Days hosted by iam8bit. Stay tuned for more details in the coming months.”

Christopher308d ago

Considering the format and lack of need to keep a whole convention center and visitors for 5+ days, it was a resounding success. Helped that it was piggy-backed on by all the major gaming sites. Really, this is likely the future of E3 now. I don't mind it.

potatoseal307d ago

Me neither. I do understand why they put the date of Spidey 2 and FF7 Rebirth stuff at the GameFest, but I kind of wish the Playstation stuff was at the Playstation conference.

Towers307d ago

I agree. The only thing I'd say I miss from it is the 'hands on' that journalists use to have with the games. I know some companies invited journo's/game enthusiasts to play some games in advance, so they could give some insight into gameplay once they had been announced, but that explosion of hands on thoughts I kinda miss. Other than that, it was decent. Devolver Digital had a very entertaining showcase and I do hope some other showcases take weirder/more interesting approaches in future.

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CrimsonWing69307d ago

It’s better than nothing, but it’s nowhere near as epic as old-school E3 with all the theatrics and huge stage presentations.

Hell, 75% what was shown at SGF sucked ass, besides MK1 and FF7 Rebirth, but I’m just glad someone’s trying to fill in the gap.

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Summer Game Fest 2023: Live @ Noon PT / 3P ET

See what's next in video games with Summer Game Fest, hosted by Geoff Keighley live from YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.

The show will feature the world gameplay premiere of MORTAL KOMBAT 1 with Ed Boon, as well as a look at the gameplay of ALAN WAKE 2 with Sam Lake from Remedy, plus more game news and announcements including the world premiere of Fortnite Wilds the new season of Fortnite launching Friday.

SGF streams live on Thursday, June 8 at Noon PT / 3p ET / 9p CEST.

The LIVE show will be followed by Day of the Devs and Devolver Direct

potatoseal313d ago

Come on. Release date for Death Stranding 2. This year would blow my mind, but I know that's not likely

EvertonFC313d ago (Edited 313d ago )

Yeah a release date would be cool, I'm happy with a nice variety of games during the showcase and some biggies we don't actually know about.
I'm hoping we see a game or 2 maybe Sony or MS or both showing a AAA game.
I'm also thinking maybe Sony will use a live service game or 2 to show off

sadraiden312d ago

Live services? No way! I love those!

potatoseal312d ago

I'll take FF7 Rebirth trailer and release window instead lol YES

RaidenBlack313d ago

Half Life 3 ... let's go!
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/s XD

Rainbowcookie312d ago

One lf these years you gonna be right man! :)

RaidenBlack312d ago

That was a really good showcase!

darthv72313d ago (Edited 313d ago )

that MK1 looks pretty sweet.

edit: okay Nic cage has won the show

LightofDarkness313d ago (Edited 313d ago )

God damn this is already highly entertaining. No way this kind of experience can be replaced entirely by online only direct shows.

Sonic1881312d ago (Edited 312d ago )

So far this is better than the Playstation Showcase imo

Si-Fly312d ago

This comment aged badly 😂

Sonic1881311d ago

Looks like your comment aged badly as well 😂😂

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