RealPlayer Zipped Skin File Buffer Overflow
eEye Digital Security has discovered a vulnerability in RealPlayer that allows a remote attacker to reliably overwrite the stack with arbitrary data and execute arbitrary code in the context of the user under which the player is running. A RealPlayer skin file (.rjs extension) can be downloaded and applied automatically... Read on »
Let the ADSL price war begin!
Only one day after Wanadoo's price drop of its price of 1Mbps ADSL service to just £17.99 Plusnet have followed suit. As of the 26th August, Plusnet will be offering 512 ADSL for £14.99, 1Mbps for £14.99 and 2Mbps for £19.99 per month. Each of these services have a 1GB... Read on »
Rome: Total War update
New look at what promises to be the most ambitious strategy game ever conceived Activision have released a batch of new shots of the impressive looking Rome: Total War, the ambitious realtime strategy that aims to combine accessibility with a truly epic scope. The game, which has been in development... Read on »
Text safety service targets teen party posse
A new service has been set up to pass on people's whereabouts in case they go missing. Safetytext users can notify others... Read on »
Resi Outbreak 2 confirmed for summer 2005
The latest PS2 Resi is headed to the UK. Plus! Latest bloodcurdling screenshots New shots of Biohazard Outbreak: File 2 - the... Read on »
Silent Hill 4: Latest shots
Welcome to the world of the weird in the gore-fest that hasn't seen a duster in years Some games are designed to thrill, others to kill and then there's Silent Hill 4: The Room - inducing a swift pants change appears to be its sole mission. Looking at these latest... Read on »
Champ Man site live
All-new match engine and more revealed as Eidos unveil new Championship Manager site After moving coding of its massively successful Champ Man series in-house, Eidos are under pressure to match previous developers Sports Interactive's peerless management sim know-how. Given that SI have taken the series code and stats with them,... Read on »
New Ridge Racer for early 2005
But is it a handheld or full console game? And will it help us forget R: Racing? Namco are currently working on a new Ridge Racer game, which will be released in early 2005. According a recent financial statement from the company, the game will be released by the end... Read on »
Resident Evil goes cel-shaded!
Alien fiesta Under the Skin to feature Resi characters and locations - first shots New screenshots of Under the Skin reveal that characters and locations from the Resident Evil series will make an appearance in Capcoms's quirky cel-shaded actioner. The PS2 game, currently being developed by Capcom's Production Studio 4... Read on »
Mortal Kombat: Deception - nasty new screens
A shiny new look for the beat-'em-up classic that had crowds of kids yelling 'Finish him!' The latest screens of Midway's Mortal Kombat: Deception illustrate that the series' infamous gore factor remains intact (although slightly disembowelled). Brutality is key to MK titles but this incarnation also boasts rather cute mini-games... Read on »
Prince of Darkness
Edge considers the demise of Aladdin, as the Prince of Persia turns to the darkside second time around What would you do if you could turn back time? Fans of Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time, whether paying punters or industry insiders, have been agonising over that question in... Read on »
DS and PSP to launch on the same day?!
Retailer points to 18 March 2005 as being D-Day - for both Nintendo and Sony's new handhelds Current industry rumours suggest that both Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP have been earmarked for an 18 March 2005 release in the UK. The date certainly makes sense as it's the Friday a... Read on »
NFS Underground 2: Swanky new screenshots
Custom motors to die for strut their stuff in EA's street-racing speed-fest Here is the latest batch of Need for Speed Underground 2 screens and their focus is on night driving and customising your car. We now know that the game's free-roaming city is divided into five distinct neighbourhoods connected... Read on »
EyeToy AntiGrav: Hoverboard in your own front room
It's Sony's latest motion-sensitive PS2 game - and it's taken a turn for the (ahem) extreme After the cutesy mini-game compendiums that made up the first generation of EyeToy titles, Sony have revealed details of the first 'full' game for their hugely successful USB camera peripheral. EyeToy: AntiGrav, which is... Read on »
Sony PSP: Four exclusive new movies unveiled
Loads more footage of the handheld wunderkind in action: GT4, Metal Gear, Wipeout Pure and more... Sony's PSP handheld was one of the real highlights of this year's E3 and, so you can have the chance to see it in action for yourself, we've got four new PSP movies. They're... Read on »
PlayStation Portable: Hands-on with Sony's mini masterpiece
"We've just finished playing on Sony's new PSP handheld and, even based on this very early look at it in action, the stunning-looking machine is already surpassing expectations. While we saw PSP from afar at Sony's E3 conference on Tuesday, it's not until you actually have one in your own... Read on »
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