George "Geohot" Hotz, the man who hacked into the PlayStation 3, is working for social networking giant Facebook, according to online reports.

Hotz reportedly revealed he was working at Facebook after turning down a challenge to crack the iPad 2.

A member of the Chronic-Dev Team named Joshua Hill said in a live stream interview with MyGreatFest that Hotz, who settled out of court with Sony earlier this year, didn't want the attention a hack attempt on the iPad 2 would bring.

Hill claims Hotz is working at Facebook in video of the interview published by Techunwrapped.

Geohot apparently has a Facebook page, too. The first post at the top of page reads: "Facebook is really an amazing place to work… first hackathon over."

Apparently, Geohot "doesn't want to do public appearances anymore".

Well he's changed his tune…

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LulzSec has announced it has disbanded – but not without one last hack.

Its "planned 50 day cruise has expired," the group said on Twitter, "and we must now sail into the distance." A bit like that boring bit at the end of The Lord of the Rings, then.

In a parting shot, LulzSec claimed to have released the user names and passwords of over 500,000 accounts gathered from several gaming forums and the Battlefield Heroes beta. The leaked information is now online. It's probably worth changing your password. Again.

The Battlefield Heroes website is down as a result. "Service on the Battlefield Heroes free-to-play site has been temporarily halted while we investigate a security breach," EA said in a statement.

"Our investigation is ongoing however it appears that screen names and encrypted passwords associated with an early beta version of Heroes has been compromised. To the best of our knowledge, it appears that no personal data was compromised.

"No emails, account history, credit card numbers or payment methods. Any further updates will be posted on this page. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope to have the game back online shortly."

In a press release of sorts, LulzSec claimed it was made up of "a crew of six" and its 50 days of "lulz" had been planned from the beginning.

LulzSec has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on video game companies. Its attack on Sony, it said, was motivated by the Japanese company's pursuit of PlayStation 3 jailbreaker George Hotz.

It went on to hack or attack companies and video games including Nintendo, Bethesda, Minecraft, League of Legends and Eve Online.

LulzSec's decision to quit comes just a week after UK authorities arrested 19 year-old Essex man Ryan Cleary in connection with computer-related offences.

It also follows an apparent attack on LulzSec itself from an anti-hacker group calling itself the A-Team.

It posted what it said were the real names and locations of LulzSec's most senior members in the UK, US and Sweden, along with transcripts of their conversations. Has this sent LulzSec underground?

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Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld faces an uphill struggle, reckons Xbox chief Dennis Durkin.

Speaking in an interview with IndustryGamers, Durkin argued that the handheld market might be too over-crowded to support another new hardware release following the underwhelming 3DS launch.

"I’m not sure I would want to be launching a dedicated portable device right now into that market,” he said.

“I think the DS - if you look at the 3DS, certainly versus people’s expectation's it’s not been as successful as people would have thought. So that’s a very crowded market and a very, very red ocean right now with a lot of change happening. So I’m not sure it's [a good idea].

"You only have a certain number of bets you can make as a company and you have to decide what you want to put your wood behind and I’m just not sure that that’s a place that I would put mine."

Sony's new machine is due to launch sometime in late 2011 or early 2012.

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Team Fortress 2 has dislodged perennial chart hog Counter-Strike from the top of Steam's most-played list.

As noted by PC Gamer, the announcement earlier today that Valve's team-based shooter has gone free-to-play sent the game rocketing from the lower reaches of the top 10 to the number one spot, which Counter-Strike has owned since time immemorial.

It seems, for today at least, the move to a microtransaction-supported business model has won the game tens of thousands of new users.

At the time of writing 69,962 users were playing Team Fortress 2, compared to 54,754 on Counter-Strike.

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Still seemingly intent on playing Mr Nice Guy following the PSN hack brouhaha last month, Sony has announced a massive PlayStation 3 DLC sale.

Starting today you can grab savings on a long list of titles until 6th July, including add-ons for Modern Warfare 2, Grand Theft Auto 4, Assassin's Creed II and Super Street Fighter IV among many others.

According to the PlayStation Blog, the list below is apparently not exhaustive and there'll be more offers on Sony-published titles added on the 29th June.

Not only that but it's also taking requests for the next round of price cuts due later in the year.

Fill your boots:

Mafia II: all DLC (£12.99/€16.99); Betrayal of Jimmy Pack (was £6.29/€7.99 – now £3.19/€3.99); Jimmy’s Vendetta Pack (was £6.29/€7.99 – now £3.19/€3.99); Joe’s Adventure Pack (was £6.29/€7.99 – now £3.19/€3.99); Renegade Pack (was £1.99/€2.49 – now £0.95/€1.19); Greaser Pack Pack (was £1.99/€2.49 – now £0.95/€1.19); Vegas Pack (was £1.99/€2.49 – now £0.95/€1.19); War Hero Pack (was £1.99/€2.49 – now £0.95/€1.19)
Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned (was £6.29/€7.99 – now £3.19/€3.99); Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot (was £6.29/€7.99 – now £3.19/€3.99); The Secret Armory of General Knox (was £5.49/€6.99 – now £3.19/€3.99); Claptrap’s Robot Revolution (was £6.29/€7.99 – now £3.19/€3.99)
GTA IV: Episodes Bundle (£11.99/€14.99; Ballad of Gay Tony (was £15.99/€19.99 – now £7.99/€9.99)
Red Dead Redemption:Undead Nightmare (was £7.99/€9.99 – now £4.79/€5.99); Undead Nightmare Collection (was £15.99/€19.99 – now £9.99/€12.99)
Aliens vs. Predator:Bughunt Map Pack (was £4.79/€5.99 – now £2.39/€2.99); Swarm Map Pack (was £4.79/€5.99 – now £2.39/€2.99)
Sonic & SEGA Allstars Racing: Metal Sonic & Death Egg Zone (was £4.79/€5.99 – now £2.39/€2.99); Ryo Hazuki – Forklift Truck (was £3.99/€4.99 – now £1.99/€2.49)
Valkyria Chronicles 2: Complete DLC Pack (PSP) (was £3.99/€4.99 – now £1.99/€2.49)
Vanquish: Tri-Weapon Pack (was £1.59/€1.99 – now £0.95/€1.19)
Assassin’s Creed II - Sequence 12+13+Secret Locations (£6.29/€7.99)
Shaun White Snowboarding - The Hard Pack (was £3.99/€4.99 – now £2.39/€2.99)
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - Old West Map Pack (was £7.99/€9.99 – now £4.79/€5.99)
Far Cry 2 – Fortunes Pack (was £3.99/€4.99 – now £2.39/€2.99)
Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2 – All in One DLC (was £7.99/€9.99 – now £5.49/€6.99)
Tom Clancy’s EndWar – Escalation Pack (was £3.99/€4.99 – now £2.39/€2.99)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Knives Chau Add-on (was £1.59/€1.99 – now £1.19/€1.49)
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West – Pigsy’s Perfect 10 (was £7.99/€9.99 – now £5.49/€6.99)
Soul Calibur IV: Ultimate Weapons Bundle (was £2.39/€2.99 – now £1.59/€1.99); Bonus Weapons Bundle (was £2.39/€2.99 – now £1.59/€1.99); Complete Music Set (was £11.99/€14.99 – now £7.99/€9.99)
Lost Planet 2: Map Pack 1 (was £3.99/€4.99 – now £1.99/€2.49); Map Pack 2 (was £3.99/€4.99 – now £1.99/€2.49)
Super Street Fighter IV: Complete Costume Pack (was £15.99/€19.99 – now £7.99/€9.99); Ultra Brawler Pack (was £3.19/€3.99 – now £1.59/€1.99); Ultra Challengers Pack 1 (was £3.19/€3.99 – now £1.59/€1.99); Ultra Challengers Pack 2 (was £3.19/€3.99 – now £1.59/€1.99); Ultra Classic Pack (was £3.19/€3.99 – now £1.59/€1.99); Ultra Femme Fatales Pack (was £3.19/€3.99 – now £1.59/€1.99); Ultra Shadaloo Pack (was £3.19/€3.99 – now £1.59/€1.99); Ultra Shoryuken Pack (was £3.19/€3.99 – now £1.59/€1.99)
Resident Evil 5: Untold Stories Bundle (was £3.19/€3.99 – now £1.59/€1.99); Versus Mode Pack (was £3.99/€4.99 – now £1.99/€2.49)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Variety Map Pack (was £7.99/€9.99 – now £3.99/€4.99)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Stimulus Pack (was £10.99/€13.99 – now £5.49/€6.99); Resurgence Pack (was £10.99/€13.99 – now £5.49/€6.99)
KillZone 2 Complete DLC Bundle (was £7.99/€9.99 – now £3.99/€4.99)
WarHawk Complete DLC Bundle (was £7.99/€11.99 – now £4.79/€5.99)
Fat Princess - Fat Roles Expansion (was £3.99/€4.99 – now £1.99/€2.49)
flOw Add-on (was £2.39/€2.99 – now £1.19/€1.49)

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Sony has confirmed to Eurogamer plans to launch three collections of PlayStation 3 exclusives on 22nd July in Europe.

Resistance: Fall of Man & Resistance 2 are bundled together with additional content for upcoming shooter Resistance 3: Joseph Capelli’s SRPA Sentinel uniform for use in Resistance 3 multiplayer games.

The Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves bundle comes with two Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception goodies: a dynamic theme and an avatar.

And finally the Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction and Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time bundle come with four avatars featuring Ratchet, Clank, Qwark & Nefarious, plus an exclusive Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One dynamic theme.

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Sony has dismissed the threat of the likes of the iPad and iPhone, instead calling tablets and smartphones "an opportunity".

With the PS Vita Sony is launching a gaming handheld console at a time when most observers believe the future lies in cheap mobile gaming.

But Sony Computer Entertainment US boss Jack Tretton believes the likes of Apple fuel the Vita's potential audience.

"For every consumer you lose to a tablet or smart phone, there are three consumers that became interested in gaming in a simple form," he told Gamasutra.

"And those people might be able to be migrated into a sophisticated gamer. We look at that as being the opposite of a threat, but an opportunity."

Both Nintendo and Sony, with the Nintendo 3DS and Vita respectively, have worried some analysts with their mobile gaming strategies.

3DS games cost upwards of £30. Vita games are expected to go for a similar, if not more expensive, price.

For Tretton, though, reckons gamers will be willing to splash the cash if the games are great.

"If I open a movie theatre next door [to a theatre] and start charging 50 cents per ticket, but I'm showing you things I filmed with my camcorder, I don't think it's a threat to the theatre charging $13 per ticket," he said.

"It's about people having reasonable expectations. I don't think we're training people to pay $5 for games. ... The cream always rises to the top."

Vita is expected to launch later this year in some territories.

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The hacker behind Kinect Air Guitar will show off his latest project at the next GameCityNights event.

Interactive artist and designer Chris O'Shea will present his latest work using Microsoft's ten million-selling motion sensing controller.

O'Shea's projects include Kinect air guitar and a live interactive storybook for kids.

Attendees will experience the melding of video games and contemporary interactive art from a unique and intimate perspective, GameCityNights promised.

Director Iain Simons said: "Games are art. You know it, I know it even Roger Ebert knows it - he's just teasing for attention. So, having settled this once and for all I'm looking forward to spending an evening with some brilliant, creative people - and that's just the audience."

GameCityNights run on the last Thursday of every month at Antenna in Nottingham, Beck Street, NG1 1EQ. Head over to the official website for ticket details.

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In the ever-changing world of gaming, a 15-year-old title is downright ancient, so there's a lot to be said for the fact that we're still talking about Quake a decade and a half after its release -- and what a packed decade and a half it's been. The game has spawned a still thriving convention and has made an appearance on pretty much every platform, ever, including, recently, Android, webOS, Chumby, BUG, and, of course, a maze for lab mice. So, happy birthday, old man. Now how about playing on something more your age? Like, say, the Jitterbug? Got a favorite Quake moment? Be sure to share it with us in the comments below.

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