After months of phishing attacks on the Xbox 360 involving FIFA 12's Ultimate Team mode, EA finally releases a patch to fix the problem on their side of the attacks.
The fixes are part of a larger patch which will update and fix in other bugs of the game.
Logging in to Ultimate Team mode now requires a security question to be answered if its being accessed from a different console or once every 30 days if accessed from a web browser.
Users can now also lock their accounts anytime they want to prevent unwanted access when they are not playing the game as well.
Microsoft has been patching their side of the issue since the release of FIFA 12 but this will be the first time EA has actually done something to combat the problem. Previously EA stated their game wasn't responsible for the problems nor had any fixes besides asking people to be more careful with their credit accounts.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ection-update/
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Daily Recap:
1) Update on Obisidian's layoffs as a current rumor states Microsoft was responsible for cancelling and pulling funding for the unannounced project meant for the next Xbox console which ended up causing the layoffs.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-by-microsoft/
2) Possibly influenced by Activision's Call of Duty Elite model, EA announces they are considering adding their own subscription-based model for future games in the Battlefield series.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...efield-titles/
3) Before the decision to include multiplayer into Mass Effect 3, Bioware was originally considering making a FPS game involving the Mass Effect brand.
http://kotaku.com/5893424/there-was-...oter/gallery/1
Bonus News: CBS, owners of Gamespot, has bought out Giant Bomb and other companies in the Whiskey Media brand. According to Giantbomb, they won't be merged in with Gamespot but will be having some Gamespot employees working for them.
http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/gene...n-sold/539505/