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A report on Ars Technica states that Battlefield Play4Free users who are running the game on older versions of Windows may be at risk due to an exploit. According to the report, researchers at Black Hat security conference in Amsterdam demonstrated a proof-of-concept exploit, showing who players could be lured to “a booby-trapped website” which would then allow hijackers to “execute malicious code on default systems running Windows XP or Windows 2003″ where Play4Free is installed. Upon going to the site, an MOD file filled with malicious code is loaded through the game on the computer, which then allows for a batch file to be executed once the system is restarted. While only 39% of Windows users are though to still be using XP, there are around 1 million Battlefield Play4Free users playing the game. Ars has more on the report.

HighlifeTTU and lazertester, Minecraft modders, have created a Central Lobby System. The full 3-D server browser lobby lets you walk around and explore when choosing a server to join, taking the game even closer to becoming a full MMO.

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There’s little doubt about just how good the CryEngine can look, so when a lone modder starts bringing the paranoia inducing setting into that engine, it’s best you sit up and take notice.

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DayZ project lead Dean Hall would like the ArmA 2 mod to release on consoles, but admits it will only be possible if the stand-alone PC experience sells well on the platform.

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Remember Blizzard DOTA? It was announced long ago, in the far reaches of last year, during BlizzCon. And then…? Silence. Other StarCraft II mods came and went, but DOTA took its bounty of beloved Blizzard heroes and faded into obscurity. Well, until now, obviously. Otherwise, this would be a really disappointing article.

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Feel like a little zombie survival? Some match-three action? A cook-off? Hit up the multiplayer tab in StarCraft II today and you’ll have something to do besides curse other players’ unit spam. Blizzard has made three of its Blizzcon-revealed custom maps available as an opt-in beta.

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Speaking to Gamasutra, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson said his independent company needs to provide better support for modders.

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Ryan Winzell has described the roller coast week he had after his World of StarCraft mod was pulled from YouTube as one which “pretty much flipped my life upside down.”

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Blizzard has issued a statement explaining its intentions and actions so far regarding this week’s World of Starcraft Starcraft 2 mod, having invited creator Ryan to visit the Blizzard studios and meet the development team.

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Although there was little doubt that the mod-friendly developer would do otherwise, Bethesda has confirmed the planned release of a toolkit for Skyrim’s engine, Creation.

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Videos of the MMO built from Starcraft II’s own mod creation kit have been pulled from YouTube after the World of StarCraft mod wowed (ha!) the Internet yesterday.

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To quote vaunted bullet time pioneer Keanu Reeves: “Whoa.”

Except here, even he’d be forced to deliver it convincingly.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a jolly good bit of Nintendo-fandom fun, but it’s not exactly the deepest fighter out there.The fan-made Project M aims to correct this by introducing new ways to cancel, dodge, and manoeuvre – all of which serves to turn the speed and complexity up by about a bazillion.

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Individual modders whose work is featured in the Morrowind 2011 compendium have threatened legal action against its compiler, resulting in the removal of the 4Gb pack’s torrent.

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Activision’s put out mod tools for the latest Call of Duty, World at War. The 1.1Gb download – get it from FileShack – contains everything you should need to make your own levels and game modes for the PC version.

Only you know if you care. Hit the link if you do.

We’re not especially big on this sort of thing, but this does look bonkers. Bit-Tech‘s modded a PS3 with Far Cry 2 paraphernalia, showing every step of the way in photos.

The site’s giving it away to a UK resident, if you fancy a punt.

Thanks, PS3F.

Here. We were going to post this yesterday, but we couldn’t work out where the list of winners was, so we didn’t. We decided to let you try for yourself. Have fun.