• Neopets Hack May Have Revealed Millions of User Passwords

    Virtual pet creation website Neopets has been hacked, potentially compromising up to 69 million accounts.

    As reported by Polygon, the data breach was first reported by community site JellyNeo on July 20, with the official Neopets Twitter subsequently posting an announcement and warning (below) that recommends users change their password on Neopets and any other website where the same login information is used.

    "Neopets recently became aware that customer data may have been stolen," the post said. "It appears that email addresses and passwords used to access Neopets accounts may have been affected."

    It added: "As our investigation continues, we will update you as appropriate. We truly appreciate your patience and understanding at this time."

    Immediately following the breach, the development team said, it launched an investigation with help from a leading forensics firm, notified law enforcement, and upgraded its system and data protection. The full extent of the breach is currently unclear and the Neopets team is yet to confirm whether or not users' credit card information has also been compromised.

    The hacker allegedly offered to sell the full database and source code according to JellyNeo, for a price of four Bitcoin (around $90,000). They also offered live access to the database for an additional fee.

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    Dragon Ball: The Breakers – Co-Op Survival Game Launches in October

    Bandai Namco has announced that Dragon Ball: The Breakers will launch on October 14 for PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One. The game will be backward compatible with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

    Dragon Ball: The Breakers is a multiplayer affair where a team of seven Survivors tries to escape one Raider. Survivors are regular civilians trapped in a Temporal Seam and must utilize their wits and gadgets to return home using the Super Time Machine. The Raider takes the form of a major Dragon Ball antagonist and must hunt down and eliminate the Survivors.

    Bandai Namco will also be running a closed network test on August 6 and 7 on all platforms. During this session, Cell and the newly announced Frieza will be playable Raiders. Survivors can swap skins between various Dragon Ball characters, and the network test will include the player’s avatar, Oolong, and Bulma.

    Those who preorder the game will receive an Android 18 Transphere and a blue scouter in-game accessory. The Special Edition of the game includes the full game, a customizable costume, the two-handed good victory pose, and a yellow dragon vehicle skin. The Bandai Namco Store exclusive Limited Edition contains a steel book, three Raider stickers, and a Cell Shell figure. A green Potara in-game accessory is also included, but it is an exclusive timed bonus on the store.

    Dragon Ball: The Breakers was first announced in November of last year and ran its first closed beta test a month later.

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    Exactly a Year from Release, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Gets a First Poster

    Universal Pictures has unveiled the first poster for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, exactly one year before the movie is scheduled to hit theaters.

    The newly released poster features a silhouette of Cillian Murphy's titular character wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat. He is standing against an explosive backdrop, surrounded by a blaze of heavy smoke clouds. "The world forever changes," reads the tagline, which marks the one-year countdown to the scheduled release of Oppenheimer on July 21, 2023.

    Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb." As such, Murphy's name appears on the poster alongside several other high-profile actors from the movie's star-studded cast, including Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., and Florence Pugh.

    Nolan's upcoming film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" written by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. The biopic has reportedly made use of a $100 million budget, which the director considers to be on a "smaller scale" compared to his previous movies.

    Oppenheimer will be the first film Nolan has worked on with Universal Pictures after they picked up the film rights following an extensive bidding war. Nolan's long-time collaborative streak with Warner Bros. came to an abrupt end shortly after he expressed anger towards the studio for launching their films day and date on HBO Max, which the director called "the worst streaming service."

    Nolan is known for his directorial work on The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, and Interstellar, and has partnered with Warner Bros. on his films dating back to 2002's Insomnia. His last film Tenet underperformed at the box office in 2020, partially due to the fact that it was released around the same time as a massive pandemic-induced movie theater shutdown.

    See our list of all of Christopher Nolan's movies ranked to see his top films.

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    Detroit: Become Human is Becoming a Manga

    Detroit: Become Human is getting a manga adaptation in Japan with a story set in Tokyo at the same time period as the game.

    As reported by Famitsu, Detroit: Become Human: Tokyo Stories is being written by Saruwatari Kazami and drawn by Moto Sumida. The story follows an android idol known as Reina and, like the game before it, explores what happens when these robots gain independent thoughts and feelings.

    Unlike Detroit: Become Human, however, Tokyo Stories focuses on a smoother integration of androids as Reina becomes incredible popular. The peace isn't to last, of course, disrupted by a rogue android that gains sentience.

    The manga will appear in Comic Bridge magazine starting July 22 but there's currently no word on whether it will be distributed outside of Japan. Detroit: Become Human follows a handful of other western video games to gain manga adaptations, including The Witcher and Watch Dogs.

    The manga is still a little random, however, given that Detroit: Become Human was released four years ago and hasn't really made a resurgance since. In our 8/10 review, IGN said: "Detroit: Become Human is a wonderfully silly interactive drama that meaningfully bends to your will."

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    Check Out These Original Design Docs Showing How Classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Games Were Made

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection includes never-before-seen design documents that show how the 13 included retro games were made. We've got 11 to show you ahead of release.

    We just revealed that The Cowabunga Collection has got an August 30 release date, and developer Digital Eclipse has provided us with a number of the original concept documents included in the game collection's Museum mode – which have never been publicly revealed before now.

    The documents show off animation and art concepts for heroes and villains, cutscene plans, and much more. It's a fascinating look into how Konami approached making these games in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Check all the documents out below:

    Digital Eclipse promises that the Museum section will also include imagery from the original cartoons and comics, as well as "other historic TMNT media content". It's not clear how many games in the collection will see their development materials released.

    The Cowabunga Collection will bring with it 13 games from the franchise's 8 and 16-bit days, including beloved staples like Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo. Many of the games in the collection are difficult or impossible to obtain on modern consoles and some, such as Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis, are becoming available to current audiences for the very first time.

    Stay tuned for lots more Turtles related content on IGN's live show as well as everything else shown during SDCC 2022.

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