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[Warning] Steam Page Caching Goes Rogue
[Update: Valve has shut down the Steam store.]
MMO Fallout can confirm that Steam has experienced a major client bug, causing players to be able to access other accounts at complete random. Speculation is running rampant on the cause, which some are pointing toward a simple caching error, however it is possible to view random users Steam details, including their wallet, owned games, purchase history, and the last digits of their credit card on file.
We tested it on our own systems and managed to log into multiple accounts, although the service is presently barely functioning and crashing pretty regularly.
The good news is that users cannot do anything with the account, be it make purchases, change passwords, etc. It is also possible to access accounts that are protected by Steam Guard.
Funcom Extends Issue Pack To Current Players
If the last month has taught us anything, it’s that current players don’t take kindly to being cut out of lucrative deals. Funcom’s announced sale of the base game plus four additional issues for $20 ruffled more than a few feathers when it was revealed that the sale was for new accounts only.
Thankfully the outrage has been heard and Funcom has extended the sale to everyone. Up until March 31st, you’ll be able to get your hands on Issues 5-8 for $20. This sale is completed through the Funcom account management page and not through the in-game store.
(Source: The Secret World)
DC Universe: Hey, My D2D Code Ain’t Working!
DC Universe Online launches today, and like any decent MMO the launch day issues are becoming too numerous to bore you with here on MMO Fallout. Among the problems I can actually help you with comes players who are having issues with their preorder keys from Direct2Drive. According to a few comments in my email box, players are having problems with their keys being accepted, with the majority of them facing the dreaded “this key is already in use” response. So, what is the issue? Hackers with key generators? Superman?
Nope. A little bit of research on my end has come up with a couple of solutions. According to a number of users on the MMORPG.com forums, you should go to SOE.com and set up your account from there. Following that, enter in your key and submit, which should still give you an error, but the key should still apply to the account. If the key was accepted, you will have the option to subscribe without buying the game. The subscription portion apparently can also be set up via the launcher, but don’t quote me on that.
A thank you to all of you who submitted this, and foremost a big thank you to Redcor, and a few others, on the MMORPG.com forums for figuring out a solution. Sony is apparently aware of the issue and is working on a fix, but this will have to do for the time being. If you’re having this issue and the fix above doesn’t work, I suggest using SOE’s customer support line.
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