At this Time, No Evidence That Financial Information Was Accessed
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Irvine, Calif., August 9, 2012  — Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today notified its players that there was unauthorized access to some Battle.net account information.

The unauthorized access included email addresses associated with Battle.net accounts in all regions, outside of China. Additional information from accounts associated with the North American servers (which generally includes players from North America, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia) was also accessed, including cryptographically scrambled versions of passwords (not actual passwords), the answer to a personal security question, and information relating to Mobile and Dial-In Authenticators. It’s important to note that at this time, Blizzard does not believe this information alone is enough to gain access to Battle.net accounts.

Based on Blizzard’s investigation to this point, credit card and other customer payment data does NOT appear to have been accessed or affected. As a precaution, however, Blizzard encourages players to change their Battle.net password and any similar passwords used for other purposes.

Upon discovery of the unauthorized access, Blizzard took quick action to close off the unauthorized access and notify appropriate law enforcement.  Investigations are ongoing and Blizzard continues to work with authorities and security experts.

Additional information regarding this matter is available on the Company’s website at http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/securityupdate.html

Francis Ford Coppola’s Godfather trilogy collected nine Academy Awards and was nominated for a further twenty becoming recognized as a bona fide, cinematic masterpiece in the process. Now, to celebrate its 40th birthday, the trilogy has been restored, re-mastered and is available for inclusion in Father’s Day Gift Guides.

Each set boasts an array of original re-mastered special features and bonus 40th anniversary special features such as a look at The Godfather on the Red Carpet, four short films on The Godfather and a feature on When The Shooting Stopped. The boxsets also include the original lined script for the first film, never before seen behind the scenes photography with commentary, a Corleone family tree poster and the soundtrack to all three movies.

THE GODFATHER 40th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED EDITION BOXSET is available on DVD and Blu-ray from 1st AUGUST, 2012

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Launching day and date with the Xbox 360 and PS3 releases, Sleeping Dogs for Windows PCs is set to ship with a stunning set of PC-specific features to bring Hong Kong island to life. With an array of advanced graphical features on-board, the Windows PC release gives gamers with the hardware bandwidth a host of graphical enhancements, hardware optimisations and support for the latest AMD and Nvidia features.

The high-resolution texture pack updates the game to a new level, bringing eye-watering detail and crisp clear rendering to everything from city skyscrapers to crumbling ancient temples. Another layer of depth is added for gamers running at higher resolutions using increased small object detail to render smaller items of the world from a far greater distance to give an incredible sense of scale and detail. In-game shadows receive a significant upgrade with support for high-resolution shadow textures, high quality shadow filters and support for Screen Space Ambient Occlusion. Sleeping Dogs features performance enhancements for both dual and quad core PC setups, enhanced performance for Nvidia SLI and AMD Crossfire, support for keyboard and mouse setup (including key mapping) and optimisations for both 3D and multi monitors on both AMD and Nvidia hardware.

Developed by United Front Games in collaboration with Square Enix London Studios, Sleeping Dogs is a gritty and visceral open world cop drama set in the vibrant city of Hong Kong. Taking the role of undercover cop Wei Shen, players are tasked with taking down one of the world’s most fearsome criminal organisations from the inside. Offering players an island packed with action, every street corner, market stall, harbour dock or city skyscraper can become an opportunity for intense shoot-outs, adrenaline-fuelled street races and intense, brutal martial arts combat. Featuring one of the most intuitive and imaginative combat systems, Sleeping Dogs empowers players to perform an extensive set of martial arts moves, singlehandedly taking on numerous opponents. Players perform bone-crunching kicks and combos, vicious counters and a cinematic set of environmental takedowns making use of countless real-world items from circular saws to phone booths, incinerators to refrigerator doors.

Sleeping Dogs will be available from 16^th August 2012 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PCs. For more information about the game, visit http://www.sleepingdogs.net  and join our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SleepingDogsGame for regular updates.

The Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 Collection #3: Chaos Pack is available to purchase for gamers on Xbox Live.  The Collection #3: Chaos Pack will introduce gamers to the brand new Special Ops Chaos Mode, in addition to offering three all new FACE OFF Maps and four new Special Ops Missions.

Call of Duty: MW3 Collection #3: Chaos Pack features the four brand new Special Ops Missions — Vertigo, Arctic Recon, Light ‘Em Up and Special Delivery — and the three new FACE OFF maps — Vortex, U-Turn and Intersection. Collection #3: Chaos Pack also introduces a new way to play Call of Duty. Special Ops Chaos Mode delivers a frenetic form of combat that demands players to outlast waves of enemies, while chaining kills on maps littered in power-ups to achieve the highest possible score on fan-favorite multiplayer maps Resistance, Village, Underground and Dome.

Collection #3: Chaos Pack is available now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 1,200 Microsoft Points.  Collection #3: Chaos Pack will be released on other platforms at a later date.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is published by Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), and co-developed by Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software.  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is rated “MA15+” (Strong Violence) by the Australian Classification Board. For more information go to www.callofduty.com/mw3 or check out @InfinityWard or @SHGames on Twitter.

Bethesda is pleased to announce that they’ve just released a new gameplay video for Dishonored – ‘Creative Kills’. This video showcases just a few of the ways that you can eliminate your enemies using the flexible combat system. The combat system allows you to creatively combine supernatural abilities with the weapons and gadgets at your disposal.

Dishonored, the first person action game from Arkane studios, casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. Pursue your targets under the cover of darkness or ruthlessly attack them head on with weapons drawn. The outcome of each mission plays out based on the choices you make.

Dishonored will be available in Australia and New Zealand on October 11, 2012, and is slated for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

For more information on Dishonored visitwww.Dishonored.com.

Activision’s Atari-Era Phenomenon is Re-Imagined For Mobile In Honor Of The Franchise’s 30^th Birthday 

Industry Veteran Gordon Hall Joins Mark Washbrook To Spearhead New Mobile Studio – The Blast Furnace™ 

Sydney, Australia – August 10, 2012 – The iconic Pitfall Harry is in peril yet again, 30-years after his namesake Atari 2600 video game cemented ‘jump-and-run’ as a fixture in gaming history.  Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), is celebrating the cherished franchise with the launch of a new Pitfall™ App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, available now on the App Store.  Inspired by the original 1982 classic, this modern incarnation features thrilling new environments and twists on classic Pitfall gameplay that will appeal to fans of all generations.

Pitfall has been in development at Activision’s recently revealed Leeds, UK-based studio The Blast Furnace™.  This newly formed studio team is led by veteran developer and former head of Rockstar London, Mark Washbrook, and Activision is now announcing the addition of Rockstar Leeds legend Gordon Hall, who will partner with Washbrook to oversee The Blast Furnace.  Hall will also join Activision Mobile’s leadership team as Chief Creative Officer, and will focus on bringing AAA interactive experiences to the mobile space.

“The original Pitfall on the Atari 2600 pioneered the action-platform/runner genre,” said Gordon Hall.  “We loved Pitfall then—along with millions of gamers around the world—and we still love it now.  In fact, it was the game that inspired quite a few of us to seek a career in game development.  This new incarnation delivers a best-in-class experience of the game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.  The team has kept the elements that made the original so much fun to play, and merged them with a cool, retro HD art style, updated controls and play mechanics to keep both old-school fans and newcomers happy.  We’re really excited to kick off Pitfall’s 30^th birthday by rebooting the franchise for the mobile audience.”

From the moment mobile gamers start playing Pitfall, they’ll experience an ever-changing landscape with different environments and shifting camera perspectives, vehicles and mine carts, branching paths, and a wide range of hazards to overcome.  With the iconic objects from the 2600 classic game – crocodiles, rope swings, gold bars, diamond rings, cobras and more, players will traverse a volcanic island carpeted in sweltering jungle and explore villages long since forgotten by time as they dodge danger in maze-like cave systems.  Every level—crafted from the ground up exclusively for mobile—packs stunning 3D visuals, instinctive controls and engaging action-adventure gameplay.  As players progress, they can sweep up loot, buy power-ups and earn experience, enabling them to advance through the leveling system and compete with friends for the best high scores.  The excitement doesn’t stop there, as plans call for the game to evolve over time through future content updates.

The new Pitfall App for mobile is available for purchase today from the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore.  Additionally, The Blast Furnace is also working on a version of the game for Android devices planned to launch at a later date.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, mainland China and the region of Taiwan.  More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s Web site, www.activision.com.

ALL FOUR ICONIC FILMS EMBARK ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 WITH THE NEWLY RESTORED RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK AND NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE FROM THE SET OF THE CLASSIC 

Every unforgettable exploit of world-renowned, globetrotting hero Indiana Jones finally comes home with pristine picture and sound when INDIANA JONES: The Complete Adventures debuts on Blu-ray September 12, 2012 from Lucasfilm Ltd. and Paramount Home Media Distribution. The cinematic classic that started it all—Raiders of the Lost Ark—has been meticulously restored under the supervision of director Steven Spielberg and sound designer Ben Burtt.  Additionally, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade have both been remastered alongside 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull making this landmark release the first time all four films in the epic and award-winning franchise have been available together in sparkling high definition.

In addition to all of Indy’s thrilling adventures, the set includes seven hours of fascinating documentaries, featurettes and interviews with cast members and filmmakers.  This comprehensive collection of behind-the-scenes bonus features is augmented by a brand new two-part documentary entitled “On Set with Raiders of the Lost Ark – From Jungle to Desert and From Adventure to Legend.”  Featuring nearly an hour of rarely seen footage from the set of the film and archival interviews with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford, these captivating pieces transports fans back to where the legend began. 

Raiders of the Lost Ark has been painstakingly restored with careful attention to preserving the original look, sound and feel of the iconic film.  The original negative was scanned at 4K and then examined frame-by-frame so that any damage could be repaired.  The sound design was similarly preserved using Burtt’s original master mix, which had been archived and unused since 1981.  New stereo surrounds were created using the original music tracks and original effects recorded in stereo but used previously only in mono.  In addition, the sub bass was redone entirely up to modern specifications and care was taken to improve dialogue and correct small technical flaws to create the most complete and highest quality version of the sound possible while retaining the director’s vision.

Disc Specifications:

Disc 1—Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 2.0 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The disc includes the following:

• Teaser Trailer (HD)
• Theatrical Trailer (HD)
• Re-Issue Trailer (HD)

Disc 2—Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 2.0 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The disc includes the following:

• Teaser Trailer (HD)
• Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Disc 3—Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 2.0 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The disc includes the following:

• Teaser Trailer (HD)
• Theatrical Trailer (HD)

Disc 4—Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The disc includes the following:

• Theatrical Trailer #2 (HD)
• Theatrical Trailer #3 (HD)
• Theatrical Trailer #4 (HD)

Disc 5—Bonus Features

Bonus features are presented in standard and high definition (as indicated below) in English with English, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.

• NEW – On Set      with Raiders of      the Lost Ark
  • From       Jungle to Desert
  • From       Adventure to Legend
• Making the Films
  • The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981       documentary previously unavailable on DVD)
  • The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • The Making of Indiana Jones and the Temple of       Doom
  • The Making of Indiana Jones and the Last       Crusade

 Disc 5—Bonus Features

• The Making of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of       the Crystal Skull (HD)
• Behind the Scenes
  • The Stunts of Indiana Jones
  • The Sound of Indiana Jones
  • The Music of Indiana Jones
  • The Light and Magic of Indiana       Jones
  • Raiders: The Melting Face!
  • Indiana Jones and the Creepy       Crawlies (with optional pop-ups)
  • Travel with Indiana Jones:       Locations (with optional pop-ups)
  • Indy’s Women: The American       Film Institute Tribute
  • Indy’s Friends and Enemies
  • Iconic Props (Crystal Skull)       (HD)
  • The Effects of Indy (Crystal       Skull) (HD)
  • Adventures in Post Production       (Crystal Skull) (HD)

This is a journey into darkness that is not for the faint hearted and these are just some of the grisly crimes that prove vampires walk amongst us every day

•The gruesome case of gigolo vampire, Shane Chartres-Abbott, whose slaughter mid-way through his highly publicised rape trial in 2003 sparked an internal inquiry that rocked the Victoria Police Force. His ‘slayer’ arrived in Melbourne this week to face charges.

•The harrowing case of Australia’s most infamous lesbian vampire killer, Tracey Wigginton, whose chilling account of the blood-thirsty 1989 murder of a Queensland grandfather was only made public this year in the wake of her controversial release from prison.

•The grisly slaying of a bubbly Perth teenager by sadistic lesbian vampire lovers Valerie Parashumti and Jessica Stasinowski – who celebrated their sick love with a bloody kiss over their victims dying body

•Richard Chase the Sacramento Vampire who sated his chilling blood lust with the macabre slaughter of six victims in a single month

•Allan Menzies the Scottish horror movie addict who claimed a character in his favourite film drove him to feast on the flesh and blood of his lifelong friend.

About the Author

Megan Norris is a journalist and author with more than 30 years experience in court reporting and crime writing. She has covered some of Australia’s biggest crime exclusives for women’s magazines including the Port Arthur Shootings, the Bali Bombings, the disappearance of Daniel Morcombe, the infamous Body in the Boot case and the murder of gangland figurehead, Carl Williams. Megan has a special interest in women and children as victims of crime and is a former winner of the EVA (Eliminating Violence Against Women) Awards. True True Blood is her third book.