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[Update: Electronic Arts says its investigation into the matter has come up empty. "We found no indication at this point of a breach of our Origin account database," an EA rep said. "Privacy and security of user account information are of the utmost importance to us. We encourage our players to use Origin user ID and passwords that are unique to their account, and to report any activity they feel may be unauthorized to EA customer support at help.ea.com."

Customers who use the same password across multiple sites may still be at risk as a result of breaches elsewhere, however; in November, the hacker group DerpTrolling claimed to have access to roughly seven million username/password combinations from various services, including 1.7 million Origin accounts.]

If you have seen a message similar to this then, in all likelihood, one of the contacts on your Steam friends list has had their computer infected by the malware and is spamming you and everyone else on their contacts list with the “WTF?????” message.

If you make the mistake of clicking on the link, and opening the downloaded file, your Windows computer could also become infected and your Steam credentials potentially stolen.

The news comes courtesy of Beamdog, the developer behind both Enhanced Edition releases, as well as an enhanced edition of fellow Infinity Engine game Icewind Dale.

The developer has been teasing a mysterious "Adventure Y" game for some time now. In a blog post this week, it revealed that Adventure Y is in fact a new Baldur's Gate project set between the events of Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition.

Beamdog isn't ready to say much else about the new project, but the post mentions that it will use the Infinity Engine, the old-school computer role-playing game system that powered the original Baldur's Gate way back in 1998. The developer plans to announce more information (including a release date) this spring.

Beamdog studio head Trent Oster has previously talked about a desire to create a Baldur's Gate 3, and this comes up again in the blog post:


We'd be lying if we said we never think about doing a Baldur's Gate 3 game, so we won't say that. But we will say there's nothing in the works yet regarding BG3 or a 5th edition [Dungeons & Dragons] game. That doesn't mean the opportunity will never arise, though, so we're preparing by starting a tabletop 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons game here in the office.

The post also mentions another game in the works, referred to alternately as Adventure Z, Project: Beartrap and Project: Sharktrap. Beamdog says it won't be ready to talk about this one until late summer, but it is "a departure for us in terms of what we've done in the past."

So from now on greeks will receive their salary in a chest. To open the chest they will have to buy a key. When they will open the chest their salary will be either common, rare or epic depending on the will of the RNG Gods (with a very high % to be common). This way Greece will be out of trouble in no time.

Dear Players, Partners and Friends,

Today, we are pleased to announce that we have been acquired by Columbus Nova, an investment management firm well known for its success with its existing portfolio of technology, media and entertainment focused companies. This means that effective immediately SOE will operate as an independent game development studio where we will continue to focus on creating exceptional online games for players around the world, and now as a multi-platform gaming company. Yes, that means PlayStation and Xbox, mobile and more!

As part of this transition, SOE will now become Daybreak Game Company. This name embodies who we are as an organization, and is a nod to the passion and dedication of our employees and players. It is also representative of our vision to approach each new day as an opportunity to move gaming forward.

So what exactly does this mean for you? It will be business as usual and all SOE games will continue on their current path of development and operation. In fact, we expect to have even more resources available to us as a result of this acquisition. It also means new exciting developments for our existing IP and games as we can now fully embrace the multi-platform world we are living in.

Our games and players are the heart and soul of our organization, and we are committed to maintaining our portfolio of online games and pushing the limits of where we can take online gaming together.

Thank you for your continued support. See you in game!

The Team at Daybreak