Square Enix members site got hacked recently, especially the Japan and the US one, and we have reports that almost 1.8 million members could be affected by the hack.

The website is still down but Square Enix has issued a statement.

We have reason to believe that unknown parties may have gained unauthorized access to a particular Square Enix server related to the free SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS service offered in North America and Japan. In response, Square Enix, Inc. has temporarily suspended operation of the SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS service starting at 10PM (PST) on December 12, 2011.

We are assessing the full extent of this potential breach to determine what data, if any, was compromised and will provide more details as soon as possible. While some personal information may have been accessed, we can confirm that there is no possibility of any credit card information leak from this incident, since the server in question stores no credit card information. We estimate that the suspension will continue for a few days until we complete our investigation and counter-measures. We will update you as we learn more.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the temporary suspension of the SQUARE ENIX MEMBERS service. We take data security extremely seriously and we regret any inconvenience this may have caused our customers and fans. We appreciate your patience and support at this time.

We will keep you updated once we get more information. Tell us what you think in the comments section below.

Gearbox’s launched a brand new Duke Nukem Forever website and it’s all sorts of awesome.

Made entirely in Flash, the website manages to impress and any Duke fanatic should give it a visit.

The game’s actually releasing, this time around and will be coming to your PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in May.

P.S: We are really digging the music in the website.

Groovy.

Square Enix has launched the official website for their recently announced Final Fantasy XIII-2. The website only carries a high quality logo of the game for now but expect it to get the trailer and other assets for the game soon.

Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be releasing for PS3 and Xbox 360. Square’s confirmed it’ll be getting a 2011 release, atleast in Japan.

You can read about the announcement over here.

Microsoft has launched the official website for their upcoming Kinect only game, Kinectimals.

The website has the cute/ugly as hell Tiger looking down at you and comes with the regular fare that you expect such websites to have.

However, the media page is quite interesting, with lots of pics which shows different animals indulging in cuddly activities. Looks cool.

Kinectimals is part of Kinect’s launch line-up.

The site http://whatisicarus.com/ has been registered by TakeTwo.

You will notice that the site has nothing, save for an image of what appears to be smoke or fog rising out of black.

It’s spooky stuff, and it’s lead to a lot of guessing as to what Project Icarus really is.

Irrational gaems has been working on this project ever since the end of the original Bioshock development cycle in 2007.

Stay tuned to GamingBolt as we investigate.

Now back to the point. I am here to announce two important updates. Here they are:

1. Game Store: Now you can buy games right from our site. Get the best deals for all your games and accessories. We are supporting all major consoles and handhelds. Check it out here.
2. Removal of forums: One of the things that never really got going was the forums. Forums was an experimentation by us to see whether our readers will actually like them and start discussing their favorite games and topics, but I guess it was just a little early to start experimenting. However we will consider bringing back the forums again when the time is right.

We are working on a lot of other features as well, which we think will increase our overall readership. One of them being the FaceBook connect feature.

Anyways, that’s it from me for now. Stay tuned with GamingBolt for more news and updates.

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