[VIDEO GAME] Lords of Legions Saved by Hack
by John Quarmby, The Daily GOFfering Soft Vision’s multiplayer first person shooter Lords of Legions 10 has had a disappointing launch, with its latest installment receiving the lowest sales in the franchise history. The game has been criticized for being "just another basic geth horde shooting game" with limited graphics and poor extranet server support. This has changed overnight, however, as the game has received a massive unannounced overhaul, with sound and visual graphics enhanced and with servers performing better than any other game on the extranet. Even the story structure of the game has been modified, as the player is no longer a lone soldier firing on invading Geth, but a Geth fighting Heretic Geth units aligned with Reaper forces. The updates have already received rave reviews, and the player count has tripled within hours of the changes. The real story is the source of these changes, as Soft Vision did not author the megapatch themselves. Indeed, they were actually victims of an unauthorized hack coming from Charoum. This is one of the first reported incidents of the Geth of Charoum hacking into an off-world program of any kind. The hack was followed by a message, stating “We have received your shipment of Lords of Legions 10 delivered to our 10th orbital station. We thank you for our inclusion in your recreation software, but found the Geth representation unsatisfactory. We have adapted the program to better simulate Geth combat and life experience.” There has been no official response from Soft Vision on these game changes or any signs of actions against the Geth for breaking and tampering with the source code. An anonymous quote, allegedly from one of their executives, has said “We’re just glad they didn’t destroy our systems or respond with missiles to our headquarters. Frankly, no one ever considered reaching out to the Geth about the game, but with this surprising response that may change.” The source refrained from answering when questioned on the hack’s ramifications to the Lords of Legions intellectual property rights.