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Sony waited at least a day before revealing PSN hack
Sony’s executive team may have painted itself into a corner regarding information sharing about the recent PlayStation Network server breach. A document dated May 6, handed to the Japanese Ministry of...
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Sony shareholders ask Howard Stringer to step down as president
Sir Howard Stringer, president and CEO of Sony was put of the defensive today during a shareholders meeting. The company has been through a very rough patch lately due in no small part…
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Sony “Welcome Back” promotion ends this weekend
Sony’s “Welcome Back” promotion, billed as an attempt by the company to win back disaffected gamers after the PlayStation Network hack and subsequent month-long outage, is ending this weekend. If you...
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Sony lets slip PSN Pass gate for online gameplay
Sony is reintroducing a paid gate to online multiplayer gameplay alongside the upcoming release of its own shooter Resistance 3, and this time it will be known as PSN Pass. Some eagle-eyed German gamers…
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Sony wants exclusive games for PSN, has $20 million to spend
Games that are exclusive to a platform used to be the norm. Back in the days of the Gamecube and PSOne it was a pretty common occurrence, but that soon changed when games…
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PS Vita usable as PlayStation 3 controller or Wii U-style display
Sony has revealed at the Develop Conference that its upcoming PSP successor, the PlayStation Vita, could be used as a PlayStation 3 controller and that it will be up to developers to determine…
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When Sony released the PSPgo it was both an experiment and a gamble. Can a portable games machine thrive when you remove the ability to purchase physical games? The answer: no. The PSPgo…
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In the new PSN Terms of Service you agree to never sue Sony
If you load up PSN today, you may find yourself having to agree to a new Terms of Service due to a company transition that is happening within Sony. Sony Network Entertainment America…
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Daytona USA coming to PS3, Xbox 360 this month
Daytona USA, Sega’s classic 1993 arcade racer, is headed to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this month with refreshed features for modern consoles. While the game’s original polygonal graphics will...
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Is Sony’s PlayStation Network rebranding really necessary?
As device manufacturers eye the living room as the next great uncharted frontier (with an increasing nervousness about Apple’s impending TV set), they look for any “in” that they already have. Video game…
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Sony adds Ultimate Editions to PSN
I’ve stopped buying console games on release day for the majority of new titles. The main reason is not to save some cash, it’s because I know a few months after release the…
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These are the 25 most common PSN trophies
Recently we went through a list of the rarest PSN trophies, and now it’s time to look at the other end of the spectrum: the most common. The folks at Giant Bomb helped…
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Sony fined $400,000 in UK for 2011 PSN hack
2011 is a year that Sony would really like to forget. The PlayStation Network was hacked in mid-April with just about all user data being compromised. It turned out to be the 4th…
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Sony patent checks game load times to detect piracy
Protecting against piracy is something console manufacturers take very seriously due to the potential loss in revenue they believe comes with it. That’s part of the reason why consoles like the PS3 and…
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Blizzard confirms no cross platform play for Diablo 3 on PS4
One of the more curious announcements alongside the PlayStation 4 during their press conference was Blizzard taking the stage to announce Diablo 3 coming to the console. The only things stranger than...
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Sony lets you download multiplayer mode first for PS4 games
One of the useful new features coming along with the PS4 is the ability to play downloaded games before they’ve actually finished downloading. That’s handy, especially if you are on a slower connection…
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Sony: PSN running costs are too high to keep it free on PS4
The PS4 may be $100 cheaper than the Xbox One when it launches later this year, but using Sony’s console is going to be a little more expensive than the equivalent experience gaming…
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PS4 owners are having difficulty connecting to the PlayStation Network
A few days ago Jack Tretton, president of Sony, commented that the company wasn’t at all concerned about how popular the PS4 was going to be on launch today. In fact, they are […]
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Hackers who took PSN offline issued bomb threat for SOE president’s flight
Yesterday gamers booting up their PS3 or PS4 were frustrated to find that the PlayStation Network was down for maintenance. But this wasn’t scheduled downtime, it was the work of hackers targeting...
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PSN hacked again? 2K Games and Windows Live logins also leaked [Updated]
Update: It is being suggested both in the comments here and elsewhere that the data may be false. Until that is confirmed by one of the services affected it’s best to remain cautious. […]
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