Journey may be simultaneously the simplest and trickiest game to describe in quite some time. There’s been a veil of secrecy around the upcoming PSN exclusive for months now, with eager fans only getting the vaguest hints about the multiplayer game from dev studio thatgamecompany. But the makers of artsy cult hit Flower launched a …
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Shockingly Good: ‘Infamous 2’ Review
It’s a rule: When you become a superhero, you get a city. Spider-Man swings all over Marvel Comics’ version of the Big Apple, Superman’s got Metropolis and everyone knows Gotham City is Batman’s town. In the best interpretations, the stomping grounds that heroes patrol reflect the core truths about them, and vice versa. So Batman can …
Sony Confirms the ‘PlayStation 4’ Is Underway
The PlayStation 4 exists, surprise! Bet you never saw that coming. Except it’s not called the PlayStation 4—not yet, anyway. But yes, Sony admitted it’s in the offing in one of those indirectly-traveling-from-New-York-to-L.A.-by-way-of-China references.
Perhaps you’ve heard Sony’s PlayStation division posted a profit for its fiscal …
Can’t Play DiRT 3 Online? Blame Sony’s MIA PlayStation Store
You just picked up Codemasters’ grit-flinging, gravel-grinding rally racer DiRT 3 for PlayStation 3, and let me guess—you can’t play online or swap YouTube video replays with pals. Bummer.
You’re not alone. It’s because the PS3 version requires a special piece of downloadable code to put its online mode in gear. And since that …
Sony: PSN Password Issue Was Exploit, Not Hack
Sony’s weighed in on the question of whether its PlayStation Network online login was “hacked” yesterday.
Its verdict: not a hack, just an “exploit.”
“We temporarily took down the PSN and Qriocity password reset page,” said Sony spokesperson Patrick Seybold on the PlayStation blog, adding “Contrary to some reports, …
Playstation Network Goes Back Online at Long Last
PS3 owners, our long national nightmare is finally over. On Saturday May 14th, Sony exec Kaz Hirai delivered a video address that announced that Sony would be beginning a gradual roll-out of restoration for their Playstation Network and Qriocity services. (In a separate statement, the Sony Online Entertainment division also announced …
Report: PS3 Console Trade-Ins Rise Due to PSN Outage
Game trade-ins may be a games publisher and developer bugaboo, but it looks like they may also be a bellwether of customer discontent when it comes to Sony’s ongoing PlayStation Network outage.
Case in point, games-mag Edge says UK-based retailers are reporting a rise in PS3 console trade-ins for Xbox 360s. Edge’s source also says …
Who’s Cleaning Up the PSN Debacle for Sony?
Remember that scene in Pulp Fiction where Harvey Keitel’s character — the nicely-named Winston Wolf — comes in to help assassins Jules and Vincent tidy up an especially messy murder? “How come I’m on brain duty?!”
Well, it looks like Sony has called in the equivalent of three Winston Wolfs to begin cleaning up the security mess that …
From Worse to Awful: Sony Admits Over 23,000 Credit Cards, Bank Accounts Exposed
Oops, they did it again, or at least did a whole lot more than Sony thought until yesterday, shortly before Japan news site Nikkei claimed a second data breach at Sony HQ involved the theft of nearly 13,000 credit card numbers. Hide your wallets, folks.
I knew something was up when Sony Online Entertainment (EverQuest, DC Universe …
Sony Says ‘No Truth’ to PSN Credit Card List Rumors
“No it didn’t” neatly sums up Sony’s reaction to late-last-week rumors, led by various security firms, that the massive PlayStation Network fumble included customer credit card numbers.
In a PlayStation blog “network security” update this afternoon, Sony Computer Entertainment America spokesperson Patrick Seybold echoed Sony …
Sony PlayStation President Apologizes for PSN Outage, Promises Service Back This Week
The first big step of Sony winning back the goodwill of consumers and repairing its reputation took place this weekend, when Kaz Hirai and other Sony execs took to the stage for a press conference. Hirai, an Executive Vice President who’s the no. 2 man at the Japanese tech giant, made the first executive acknowledgement of the fiasco …
Did Sony Fib? PSN ‘Hackers’ Claim Over 2 Million Credit Cards Stolen
Uh-oh, did hackers make off with your financial data in Sony’s PlayStation Network fiasco after all?
Sony recently claimed it was pretty sure–though not hermetically certain–that whoever poked around its PlayStation Network between April 17th and 19th didn’t make off with credit card data. Personal info like names, addresses, and …