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Report Amazon Cloud Servers Used To Hack PlayStation Network
Citing an anonymous source, Bloomberg is reporting that Amazon's cloud servers were used to hack the PlayStation Network at the end of April
According to the report, the hackers disguised themselves as a legitimate organisation, using fake information to sign up to Amazon's service. Once the account with Amazon was authorised, the hackers used it to...
News inFamous 2's Narrative Refresher Course Gets Us Pumped
Heads up guys: inFamous 2 is out really soon
The sequel to one of our favourite games from 2009 is just around the corner, and this little narrative refresher is probably all you'll need to get hyped. Has anyone ordered the "Hero Edition"? We're super tempted by it. Looks like Play.com has the exclusive on it in the UK. You can grab it...
News Sony Releases Bumper Starhawk Trailer, Breaks Down Everything
Sony's put up a bumper five-minute trailer for Starhawk that breaks down each element of its gameplay
As we explained earlier, the primary mechanic is Starhawk's "Build And Battle" component, which brings dynamic real-time strategy into the game's mix of third-person shooting and flight combat. We're not entirely convinced by the game's...
News Gearbox Gaffer Randy Pitchford Attacks 'Evil' PlayStation Network Hackers
Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has hit out against the "cyber-terrorists" that have brought the PlayStation Network to its knees, pleading with gamers to support Sony in its endeavours to restore online services to the PlayStation 3
Speaking with Eurogamer as part of a promotional tour for Duke Nukem Forever, Pitchford said we are all victims of...
News April NPD: PlayStation 3 Hardware Strong, Mortal Kombat King
PlayStation 3 sales were strong in North America last month, making the current PlayStation Network outage all the more frustrating
Sony's system managed to outsell both the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, snapping up sales of over 200k units. Microsoft XBOX 360 continued to dominate in the region. Mortal Kombat was the big software winner, selling...
News Catch A Full Thirteen Minutes Of Starhawk Gameplay
Did you hear? Starhawk has been announced for PlayStation 3
It launches on Blu-ray next year, brimming with a meaty single-player and multiplayer component. It also looks amazing. Step away from the grimy art-style for a moment, and you'll find the core staples of Warhawk's gameplay in tact, bolstered by a new Real-Time Strategy mechanic that looks...
News Watch Dylan Jobe & Geoff Keighley Talk Starhawk On GTTV
Geoff Keighley's GTTV had the overnight exclusive on Starhawk, but just in case you missed it, we've embedded Dylan Jobe's interview after the jump
The footage features plenty of multiplayer and single-player gameplay, as well as some background on Starhawk's narrative. Catch it after the jump.
News First Starhawk Gameplay Trailer Introduces Transforming Warhawks, Amazing
If you're a fan of Warhawk, this debut trailer for Lightbox Interactive's spiritual successor, Starhawk, should get you pumped
Not only does the on-foot action look much more refined than in its predecessor, but the Warhawks also transform. They friggin' transform into mechs. It's basically like the Transformers game we always dreamed of. Check out...
News Confirmed: Lightbox Interactive Announce Starhawk For PlayStation 3, Releasing In 2012
The PlayStation Network might still be down, but Sony's prepping itself for E3 2011 in style -- starting with the long rumoured announcement of Starhawk from Dylan Jobe's Lightbox Interactive studio
The sequel to Warhawk, due out in 2012, will launch on a Blu-ray and will boast a single-player campaign in addition to a fully-featured multiplayer...
News PlayStation Network Multiplayer Currently Being Tested Internally
Optimism: according to various reports, internal testers are currently playing various PlayStation Network games online
The official Twitter account for PlayStation in the Netherlands (which has been the most active during this entire outage) confirmed to fans that "internal testing" is currently occurring in numerous regions. Since that...
Report Impatient PlayStation 3 Owners Trade-In Their Systems As PSN Stays Offline
The PlayStation Network has been offline for about three weeks, and there's no sign of a restoration in sight
That's causing a lot of PS3 owners to lose patience and trade-in their systems, according to a report published by EDGE. The report cites a number of UK retail clerks, and paints a disturbing picture of the current PS3 climate: trade-ins...
News Check Out inFamous 2's Preorder Bonus Powers
With all the drama surrounding the PlayStation Network, we're a little worried that inFamous 2 might be flying under the radar a touch
That's a big mistake because the game looks absolutely incredible. Admittedly we're not keen on the prospect of preorder bonuses, but we suppose that's the state of the industry now. There's a number of additional...
News Sony: PlayStation Network Restoration Still A 'Few Days' Away
People demanded an update on the PlayStation Network, and Sony has answered their pleas for information, but evidently there's not a lot new to say
In an update on the PlayStation Blog, Sony communications director Patrick Seybold settled for the vague statement of "at least a few more days". We suppose there's some positivity in that...
U
S. senator Richard Blumenthal has praised Sony's response to the PlayStation Network data breach, suggesting the platform holder's response "could serve as a model for other companies facing similar criminal hacking". Blumenthal was one of the first politicians to question Sony about the data breach once the news became public, demanding...
News Sony Confirms E3 2011 News Conference Details
Will NGP steal the show?
Sony's NGP will take centre stage at the company's big pre-E3 press conference, kicking off in just four weeks time. On Monday 6th June at 5pm Pacific Time (1am Tuesday 7th June UK time) Sony will reveal plenty more about the machine, its games and hopefully the three biggest bits of information: the console's real name, its...
News Sony's E3 2011 News Conference Details Confirmed
Expect big things
The annual cavalcade of big announcements that is E3 is just under four weeks away, as Sony has confirmed the time and date of its press conference. Taking place on Monday 6th June at 5pm Pacific Time (1am Tuesday 7th June UK time), the show will hopefully reveal more about some of the big PlayStation Move titles due out later this...
News PlayStation Network Outage Costing Capcom A Chunk Of Change
Undeniably the worst thing to come out of the PlayStation Network outage is the amount of money third-parties are currently losing from the inability to sell their games on the PlayStation Store
Publishers and developers alike depend on the distribution clout of the PlayStation Network to sell their goods, and with that ripped away it causes a big...
News Sony To Fully Restore PlayStation Network Services By May 31st
Rolling on
The latest headline to join the population of Silly-Town: "PlayStation Network Offline For Six Weeks, Says Sony". Just like the stories on plain-text passwords, unencrypted credit cards and unpatched servers,
Japanese Charts PlayStation Portable Pretty Much Obliterates Everything Else
"But my friend told me the PSP was dead," said the crowds of readers
Boo to you, the PSP is on friggin' fire. Well, in Japan at least. Last week (ending May 1st), Sony's portable shifted a whopping 76,974 units. That's an impressive number alone, but when you take into consideration that the Nintendo 3DS only managed to shift 28,413 units over the...
News Wait A Minute, There Might Be Another Heavenly Sword Game On The Way?
Consider us completely caught off guard with this one
UK gaming magazine, PlayGamer, is hinting that Sony will announce a sequel to Heavenly Sword at this year's E3. It's unlikely that original developers Ninja Theory will be at the helm, as they are currently busy working on a Devil May Cry reboot for Capcom. Our top bet for taking on the franchise...
News No, Sony Was Not Running The PlayStation Network On Out-Of-Date Servers Without Firewalls
Last week it was common knowledge that Sony stored passwords in plain-text
That rumour was, of course, debunked publicly by Sony, when the platform holder was forced to come out and clarify that it in fact hashed its passwords — as is a common practice across many web environments. Prior to that, it was rumoured that Sony did not encrypt credit...
News Starhawk Reveal (Probably) Incoming Next Week
Dylan Jobe's next project -- hotly rumoured to be Starhawk -- is set to get an announcement on next Friday's GTTV
The site's schedule currently lists a "Sony surprise", but being the eagle-eyed investigative minds that we are, we already have a pretty big idea what that surprise might contain. Much of the American press was shipped down to...
News Patience Is A Virtue: So, Errr, The PlayStation Network Ain't Coming Back Online This Weekend
Despite the optimism of Sony's previous PlayStation Network status update -- when Sony said it was in the "final stages of testing" the service -- it sounds like we won't be playing online anytime soon
Sony's communications director Patrick Seybold has posted an update on the PlayStation Blog stating that the platform holder is still "working...
In a statement posted to the European PlayStation Blog this evening, Sony communications gaffer, Nick Caplin, has outlined SCEE's plans to reward PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners for their patience during the current PSN outage
Caplin said that PSN users would be given the opportunity to select two PS3 games from a list of five, with...
News Sir Howard Stringer Writes Public Apology To PlayStation Network Users
Sony's top gaffer, Sir Howard Stringer, has written a letter of apology to PlayStation Network users for the recent PSN data breach and downtime
In an open apology, Stringer said he was aware this "has been a frustrating time" for PSN users and that he was sorry "for the inconvenience and concern caused by this attack". Stringer...
Sony has announced overnight that it is partnering with Debix to provide all US PlayStation Network users with 12 months identity theft protection for free
Sony has confirmed a similar plan will take place in Europe, with details to follow shortly. North Americans will receive offer emails "over the next few days" including a promotional...
News Sony: PlayStation Network Rebuild Complete, In 'Final Stages' Of Testing
Sony's updated the PlayStation Blog with an optimistic post regarding the status of the PlayStation Network
The company announced that it had finished rebuilding the PlayStation Network, and was now in the final stages of "internal testing". The company didn't include a time-frame, but assuming the tests go swimmingly, we can't imagine...
News Is WipEout Trinity Sony’s NGP WipEout Title?
Mysterious title unearthed
Sony is already rumored to be readying a new WipEout game for the launch of the PlayStation NGP, but the title of the game has still not been set in stone. A recently uncovered domain name registration by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe reveals that it now owns the domain WipeoutTrinity.com, and has since November of...
News PlayStation Network Still Scheduled For Partial Return This Week
Hope is dwindling around the Internet as the days pass with very little information from Sony regarding the status of the PlayStation Network
Sony had previously stated that they were aiming to get the service back online "this week" (ending Sunday, May 8th). But as another day draws to a close, we're still without any precise confirmation...
News Ruh-Roh: Sony Discovers 'Anonymous' File Planted On Servers
Despite multiple statements of innocence by the unnamed hacking group, Sony has told the US House Of Representatives Subcommittee on Commerce that it has found clues of Anonymous' involvement in the PlayStation Network data breach
In a written letter to congress, SCE president Kazuo Hirai revealed that the platform holder had fallen subject to a...
News Canadian Lass Wants $1 Billion Compensation For PlayStation Network Data Breach
21-year old Canadian, Natasha Maksimovic, is currently enjoying her moment in the spotlight
She has filed a $1 billion (Canadian) lawsuit against Sony for the recent PlayStation Network data breach. That's about $1.04 billion USD [assuming we can use a currency converter correctly - Ed]. The suit was announced earlier this week by a Toronto law...
News DC Universe Online Players: Sony Online Entertainment's Got Your Back
DCU
Are you a seething DC Universe Online fan currently considering taking out a $1 billion lawsuit against Sony? Rest easy comrade, Sony Online Entertainment's detailed a Make Good plan that's sure to allay your frustrations when DC Universe Online gets its ass back online at some point this month. All players will be compensated with a 30-day...
News Sony Adds Third Security Team To PlayStation Network Investigation
It's on like Donkey Kong, and you can't really blame Sony for wanting to get to the bottom of the data breach that will probably end up costing the company millions of dollars
A Reuters report published this morning suggests Sony has thrown a third security team at the PlayStation Network investigation. They will join the FBI and Homeland Security...
News PlayStation Positivity Restored: Fresh Wipeout Leaks Make Us Giddy
The PushSquare office was a sorry state this afternoon
Long faces and a general lack of enthusiasm were common-place, instilled from weeks of no PlayStation Network. But one rumour has totally changed our beaten perspectives. Now we're dancing around to Sophie Ellis-Bextor sporting our Assegai Appreciation Society t-shirts. Why? Fresh Wipeout...
News Sucker Punch: inFamous Was Okay, Nothing More
inFamous is one of our favourite games on the PlayStation 3
It's one of those titles that came out of nowhere, but the experience stuck with us for a long time. In an interview with Spong, Sucker Punch producer Brian Fleming has countered our positive opinion, stating the game was just "okay", a trait that has factored into its cult...
News Sony: Yo, Only 900 Of Those Stolen Credit Cards Are Still Active
Just when the dust was starting to settle after Kaz Hirai's public apology for the PSN data breach, news of actual credit card theft reverberated out of Sony Online Entertainment over night
The division admitted to finding evidence of 12,700 stolen credit cards from a circa-2007 database. Sony has tried to play-down concerns, noting in a statement...
News Resistance 3 Single-Player Demo To Come Packaged With Battle: Los Angeles
The value of the Battle: Los Angeles Blu-ray has just soared
We're not interested in the movie [apparently it's awful - Ed], but we are totally hyped about the Resistance 3 single-player demo that's set to be included alongside the film. Oh marketing departments. The Blu-ray will feature the infamous "boat" level that Insomniac's been...
News Please Make It Stop: Sony Online Entertainment Confirms Theft Of 12,700 Old Credit Cards
Just when you thought it was going to be blue skies and golden sunshine going forward, Sony Online Entertainment has confirmed that it has lost roughly 12,700 credit cards to the original PlayStation Network breach that struck SCE mid-last month
SOE stresses that this was not a second attack, and is a repercussion of the original PSN attack...
News Sony Clarifies Password Storage Techniques, No Truth To Credit Card List
If the PlayStation Network data breach taught us anything other than to be more vigilant, it taught us the meaning of the acronym FUD
"FUD. Fear, uncertainty and doubt, usually evoked intentionally in order to put a competitor at a disadvantage." The amount of scare mongering capitalising on Sony's limited communication was rife during the...
News Sony Stock Bumped Up In Wake Of PSN Breach Public Apology
After taking a beating last week, Sony's stocks have started to bounce back in the wake of a public apology from SCE president Kazuo Hirai regarding the PlayStation Network data breach
Reuters reports that Sony stocks rose two-percent to ¥2,304 early this morning. Alongside the apology, Hirai detailed a series of compensation packages designed to...
News Ruh-Roh: Sony Online Entertainment Suspends Services [UPDATED]
Houston, we have a problem
Just when you thought things were getting back to normal after Sony Computer Entertainment's public apology yesterday morning, Sony Online Entertainment — the division responsible for Free Realms and DC Universe Online — has pulled its services offline, including its websites and Facebook titles. The company said: "We...
Sony Computer Entertainment president Kazuo Hirai has apologised to PlayStation Network users regarding the data breach which compromised approximately 75 million accounts
At a refreshingly personal press briefing in Tokyo this morning, Hirai said that Sony had "learned" its lesson, before detailing a number of plans aimed at trying to win...
News Some PlayStation Network Features to Return This Week
Official update arrives
Last night Sony held a press conference to give an update on the ongoing PlayStation Network outage, with some good news announced: the service will return this week, albeit not in its full form. According to the announcement, the following services make up the first part of the feature roll-out: Restoration of Online...
Have you heard, the PlayStation brand is in decline
That's according to an opinion piece crafted by Gamasutra's Colin Campbell. Does it sound familiar? It sure as hell does to me. In fact listening to podcasts and reading editorials this week has made me question whether I took a ride in a tripped out DeLorean against my will: it's 2007 all over...
News Sony Schedule PlayStation Network Press Conference For Tomorrow
Sony's confirmed that Kaz Hirai will hold a press conference regarding the current PlayStation Network situation in Tokyo tomorrow
The PlayStation Network gaffer will discuss the hack, as well as Sony's plans to rectify the situation from 14:00 tomorrow Japanese time. That's early morning for those of you in the UK, around 5:00AM. Hopefully Kaz can...
News Sony Santa Monica's Looking For Developers With Open World, Shooter Experience
God Of War studio, Sony Santa Monica, is hunting for a level designer with experience in "open world games"
The developer is also after a senior combat designer with an understanding of first and third-person shooters, as well as "experience working with, developing or designing vehicle combat". The studio previously put out a job listing...
Rumour Starhawk Announcement Imminent, Physical Release Planned
It feels like we've been talking about Starhawk for an eternity
Dylan Jobe's Lightbox Interactive studio has been rumoured to be working on the "Warhawk in space" release for yonks now. But despite the countless threads of industry whispers, nobody has any confirmation the game actually exists. Well, apart from SystemLink it seems. The...
Now we've gotten over the worst of the PlayStation Network data breach, attention has started to turn to less immediately pressing matters
Trophies, purchasing history, friends — will they still be there when the PlayStation Network goes back online? Yes, says Sony. According to a new FAQ posted on the PlayStation Blog, everything will be in tact...
News Bloober Team Confirm Development On NGP Launch Title, Announcement Next Month
Polish studio Bloober Team has confirmed that it's currently working on a launch title for Sony's next handheld platform, the NGP
Bloober Team has previously worked on Paper Wars: Cannon Fodder for the PlayStation Minis series. SCEE will publish the studio's NGP debut. Obviously, its quite a tremendous honor to be included in the initial,...
News Major Credit Card Companies Note No Indication Of PlayStation Network Hack Fraud
Sony has reiterated multiple times that there is "no evidence" of any PlayStation Network credit card theft in the wake of a recent hacking attempt on the service
That line has now been corroborated by a number of leading US banking outfits. Speaking with Bloomberg , spokesmen for Wells Fargo, American Express and MasterCard said they "were...
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