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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...
Rumour Sony London Working On Unannounced PlayStation 3 Title
The best way to get a scoop in the game's industry these days is to filter through the millions of LinkedIn CVs
Eventually, you'll come up with something. Case in point: VGN365 has happened upon the profile of ex-PlayStation Home developer Martijn van der Meulen. According to Meulen's LinkedIn profile, he is currently working at Sony Studio London...
Report Sony Distributing New Software Development Kits To PS3 Developers
Fact: when the PlayStation Network is back online you will have to install a very large patch
That's not really up for debate now. There's going to be a firmware update. PS3 developers are already getting those updates, according to GamaSutra. The site reports that numerous development sources are being asked to use updated versions of the PS3 SDK...
Kristopher from Alabama might want to consider ripping up his premature lawsuit, as Sony has confirmed in a new PSN related FAQ that all credit card data was encrypted by the company
Furthermore, the platform holder has reiterated that there is "no evidence" any credit card information was taken at all. While Sony still refuses to rule out...
News We May As Well Have A Michael Pachter Quote For The Road, Eh?
Pssht
What a day? When we started up PushSquare we did so with the intention of writing about video games. Granted we could avoid the PlayStation Network security breach entirely [you'll note we never wrote a single word about GeoHot - Ed] but unfortunately this story is too big to avoid. Furthermore, we've received like three press releases today...
News ... And Here Come The Lawsuits
It's been merely twenty-four hours since Sony announced the potential breach of customer information via the PlayStation Network
Now news of the first lawsuit is trickling onto the Internet. We very much doubt it will be the last. Kristopher Johns of Birmingham, Alabama today filed a suit against the Japanese platform holder, citing failures of the...
News UK Fraud Organisation Calms PlayStation Network Identity Theft Concerns
An organisation familiar with fraud prevention in the UK, Financial Fraud Action UK (or FFA UK), has moved to calm gamers amidst a massive potential data breach of the PlayStation Network
The organisation has warned against an overreaction amongst consumers, offering Eurogamer the following statement: "FFA UK has been made aware that out of the...
Report Sony Urged To 'Invest A Lot' In Order To Rebuild Business
Having spent the morning re-securing our personal finances, our attention has slowly turned to the commercial fallout of Sony's breached security
As die-hard PlayStation fans we're obviously concerned about the near-term impact this story is going to have on Sony's platforms and games. Furthermore, as a website that deals solely in PlayStation...
News Hulu Plus Pledges One-Week Credit To Subscribers Using PlayStation Network
Just as soon as we get news of one good-will gesture, in comes another
Despite Hulu Plus working across a range of devices, the company has pledged compensation for all inconvenienced users that have been unable to stream content via the PS3 while the PlayStation Network is down. To compensate, one-week's worth of credit has been distributed to...
Sony Online Entertainment has released a statement noting that its servers are separate to those used by SCE for the PSN, reassuring players that no additional data theft has occurred via the DC Universe Online developer's network
We wanted to update you on the status of our examination of the SOE system intrusion we announced last week,said...
News Obviously There'll Be No PlayStation Store Update Today
If you were twiddling your thumbs anticipating a PlayStation Store update today, you are crazy
Absolutely crazy. Stuff happened and it's been all over the mainstream news. You should probably get up to date with that before you read this story. So yeah, no PlayStation Store update today. In fact, no PlayStation Store update in the near future...
News ICO To Investigate Sony Over PlayStation Network Personal Data Breach
Eurogamer's reporting that the Information Commissioner's Office will question Sony over the potential theft of millions of PlayStation Network users' data
The investigation will aim to discover whether Sony correctly protected users' data. Their findings could ultimately absolve or damn Sony depending on the practices the platform holder had in...
News Full Investigation The Cause Of Sony's Delayed PlayStation Network Theft Response
Oh no!
Probably the biggest backlash against the PlayStation Network data breach situation has been, "why didn't Sony come forward sooner?" Most people understand that this kind of attack is possible on any network, but are still disappointed by Sony's laboured response. The platform holder has followed up its initial statement on the PlayStation...
We're writing this post with a heavy heart
Everything looked so good for PlayStation 3 going into 2011 but ever since the PlayStation 3 was hacked earlier in the year there's been a storm brewing behind scenes. It's culminated in a press release from Sony today confirming that hackers have managed to obtain sensitive data from the 75 million...
News Security Expert Predicts Big Patches When PlayStation Network Returns
Database security engineer expert Neil Martin has told NowGamer that he expects the PlayStation Network to be back online by the end of the week
Martin believes that Sony will be using the downtime to remove original server code and rebuild it "using new login keys for their admin side". Martin also believes that this will affect our...
News Q-Games Offers Developer Perspective Of PSN Outage
Industry veteran and Q-Games gaffer Dylan Cuthbert has spoken to IndustryGamers about the affect the current PSN outage is having on his company
Q-Games is behind the PixelJunk series — one of the most important brands available on the PlayStation Store. Unfortunately for Dylan and his company, the outage is already taking its toll on the studio's...
News Sony Unveils S1 & S2 Tablets, Both Feature PlayStation Functionality
Sony's finally stepped into the tablet computer bloodbath
The Japanese consumer electronics giant has this morning announced two new tablet computers to rival the Apple iPad and other popular devices. The S1 is designed with "rich media entertainment" in mind, while the S2 has "mobile communication and entertainment" as its...
News Travis Steiner Leaves Zipper Interactive, Opens New Company
Zipper Interactive veteran Travis Steiner has announced he's left the company after fulfilling his duties on SOCOM 4
The lead designer has been with the studio for eight years, but has left in order to start up his own company. There's very little information on what that project will pertain, but Steiner's promising an update soon. Clearly Steiner...
News DONTNOD Confirm Plans For E3 Appearance, PlayStation 3 Announcement Likely
"Who's DONTNOD?" we hear you scream
A relatively unknown developer thought to be working on a big-time PlayStation 3 exclusive is the answer. We reported at the start of the month that Sony had teamed up with the little-known French developer over a "AAA" (i.e. big budget) title for the PS3. The game's yet to be announced, but is thought...
News PSN Offline For A Fifth Day, Sony Working To Get 'Back Online Quickly'
Day five in the Big Brother house and Sony has no new information regarding the PSN outage that's kept PlayStation 3s offline over the Bank Holiday weekend
Despite forum users demanding updates across the web, Patrick Seybold's latest blog post hasn't done much to appease those requesting information. In his post, the communications gaffer outright...
News Sony 'Rebuilding' PlayStation Network Infrastructure, Working 'Around The Clock'
Day four in the Big Brother house and gamers are still being affected by PlayStation Network outages around the globe
Sony's communications manager, Patrick Seybold, has given a further update on the current PSN landscape over night. Writing on the PlayStation Blog, Seybold revealed that the platform holder are working "around the clock"...
News PlayStation Network Slayed By 'External Intrusion', Still No Fix In Sight
This is starting to become a nightmare now
We can deal with a couple of days offline (even if it does hurt our productivity — we have games to review), but the current issues Sony's experiencing with the PSN are starting to sound worse and worse. In its latest update on the PSN outage situation, Sony has cited an "external intrusion" as...
News Sony Continuing PSPgo Production In North America
This is actually quite surprising
Despite Japan announcing that it has ceased production of the PSPgo earlier in the week, America is standing by the platform. SCEA released a statement today confirming "continued production of the PSPgo for North America". Sony's not stupid. We can only assume that the PSPgo is doing better than we expect...
News The Shoot Developer Closes Down, Blames 'Declining Console Marketplace'
The Dundee based development studio behind PlayStation Move exclusive, The Shoot, has closed down
Cohort Studios started life in 2006, and has since worked on various PlayStation properties. Its final game — a PlayStation Mini called Me Monster: Hear Me Roar — will release on the PlayStation Store in the first week of May. The developer cited...
The PlayStation Network is down and people are pissed off
Like, proper pissed off. The one-hundred comments on our previous story should offer an indication of that. We've been monitoring the situation all day, but it seems like very little has changed. People are still experiencing difficulties logging onto the PlayStation Network, and it sounds...
Report No PlayStation 4 Until At Least 2014
Sony's not planning on launching a new home console until 2014, according to a source close to Kotaku
Insiders told the website that successors to the PlayStation 3 and XBOX 360 could still be a long way off, despite rumours suggesting Nintendo is about to pounce with a new system at E3. "Both MS and Sony are telegraphing to each other that...
News PlayStation Network Goes Down, Down, Down
Sony's confirmed that the PlayStation Network has gone down
Both SCEE and SCEA posted on the PlayStation Blog to update users on the service's status, citing "maintenance" on Twitter. No scheduled maintenance was planned, so we're assuming there's been a hiccup somewhere along the line that's brought everything down. Fingers crossed Sony...
Rumour God Of War IV Coming Next Year
UK PlayStation magazine, PSM3, is teasing the release of a new God Of War game
The magazine has it on good authority that God Of War IV is in development and gunning for a September 2012 release date. That date would probably suggest some kind of E3 reveal too. Rumours have been bubbling about a new God Of War ever since a CV referenced a "God...
News PSPgoingnowhere: Sony Japan Confirms Death Of Digital Only Handheld, To Concentrate On NGP
Yesterday we hypothesised that Sony might want to kill of production of the PSPgo in order to make way for mass NGP production
Turns out sometimes we get things right. Sony Japan has confirmed this morning that it has ceased production of the digital-only handheld, adding to AV Watch that it is to "concentrate on NGP" going forwards. We...
News PlayStation Home Bumped Up To Version 1.50 Today
Sony's confirmed that PlayStation Home will be updated to version 1
50 today. The update, which was announced at GDC, enhances Home's engine to aid developers in creating high-performance games for the virtual world. The big example of Home 1.50's new features, SodiumTwo, is not quite ready yet, but Sony is releasing a new Sodium themed personal...
News Dry Your Eyes, Mate: The Last Guardian, Team ICO Collection Delayed
Deep down, we all knew it was coming
But now it's official: Sony's confirmed that both The Last Guardian and Team ICO Collection will miss their respective Holiday and Spring 2011 release windows. We'll give you chance to have a little sob... Producer Fumito Ueda was regretful on the PlayStation Blog, apologising for the delay but stating it was...
News Check Out inFamous 2's Play Create Share Features
inFamous 2 might not be the most instantly obvious "Play Create Share" release, but some of the stuff that's possible in the game's level designer is absolutely wild
The PlayStation Blog's stuck up a short walkthrough of the feature that will allow players to create and share entire inFamous 2 missions online with others. The highlight of the video...
Rumour PSPgo To Become A Bit Of A Collector's Item (Maybe?)
Rumours fizzing around the Internet this morning suggest that Sony has ceased production of the PSPgo
The much maligned handheld rarely set the charts on fire, so it wouldn't be a huge surprise to learn of the device's cancellation. The rumour stems from a blog post written by a Japanese Sony Shop employee. Translated by Andriasang, the post points...
News Place Your Bets: What Do You Think Was The Best Selling PS3 Game In Japan Last Year?
This one caught us by surprise
Despite launching late in the year, we assumed Gran Turismo 5 would probably be the highest selling PlayStation 3 title in 2010. Either that, or some weird mech game we've never heard of. But no, the top-selling Japanese PS3 game of 2010 was actually the fantastic Yakuza 4. The numbers, reported by Siliconera, note...
News SOCOM 4 To Ship With Download Code For Additional Multiplayer Content
Those intending to purchase used copies of SOCOM 4 will find themselves locked out of multiplayer content, as Sony has announced that new copies of the game in the US will ship with a SOCOM Pro downloadable code
The code will primarily earn players access to Pro Custom Game queues. "Not only will these queues be ranked, but they'll also be...
News PlayStation Network Exclusive Under Siege Releases On May 3rd
Under Siege was due to release back in November
But the game's been stuck in QA hell for the past six months. Finally the PlayStation Move enabled RTS from Seed Studios have been given a release date of May 3rd. It's been a long time coming. Seed realises that its made its fans wait, so has decided to release a free comic book based on the game as a...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception To Boast Innovative Social Network Hooks
Naughty Dog's revealed to USA Today that Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception will step into "uncharted territory by bringing Facebook and other social media connections directly into the game"
Naughty Dog's no stranger to bringing social media connectivity to its games, but this new functionality is a far cry from Uncharted 2's irritating Twitter...
Naughty Dog's lifted the lid on Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's ambitious multiplayer component
The jury has been out ever since the developer revealed it wanted to be the "go-to game for multiplayer on PS3", but the latest stream of details released on the PlayStation Blog hints at the studio fulfilling its aims. Where to begin then?...
News Dino Crisis 2 Dead Set On PlayStation Classics Release
Admission: we've never played Dino Crisis
But we might yet get our chance, with the ESRB rating Dino Crisis 2 for a North American PlayStation Network release. The first Dino Crisis is of course already available on the US PSN. Dinosaurs will probably rule the world once more for real when the European release actually comes round.
Rumour Sports Champions Developer To Prove The Potential Of PlayStation Move For A Second Time?
Sports Champions is one of the most heavily under-rated releases of 2010 in our opinion
It's not that the game scored unfavourably, it's just that it didn't manage to register on the radar of most players. Which is a deep shame, because as far as we're concerned, the sports compilation's interpretation of table-tennis is hands-down the most accurate...
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