2014 in gaming was a year that despite featuring some very exciting titles, was also filled with a lot disappointments. Many AAA titles fell flat on their face at launch and even more struggled to hit decent frame rates long after, and as if to top it all off, the PlayStation Network …
Read More »Alleged PSN and Xbox Live hackers arrested
Christmas day was a frustrating one for many, as despite the new games they'd opened from Father Christmas, they were unable to play them online as both Xbox Live and the PlayStation network were down. Laying claim to the DDOS attack that caused it was a hacking group called Lizard Squad, …
Read More »Xbox Live and PSN back online following Christmas day attacks
Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network are back online following the Christmas period DDOS attacks which saw both services suffer from issues for a few days. The attack was carried out by Lizard Squad, a group of ‘hackers' that threatened to take down Microsoft and Sony's respective online services earlier this …
Read More »Sony settles in PSN hack case, will give out freebies
Three years ago, when the world was new and the PlayStation was three rather than four, the PSN went down for a whole month. Since then Sony has been fighting a class action lawsuit in the United States, battling claims that it give compensation for the downtime. It's now made an official …
Read More »PS4 HDCP must be off to record gameplay but on to watch video apps
The PS4's first big update came yesterday, bringing with it one of the most requested features- an HDCP off option. Unfortunately though, the toggle applies to all apps, meaning that when HDCP is off for gameplay recording, you will have to remember to switch it back on to watch any …
Read More »Sony is turning off some PSN features in preparation for European launch
Sony has announced that in order to keep the Playstation Network stable during the Playstation 4 launch in Europe, it will have to switch off a couple of features. This isn't surprising as day one PS4 users in North America did experience network issues due to the amount of traffic. …
Read More »Sony is going to adjust European PSN prices ahead of launch
Publishers have been facing some criticism this week as the prices for digital games on the PS4 were revealed and to put it simply, it seemed like UK gamers were going to get ripped off worse than usual. Sony has now issued a statement to Eurogamer to try and clear …
Read More »EA quickly cuts down digital game prices on PS4 but they are still far too high
I guess we can throw the exchange rate out of the window as for whatever reason, console games have gone up in price this generation in the UK despite prices remaining the same over in the US and if you thought digital was going to be a big thing this …
Read More »Don’t panic if your PSN account won’t login today
If you've woken up this morning and found that you can't access your PSN account (because why would you have something other than playing games to do on a Thursday?) because your login details aren't correct, don't panic. Chances are Sony just reset your password and didn't tell you about …
Read More »Killzone: Shadow Fall is huge
As we all know, both Sony and Microsoft chose to release next gen systems with 500GB HDD's. That doesn't sound so bad at first, but UK managing director of Sony, Fergal Gara, has just revealed that Killzone: Shadow fall will require 50GB of space to install. That's huge by anyone's …
Read More »Sony renames PlayStation Network to Sony Entertainment Network
In efforts to unify its online services, Sony is about to change the name of its now 4 year running “PlayStation Network” (PSN) to the “Sony Entertainment Network” (SEN). SEN which was previously named Qriocity represents all of Sony's online streaming services including games, video, music and eBooks and up …
Read More »Are you safe on Sony PlayStation Network?
If you have recently gained access to the Playstation Network again, you might be wondering if you are ‘safe'. While Sony certainly dropped the ball this month, there are certain steps you can take to protect yourself online. Not just with the Playstation Network, but with general ‘store' related activity. …
Read More »Japanese gamers are still locked out of Playstation Network
The Playstation Network is back up and running for most countries, but the Japanese are still locked out, unable to get access to their accounts. Japan is very strict when it comes to user security and the government have blocked a relaunch of the PSN until Sony can reassure the …
Read More »Sony begin rebooting of Playstation Network
Sony have been working on bringing back the PlayStation Network, and yesterday they started a limited restoration, with further restoration in the plans for today. Sony have said they would begin bringing their PlayStation Network back online in the Middle East, New Zealand, Australia, Europe and America regions. The network …
Read More »Sony users: should you cancel your credit card?
With the recent news of Sony's network being hacked and credit card information being stolen, should you cancel your credit card? With more than 100 million potentially affected worldwide how are the UK banks taking the news? Sony have said that so far, it appears that none of the information …
Read More »Sony delay network reopening – ‘conducting further testing’
Well those gamers among you will already be aware that the Sony Network is still not back in operation. Patrick Seybold issued a post on their blog just before the weekend saying that they are trying to ensure that everything is in perfect order before reopening. In a blog just …
Read More »Sony claim Anonymous may be behind attacks
Sony have said that the hackers who stole more than 100 million users personal details from the recent intrusion left a file implicating Anonymouse, the well known hacktivist group. Kazuo Hirai, chairman of Sony, said in a letter to the US Congressional committee that a file was found by investigators …
Read More »US Senator wants answers from Sony over breach
Sony are under pressure from the U.S. government to hand over further information regarding the recent networking security issues. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal has sent a letter to Sony criticising them for the handling of the security hack which has affected millions of their customers. Blumenthal said “I am deeply …
Read More »Sony confirm credit card information was stolen
Sony have confirmed yesterday that the hack into their PlayStation Network is worse than first expected, saying that the intruder has gotten away with credit and debit card information. The hacker has broken deeply into the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) network as well as the Playstation Network and the Qriocity …
Read More »Sony’s Hirai admits they were slow responding about PSN hack
Sony have said today that part of their PlayStation network will be back online this coming week. It has been a tough month for Sony, with over 70 million of their customers angry about personal details being stolen by hackers. Insiders are claiming that Sony might be optimistic on their …
Read More »George Hotz claims no connection to PSN hack: ‘Im not crazy’
George Hotz, also known as ‘GeoHot', the famous hacker who exposed the Sony Playstation 3 root key has denied any involvement in the Sony Playstation Network breach. The 21 year old hacker, well known for creating the first software based hack for the iPhone has said that he had nothing …
Read More »Taipei play hard ball with Sony over PSN hack, threaten with fines
Taipei are demanding that Sony provide details about the leak of the Playstation Network user data, sending the electronics giant a letter asking it to explain the incident ‘from start to finish'. Sony have been under some public scrutiny and have faced the biggest backlash of their history after keeping …
Read More »Sony admit credit cards may be at risk from PSN hack
Sony have finally admitted that the recent system hack might have compromised their customers credit card information. Sony are coming under attack from the public for taking so long to release information on the ‘intrusion' which happened between April the 17th and 19th. This recent hack has caused a week …
Read More »Has Sony PSN user credit card information been stolen?
One of the more concerning stories relating to the Playstation Network downtime is that Sony have said they have suffered an ‘external intrusion', which we would assume means, they were hacked. Sony spokesman Patrick Seybold has said “Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen …
Read More »Have anonymous attacked Sony PSN again?
The Sony Playstation Network has had an outage today and rumours are rife that the online gaming service has been the victim of a DDOS attack from ‘hacktivist' group Anonymous. Many users across Europe and America have been reporting problems logging into the Playstation Network in the last 24 hours. …
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