Tag: playstation network
PSN to become Sony Entertainment Network after rebranding
Sony's PlayStation Network will be re-branded this week, going under the new umbrella of the Sony Entertainment Network. The PSN will join all of Sony's other online offerings under this new banner as of February 8th, marking the first time…
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE: Best Games Consoles! Xbox 360! PS3! 3DS!
There was once a time when little Jane and Jimmy Christmas wanted nothing more than a rocking horse, an Action Man and a giant Toblerone sitting wrapped beneath their Christmas trees. Now, for better or worse, they want videogames like…
Sony in PSN, SOE lock down after new hacking attempt
Sony have "locked-down" some 93,000 accounts after they found yet another attempt to hack their PlayStation Network, Sony Entertainment Network, and Sony Online Entertainment databases had been made. Detecting a large number of unauthorised attempts to access accounts "using very…
LulzSec "spokesperson" Topiary arrested in Shetland Islands raid
A 19 year old from the Shetland Islands has been arrested in a raid by the Metropolitan Police, believed to be a "spokesperson" for the hacking collectives LulzSec and Anonymous. It is thought that the teen arrested is the member…
Limbo headed to the PlayStation 3 PSN store and Steam for PC
Limbo, the finest downloadable game to hit the Xbox Live Arcade store last year (and arguably ever), is to finally get a release on the PlayStation 3 through the PlayStation Network Store and the PC through Steam. Heading over to…
Sony Picture hack compromises millions of users' passwords
Deary, deary me; Sony are having a mare of a time right now when it comes to security issues. No sooner do they get the PlayStation Network back to a fighting-fit state after last month's damaging hack attack than they…
PlayStation Network hack: inFamous and Little Big Planet for free as compensation
After over a month of woes for Sony's online arm following the high-profile attack on their PlayStation Network service, the PS3 and PSP's web-connected content and multiplayer portal is fully operational in the UK, US and Europe. It's been a…
PSN back to full health in US and Europe this week with the return of the Store, though not in all of Asia
After a month long security and PR fiasco following the high-profile hack of their online gaming and content distribution system, Sony's PlayStation Network will finally be back to full health by the end of this week, with the PlayStation Store…
PS3 hack-battling 3.61 update causing consoles to crash?
Reports are coming in that the latest PlayStation 3 firmware update (version 3.61), designed to counteract the hacking attack that saw Sony's PSN network down for the best part of a month, is causing consoles to freeze or switch off….
PSN mostly came back online last night…mostly
As suggested on Friday by the news that developers had regained access to the PSN, Sony's online PSP and PS3 network has come back online, with the majority of its features working once more. Returning services include -PlayStation Network and…
