Sony Opens up Identify Theft Protection Signups

In the wake of the PSN hacker crisis at Sony, the entertainment mega-giant said that they’d be offering free identity theft protection to customers who were victims of the hack.  That rollout’s begun.  Even after the network had been fixed there was reports of yet another attack on a password server, then a couple other [...]

Sony Xperia Play to hit US May 26th

Back in February, Sony Ericsson showed off the Xperia Play gaming smartphone.  Perhaps you remember the PSP, which was a bit underwhelming, but you wanted something that was a little more versatile; perhaps the Xperia Play is for you.  If you’re a gaming machine, and you want a real portable gaming machine, but don’t want [...]

Sony PlayStation Network Comes Back Online

In a video message this weekend, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai announced the phased restoration of the PlayStation Network following weeks of downtime due to an extensive attack by hackers.  In the recorded message, Hirai said the company has been working around the clock to restore network services to all of its users.  In addition to [...]

Sony Delays Reboot of PSN

Just when you thought you were going to get online again with your PS3, Sony now says it is unlikely to meet the deadline for reactivating its PlayStation Network.  In a new post by Sony there is no new date given for reactivation, but there are a number of reasons given for the delay. During [...]

Sony Discusses Plans for PlayStation Network

In a very somber press event, Kazuo Hirai, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, Shinji Hasejima, Senior Vice President, Sony Corporation, and Shiro Kambe, Senior Vice President, Sony Corporation were all onstage in Tokyo today to detail the PlayStation Network outage, and to talk about the plans for restoration of the service, as well as compensation [...]

PlayStation Network Outage Continues

For the second day in a row Sony’s PlayStation network has been inaccessible.  Users trying to access the service via their PlayStation 3, PSP, or the Sony website have received the message that “an error” had occurred.  Sony did acknowledge that there was a problem, but has yet to say what exactly is causing it. [...]

Video Game Rating Board to Use Algorithm to Rate New Games

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) is responsible for rating all of the games released and judging which age group is appropriate for the content of each game.  The system, up to now, has relied on ESRB employees personally rating each game before release.  With the flood of downloadable games that are coming out for [...]

Two Worlds II Expansion Pack: Pirates of the Flying Fortress

The follow-up to Topware Interactive’s Two Worlds has been pretty phenomenal.  The flexible combat system, Demon magic system, PAPAK alchemy system, and host of companions, along with countless other customization options and boss encounters certainly makes Two Worlds an immersive RPG experience.  And now there’s some more exciting news, as Topware Interactive has announced the [...]

Hacker Runs Linux on PS3 Firmware 3.41 Without OtherOS

Sony PlayStation 3 supported Linux installation in earlier versions but Linux support was completely lifted by Sony from firmware versions 3.21 onwards. But what are hackers for? ‘Marcan’ a famous console hacker has made it possible to run Linux on PS3 and PS3 slim again!   In PS3 firmware versions earlier than 3.21, there was [...]

PlayStation 3 Slim “Ben Heck” Laptop on Sale on eBay

What? a PS3 laptop? Yes! Ben Heck had made PS3 laptop by packing a 17″ LCD and a PS3 slim in a single cute case. He never sold the thing commercially but a guy out there got this PS3 laptop in a giveaway contest. Luckily he is not interested in PS3 gaming and is selling it out. [...]

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