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Sony’s war on PS3 hacking looks close to be claiming its first scalp following the admission from Alexander Egorenkov that he expects to face a jail term. Eurogamer reports that the German hacker, known as ‘Graf Chokolo’ online, is being sued by Sony for €1m fooolwing his involvement in efforts …

The teenager arrested in connection with a recent craze of website hacks will have his possessions examined for evidence linking him to the PSN attack, Scotland Yard has told Develop. The Metropolitan Police today arrested a 19 year-old Essex man in connection with a wave of website security breaches. A …

Retailer ShopTo has become the first outlet to offer an RRP for PlayStation Vita software, pegging the price at 39.99. In total the site names 20 games for launch – which, incidentally, it dates as November 4th. Games listed include WipEout 2048, Super Stardust Delta, Resistance, Monster Hunter Portable, Killzone, …

As is fairly standard practice, Sony has made a few internal tweaks to the architecture of the latest PS3 Slim model.Andriasang reports that the new machine – the CECH-3000B – has reduced power consumption from the 230W seen in existing Slims to 200W. The weight has also dropped 400g to …

Andrew House has told MCV that PlayStation’s Vita is already poised for mainstream success thanks to its attractive price point. The cheapest version of the device will cost around 229 when it lands. It’s a lower price than expected for the handheld – and for good reason, House said. To …

An unsurprisingly anonymous member of hacker community Anonymous has stated that the collective has stopped its attack on Sony. Amazingly, the reason for the decision was what is described as the "selfish" reaction to the attacks on PSN. "We are no longer attacking Sony, there is nothing more to gained …

The Japanese government has reportedly accused Sony of deliberately keeping quiet about the attack on its PlayStation Network. Sony has always said that the six day gap between the attack on PSN and its first official announcement was due to the need to "forensically" analyse exactly what has happened. However, …

Sony has claimed that sales of PS3 consoles in the US climbed 14 per cent in May compared to the same month in 2010, according to NPD data That the console has managed this despite the PSN outage that plagued the month is very impressive. And seemingly at odds with …

Despite its recent pledge to introduce widespread Kinect support into its sports catalogue, EA Sports has said that PlayStation Move integration remains off the cards. "We have not focused on PS Move for FIFA, but that’s not to say we won’t," senior vice president of worldwide development Andrew Wilson told …

Police investigating April’s PSN security breach have made three arrests in Spain. Spong reports that Spanish officers "have identified the three detainees as leaders of the Spanish section of a group that calls itself Anonymous". It is alleged that one of those detained was in possession of a computer server …