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MAG and SOCOM studio sheds staff. SCE points to 'normal business practice'

Following a fresh blow it its efforts to repair the PR damage done by the PSN implosion, Sony has now resolved an issue with its PSN password rest page. Yesterday it was reported that users were able to change the PSN passwords of anyone provided they had access to their …

Sony’s 3.61 firmware patch for PS3 – which was released as parts of its efforts to plug the gaps caused by the PSN breach – may be bricking older machines. That’s the claim of a customer services rep at developer Rockstar. The statement was made in reply to claims that …

It’s the nightmare it must have been dreading. Evidence is mounting that one of Sony’s fresh PSN security measures has already been circumvented. The exploit allows people to change users’ password via the PSN password reset page using only a PSN account email and date of birth – both of …

Sony awaits inquest following fresh PR disaster

The disastrous PlayStation Network breach has prompted reaction from the second most powerful person in British politics. Chancellor George Osborne yesterday told an audience in London that all online service providers must learn from the infamous PSN hack. The hacking into Sony’s online PlayStation Network, and the theft of millions …

SCEE has confirmed that inFamous 2 will be released in the UK, Ireland and Germany on June 10th. It will hit other PAL territories on June 8th. A number of different SKUs have also been announced. The Lenticular Special Edition will include an assortment of digital extras, including the Electrocution …

Let’s be clear. Sony could have announced last night that all PS3 and PSP owners were to be given 1,000 in gold bullion personally signed by Brad Pitt, free PS3 games for life, a trip to two to Mars and free handjobs from Yano Shiho and people would have still …

The Australian government should keep PSN out of bounds until it has been given a full brief about the new security measures implemented by Sony, one security expert has claimed. The calls echo news that the Japanese government has blocked public PSN access until it is satisfied that adequate steps …

Sony is to increase the rate at which it releases new content on the PlayStation Store to catch up on all the content that was missed during the PSN outage. "To date, three Tuesday publishes were missed, which included items like Under Siege and the MotorStorm Apocalypse demo," an updated …