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A mistake by platform holder Sony has seen some Vita owners accidentally getting their hands on a free copy of Legends of War: Patton’s Campaign. Sony has said that the title was mistakenly included” in January’s PlayStation Plus Instant Games Collection range instead of the intended title History: Legends of …
Read More »Sony promises PlayStation Plus subscription extensions following PSN outage
Following its PlayStation Network online service being down yesterday, Sony has said it will be compensating gamers. In a tweet on its official Twitter account (below), the platform holder said that we should ‘stay tuned for details on PS Plus, PS Now, and video rental extensions’. This can be taken …
Read More »Black Friday traffic sinks PSN servers
Sony’s PlayStation Network is struggling across all platforms – likely as a result of the Black Friday rush. As with much of games retail today, Sony is holding a generous sale event to mark the occasion, with up to 50 per cent knocked off of games such as The Witcher …
Read More »Super Star Wars hurtling onto PSN this week
Sony has said that a port of 1992 SNES platformer Super Star Wars will be released for PS4 and Vita this week. That’s in the US at least – we’ve still not yet had definitive word on whether it will arrive in Europe this week. A November 17th release in …
Read More »Destiny microtransactions selling strong on PSN
Their announcement may have been greeted with criticism, but players seem to be voting with their wallets and backing the content. VentureBeat reports that the game’s Silver currency, which is purchased with real cash, has hit the top five of the Paid Add-Ons sales charts for PSN in the US. …
Read More »Hello Games denies surprise No Man’s Sky launch this week
There’s a rumour doing the rounds that Sony could surprise the gaming world this week with a shock release of No Man’s Sky tomorrow. The root of the chat appears to be the fact that No Man’s Sky is conspicuous in its absence from Sony’s Paris Games Week activities. Sony …
Read More »Sony adds wishlists to PlayStation Store
PlayStation console owners can now add games they don’t yet own to a wishlist. Titles added to this list can be set to two settings – Friends or No One. As of yet, it’s unclear how gamers will be able to share this with other users, or their friends. At …
Read More »Publisher offers Summon Night 5 discount for retweets
$5 could potentially be shaved off the price of tactical RPG Summon Night 5 is enough fans retweet one of its ads. The PSP (and now Vita) title is heading to PSN as a digital release shortly. Publisher Gaijinworks initially set the price at $34.99. However, it also announced a …
Read More »Destiny: The Taken King tops PSN September charts
The best selling PlayStation 4 of last month was Destiny: The Taken King. That’s according to a post on the PlayStation Blog, which says that the latest expansion in Activision’s online shooter was No.1 on both the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 3 last month. The Taken King’s Week One …
Read More »Driveclub PS Plus Edition will vanish from PSN next week
Having waited eight months to get their hands on the long-delayed game, the free PlayStation Plus version of Driveclub will disappear from PSN on October 6th. Remember, PS+ Instant Game Collection titles remain accessible to PS+ subscribers for the duration of their subscription, so anyone who grans it before then …
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