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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 …
Read More »Three men arrested after PSN attack
Spanish police raid on 'Anonymous members' in Spanish city
Read More »Record traffic for PS Home
Sony’s PlayStation Home has reached all-time high user activity levels since PSN was switched back on. The PS3’s in-game social world has just reached a new milestone in terms of its amount of weekly unique users, Gamasutra reports. We’re having record traffic in Home,” said SCEA’s director for PlayStation Home …
Read More »Hirai: Hacking threatens "fabric of society"
The growing problem of online hacking represents more than simply a danger to PlayStation – it could actually threaten society itself. That’s the claim of Sony’s deputy president Kaz Hirai, who has also pointed out that Sony are far from the only victims of such incidents in recent weeks. "Just …
Read More »Relentless crosses the floor for Kinect work
Sony's Buzz developer begins work on new project, Music in Motion
Read More »SONY: Q-Games go retro with PixelJunk SideScroller
Q-Games are launching a new side-scrolling shooter on PSN this summer. PixelJunk SideScroller is based on the unlockable stages from PixelJunk Shooter 2, and sees the series going for a deliberately retro look. The game features a complex and dynamic fluid simulation system, which fills the game world with flowing …
Read More »World-first: CCP reveals MMO-linked console FPS
E3 2011: Previously announced EVE-tied massively online shooter Dust 514 locked in for PS3
Read More »PSN activity ‘already at 90% of pre-outage levels’
SCEA boss Jack Tretton makes frank apology on the games industry's biggest stage
Read More »LulzSec promises further Sony hacks
Sony’s troubles with online security are from over, if a new claim by hackers is to be believed. LulzSec, the group behind some recent profile web hacks, has just posted the following on Twitter: "Just hit 50,000 followers. Thank you, twitter! In celebration, Sony hack 16 & 17 coming up …
Read More »E3 2011: Free items for PS Home users
PlayStation Home users can now receive 100 free items as part of Sony’s Welcome Back program. Today we will begin rolling out the first phase of this customer appreciation program, which will include 100 free items, two personal spaces, and an exclusive game available for all users to download for …
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