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Sony apologises for the PSN outage with discounts

Sony has issued a "holiday thank you" to PSN users affected by the hack-induced downtime in the form of five days extra PSN subscription for Playstation Plus members and a 10% discount code to buy stuff from the Playstation Store. It isn't immediately clear exactly when the apology bribes will be coming, but when they…

2 January 2015 James O'Malley Gaming

“Lizard Squad” hackers now accepting freelance requests

The hacking group that successfully took down the Playstation Network and Xbox Live over Christmas is now, rather ominously, offering its services to anyone who will pay. According to The Guardian, a Lizard Squad representative claimed the Xbox and PSN hack as a "huge marketing scheme" - and that the software it used to it,…

31 December 2014 James O'Malley Gaming

Jet Set Radio HD ready to grind onto Xbox 360, PC, PS3 this summer

Jet Set Radio, the skating, grinding, graffiti-tagging, cell-shaded skating Dreamcast classic is to return to console this summer. Jet Set Radio HD will be a re-release of the original Dreamcast title, set to touch down on the Xbox 360, PlayStation…

29 February 201226 August 2018 Gerald Lynch Gaming, Tech Digest news

South Korean government shutting down online gaming

Yes thats right! The South Korean government has taken control of people's online gaming by enforcing a Shutdown Law by switching off all online services from midnight to 6am for all gamers sixteen or under. Originally only meant to…

15 November 2011 Greg Collins Gaming, Tech Digest news, Weirdness

Sony in PSN, SOE lock down after new hacking attempt

Sony have "locked-down" some 93,000 accounts after they found yet another attempt to hack their PlayStation Network, Sony Entertainment Network, and Sony Online Entertainment databases had been made. Detecting a large number of unauthorised attempts to access accounts "using very…

12 October 201120 February 2019 Gerald Lynch Gaming, Tech Digest news

Forget the hacks; Asian survey says Sony still "Most Valued Brand"

It's been one of the toughest years in Sony's history, what with the high-profile hack attack on their PlayStation 3 PSN network, the production difficulties caused by the Japanese tsunami/earthquake disaster and a so-so showing at the E3 games…

5 July 2011 Gerald Lynch Gadgets, Gaming, Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

Limbo headed to the PlayStation 3 PSN store and Steam for PC

Limbo, the finest downloadable game to hit the Xbox Live Arcade store last year (and arguably ever), is to finally get a release on the PlayStation 3 through the PlayStation Network Store and the PC through Steam. Heading over to…

1 July 2011 Gerald Lynch Gaming, Tech Digest news

REVIEW: Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale (Xbox 360 XBLA)

Riddled with more bugs than an unwashed dwarf's beard.

6 June 2011 Gerald Lynch Features, Gaming, Reviews, Tech Digest news

PSN Lulzsec hackers strike at Nintendo too

Sony have had an awful month's worth of falling foul to the crafty work of hackers, with the PS3's PSN going offline for what felt an age, the Sony BMG sites attacked and the Sony Pictures Entertainment site being compromised…

6 June 2011 Gerald Lynch Computer Security, Gaming, Tech Digest news

PlayStation Network hack: inFamous and Little Big Planet for free as compensation

After over a month of woes for Sony's online arm following the high-profile attack on their PlayStation Network service, the PS3 and PSP's web-connected content and multiplayer portal is fully operational in the UK, US and Europe. It's been a…

1 June 2011 Gerald Lynch Gaming, Tech Digest news

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