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PlayStation Network Goes Down for Maintenance Until Friday

Video game hardware developer and game publisher Sony has announced that its PlayStation Network service will go down for maintenance starting with 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time and 4:00 PM British Summer Time and that the features will be unavailable until 2:00 AM EDT and 8:00 AM on Friday, May 25. The PlayStation...

24 May 2012
03:23 GMT

Rumor Mill: Sony Will Create Tiered Subscriptions for PlayStation Plus

A source has told IGN that Sony has plans to introduce a tiered subscription system for its PlayStation Plus service, allowing customers to choose which kind of content they are interested in and pay just for that. PlayStation Plus delivers extra content for those who have a PlayStation Network account and allows th...

3 May 2012
05:53 GMT

PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Free Copies of Trine 2 and Much More in May

Sony has just unveiled the array of things that would appear throughout the month of May, ranging from free games to exclusive discounts, for subscribers to its PlayStation Plus premium service. Quite a lot of PS3, PSP or PS Vita owners now have PlayStation Plus memberships and gladly pay a monthly or yearly amount ...

25 April 2012
19:11 GMT

PlayStation Network Goes Down Today for Maintenance

Bad news for PlayStation 3, PSP or PlayStation Vita owners, as Sony will take down its PlayStation Network later today for some planned maintenance in North America. The PSN has been growing strong lately, with more and more users registering for the online service in order to take advantage of the multiplayer featu...

16 April 2012
06:31 GMT

New PSN Spring Sale Cuts Prices on Red Dead Redemption and More

Sony has made a new wave of price cuts on its European PlayStation Store, as part of the ongoing Spring Sale event, this time making discounts on big games like Red Dead Redemption, Plants vs. Zombies, Rochard, and more.Seeing how North American PSN users got to enjoy the Spring Fever promotion in the last few weeks,...

5 April 2012
13:11 GMT

Journey Is Now the Fastest Selling PSN Game of All Time

Barely have two weeks passed since the release of Journey on the PlayStation Network and developer thatgamecompany has confirmed that it’s broken sales records for the online service, overtaking last year’s Infamous: Festival of Blood.Studio thatgamecompany has gotten PS3 owners used to surreal experience...

31 March 2012
02:51 GMT

Thatgamecompany Losses Key Personnel After Successful Journey Launch

Two of the core leaders of Thatgamecompany, the developers of the recent PlayStation Network hit Journey, has announced that they are leaving the company just as it is starting work on another video game project. Kellee Santiago, who served as president of the developer and was one of the co-founders, has stated, &l...

30 March 2012
09:21 GMT

PSN Spring Sale Now Underway on European PlayStation Store

Sony has just unleashed a major series of discounts for its European PlayStation Store users, slashing prices on all sorts of games for the PlayStation 3. Sony of North America ran its traditional PSN Spring Fever even earlier this month, and now its European branch is also slashing prices on games from its version ...

28 March 2012
04:20 GMT

I Am Alive Out for PlayStation 3 on April 4

Ubisoft has just confirmed that its recent I Am Alive survival game will arrive on the PlayStation 3 platform, via the PlayStation Store, on April 4. I Am Alive was in development for quite some time and finally arrived onto the Xbox 360 earlier this month, as part of the Xbox Live House Party promotion ran by Micro...

21 March 2012
17:41 GMT

PSN Spring Fever Kicks Off with Fresh Games and Plenty of Discounts

Sony is getting ready to kick off its traditional Spring Fever sale later today, when it updates the PlayStation Store in North America. Seeing as how Microsoft runs its own promotions on the Xbox Live online service every few months, Sony doesn’t want its users to feel neglected. As such, the company is kick...

13 March 2012
06:42 GMT

Paradox Interactive CEO Says GAME Trouble Shows Digital Distribution Advantages

United Kingdom based retailer GAME has been in trouble recently and the leader of one major developer and publisher believes that karma is to blame for them and that something similar could happen to other big video game chains.Talking to GamesIndustry International at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco,...

8 March 2012
21:21 GMT

PlayStation Network Now Has over 90 Million Registered Users

Sony has confirmed that its PlayStation Network online service has over 90 million users around the world.The PSN offers all sorts of services to owners of various PlayStation devices like the PS3, PlayStation Portable, or the new PlayStation Vita, including access to the PlayStation Store, where games, add-ons and o...

8 March 2012
05:21 GMT

Here Are the 2012 PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards Winners

After a one-week voting session, Sony has revealed the winners of its 2012 PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards, confirming which games got the most votes from users of its PlayStation Network all around the world. Sony does its best to recognize games that appeared on its PlayStation Network. The Gamers’ Choice Aw...

7 March 2012
15:41 GMT

Licensing Keeps Some PSN Content from European Gamers

The digital revolution should mean that gamers all over the world should get access to the same content, but quite a bit of content from the United States based PlayStation Store has failed to appear on the European version, prompting questions from some gamers. Writing on the European version of the official PlaySt...

1 March 2012
07:42 GMT

PlayStation Network Maintenance Has Been Postponed

Sony has confirmed that its planned maintenance period for the PlayStation Network online service has been postponed, meaning the PS3, PSP or PS Vita owners will still be able to play online and access services like the PlayStation Store today.Sony took down the PlayStation Network several times for planned maintenan...

1 March 2012
07:21 GMT

PlayStation Network Goes Offline for Maintenance on March 1 Worldwide

Sony has confirmed that its PlayStation Network online service will undergo a scheduled maintenance period tomorrow, March 1, affecting it across territories like Europe, North America or Asia.PSN maintenance periods are quite common, especially after the hacker attack last year, but this new one is a bit more seriou...

29 February 2012
14:31 GMT

Voting for the 2012 PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards Starts Today

Sony is set to kick off the 2012 edition of its PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards today, allowing owners of the PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable consoles to vote for the best downloadable games that appeared throughout last year on the PlayStation Network. Last year’s PSN Gamers’ Choice awards were qu...

28 February 2012
04:28 GMT

PlayStation Network Goes Down for Planned Maintenance on March 1

Sony has revealed that it will be taking down its PlayStation Network online service next week, more specifically on Thursday, March 1, in order to do some planned maintenance.Sony’s been extremely busy in the last few weeks with the release of the PlayStation Vita, but this doesn’t mean that the company ...

24 February 2012
03:43 GMT

Journey Kicks Off PSN Spring Fever Promotion in March

Sony and thatgamecompany have confirmed that Journey, the upcoming adventure game, will kick off this year’s edition of the PSN Spring Fever promotion when it appears, on March 13, in North America, and March 14, in Europe. Lots of PlayStation 3 owners were impressed with thatgamecompany’s previous works...

20 February 2012
03:12 GMT

New PlayStation 3 Firmware to Be Released Soon

Sony announces the imminent release of new system software for their popular gaming (and not only) console, PlayStation 3. In an official statement issued on Sony's blog related to PlayStation, system software version 4.10 is mentioned, with an expected release date of February 8. So far the new firmware is not...

8 February 2012
09:57 GMT

PlayStation 3 Gets Firmware Version 4.10, Changes Are Cosmetic Only

Video game hardware maker and publisher Sony has announced the launch of the 4.10 firmware version for the PlayStation 3 home gaming console and has offered some information on the content of the new update. The official announcement from Sony states that the main change introduced is the renaming of the classic Pla...

8 February 2012
04:31 GMT

The PlayStation Network Changes Its Name into the Sony Entertainment Network

Sony has just confirmed that a major change, at least in name, will be made on February 8, when its PlayStation Network is going to be turned into the Sony Entertainment Network. Sony is trying to move past its electronics manufacturer image by offering more entertainment options to its customers. Seeing as how it...

6 February 2012
15:31 GMT

PSN Users Hit with 80023102 Error, Can’t Re-Download Purchased Games

It seems that the recent maintenance suffered by the PlayStation Network has left the online service with quite a big problem, at least in the Europe, Middle East and Australasia territories, as users can no longer re-download games they’ve already bought. Sony took down its PlayStation Network last week for s...

6 February 2012
05:27 GMT

PlayStation Plus Subscribers Get Free Far Cry 2 and Other Goodies in February

Sony has just unveiled the content release schedule for PlayStation Plus subscribers from North America, showcasing what they’ll receive throughout the month of February, including things like free games, major discounts and exclusive access to demos. The last few months have been really good to PlayStation Pl...

2 February 2012
14:31 GMT

Sony Extends PlayStation Network Maintenance to United States

Video game publisher and hardware developer Sony has announced that a planned maintenance session which was supposed to only hit the European countries today has now been extended to also affect users who log in from the Arab Emirates, Australia, New Zeeland and the United States. It is not clear whether users in Ca...

2 February 2012
04:31 GMT

Digital PlayStation Vita Games Will Be Cheaper Than Retail Versions

Sony has confirmed that retail games for the PlayStation Vita will be released onto the PlayStation Network as digital editions with a lower price. The PlayStation Vita is getting ready for its launch at the end of the month, alongside a hefty variety of games made by Sony and other third-party developers. Now, Son...

1 February 2012
18:31 GMT

Sony Announces PlayStation Network Will Be Down on Thursday

Video game hardware developer and video game publisher Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network service will be taken down for scheduled maintenance during Thursday, the second day of February. The announcement about the downtime was made on the European forums of Sony, which might mean that it will only affe...

31 January 2012
07:30 GMT

Nintendo Network Will Compete with PSN and Xbox Live

Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has long been accused of being unable to understand the Internet, and the Wii has suffered because it lacked a service that could directly compete with the PlayStation Network from Sony and the Xbox Live service from Microsoft. But now Nintendo is ready to launch ...

30 January 2012
02:55 GMT

PlayStation Network Goes Offline Today, January 19, for Scheduled Maintenance

Sony has just revealed that it will be taking down its PlayStation Network online service today, January 19, from 8am until 9pm, PST. Sony is still trying to win back the trust of its customers after the shameful hacker attack of last year, which saw its PSN go offline for almost a whole month, during which owners o...

19 January 2012
04:33 GMT

PlayStation Store Update Brings Team Ico HD Collection, New Games, and DLC

Sony has made a brand new update to its North American PlayStation Store, this time giving PS3 owners access to new downloadable games, not to mention a variety of DLC and even some great price cuts, as part of the 12 for ’12 promotion. First up, in terms of new games, PS3 users can enjoy digital versions of t...

18 January 2012
04:54 GMT

Sony Anti-Hacker Stance benefits Gamers, Says Executive

Sony is convinced that its tough stance on hackers and pirates is in the best interest of its player base and one leading executive from the company has expressed bewilderment at the hostility coming from some players who use the Sony gaming devices.Speaking to CVG Andrew House, who is the leader of the European divi...

18 January 2012
04:18 GMT

Great PSN Games Get Big Discounts as Part of Sony’s 12 for '12 Promotion

Sony has just kicked off a massive new promotion on its PlayStation Network, called 12 for ’12, which sees hefty price cuts made to some high quality downloadable games that were released last year on the online service. Sony kicked off 2011 with an impressive promotion called 11 for ’11 and now wants to...

17 January 2012
04:13 GMT

PlayStation Store Europe Gets January Sales Event

Sony has just confirmed that users of its European PlayStation Store can take advantage of a series of sales that will span three weeks and include all sorts of great content, from full games to DLC and other such things. Sony is on a roll with its sales events, as the Japanese company has been making big price cuts...

12 January 2012
04:48 GMT

Killzone 1 Available as Digital Download for PS3 This Month

The original Killzone title, which has kicked off the successful first person shooter on the PlayStation 2, is now getting ready for a re-release on the current PlayStation 3 at the end of the month. The Killzone series was supposed to be Sony’s answer to Microsoft’s extremely successful Halo franchise, ...

12 January 2012
04:00 GMT

PlayStation Store Update Brings New Games and Demos, Lots of Price Cuts

Sony has made its weekly update to the North American PlayStation Store, this time adding a variety of downloadable titles and demos, not to mention plenty of DLC and a huge variety of price cuts on games and DLC from Electronic Arts. First up, PlayStation 3 owners can download quite a lot of new games, ranging from...

11 January 2012
04:42 GMT

SEGA Brings House of the Dead 3 and 4 to the PSN Starting with February

Video game publisher SEGA has announced that it plans to re-launch two of its biggest games ever, House of the Dead 3 and 4, exclusively on the PlayStation Network service from Sony in the coming months.Both titles have been updated with support for High Definition graphics and allow the gamer to use the Move motion ...

6 January 2012
03:54 GMT

PlayStation Store Update Brings Splinter Cell HD, Oddworld HD, and All Zombies Must Die

While Sony treated its North American PlayStation Network users with a huge amount of deals, new content and special discounts last week, right before Christmas, the week before the New Year is looking pretty lackluster, even if there are plenty of full-pledged games available for download. PlayStation 3 owners have...

28 December 2011
04:18 GMT

PlayStation Store Update Brings Trine 2 and Plenty of Major Discounts

Sony has once again updated its North American PlayStation Store, this time adding quite a lot of fresh content while slashing the prices on games and DLC that already appeared on the online marketplace.First up, PS3 owners can enjoy the stunning Trine 2, as well as full game downloads that include L.A. Noire, Just C...

22 December 2011
04:45 GMT

Here Are the Best Selling Indie Games on the PlayStation Network

The PlayStation Network saw the release of a large variety of independent games in 2011 so, in order to help people sort them out, Sony has made a few lists of the best selling indie titles on the online network, including those that were published by the studios themselves or with the help of the Japanese company.So...

15 December 2011
03:13 GMT

PlayStation Store Update Brings Final Fantasy VI, Dragon Age 2, Lots of DLC

Sony has once again updated the North American PlayStation Store with plenty of new content, including full games, like Dragon Age 2 or NFS: Hot Pursuit, but also lots of other content, including new DLC as well as discounts for existing add-ons.First up, PlayStation 3 owners can enjoy three new downloadable games, a...

7 December 2011
18:31 GMT

Each Vita Has Just One PlayStation Network ID

Sony has announced that each PlayStation Vita sold will only allow the registration of one PlayStation Network ID, limiting the ability of gamers to take advantage of the fact that the upcoming handheld is not region locked.Presumably the measure is a way of making sure that gamers do not massively import both consol...

5 December 2011
10:39 GMT

PlayStation Store Update Brings the Sly Collection, de Blob 2, New DLC

Sony has once again updated the North American PlayStation Store with some new content, allowing PlayStation Network users to get quite a lot of full digital games, as well as plenty of downloadable content.First up, PlayStation 3 owners can enjoy many full game downloads, include The Sly Collection, either as a bund...

30 November 2011
04:26 GMT

Rumor Mill: New Version of PlayStation Network Is in Beta Stage

An image has been posted on the Internet which is said to show the new look of the PlayStation Network service from Sony, which at the moment is rumored to be in closed beta stage and will be introduced for all users at the beginning of 2012.One of the beta testers has posted a screengrab of the new PSN interface, al...

29 November 2011
04:24 GMT

Sly Cooper HD Collection Arrives On PSN Next Week

After confirming at the beginning of the month that the Sly Cooper Collection will arrive as a digital download on the PlayStation Network, Sony has now revealed that PSN users will finally be able to get it next week.The Sly Cooper HD Collection appeared last year for the PlayStation 3, packing together the first th...

25 November 2011
03:45 GMT

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Attracted Millions of Players to PSN

Sony says that the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the first person shooter from Infinity Ward and Activision Blizzard, has attracted millions of players to the PlayStation Network, the service which powers multiplayer gaming on the PlayStation 3 home console.Jack Tretton, who is both the president and the ...

18 November 2011
03:57 GMT

Sony Launches New Social Networks Aimed at PlayStation Gamers

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has launched a new social network, called Play Community, which is aimed specifically at those who play titles created for the PlayStation family of devices, either in home console or handheld form.Users in Japan are able to use their PlayStation Network ID in order to sign in and th...

17 November 2011
22:11 GMT

Massive PlayStation Network Global Maintenance Starts Today

Sony has announced that its PlayStation Network online service will be entering a lengthy scheduled maintenance period later today all around the world, so some features or online multiplayer might not be available.Ever since the PlayStation Network was hacked, Sony has increased the scheduled maintenance periods for...

17 November 2011
04:36 GMT

Sly Cooper HD Collection Coming to PSN This Month

Sony has confirmed that it will be releasing a digital edition of its recent Sly Cooper HD Collection on its PlayStation Network online service for the PlayStation 3, both as a bundle, with all the three games, as well as standalone titles. Sony has released quite a lot of its classic PlayStation 2-era titles in the...

17 November 2011
02:46 GMT

PS3 and PSP Owners Can Now Play PSN Games on Just Two Systems

Sony has confirmed that owners of its PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable systems will be able to play the games they've downloaded from the PlayStation Network on just two systems.Sony's PlayStation Network online service has seen quite a big surge in activity ever since its outage earlier this year, wit...

7 November 2011
15:41 GMT

'Winter of RPGs' Promotion Brings Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy V and VI to PSN

Square Enix, after releasing the critically acclaimed Chrono Trigger as well as a variety of older Final Fantasy titles, has revealed that a special campaign, called the Winter of RPGs" will run throughout November and December on the PlayStation Network, bringing three great games to PlayStation 3 owners.Fans have b...

7 November 2011
03:15 GMT


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