• PlayStation Network User Information Compromised

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    The ongoing PlayStation Network outage that started last week has gone from bad to worse. Sony has confirmed that confidential user information – such as your name, address, password, and credit card number, were exposed to attackers who gained access to the PlayStation Network.

    Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following information that you provided: name, address (city, state, zip), country, email address, birthdate, PlayStation Network/Qriocity password and login, and handle/PSN online ID. It is also possible that your profile data, including purchase history and billing address (city, state, zip), and your PlayStation Network/Qriocity password security answers may have been obtained. If you have authorized a sub-account for your dependent, the same data with respect to your dependent may have been obtained. While there is no evidence at this time that credit card data was taken, we cannot rule out the possibility. If you have provided your credit card data through PlayStation Network or Qriocity, out of an abundance of caution we are advising you that your credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date may have been obtained.

    Assuming most of you will be affected by this, you may have already received an email from Sony with more information about what to do next. Otherwise, take a look at Sony’s blog post for more information (they’ve also compiled a list of frequently asked questions) on how to protect yourself.

    Sony is still unable to provide a specific date, they claim PSN operations will resume “within a week”.

  • PSN Outage Due to ‘External Intrusion’

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    Following to Users being unable to sign on or greeted with PSN Error Message 80710A06 when trying to log in to PSN, Sony was investigating the cause of the outages, which began late last night. No word on whether or not this outage is related to the same outage occurrences from earlier this month that was likely spurred on by the hacker group known as Anonymous.

    Sony tonight issued a statement saying the PlayStation Network outage is due to an “external intrusion” but did not clarify beyond that. A timetable for when PSN will be up and running again was also not provided.

    Hacker group Anonymous said today they are not claiming responsibility for this particular outage, however.

    The statement in full from Senior Director of Corporate Communications Patrick Seybold can be read below:

    An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th.

    Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.

    [via: ign]

  • God of War 4 To Be Released In September 2012

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    Business website Linkedin has provided a small piece of information which suggests that God of War 4 is in development, or at least in pre-production as found by PlayStation Systemlink,

    An animator, whose name shall be withhold for security reasons, has the following entry under his work with Motion Logic Studios:

    Game Cinematic for God of War 4 Cinematic Test (PS3)


    Now gamrfeed claims that an unofficial PlayStation magazine, PSM3, has claimed that an unnamed source has informed them that God of War 4 will launch in September of next year.

    “PSM3 has heard from another source that God of War 4 is coming, and will hit in September 2012. Our source works closely with the God of War universe, and let slip he’d be working on a related project at the same time.”

    Most God of War fans are aware of the fact that God of War 3 marked the end of the trilogy. The game’s producer, Steve Caterson, stated that Kratos’ ending is “not the end of the franchise.”

  • Battlefield 3: Amazing New 12 Minute Gameplay Trailer

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    EA and developer DICE have just released their amazing new 12 minute gameplay trailer for Battlefield 3. If you had reservation about the ambitions of Battlefield 3, we believe this latest footage should give you a piece of mind.

    Based on this trailer, the game is looking spectacular and looks to play even better. Battlefield 3 is launching later this year for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.