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Daybreak Game Company CEO John Smedley has lashed out at a hacker after the Lizard Squad member was convicted on 50,700 hacking chargers. ThoughKivimaki will not be going to prison, Smedley celebrated the verdict on Twitter, claiming it was the Lizard Squard member whobrought his plane downin August last year …
Read More »John Smedley to convicted hacker: ‘I’m coming for you’
Daybreak boss threatens legal action
Read More »Server woes plague Sony’s H1Z1 launch
Players also up in arms over pay-to-win allegations
Read More »PS4 players spend more on DC Universe Online than PC counterparts
Can F2P be as successful on consoles as it has on smartphones? There’s every chance, Sony Online Entertainment boss John Smedley has argued. The exec told Gamasutra that the PS4 version of free-to-play MMO DC Universe Online has been monetising amazingly well” and is making between 3-3.5 times as much …
Read More »Hacker bomb threat diverts plane with SOE president on board
FBI investigating incident
Read More »Twitter bomb threat takes down SOE boss’ flight amidst spate of DDoS attacks
A bomb threat sent from a Twitter account linked to a DDoS attack on PSN forced a diversion to a flight carrying Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley. Polygon reports that said hacker group had earlier that day the same account claimed responsibility for taking down Sony’s PlayStation Network, as …
Read More »Smedley: Zynga has done F2P a ‘terrible disservice’
SOE president criticises social game developer for creating 'monetisation products'
Read More »Smedley: Zynga has done a ‘terrible disservice’ to F2P’s reputation
Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley believes the free-to-play model’s reputation has taken a hit because Zynga has ‘monetisation products’ masquerading as games. Smedley told PC Gamer the social and mobile games company is to blame for "the reputation [the f2p model] got from early in its life, especially in …
Read More »UPDATED: SOE president lambasts Planetside 2 hackers
No-one likes a cheat, of course, but sometimes things should maybe be put in a little more perspective. At a time when games journalists and PRs are being targeted for even the slightest mishap or risk comment, the president of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley has embarked on a possibly …
Read More »Smedley: People that don’t play games have no business in industry
Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley doesn’t believe people should be working in the games industry if they don’t play games. In my opinion, people that don’t play games have no business in this business. It should be the gamers-only club, I think. I can’t stand people that don’t know …
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