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Payday: The Heist is a co-op first-person shooter in development for PC and PSN that puts you at the heart of illegal high stakes scores. Coming from Swedish studio Overkill Software, you take on the role of a hardened criminal and will be aided by three partners, either player-controlled or …
Read More »Now Nintendo server is hacked
Nintendo has become the latest games firm to fall victim to an online data hack, the Japanese company has confirmed. A Nintendo of America affiliate server was breached a few weeks ago, but no consumer or company information was stolen. The news comes after Sony’s PSN service was taken down …
Read More »Develop 100: The Apple and indie revolution
Over half of the world's hundred best studios are making iPhone and iPad games; 75 are independent
Read More »Sony ‘should hire hackers’
Today marks the long-awaited return of the PlayStation Store, but one hacker has said that the network will remain unsafe until Sony hires hackers directly to test its security. "Most big corporations have what’s called an annual security audit and they go out and hire outside security companies," Ligatt Security …
Read More »PSN awakens from six-week nightmare
Enormous update list published
Read More »PSN’s 43 day nightmare is over
Sony has this morning confirmed that the PlayStation Store is being turned back on around the world. It’s recovery marks the full restoration of PSN. In total the full service was down for 43 days, or just over six weeks. "I’m happy to confirm that PlayStation Store is open and …
Read More »Crucial step for PSN restoration
Sony has confirmed that PSN will this afternoon go down for maintenance "for several hours" in what it describes a "crucial step" in the return of the PlayStation Store. It has also repeated its pledge to have full PSN services back online by the end of this week. "Starting soon, …
Read More »New Sony attack underway, hackers claim
"Hey Sony, you know we’re making off with a bunch of your internal stuff right now and you haven’t even noticed? Slow and steady, guys." That’s the chilling claim made by one hacking group earlier today as the digital vendetta against Sony threatens to kick off once again. With Sony …
Read More »Sony: Full PSN service to return this week
May 31st deadline missed as network is tested to its limits
Read More »PlayStation Store to return this week
Sony has said that the PlayStation store will return in a number of key territories by the end of the week. The territories in question are America, Europe and Asia, although not in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea. "We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of …
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