
Sony has revealed that an earlier security breach it did not notice resulted in hackers making off with the details of another 25 million users, this time those unwise enough to play its MMORPGs, and has also confirmed that tens of thousands of additional card numbers have been stolen.
Read the rest of this entry »


Sony has formally apologised for leaking the personal details of its 77 million PSN users to criminals, and is planning on offering free content and a month of free PlayStation Plus membership in the hopes its victims will forget all about it.
Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 28, 2011 22:59 JST
- Tags: Crime, Hacking, Internet, Law, Money, Politics, PS3, Shopping, Sony, Technology

Sony’s admission that 77 million PSN accounts are in the hands of hackers has been followed by scores of reports alleging credit card fraud as a result of the leak, which Sony dismisses with its assertion that there is “no evidence” of the cards being leaked, although they concede they “cannot rule out the possibility.”
Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 27, 2011 23:05 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Crime, Hacking, Internet, Law, Politics, PS3, Sony, Technology, USA


Just when it seemed the reputation of Japanese industry for leaking things could get no worse, Sony’s loss of as many as 75 million PSN accounts has seen a new and most unwelcome record set, one for which irate consumers and even a US senator are demanding answers for.
Read the rest of this entry »

Sony has admitted that as a result of the hack which prompted it to take the PSN offline, hackers have stolen the personal data of all of its users, including their name and address, date of birth, passwords and security questions, purchase history and possibly credit card info.
Read the rest of this entry »

The ongoing global outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network, now at 5 days, may be in danger of continuing even further – in its latest update Sony refused to provide any information on what is going on or when it will be fixed.
Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 24, 2011 23:47 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Marketing, Nintendo, Otaku, PS3, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Technology, Xbox 360

Japanese gamers discussing what they consider to be the worst tragedy to have befallen the gaming industry agree on an number of unfortunate events it seems.
Read the rest of this entry »

European imports of the PS3 have been suspended for at least 10 days after Sony lost an important legal battle against rival LG.
Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Ericsson’s newly unveiled smartphone-cum-PSP the “Xperia Play” (otherwise known as the “PSPhone”) has been revealed to have a nearly $900 price-tag.
Read the rest of this entry »


Doubts over the actual graphical capabilities of the NGP appear to be being dispelled somewhat with the release of some much more impressive official footage of the device in action.
Read the rest of this entry »
- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 1, 2011 04:03 JST
- Tags: Comparison, DS, Gravure, Idol, Nintendo, Oppai, Oshiri, PSP, Sony, Technology

The NGP and 3DS are pitted against each other in this unusually sexy hardware comparison image.
Read the rest of this entry »

The supposed “PS3 level” power of Sony’s newly announced NGP is being called into question, with technical analysis of its capabilities suggesting it is not nearly as impressive as it is hyped to be, and that it is already in imminent danger of being eclipsed by smartphones and tablets using the very same chipset it employs.
Read the rest of this entry »