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PSN going down forever

PSN going down forever

By: Gary Johnson | Posted: February 4, 2012
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Sony PS Vita, Sony PSP

A couple of days ago Sony decided it wanted to do some more routine maintenance on its PlayStation Network online service. This was just one month after it was unavailable again for exactly the same reason. Today we have news…

PSN back up, but no firmware 4.0 update release – disappointed?

PSN back up, but no firmware 4.0 update release – disappointed?

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: November 18, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

Yesterday the PlayStation Network went offline for 14 hours whilst Sony’s engineers carried out essential maintenance. Now that it is back up and running, normal service has resumed, however given the fact that the PS3 recently celebrated its 5th birthday…

PSN Down November 17th, maintenance times and dates

PSN Down November 17th, maintenance times and dates

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: November 17, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Sony PSP

A recent post over at the official PlayStation Blog has revealed that more downtime is coming to the PlayStation Network, however when you are reminded of the problems relating to PSN security earlier this year you will welcome this essential…

Limited bonus merchandise arriving with PS Vita pre-orders

Limited bonus merchandise arriving with PS Vita pre-orders

By: Chris Maugham | Posted: November 16, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony PS Vita

One of the most anticipated consoles ever made is about to become available very soon which I’m sure many gamers will be aware of and getting very excited about by now. If that wasn’t exciting enough, details about some limited…

Premier Manager 2012 for PSN, poor man’s Football Manager

Premier Manager 2012 for PSN, poor man’s Football Manager

By: Chris Maugham | Posted: November 9, 2011
Filed under: Gaming

One of the most addictive games ever made is now available on the PlayStation Network. That game is Premier Manager 2012. It’s the latest installment of a series that has spanned more than a decade. Both Urbanscan and Sony will…

PSN down in Europe November 3 – undergoing maintenance

PSN down in Europe November 3 – undergoing maintenance

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: November 3, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

We have some slightly frustrating news for PS3 gamers who live in Europe, apparently Sony will be carrying out some PlayStation Network maintenance today, which will cause the PSN to go offline for a few hours – this is particularly…

Hackers try and bring PSN down again, gets access to accounts

Hackers try and bring PSN down again, gets access to accounts

By: Gary Johnson | Posted: October 12, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

Earlier this year Sony’s PlayStation Network was out of action for weeks following hackers attacking the company’s sites. Now today we can tell you that hackers try and bring PSN down again, and get access to thousands of accounts. Sony…

PSN down September 29 for Battlefield 3 Beta

PSN down September 29 for Battlefield 3 Beta

By: Peter Chubb | Posted: September 29, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

Today we will see the release of Battlefield 3 Beta Open, and with all good things there is inevitable bad news. We say bad but not if you are playing with an Xbox 360; but if you have a PS3…

Sony’s silence regarding PSN outage / 8002A548 error

Sony’s silence regarding PSN outage / 8002A548 error

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: September 21, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

When the PlayStation Network went down back in April gamers were very frustrated by Sony’s silence regarding the matter, today we have heard hundreds, if not thousands of reports suggest that the PSN is down once again (as we reported…

CoD Black Ops title update 13 for Xbox 360 & PC, list of changes

CoD Black Ops title update 13 for Xbox 360 & PC, list of changes

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: September 15, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3, Xbox 360

If you switched on your PS3 or Xbox 360 recently and played Call of Duty: Black Ops you may have recently noticed that a new patch had been rolled out – well we thought some of you would appreciate some…

PS3 slashed price enough to entice Xbox 360, Wii owners?

PS3 slashed price enough to entice Xbox 360, Wii owners?

By: Chris Maugham | Posted: August 27, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

The PlayStation 3 has come under some bad press in recent months due to the hacking of Sony’s PlayStation Network. There were reports that many gamers had lost faith in Sony after that and were jumping ship in favor of…

Metal Gear Solid: Zavvi gets special ‘Ultimate’ HD Collection

Metal Gear Solid: Zavvi gets special ‘Ultimate’ HD Collection

By: Tina Chubb | Posted: August 16, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

We have some pretty exciting news now for those of you that are thinking about purchasing the much-anticipated Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, as we’ve recently discovered that UK online retailer Zavvi is offering its customers a very special ‘Ultimate’…

PlayStation Network Status: Down today with maintenance

PlayStation Network Status: Down today with maintenance

By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 11, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

Each time the PlayStation Network goes down and the status shows red for the online website, Some PS3 owners wonder if they could be getting something new after the service restores, which the most popular feature being a new XMB….

PS3 System Software Update (v3.70) – list of changes, no ETA

PS3 System Software Update (v3.70) – list of changes, no ETA

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: August 10, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

Hello guys and girls, today we can confirm that a new system software update is headed to the PlayStation 3, sadly none of the four killer features we spoke about yesterday are on the way, however the update does bring…

4 killer features needed via PS3 firmware not PS4

4 killer features needed via PS3 firmware not PS4

By: Jamie Pert | Posted: August 9, 2011
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3

With so much talk of next-generations consoles of late we are beginning to forget that current-gen consoles still have the potential to improve via firmware updates, today we will look into some killer features which Sony could add to the…