“I was disappointed that Sony did not proactively notify my office… It seems to me that it’s time to begin imposing fines – significant, attention-getting fines – on companies when poor privacy and security practices lead to breaches.” [The Vancouver Sun]
Developer Sucker Punch is giving Infamous 2 beta testers and early access mission designers more time with the game’s beta. Why? Because the PlayStation Network is still offline, naturally, making it really difficult to beta test. Sucker Punch says on Facebook that the extension period is still TBD. We’ll know after PSN returns. More »
Sony has not yet determined if the personal information or credit card numbers of users on the still-down PlayStation Network have been stolen, according to a Sony spokesman. More »
The ongoing Playstation Network outage also makes a couple of Capcom games unplayable, even offline. More »
With Microsoft sporting a cheaper console and the need to upgrade all new Xbox 360s to the New Xbox Experience come Christmas morning, it seems that a repeat of last year’s Live crash is imminent.
