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The PSN Is Back To Full Speed In Japan This Week!

The PSN Store and Qriocity are finally coming back online in Japan on July 6, meaning that the PlayStation Network is finally back at 100 percent in Japan. The PSN was knocked offline after it was hacked in April. [Sony]


Qriocity Back At Full Speed

Starting today, Sony stated its content service Qriocity on the PSN is fully restored in all serviced territories, including Japan.


PSN Returning To Japan Tomorrow

Today, Sony revealed that starting on May 28, the PlayStation Network and Qriocity will gradually resume in Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. [Sony]


How Sony Is Explaining The PSN Network Outage To Its Developers

Sony execs have already apologized to PlayStation customers by way of the company’s official blog and with extremely deep bows, but what’s the message to game developers affected by the PlayStation Network outage? Industry Gamers has the internal memo in which they “deeply regret that this incident has occurred,” but don’t offer many new details.


Sony Confirms ‘External Intrusion’ Is Behind PSN Outage

Sony has acknowledged that the outage, since late Wednesday, of PlayStation Network is due to “an external intrusion on our system”. Patrick Seybold, PlayStation’s top spokesman, said the service was taken offline “to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services”. Still no word on when the service will be available.


Yes, Your PSN Account Is Changing Hands (Sort Of)

PlayStation Network members may have seen a message from Sony Computer Entertainment America in their email inboxes recently, a warning that their account and the funds in their PSN wallet are about to be taken over by SNEA (Sony Network Entertainment America). Panic? No!


Sony Lays Down The Law On PlayStation 3 Hacking

With the PlayStation 3 cracked wide open and alleged console hackers being taken to court, Sony Computer Entertainment of America issues a statement today warning users that the use of “unauthorised circumvention devices” will be met with swift, meaningless justice.


Watch Music Unlimited Stream Your Music Collection To A PS3

Despite going digital, music remains oddly attached to the devices used to buy it. Sony hopes to change that with the advent of Music Unlimited, a service that can stream your music to a variety of devices including the PS3.


PlayStation 3 To Get Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue In 3D(!)

Sports Illustrated’s annual homage to bikinis is coming to the PlayStation 3 in stereoscopic 3D amidst a flood of models-in-swimsuits related content via the PlayStation Network. Of all the PS3 exclusives this year, this is one we weren’t expecting.


Sony Piques ‘Qriocity’ By Registering That Trademark

This always happens in threes. Yesterday we saw the magic words tipping off Nintendo and Microsoft’s next projects. Today brings word that Sony’s having fun with high-scoring Scrabble consonants again, registering “Qriocity” not for a game – but a network.


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