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Rumour: Sony To Introduce ‘PSN Pass’, May Hit With Resistance 3

Is Sony following the trail blazed by Electronic Arts and other third-party publishers by limiting who has access to its online multiplayer? That’s our best guess for what the new, still-unannounced PSN Pass is, a feature rumoured to have made its first appearance on the Resistance 3 PS3 bundle.


Sony’s Welcome Back Plan Extended Until Tomorrow

Today Sony’s Welcome Back plan, designed to encourage PSN users to rejoin the service post the PSN outage, actually expired. A number of folks who hadn’t taken note of that fact got a bit angry and stamped their feet a bit. The end result? The deadline for the Welcome Back plan has been extended.


90% Of Sony’s PSN Users Have Returned – Are You Among Them?

In an interview with the New York Times, SCEA’s President Jack Tretton has claimed that 90 per cent of the PSN userbase has returned after the PSN ‘outage’ – which seems like a pretty generous number. Have you guys signed back on?


Your Free PSN Welcome Back Games Are Now Available

PlayStation 3 and PSP owners in Europe and the US can now download the freebies Sony promised last month during the PSN outage. Keep in mind everyone trying to download inFamous at once is bound to cause some network congestion.


Metal Gear, Zone Of The Enders Return With HD Collections

Konami announced today that two of its most popular franchises, Metal Gear Solid and Zone of the Enders, will be getting HD compilation re-releases on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.


Delayed Yakuza Zombie Game Gets… Undelayed

After the Tohoku Earthquake struck, Sega decided it would be inappropriate to release Yakuza: Of The End and delayed it. The game is a zombie parody, setting in a ravaged urban centre. The game finally has a new release date in Japan: June 9. [via RYUGAGOTOKU BLOG]


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