Tag: Playstation

Cause of PSN outage remains disputed after six days

Six days into the ongoing outages on the Playstation Network, the exact cause of the outage remains in dispute, and no one knows precisely when PSN will get back online. Sony spokesperson Satoshi Fukuoka has blamed an “external intrusion” into its system and announced that a “thorough investigation” was ongoing. While Sony pins the blame

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Valve Releases New Details on PlayStation 3 Steam Integration for Portal 2

Portal 2 is right around the corner, and the PlayStation 3 release incorporates highly-anticipated Steam features right into the game.  But what exactly are those features? Well, to answer those questions Valve has released a press release with details on what Steam has to offer on the PS3.  As promised, users will be able to

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Settlement in GeoHotz Case!

“Sony Computer Entertainment America (“SCEA”) and George Hotz (“Hotz”) today announced the settlement of the lawsuit filed by SCEA against Hotz in federal court in San Francisco, California. The parties reached an agreement in principle on March 31, 2011. As part of the settlement, Hotz consented to a permanent injunction,” begins the first few lines

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Gaming
Raul Valle

[Review] The 3rd Birthday (Sony PSP)

After just over a decade, Aya Brea is once again in the video game spotlight. And while I’m sure many gamers have fond memories of her adventures on the original PlayStation, many things have changed in her absence. Enter Square Enix and HexaDrive’s The 3rd Birthday for the PlayStation Portable, the third game starring the beautiful

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Aya Brea returns to action as The 3rd Birthday lands in North America

After 11 years of waiting, Aya Brea finally returns in Square Enix’s The 3rd Birthday, the latest installment in the Parasite Eve series.  An RPG/third-person shooter hybrid set in New York, The 3rd Birthday pits Aya against a new type of enemy, seemingly more dangerous than the last. Available for Sony’s PlayStation Portable as both

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Gaming
Raul Valle

[Review] DISSIDIA 012[duodecim] FINAL FANTASY (Sony PSP)

Prior to DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY, the idea of different Final Fantasy heroes and villains squaring off against each other was usually only found in online discussions and fanfiction.  Yet, despite a premise so blatantly rooted in fanservice, the RPG/fighting game hybrid was quite a treat to play, with gameplay mechanics both challenging and entertaining to master.

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Gaming
Raul Valle

[Preview] The 3rd Birthday – English Trailer

With only a month left until The 3rd Birthday, the latest installment of the Parasite Eve series, hits US shores, Square Enix has decided to treat us to a new trailer to get us pumped up for the US release.  It’s been about 11 years since the last game was released, and, all I can say is,

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Gaming
Rett

Top 5 Reasons The Wii, PS3, And 360 Don’t Suck

Maybe I got a little carried away this past month. I shook my fists and my voice bellowed as I angrily stroked the keyboard into a fury of console bashing. But the sun has come out and my outlook has changed. Perhaps the state of this console generation is not lost.  Perhaps everything will be

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