Rockstar have received a very small number of customer support questions about PS3s overheating or shutting down while playing L.A. Noire. At this time, Rockstar Games and Sony can confirm that neither L.A. Noire or firmware update 3.61 are causing the PS3 hardware to overheat.
Last week, Sony revealed that it will be offering PSN customers free identity theft protection plans following the malicious attack on PlayStation Network throughout the region. Sony have finalised the details for current PlayStation Network and Qriocity consumers in UK, France, Spain, Italy and Germany, of which the details can be found below.
The European PlayStation.Blog has revealed the release date for inFamous 2, along with details of the Hero Edition. The game will be released in the UK, Germany and Ireland will be getting it on June 10th, whereas the rest of EU will be getting it on June 8th.
The official trailer for Starhawk, the game from the creators of Warhawk, has been revealed finally. Starhawk is a bold new 3rd Person shooter adventure where you can change the battlefield instantly in the heat of combat. The game is set in the future where humanity’s last hope lies in the lawless frontier of space where factions battle over the universe’s most precious resource, Rift Energy.
Today, the official boxart for Restatance 3 was revealed. The boxart isn’t your typical cover though, which you will notice right away. The boxart itself features the Chimeran Skull with the skyline depicted as its teeth, and was created by Olly Moss, a talented British artist, for both the North American and European territories.
Now that the PlayStation Network is now partially back up and running, SCEE has revealed the details of the Welcome Back programme for PlayStation Network users. Once PlayStation Store is back online, all PlayStation Network users will be able to access 2 free PS3 titles and two free PSP titles in those countries with access to PlayStation Store.
Now that PlayStation Network is once again operational, a great many of you are once again enjoying playing games online. Of course, that’s only part of the Network’s offerings – and you’ve got some questions about how the downtime affected planned releases and online events. Here are answers to some of the more pressing queries from Sony.
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Sony has released a new firmware update for the PlayStation 3 to go alongside the relaunch of the PlayStation Network. The new software update requires all PSN users to change their password once PlayStation Network is restored. The v3.61 update is mandatory and is available now.
The PlayStation Network relaunch is now under way across the world. Kazuo Hirai has made an official announcement about the relaunch, and apologizes to the consumers for the PSN and Qoricity service outage. You can see the announcement below.
