Sony has been fined £250,000 over the PlayStation Hack that occurred in April 2011, due to a “serious breach” of the Data Protection Act, according to the BBC. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office, Sony could have prevented the hack by keeping security software up-to-date.
Another Rockstar classic is making its way to the PS3 next week as GTA: Vice City is finally releasing on the PlayStation Network. While GTA III and GTA: San Andreas were previously released on the PSN, GTA: Vice City was left out. The game will be releasing next Tuesday in the US, and Wednesday in Europe for $9.99/€9.99/£7.99.
Sony’s scheduled maintenance period has over-run well above the 12 hours originally estimated. The maintenance was originally scheduled to be completed by 4am on January 18th 2013 but was later pushed to 10pm – well over double the estimated time. It has since been extended again.
Sony has scheduled maintenance planned for this Thursday, beginning in the afternoon and lasting for 12 hours – well into most people’s gaming time. During the maintenance window, the PSN and other related services will be offline, but you will be able to continue to play online if you sign-on before maintenance begins.
Sony has released the top 10 chart for the PlayStation Store in North America, revealing a number of re-entries to the chart, namely Journey taking the top spot once again. On the PS Vita, LittleBigPlanet PS Vita took the top stot, beating new comer Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD.
Sony has released December’s PSN chart for PAL regions, showing a number of new titles entering the chart and also a few re-entries thanks to the festive sale on the Store. The top selling PS3 title was Far Cry 3 followed by Hitman Absolution. On the PS Vita, the top title was Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD.
SCEE has released the PlayStation Store Charts for November 2012, revealing that Assassin’s Creed III was the top selling PSN title, up from fourth place. New title PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale never made it into the top 10 list on either platform. On the PS Vita, Assassin’s Creed III Liberation was the top title for the second month in a row.
SCEA has released the Sales Chart for the PlayStation Store in November, revealing that The Walking Dead dominated the charts once again as the most downloaded PS3 title, followed by Assassin’s Creed III. On the PS Vita, Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified was the most downloaded title, despite receiving bad reviews.
The PlayStation Network will be going offline on Monday afternoon for most of the night while maintenance work is carried out. In total, the PlayStation Network will be down for 9 hours, between 4pm and 1am the next morning. There hasn’t been any downtime recently, surprisingly.
SCEA has revealed that the PlayStation Network will be going offline for maintenance this Sunday night in North America. The PSN wil be offline for approximately 3 hours on Sunday, November 11th 2012 between 10PM and 1AM PST / Monday, November 12th 2012 1AM to 4AM EST on.
