Jack Tretton, SEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, recently appeared on GTTV to talk about the PlayStation and E3 2010. One of the questions that came up was related to PSN subscriptions. According to Tretton, Sony will only charge for the PSN if they “can come up with a compelling experience that will warrant an investment from consumers.”
Scott Hyman from TikGames/Creat Studios has announced a new title called Wakeboarding HD on the PlayStation Blog, which promises a “fast-paced” boat surfing game with “wacky, over-the-top tricks and stunts” set in a “beautiful, serene, tropical” location.
Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced a new partnership with six major Hollywood studios that will bring their high definition movies on to the PlayStation Network. This will make PSN the first online console service to offer HD movies from all of the hollywood giant movie firms.
In the likes of Little Big Planet and ModNation Racers, the PlayStation blog has announced the release of a fun-filled, side scrolling motor bike racing game titled Joe Danger that has been developed by an indie outfit based in the UK.
Contrary to today’s issues with the PS3, your trophies are safe providing you recently synced your trophies to your PSN account. All your trophies are backed-up with your PSN ID so if you did lose some trophies, resyncing with the PSN will restore any lost trophies. However, if you earned any trophies since your last sync and you were affected by today’s events, then your trophies may be lost.
Sony has issued an official statement on the recent PlayStation Network downtime attributing the issues to the “possibility of unauthorized access to personal information on the PlayStation Store through PCs.” Sony indicates that a small possibility that password may have been changed, making it possible to view personal information and use the PlayStation Wallet.
Today marks one of the biggest fails in PlayStation history, with thousands of PS3 units experiencing issues due to a system clock issue. The PlayStation 3 was released in North America and Japan November 2006 and has passed four years without the March 1st issue causing an issue. Unlike we previously reported, the issues are not entirely related to the PlayStation Network.
The PlayStation Network has been experiencing issues since last night, we many gamers reporting connection issues and “8001050F” error codes. The side-effects of the PSN issues is causing a host of other problems including trophy corruption issues and failure to boot or play certain games.
GRAPHICS: Graphically, the game looks fantastic for a downloadable title. Relentless use the same art style from the Buzz! series. The animation is perfect with the voice acting and lip-syncing matching perfectly. The village itself is finely detailed with subtle details such as your typical red post box and even the odd paving stones in the garden.
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The PlayStation Network will be undergoing some scheduled maintenance tomorrow, lasting for a hour and a half. As usual, no information on the maintenance was divulged, except that it would take place between 4:00pm and 5:30pm GMT on February 16th 2010. During the downtime you will not be able to sign into any PSN services (account management, PlayStation Store, forums etc).
