Resistance 3: Join the Fight in the Multiplayer Beta

Resistance 3 Multiplayer Beta is now LIVE!

     Yes indeed, If you purchased "SOCOM 4" game, inside was an insert with the redeem code for the multiplayer beta. If you don't have the game....GO BUY IT! j/k. You can wait till August 24th when the PSN Plus members will have the opportunity to jump in to the game. Now the last resource, if you don't have the Socom 4 game or are a PSN+ member, is to wait for open beta.

The download itself is 1527mb and after installed, there is an update that will last about thirty minutes tops.

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PSN PASS: It is a reality!

     SONY has already confirmed that starting with the game "Resistance 3" an exclusive PS3 game, an additional code will be inserted in the case which with this code (Online Pass) it will be the only way you will be able to play multiplayer online. No big problem if you get the game "New" but, what about those of us that occasionally buy a used game? Or those who rent the game from mayor retailers like Gamefly or at your loca rental store? That means that if you get your hands on one of these used "specially marked boxes," you will have to pay ~10.00 just to jump to  the online community. This also means that a lot of retailers who sells used games, most likely will reduce the cost of these so call "PSN Pass" enable games just to compensate for the cost of the online pass. So if you rent  these type of games for a couple of nights, are you willing to pay ten bucks for the online pass? It will be hard to believe that someone will actually do it. 

     In my opinion, Sony is trying to compensate for their FREE Playstation Network use. But, don't they already have Playstation Plus? Somebody has to pay for those servers that we take advantage of. On the other hand, how come this kind of issues never pops-up with Microsoft's Xbox Live? Well, because we pay an annual subscription, that's why. I would rather pay an annual subscription for the PSN then doing the online pass crap... seriously. What do you think? Are you against or in favor? Tell us.

Killzone 3 Triple XP Weekend!

Earlier this week we released the third DLC pack for Killzone 3, ‘From The Ashes’, as well as a DLC Bundle containing all three DLC packs. Of course there’s only one way to celebrate this momentous occasion: organize a Triple XP Weekend!

You read that right – from Friday, June 24 at 17:00 PM UK time, until Monday, June 27 at 9:00 AM UK time, all XP earned in Killzone 3’s multiplayer matches will be tripled. So whether you’re exploring new DLC maps or just re-acquainting yourself with the stock maps, you’ll rank up faster than ever!

Play On – PSN Restoration Begins Now

Thank you for your patience and encouragement over the last few weeks. As covered in the post from earlier today, you can now update the firmware on your PS3 and change your password. Kazuo Hirai just announced that we have begun the phased restoration by region of some of the services, starting with online multiplayer functionality.

Please note that these services will take a bit of time to be turned on and rolled out to the whole country. The process has begun and some states are being turned on now, so please be patient as we reach your city and state. We’ll be updating the map below as service comes online in individual states. It will take several hours to restore PSN throughout the entire country, so please keep checking back for the latest updates. In the meantime, now’s a great time to get your PS3’s firmware updated, which is required to get online.

PSN downtime prompts increase in PS3 trade-ins

PlayStation Network’s on-going downtime has prompted frustrated punters to trade in their PlayStation 3’s for an Xbox 360, reports EDGE.

The site claims that a number of retailers have observed a noticeable spike in the number of PS3 trade-ins during the weeks that followed Sony’s decision to pull the plug on PSN after the system was infiltrated by hackers.

Under conditions of anonymity, one high street chain told the site: "In the first week of downtime we did not really see any major change in sales or trades.”

"However from the second week onwards we have seen an increase of over 200 percent on PS3 consoles being traded in, split almost 50/50 between those trading for cash and those taking a 360 instead."

Elsewhere, a retail source based in the South West of the UK reported a “massive increase” in the number of PS3’s being traded in as of late, with many users – apparently those belonging to “the hardcore online shooter crowd” - swapping their consoles for a 360.

Belgian indie retailer Gameswap also painted a similar picture: . "At the end of each month people come to sell their consoles. People that need money [to pay bills]. What's different this time around is that that they are bringing in PS3s together with all their games and they don't want money, they want an Xbox 360. In every case it is because of Black Ops and or Modern Warfare 2,” said the company.

"We're just ten days into the month and already we have an increase of 200 percent in PS3s coming into the store compared to all of March. Normally we sell them really fast, but not this time. We've only sold 30 to 40 percent of our inventory right now."

Santa came early for those affected from the PSN outage... were you naughty or nice?

Both Kazuo Hirai and Sir Howard Stringer have stated that we will be offering identity theft protection for those affected by the malicious attack on PlayStation Network and many of you may have seen the details of the service available in North America.

As I have explained previously, creating a similar offering for the many countries within the SCEE region is a very complicated process. Each country has a different way of handling identity theft; some offer relatively sophisticated services whilst others are much more modest.

We are currently in the process of identifying how we manage this situation and once the programme is ready to launch, we will provide details of exactly which services are available in each country and explain how to sign up. We hope to do this early next week.

Also, look out for more information on the rest of our Welcome Back programme, including which free content you will be eligible for. We will be offering PSN users the opportunity to select two PS3 games from a list of five, as well as offering PSP users the opportunity to choose two games from a list of four. We will let you know exactly what games are available very soon.

Please be assured that we are continuing to work around the clock to have some PlayStation Network and Qriocity services restored and will provide you with specific details shortly.

A Letter from Howard Stringer "....we will restore service to the networks.."

Dear Friends,

I know this has been a frustrating time for all of you.

Let me assure you that the resources of this company have been focused on investigating the entire nature and impact of the cyber-attack we’ve all experienced and on fixing it. We are absolutely dedicated to restoring full and safe service as soon as possible and rewarding you for your patience. We will settle for nothing less.

To date, there is no confirmed evidence any credit card or personal information has been misused, and we continue to monitor the situation closely. We are also moving ahead with plans to help protect our customers from identity theft around the world. A program for U.S. PlayStation Network and Qriocity customers that includes a $1 million identity theft insurance policy per user was launched earlier today and announcements for other regions will be coming soon.

As we have announced, we will be offering a “Welcome Back” package to our customers once our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services are up and running. This will include, among other benefits, a month of free PlayStation Plus membership for all PSN customers, as well as an extension of subscriptions for PlayStation Plus and Music Unlimited customers to make up for time lost.

As a company we — and I — apologize for the inconvenience and concern caused by this attack. Under the leadership of Kazuo Hirai, we have teams working around the clock and around the world to restore your access to those services as quickly, and as safely, as possible.

I know some believe we should have notified our customers earlier than we did. It’s a fair question. As soon as we discovered the potential scope of the intrusion, we shut down the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and hired some of the best technical experts in the field to determine what happened. I wish we could have gotten the answers we needed sooner, but forensic analysis is a complex, time-consuming process. Hackers, after all, do their best to cover their tracks, and it took some time for our experts to find those tracks and begin to identify what personal information had — or had not — been taken.

As a result of what we discovered we notified you of the breach. Our investigation is ongoing, and we are upgrading our security so that if attacks like this happen again, our defenses will be even stronger.

In the last few months, Sony has faced a terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan. But now we are facing a very man-made event – a criminal attack on us — and on you — and we are working with the FBI and other law enforcement agencies around the world to apprehend those responsible.

In the coming days, we will restore service to the networks and welcome you back to the fun. I wanted to personally reach out and let you know that we are committed to serving you to the very best of our ability, protecting your information better than ever, and getting you back to what you signed up for – all the games and great entertainment experiences that you expect from Sony.

With best regards,
Howard Stringer

Press Release: Some PlayStation Network and Qriocity Services to be Available This Week

SOME PLAYSTATION®NETWORK AND QRIOCITY™ SERVICES TO BE AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Phased Global Rollout of Services to Begin Regionally;
System Security Enhanced to Provide Greater Protection of Personal Information

Tokyo, May 1, 2011 – Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) and Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI, the company) announced they will shortly begin a phased restoration by region of PlayStation®Network and Qriocity™ services, beginning with gaming, music and video services to be turned on. The company also announced both a series of immediate steps to enhance security across the network and a new customer appreciation program to thank its customers for their patience and loyalty.

Following a criminal cyber-attack on the company’s data-center located in San Diego, California, U.S.A., SNEI quickly turned off the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services, engaged multiple expert information security firms over the course of several days and conducted an extensive audit of the system. Since then, the company has implemented a variety of new security measures to provide greater protection of personal information. SNEI and its third-party experts have conducted extensive tests to verify the security strength of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. With these measures in place, SCE and SNEI plan to start a phased rollout by region of the services shortly. The initial phase of the rollout will include, but is not limited to, the following:

• Restoration of Online game-play across the PlayStation®3 (PS3) and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) systems
  -This includes titles requiring online verification and downloaded games
• Access to Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity for PS3/PSP for existing subscribers
• Access to account management and password reset
• Access to download un-expired Movie Rentals on PS3, PSP and MediaGo
• PlayStation®Home
• Friends List
• Chat Functionality

READ THE FULL STORY HERE...

PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended.

My fellow PSN players...you are not going to like this but it is sad and true.......

"We sincerely regret that PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have been suspended, and we are working around the clock to bring them both back online. Our efforts to resolve this matter involve re-building our system to further strengthen our network infrastructure. Though this task is time-consuming, we decided it was worth the time necessary to provide the system with additional security.
We thank you for your patience to date and ask for a little more while we move towards completion of this project. We will continue to give you updates as they become available." 
+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media

Update On PlayStation Network/Qriocity Services

An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. In order to conduct a thorough investigation and to verify the smooth and secure operation of our network services going forward, we turned off PlayStation Network & Qriocity services on the evening of Wednesday, April 20th. Providing quality entertainment services to our customers and partners is our utmost priority. We are doing all we can to resolve this situation quickly, and we once again thank you for your patience. We will continue to update you promptly as we have additional information to share.

Latest Update on PSN Outage

"While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned to this space for more details, and we’ll update you again as soon as we can." -PSN


My goodness, I just started playing SOCOM 4, Killzone 3 for the first time and now I can't go online? These issues are getting worse and worse. I hope they are resolved as soon as possible, it does affect some of us who play MMORPG games since we paid monthly fees for these kind of games. I really won't  mind playing online but, seriously, this kind of issues I had never seen on Xbox Live. Considering that on "Live" you pay a yearly sub and on PSN you don't. 
What are your thoughts on this? I would really like to know. 


UPDATE: Supposedly the affected is the people who have older models like me. The PS3 Slim is not affected by this. It suppose to be something about the time in the system that is screwing us all.

Spring Fever Spotlight Week: 4/5

PlayStation Plus Members

Featured Games

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
• Duael Invaders minis (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

Featured Qore Episode


• Qore April Episode 35 (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $2.99)

Discounted Games

• StarDrone (PlayStation Plus price $4.00, regular price $7.99)
• Hamsterball (Reg Price – $9.99, Sale Price- $4.99, Plus Price $3.99)

4/5 Sale Offers

• Lara Croft: Guardian Of Light (now $7.49, regular price $14.99)
• Angry Birds (now $1.99, regular price $3.99)

     Yep, this is a very sweet deal, I grabbed the Lara Croft game from PSN: "Guardian of Light"

Also Angry birds its really fun to play in the PS3 and don't forget you can also send a copy to your PSP if you have one. And let me tell you, you will not be disappointed. For half price? You are taking a lot. I will highly recommended.

-VipSphinx

I got an invitation for the Playstation Rewards Beta !

"Dear Vip_Sphinx, As a G.A.P. member and PlayStation®Plus subscriber, you've shown unrivaled passion for PlayStation®. That's why we're inviting you to be one of the very few to help us test out PlayStation®Rewards while it's an invitation-only beta. This brand-new program rewards our most die-hard fans like you just for doing what they love. And we need you to help us test it out and make it even better."

PlayStation Network Scheduled Maintenance Today

     Yes, I'm pretty sure this maintenance is for the new addition to the Playstation Rewards that it supposed to go live today for selected Playstation Plus & G.A.P. members. I belong to both memberships so I'm really hoping I get selected.

"PlayStation Network will undergo maintenance, October 28. Maintenance is expected to start at just after 7:00 am Pacific and will last for several hours, until approximately 3:30 pm Pacific. During this time, users won’t be able to access the PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home or Account Management, and may encounter difficulty while signing in to PSN.
Please stay tuned to the PlayStation Twitter feed for a notice when PSN is fully back online.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause." - Playstation Blog

PlayStation Rewards – A New Way to Earn Exclusive Status and Recognition

Today, we’re excited to share news of the launch of PlayStation Rewards, a new program that recognizes and rewards our users for simply doing what they love – playing games and interacting with the entertainment content that PlayStation has to offer. We really wanted to create something that says, “thank you” for being a loyal PlayStation fan.
If you’re a GAP member or PlayStation Plus subscriber in the U.S., who is opted-in to marketing as of October 24th, be sure to look for your invitation and sign-up for PlayStation Rewards.

In its initial launch tomorrow (Oct. 28th), PlayStation Rewards will be an invitation-only beta to all eligible PlayStation Plus and Gamer Advisory Panel (GAP) members. We’re kicking things off as a beta so that we can get feedback from our most loyal fans in order to make it the best possible rewards program it can be. It’s also worth noting that during the beta phase, the program will be focused on PlayStation 3 owners, but we hope to include PSP users as well not too far down the road. Oh, and one more thing: PlayStation Rewards will be free – there is no fee to join!

Now, to give you a bit more details on the new loyalty program… PlayStation Rewards is designed to give you the opportunity to gain exclusive status, recognition, and rewards as a thank you for your continued interest in PlayStation. And, the best part is that you don’t have to do anything different. Keep playing new games, buying content purchased from PlayStation Network in the PlayStation Store and PlayStation Home, download movies and TV shows, or just communicate with us by taking one of our surveys, for example, and you’ll now be recognized for it.

The more you play and participate, the more progress you’ll make through our three reward tiers — “Select,” “Pro,” and “Legendary.” As your status increases, so do the rewards. And if you want to check out your current status level, simply go to your private profile page and look at the reward progress meter.

So what do you get? Right now, rewards include things like…

• Exclusive PSN avatars that display member status in the program
• Exclusive dynamic themes and PlayStation Home content
• Opportunities throughout the program year to participate in members-only sweepstakes and giveaways for experiences and merchandise you won’t find elsewhere (The first of which is an all expenses paid trip to the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, as PlayStation’s guest).

The Force Unleashed 2 Demo Now Available

     The demo hits today for those Xbox Live users as well as the Playstation Network players. Starting today (Oct.12) you are going to be able to download the latest demo from the StarWars Franchise. Although I play both systems I really hope they add the "Move" feature, this game seems like a good Ginnie pig to test the cool controller.


"The level focuses on the very beginning of the game, which takes in a secret cloning facility on the planet of Kamino. Starkiller, told by Vader he is no more than a clone, becomes tormented by the memories of his past and escapes into the rain-soaked planet with Vader not far behind. Unleash the power of dual Lightsabers, over-top Force powers including the new Jedi Mind Trick, and get a first taste on a journey that will take Starkiller across the Galaxy in search of the truth behind his past, as well as the woman he cannot forget."

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood- Multiplayer Beta Available for PS3 Users

     Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Multiplayer Beta is now available at the Playstation Network (PSN). The only requisite to download this beta is for you to be a Playstation Plus Subscriber. Depending of how hardcore gamer you are, make sure you don't miss this opportunity.

Street Release Date: November 16th 2010
Platforms: Xbox 360
                Playstation 3
                PC DVD