PlayStation

Sony Lashes Out At CMA’s ‘Irrational’ Reversal Over Microsoft Activision Buy

UK regulator decision to reverse its preliminary judgement against Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard, slammed by Sony

1 year ago

Microsoft Promises 10-Year Sony PlayStation Deal

Microsoft offers Sony 10-year contract for Call Of Duty cross-platform release dates, to ease regulatory concern at Activision purchase

1 year ago

Sony Influenced UK Activision Blizzard Probe, Says Microsoft

Microsoft fires back at its gaming rival Sony, alleging its objections were used by UK's regulator to justify phase 2…

2 years ago

No Concessions From Microsoft, Amid Activision Purchase Concern

Microsoft tells UK's CMA it will not offer any 'undertakings' to resolve regulator's competition concerns, prompting start of indepth probe

2 years ago

Sony Powers Up PlayStation VR

Gaming-focused virtual reality headset will look to undercut likes of Oculus and HTC

8 years ago

British Teenager Arrested After Xbox And PlayStation hacks

A teenager from Liverpool has been arrested in a joint British and FBI operation.

9 years ago

PlayStation, Windows Live Gamers Hit By New Passwords Leak

Derptrolling attack reveals thousands of usernames and passwords

9 years ago

Sony Gaming Network Hit By DDoS Attack

Sony's PlayStation Network was one of several online gaming networks taken offline over the weekend by denial-of-service attacks - accompanied…

10 years ago

AMD Back In Black Thanks To Gaming Consoles

AMD returns to profitability thanks mostly to the Playstation and Xbox gaming consoles

11 years ago

Sony Stops Fighting £250k Breach Fine ‘For Security Reasons’

Irony lost on Sony, saying it would give away too much info on its security if appeal against ICO fine…

11 years ago

AMD Reveals First 5GHz Processor With Gaming FX-9590

AMD has unveiled the industry's first commercial 5GHz CPU after rolling out the FX-9590 processor

11 years ago

AMD Touts Custom Chip Unit To Battle PC Decline

AMD is expanding beyond its PC origins with a custom-chip unit, which already makes tech for the Playstation 4

11 years ago

ICO Sony Data Breach Decision Coming in Six Weeks

The deputy Informatino Commissioner reveals a decision on last year's Sony breach is imminent

12 years ago

Sony Suffers Fourth Annual Loss As Hirai Prepares To Take Over

Sony announces a third quarter net loss of 159 billion yen (£1.3bn), blaming floods in Thailand and flagging TV sales

12 years ago

Valve Admits Steam Gaming Service Hack

Another gaming service has suffered a damaging hacking attack, but this time it is Valve's Steam not Sony

12 years ago

Sony Insurer Refuses Payout For Data Breach

Zurich Insurance, which suffered a data breach of its own last year, is refusing to accept liability for the Sony…

13 years ago

Sony Expects £2bn Loss After Hack, Earthquake

The Playstation hack and the Japanese earthquake contribute to an expected £2 billion loss

13 years ago

Sony Fixes New PlayStation Network Flaw

Sony has discovered and then patched a new dangerous security flaw with its Playstation Network

13 years ago

Sony Ran Obsolete Software Without Firewall

Fundamental security, like updating Web software and adding network firewalls could have saved Sony

13 years ago

Anonymous Denies Responsibility for Playstation Hack

Sony blamed Anonymous for the Playstation cyber attack - but the group says it was not involved

13 years ago

Sony Faces The Music, But Blames Anonymous

Sony has hired investigators and accused Anonymous of distracting it during the Playstation hack

13 years ago

Sony, Amazon Problems Aren’t Unique To The Cloud

Cloud services aren’t inherently less secure than those held in data centres. In fact, they may be more secure

13 years ago

Hacked Playstation Credit Cards ‘Up For Sale’

The stolen credit card details from the Playstation hack is reportedly up for sale on hacker forums

13 years ago

ICO To Investigate UK Effects Of Sony Data Breach

The Information Commissioner's Office is investigating Sony's data breach to see if there is a case to be answered

13 years ago

PlayStation Network Breach Compromises 77m Users

Sony takes a week to tell customers their personal data has been put at risk by PlayStation Network hack

13 years ago