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Sony Online Entertainment service restored

By Alice O'Connor, May 16, 2011 6:00am PDT

Servers for DC Universe Online, EverQuest, and more returned over the weekend as SOE recovered from the hack in which user data was stolen.

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"Use code GUCCI SHACK for free shipping anywhere in milky way."

- ErichTopp see all 8 comments

SOE details make-good rewards

By Steve Watts, May 13, 2011 1:30pm PDT

Sony has outlined the giveaways for the Sony Online Entertainment downtime, including double XP in EverQuest titles, free items in FreeRealms, a Slave-1 model in Star Wars Galaxies, and more.

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"A lot of people are out there complaining/hating on Sony - I still just blame the hacker group ..."

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PSN restoration 'at least a few more days' away

By Steve Watts, May 10, 2011 12:15pm PDT

Sony has issued an update on the PlayStation Network restoration, saying it will take "at least a few more days."

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"Sony Tech 1: "Sir! I believe there has been an attack on our network! We must shut it all down ..."

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Report: PSN security testimony was speculative

By Steve Watts, May 09, 2011 1:30pm PDT

The expert testimony that was widely reported last week regarding Sony's server security was apparently speculative.

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"Well... maybe they couldnt update because they were still running original Everquest servers ..."

- Dark Drakonis see all 8 comments

Capcom senior VP: PSN outage costing 'hundreds of thousands, if not millions'

By Steve Watts, May 09, 2011 12:00pm PDT

The PSN downtime is costing Capcom "hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars in revenue" according to senior vice president Christian Svensson.

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"Does it ultimately end with a big box asking if you have a netflix account?"

- Malku see all 63 comments

Timeline of Sony data theft

By Steve Watts, May 04, 2011 12:30pm PDT

A detailed timeline of events in the PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment data thefts.

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"Right, which is why i am saying that i dont trust the company anymore. To give your credit card ..."

- Voradors see all 7 comments

DC Universe Online giving free month, bat-masks for downtime

By Steve Watts, May 04, 2011 7:45am PDT

DC Universe Online has announced that players will receive 30 days subscription credit, plus one day of credit for each day of downtime, and a Batman-inspired mask.

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"That would be much cooler if it were a mask I could actually wear around the streets of my town."

- schnitz76 see all 7 comments

DC Universe Online servers being merged

By Xav de Matos, May 02, 2011 5:30pm PDT

Sony Online Entertainment has revealed that it will merge servers for its super-powered MMO, DC Universe Online. A single server will remain for PC users in the U.S. and one for PS3 players. Europe will also see a merge.

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"I don't know personally, but I believe it should seeing as the City of Heroes' location is ..."

- DedlokPM see all 39 comments

Sony Online Entertainment loses 12,700 credit cards, 24.6 million accounts compromised

By Xav de Matos, May 02, 2011 4:20pm PDT

Sony Online Entertainment has revealed it has "lost" 12,700 customer credit card numbers due to the breach of approximately 24.6 million accounts.

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"not surprising given that MS was the target du jour years back. they took theirs and learned from it"

- RikiTiki2 see all 75 comments

Sony Online Entertainment pulled due to intrusion

By Steve Watts, May 02, 2011 8:00am PDT

Sony Online Entertainment has pulled its service, saying that it "discovered an issue that warrants enough concern for us to take the service down effective immediately."

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Sony Online Entertainment confirms studio closures, cancels The Agency

By Alice O'Connor, Apr 01, 2011 6:10am PDT

SOE has confirmed that its Denver, Seattle and Tuscon studios are closing, 205 are laid off, and that The Agency has been cancelled.

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"I would like to think if you're working on the same program for (4) years with no end in ..."

- dedgecko see all 12 comments

Rumor: Massive layoffs at Sony Online Entertainment [Update]

By Alice O'Connor and Xav de Matos, Mar 31, 2011 6:15am PDT

As much as a third of Sony's MMO-making division has been laid off, according to rumours, and three studios may be outright closed.

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"Guess DC Universe didn't do very well. Not surprised. It didn't look like it would. I think ..."

- HisDivineOrder see all 31 comments

New EQ 'EverQuest Next' Unveiled

By Alice O'Connor, Aug 09, 2010 7:00am PDT

Sony Online Entertainment has discussed the new instalment in its MMORPG series EverQuest during its 2010 'Fan Faire' event, Eurogamer reports, and...

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"This has been alleviated? I don't see how it was an issue to begin with. Ahem... "The ..."

- sinisterDei see all 46 comments

EverQuest II Explores Free-To-Play, Microtransaction Business Model with "Extended"

By Brian Leahy, Jul 27, 2010 2:20pm PDT

Following in the footsteps of other MMORPG games in the shadow of Blizzard's World of Warcraft, Sony Online Entertainment now offers a free-to-play...

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"Read the article again, nowhere does it say that extended has to do with Subs. It even says, ..."

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Sony Launches Facebook Game for The Agency MMO

By Brian Leahy, May 04, 2010 8:00pm PDT

While development on Sony Online Entertainment's PlayStation 3 MMORPG The Agency has been relatively quiet, the company has launched a Facebook game with

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"I remember awaiting this game to release back in 2008. Looks like a 2011 release at this rate. I ..."

- 1Mystic-G see all 7 comments