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Loot Entertainment becomes Loot Interactive; now calls itself an independent game publisher.
Sony announces plans to stop releasing new content, followed by an outright shut down of the service.
Sony's 3D virtual world/social network gets revamp tomorrow; "new core experience" to bring questing system.
Sony adding new multiplayer title to online space with this fall's major revision; poker game also planned.
Sony will overhaul PS3's virtual world with new activity hub, themed districts, streamlined interface; user count tops 23 million.
Recent survey states PlayStation creator still revered in region despite April outage.
Recovery of network includes all functionality for Sony's Qriocity and in-game item purchases, among other options.
PlayStation 3's online service will be offline for "several hours" so Sony can rejigger the PlayStation Network in preparation for the PlayStation Store's return.
Sony pushes May 31 deadline for return of full functionality to PS3, PSP's online store and Qriocity services.
Sony Corp. CFO says that increased game-division R&D costs are indeed stemming from development of "future platform"; NGP still due in 2011.
Electronics giant takes in $87.78 billion in annual revenue; 14.3 million PlayStation 3s, 8 million PSPs, 6.4 million PS2s sold during the year.
Sony begins accepting applications for AllClearID Plus Identity Theft Protection for PlayStation Network and Qriocity customers.
Sony is apparently already dropping the banhammer on PS3 jailbreakers and pirates in Europe and the US.
Sony passes 1.1 million consoles Down Under; Microsoft claims 2010 as Xbox 360's biggest year to date.
SCEA CEO Kaz Hirai tells Reuters that sales of the console were "better than expected" as of end of August.
Sony's game-changing platform celebrates a decade and a half on the North American market; 2 billion PS family games sold; $63 billion in sales.
Mandatory v3.42 update addresses "security vulnerability in the system software," available for download now.
Sony to release 160GB and 320GB PS3s in Australia; announces new line of cheap PSP Essentials games.
Legal council representing defendants against Nintendo suggest the battle against pirates has only just begun.
UPDATE: Judge unable to attend today's hearing date; temporary ban postponed to Friday, September 3.
Sony to release 160GB, 320GB models of console in land of the rising sun; new versions--plus white 160GB model--to go on sale on July 29.
The day before Sony's press conference, reports point to new model of its console with massive storage capacity; two new models registered with FCC.
Survey finds HD movie format capability outranks games and recent price drop as main appeal of Sony's console.
Report says Sony's new online service would include one free game a month, access to streaming music service.
[UPDATE] PS3 sells 13M consoles during fiscal year, LTD PS3 game sales hit 290.5M; PSP sales fall to 9.9M; PS2 drops to 7.3M; overall losses hit $435.6M; $536.4M profit forecast ...
"Improved performance" of game division helps electronics giant save $311 million; final annual report due out Thursday.
Next firmware update for console will disable "Other OS" feature due to "security concerns"; owners who opt out will lose PSN access.
[UPDATE 4] Uncharted 2 tops Game Developers Choice Awards with five trophies; PlayStation Move debuts; write-ups of Meier, Pardo, Molyneux, Muzyka, Sakamoto, Yamaoka, Toriyama, and Schafer talks also on tap; ...
SCEA's Rick Marks sheds a little more light on Sony's upcoming Motion Controller for the PlayStation 3.
Fox, Disney, Paramount, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., and Sony Pictures Entertainment will all offer HD movies for sale on PlayStation 3's online service.
PlayStation 3 maker files patent application for game demos that lose functionality as time goes on--and prompt players to buy the full version.
[UPDATE 2] Following nearly 24 hours of the "ApocalyPS3," afflicted units of Sony's console begin to come back online, initially with an erroneous date; this evening, Sony sounds official all ...
[UPDATE 2] Electronics giant confirms widely reported problems with PSN connectivity and auto-quitting in PS3 "Fat," urges owners not to use console until bug is fixed; PS3 Slim unaffected; problem ...
Camera-based motion-sensing controller release shifted from spring 2010 launch to fall; delay to affect all global markets.
Nintendo DS sold 760K consoles last year, while the Wii nabbed second spot in Aussie hardware sales; PS3 and 360 land in third and fourth position.
New sci-fi area of online social environment lets players blast through 50 levels of microtransaction-driven, customizable arcade-style action.
Newspoll study finds 22 percent of parents believe parental locks can be overridden by their children; majority doesn't even know locks exist.
Sony's console sells 37.2% more during "Black Friday" week than it did in all of October; Microsoft says Xbox 360 doubled previous week's total, but exact figures not provided.
Our friends at CNET UK have tested the Wii’s new iPlayer service against the PS3 version in a comparison that pinpoints where Nintendo’s multimedia setup is still lacking.
PS3 and PSP's online component will form backbone of Sony Online Service, a content-delivery system common to HDTVs, Blu-ray players, PCs, MP3 players, e-readers, and mobile devices.
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