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Paypal Option Added for North American PSN Purchases
Sony has finally added a Paypal option for North American PSN purchasers—though usable only online, not through the PS3 itself. To use funds to your wallet from Paypal, log in to your account on the Sony Entertainment Network website, go to the account management screen, select “Wallet,” then “add funds to wallet” and Paypal it ... Read More»
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PayPal can now be used to fund PSN wallets in North America online
PlayStation Network users in North America can now use PayPal to fund their wallets online through Sony Entertainment Network. Already available in Europe, the option is only available online at the moment, and not through PS3. All you have to do is log into the website, click “add funds to wallet” through the account management ... Read More»
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PlayStation Network maintenance extended
Today’s scheduled 12 hour maintenance window for the PlayStation Network has been extended, Sony has announced via Twitter. The announcement mentions the downtime has been extended “to tomorrow morning”, and as it was supposed to end at 8:00 PM PT, that suggests we’re looking at an additional four hours at the very least. Updates are ... Read More»
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PlayStation Mobile offers free games each week
PlayStation Mobile, Sony’s hardware-agnostic platform, is offering one free game every week for six weeks. As detailed on the PlayStation Blog, the first game is Samurai Beatdown; a trailer follows. At present the offer seems restricted to the US PlayStation Store; I wasn’t able to access it from the Australian storefront. PlayStation Mobile is compatible ... Read More»
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PlayStation Network downtime to last 12 hours
PlayStation Australia has announced the PlayStation Network will be down for scheduled maintenance later this week. The outage is expected to last 12 hours, from 3:00AM AEST on Friday, January 18. It’s not yet clear whether the outage will affect other territories, but the European team hasn’t made an announcement. Lack of further information suggests ... Read More»
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EU PS Store and Plus update, January 16 – DmC, Far Cry 3, Retro City Rampage, Resident Evil: Retribution
Far Cry 3′s High Tides co-op pack exclusively for PS3 lands on the PS Store today, via the usual, weekly update. Plus members can get discounts on Derrick The Deathfin and Rocksmith Packs, and Jet Set Radio for Vita is free. Members can also pick up Resident Evil: Retribution next week before the film is ... Read More»
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US PS Store update, January 15 – free GT5 DLC, cheap Vita games, DmC
This week’s US PlayStation Store update isn’t very hefty but includes some excellent savings, a couple of decent classics, and a useful social app. Just two full PS3 games grace the store this week, the controversial DmC: Devil May Cry and the Angry Birds Trilogy. However, on the PSP side we have the incredibly creepy ... Read More»
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EU PSN maintenance starts Thursday January 17
EU PSN maintenance is scheduled to take place from 4pm GMT on Thursday January 17 until 4am on Friday January 18.
The maintenance will affect the following services, which will be offline during the 12-hour period: PlayStation Store, account managemen... Read More»
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PlayStation Network Down for Maintenance Later This Week
Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network will go down for 12 hours of maintenance later this week. The maintenance will begin January 17 at 4pm GMT and run until 4am GMT on January 18. Users who are signed in when maintenance begins will be able to continue playing online. The following services will be ... Read More»
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PlayStation Store Update 1.02 Improves Load Times, Increases Stability
Sick and tired of receiving error messages and waiting an age for the PlayStation Store to load? Well you’re in luck because Sony has released a new patch for the Store remedying those issues. According to El33tOnline, patch 1.02 weighs in a 26MB and addresses some of the common complaints that users have made regarding ... Read More»
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DmC, Bioshock: Ultimate Rapture Addition and Angry Birds this week on PlayStation
The Drop has announced the new releases for PlayStation for this week. PlayStation 3 sees Devil May Cry, which is also on PSN, as well as Bioshock: Ultimate Rapture Edition, which includes both games and all additional content. The PlayStation Network gets the Angry Birds trilogy and Corpse Party: Book of Shardow, on PS Vita ... Read More»
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Sumioni: Demon Arts arrives in Europe for Vita next week
Acquire’s action-platformer Sumioni: Demon Arts will finally be releases in Europe through the PlayStation Store next week. Filled with lovely Japanese artistry, the title was released in March through the US PS Store. Those living in regions service... Read More»
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PlayStation 2′s Siren Heading to PlayStation Store Next Week
Siren–a horror game originally released on the PlayStation 2–is set to release on the PlayStation Store next week. The game is known as Forbidden Siren in Europe, and is a survival horror set in a small Japanese town which is trapped in an alternate reality after a dark ritual goes wrong. It is set to ... Read More»
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Wake-up Club due on Vita next Tuesday
The latest of Sony’s free Vita apps is Wake-up Club, which groups users with 11 other randomly-selected PSN members who have chosen the same morning alarm time. Snooze through your alarm and your club members will know your shame immediately. It also tracks your stats and allows you to make friends with your clubbies. Wake-up ... Read More»
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Forbidden Siren headed to US PSN next week
Siren, or Forbidden Siren to those of us in PAL regions, is coming to the US PlayStation Store next Tuesday, a post on the US PS Blog has announced. The 2003 survival horror classic didn’t set critics on fire at launch but has become a cult favourite, noted particularly for its deliberately traditional Japanese spooks, ... Read More»