Earlier today, Sony prevented a second hacking attempt on the PlayStation Network. Sony detected attempts on Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment (“Networks”) services to test a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against their network database.
Sony has revealed the top 20 selling titles on the PlayStation Network from last month. Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection earned the top slot in September. Newcomers Resident Evil 4 HD, From Dust, Castlevania: Harmony of Despair, Burnout Crash! and Renegade Ops also made strong showings this month.
The sequel to PSN title Shank has been announced. Shank 2 will better graphics and more interactive environments, including collapsing ceilings, crumbling floors, fiery environments, barrels and other large objects that you can pick up and hurl, and an all new co-op mode.
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The original Crysis title hits the PlayStation Store in North America today, followed by Europe tomorrow. The game has been remastered for the PlayStation 3 making use of fully deferred lighting, a PS3-specific rendering pipeline and SPU-enhanced physics code, together with more efficient memory layouts and more intelligent algorithms.
SCEA have announced a new program called “Only On PSN,” which features brand new games that are exclusively available on PlayStation Network throughout October. Every week starting tomorrow, October 4, you will find new titles, unique to PSN that are part of this program.
PlayStation Network Maintenance has been scheduled to take place this coming Thursday 29th September from 17.00PM until 21.00PM BST. During this period the PSN will be unavailable, meaning you won’t be able to connect to the network or any related services.
The Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Trilogy is heading to the PS3 on Tuesday, October 4th 2011. The game will launch on Blu-ray and the PlayStation simultaneously. The trilogy includes Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory all in one overstuffed bundle.
Today’s sees the launch of the Access TV show on the PlayStation Store in the UK. Available to download every Wednesday from the UK PlayStation Store, Access is completely free for all UK PSN account holders to watch on their PlayStation 3 consoles.
Resident Evil 4 HD is coming to the PlayStation Network this month. The entire Resident Evil 4 experience (including all bonus content from previous versions) has been remastered in high definition and will be a treat for both new fans and RE veterans. The game will be available on the PlayStation Store on Wednesday, September 21st.
PlayStation Network is offline for scheduled maintenance from 17:00 until 19:00 on Thursday 8 September 2011, BST. The PlayStation Store and other network services will be down for the two-hour maintenance window. If you wish to play online during the maintenance, please ensure you sign in to PSN before 17:00 on Thursday 8 September 2011.
