Square- Enix Hacked
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13394968

Corrosive said ...

Yea you also gotta worry about all those independent developers with their stuff on PSN I hope this doesn't hit them too hard either - they don't have the same ammount of cash backing them like the big boys

Q-games, that do only PSN items, said that you only get the bulk of your money off the first 2 weeks.

Why this is obviously hurting some developers, I doubt it is hurting them to the extreme that the likes of Capcom say it is. I could be wrong though

hackers are going to cause so much damage to the gaming industry, I hate hackers

Sony Online Entertainment brought its PlayStation Network back online in parts of Europe and the U.S. Saturday following a three-week outage resulting from the hacking of the network by unknown individuals, the company said on the PlayStation blog.

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Thank you for your patience and encouragement over the last few weeks. As covered in the post from earlier today, you can now update the firmware on your PS3 and change your password. Kazuo Hirai just announced that we have begun the phased restoration by region of some of the services, starting with online multiplayer functionality.

Please note that these services will take a bit of time to be turned on and rolled out to the whole region. The process has begun and some countries are being turned on now, so please be patient as we reach you.

In the meantime, now’s a great time to get your PS3′s firmware updated and change your password, both of which are required to get online.

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You can download the update at the momenet yay!

just just got it. will upload to my ps3 later today

Got the update this morning, Sony still rolling it out in various territories, don't think SA has been opened up yet. Update comes through but still can't login or get a prompt to change password.

I'm sure it's only a matter of a few hours though.

we are linked in with the UK apparently, but not sure if UK has got access yet

just logged into PSN

I still can't update OR log in.

maybe you should download the update using the pc and then update, I just played online, so working fine

it is a bit slower than normal though

Yeah played some crysis 2 online

Yeah online again!
Going to bed now will be playing some Mortal Kombat tomorrow I hope it works!

Dam man!!, Was online last night.. got very excited and now this morning its back down..

I didnt get enough time!!

I was amazed how fast people were online and playing lol. All I could think was people rolled up in a blanket in the corner swaying back and forth because they've been going cold turkey due to lack of online. Was quite amusing.

@DP
I dont think there was a day i didnt try log in a couple times.

My gf would get pissed off, she'd be like " You tried logging in like ten minutes ago!"
Just glad it was up finally

Crack addicts LOL
“I need my fix man!! Is PSN on??”
Checks, nothing.
“Damn!!”
Checks again 5min latter
“Still nothing WTF!!!”
Crawls into the fetal position.
"It will come back on, It will come back on, It will come back on...."

DarkPrince said ...

I was amazed how fast people were online and playing lol. All I could think was people rolled up in a blanket in the corner swaying back and forth because they've been going cold turkey due to lack of online. Was quite amusing.

I think there wsa a lot of people like that. as for me, I was playing games in single player mode a lot so oculdn't really be bothered to much, other than wanted to get some background from psn store and so on. Then last night I got lucky, did the update and haven't tried to log in all day, next moment, I get asked to change my password and logged in.

heres the game list. Couldn't find the blog post. http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-Network/Welcome-Back-program-just-announced-by-Sony/m-p/12841189#M161749?wt.mc_id=TSO_EN100

The blog post is gone: it is possible it is not finalised.

imho, the PSP list is weak. I'm not interested in any of the 4 games offered. They should include some SCEJ titles at the very least.

As for the PS3 list, I suppose Wipeout HD/ Fury and Dead Nation have to be my choices. I'm not interested in an older Ratchet (i hardly play the series) or LBP with LBP 2 already out; and i have platinumed Infamous.

I would be surprised if they do not offer Warhawk and its DLC (seperate file please) as free items. With the announcemnt of Starhawk they are really missing out on getting people into the franchise.

I hope they redo the psp list, but unlikey because america psn get the same games