News Tagged: sony

Sony Corporation announced today that Kazuo Hirai has been named President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2012 (Um, is the joke on him?). Sir Howard Stringer, currently Chairman, CEO and President, "will become Chairman of the Board of Directors in June, 2012...

Major companies such as Sony Computer Entertainment, Nintendo and EA officially pulled support for the Stop Online Piracy Act, which was created to "promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft of U...

Sony confirms that they locked out over 100,000 accounts from PSN and other online services after a spike in unauthorized login attempts, as reported by NYTimes. Word is: "In a statement Wednesday, Sony said it suspected that hackers had obtained login data from other Web sites or sources and used those to try to gain access to Sony accounts...

To Michael!

As revealed last week, Kevin Butler has returned to fire up a brand new ad campaign for PlayStation 3, putting Resistance 3 in the spotlight with a stirring pre-battle speech aimed at FPS fans:

Introducing the beginning of a brand new PlayStation ad campaign, Kevin Butler returns as Sony VP (hm, did he leave at all?):

During Sony's Gamescom press conference, held today, Sony CEO Andrew House officially confirmed a global price decrease for the industry giant's console, PlayStation 3. In other words, the system is now cheaper across Europe, Japan and North America...

Sony CEO Howard Stringer told investors that Sony was targeted by hackers for protecting their intellectual property rights. Stringer was asked to step down by an investor. He pointed out that Sony isn't the only company to be hacked, only the most recent...

The industry is moving forward fast and the console war rages on, as usual. This year's E3 has brought the Nintendo Wii U into the spotlight, with promises of Nintendo grabbing hold of the hardcore gaming audience. The new console does appear to have potential and we are eager to see it in action...

MotorStorm Apocalypse was, like many other games, delayed due to that massive earthquake that I sincerly hope you remember. Eventually it came out in North America early last month (May), but there was no word on the Japanese version of the game. Each of MotorStorm Apocalypse's levels included some depiction of a gigantic natural disaster, including earthquakes...

Sony's Hirai told Reuters it plans for the PlayStation Vita to be profitable within three years. Yes, that's right, they aren't expecting the hardware to turn a profit for three years. On the outset, this seems kind of insane, but it took longer than three years for the PS3 to turn a profit, and Sony lost way more money on that from the outset. Gotta spend money to make money I guess. Read more.

The PlayStation Vita has officially been named, replacing a bad name (NGP) with a worse one. This is the replacement to the PSP, if you forget about the PSP Go. I have. The Vita has also been priced. For 250 dollars, you get the standard unit. For 300 dollars, you get the unit enabled with 3G, meaning you have the honor of paying AT&T for marginal service every month...

The NGP (I have no idea what this stands for, Neat-o Games Player?) is the successor to the PSP. Well, the PSP Go really. The PSP Go was a PSP that could only download games instead of using that ridiculous UMD format. The NGP is the same way, only it has two thumbsticks instead of the one, a touch screen, and more powerful hardware...

Gregory Evans, a hacker who spent time in prison for hacking who now runs a security firm says Sony is still insecure. Not only because no network is secure and anybody's machine can be hacked, but also because the security people they're using aren't hackers themselves...

PBS' Frontline did a story on WikiLeaks. Some hackers didn't like it. LulzSec decided to "sail [a] Lulz Boat" around PBS' servers, leaving a pretty picture with the message "All Your Base Are Belong to LulzSec" (clearly some sort of satanist rallying cry) and suggested...