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PlayStation Network is down for routine maintenance

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 4, 2017
1 min

Having trouble using PlayStation Network? Nothing abnormal as Sony is performing scheduled maintenance on its online infrastructure. From 10 p.m. through 11 p.m. Pacific...

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Persona 5 tips: Optimizing your dungeon exploration and daily life

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 4, 2017
5 min

If you haven’t checked out this Japanese role-playing series before, this is a great chance to indulge in one of the most stylish gaming experiences out there. But Persona 5 and its 100-hour-plus quest can seem intimidating for new players.

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Japan’s Rakuten Games launches HTML5 social game platform

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 4, 2017
3 min

Japan’s Rakuten Games has launched its HTML5 social game platform known as R Games. The HTML5 platform — based on HTML5 standard, or the...

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Richard Garriott to get top honors at Gamelab event in Barcelona

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 3, 2017
2 min

Richard Garriott, Ultima creator and astronaut, will receive the top honor at the Spanish Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Gamelab event in Barcelona....

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Persona 5 is up and running on one of the PC’s PlayStation 3 emulators

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 3, 2017
1 min

A big lesson that game publishers may take away from 2017 is to skip the Wii U and PlayStation 3 versions. Like The Legend of...

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Blizzard teases new Overwatch content in video on social media

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
April 3, 2017
1 min

Something is coming to Overwatch, and it’s a secret until later this month. Blizzard Entertainment has uploaded a video that teases something mysterious for...

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Jak and Daxter PlayStation 2 classics are coming to PlayStation 4

Posted byby Mike Minotti
April 3, 2017
1 min

Sony announced today that many of the games in the Jak and Daxter series are coming to PlayStation 4. Specifically, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak II, Jak 3, and Jak X: Combat Racing will be available as digital downloads on the PS4 later this year.