Categories Posted inin Business Successes, triumphs, and surprises: The gaming industry’s biggest risks that paid off Posted byby Mike Minotti September 5, 2014 4 min These are the biggest risks in gaming that paid off handsomely for those involved. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft can’t advertise Destiny on Xbox, so it’s created this fragrance instead Posted byby GamesBeat September 5, 2014 2 min Destiny is also coming out on Xbox 360 and Xbox One as this special Destiny fragrance tells us. Wonder what it smells like? Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Pimp your PS4: Animated dashboard themes coming this fall Posted byby GamesBeat September 1, 2014 1 min Your PlayStation 4 dashboard need never look boring and blue again with the arrival of animated themes in firmware update 2.0. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Flops, failures, and disasters: The gaming industry's biggest misfires Posted byby Mike Minotti August 30, 2014 5 min We look at the Virtual Boy, Sega CD, PlayStation Home, and other gaming industry flops. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business PlayStation Network down for rescheduled maintenance Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 28, 2014 1 min Sony previously planned today's outage for Monday, but a cyberattack forced it to delay. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business PlayStation Network down intermittently for PS4, PS3, and Vita owners — Sony working on a fix Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 26, 2014 1 min Sony experienced an extended outage over the weekend due to a cyberattack, but it hasn't confirmed that today's issues are related. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business PlayStation Network, League of Legends back online after a day of outages due to DDoS attacks Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 25, 2014 2 min The FBI is looking into a hacker group that is taking credit for the attacks. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony is finally bulldozing its decrepit, abandoned PlayStation Home in Japan Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 22, 2014 2 min Sony plans to hold a big event to mark the end of PlayStation Home, but the service's fate in the Americas is still unknown. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business PS4, League of Legends, and Nintendo: These (and others) lack two-factor authentication Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 22, 2014 2 min Despite frequent hacks, some gaming companies still haven't implemented one of the basic security standards to protect their customers. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Minecraft didn't pass its PS4 certification — developer is fixing bugs now Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 20, 2014 2 min The PS4 port will need another round of bug fixing before 4J Studios resubmits it to Sony. Continue Reading 2 min