Alright, Sony. This is getting ridiculous. Security firm F-Secure has issued a report detailing a new Sony hack. This latest intrusion has taken a server used for Sony’s Thai site hostage and repurposed into a phishing site host targeting customers of an Italian credit card company. Luckily this particular web server doesn’t have access to sensitive information and services a relatively number group of users. Regardless of how minor this latest hack is, it…

Image Credit Not even 24 hours ago we wrote about a potentially troubling problem with the recent 3.61 PS3 firmware update. Specifically, users were claiming that said update was causing their PS3 to overheat and/or die (receive the dreaded yellow or red light of death). Sony came out and said that it was RockStar’s LA Noir causing the issue. RockStar fired back and said it was Sony’s update to blame. Now, both companies have come forward and said neither…

FarmVille. What does that word conjure up in your mind? For some, it’s hours of endless fun. Others, however, see a useless virtual world sucking the life out of children and adults alike with each passing day. Regardless of how you feel, try to put your feelings and emotions aside as we’re going to take a look at a recently revamped app developed by PlayForge called “Zombie Farm”. While there are many parallels with FarmVille, the overall feel…

Microsoft has come forward to clear the air regarding the Xbox 360 replacement plan we wrote about yesterday. As it turns out, the update in question Microsoft said they would replace bricked units from is not the upcoming update currently in beta (as originally reported) but an older one. Xbox Live’s Director of Programming, Larry Hryb, (Major Neilson) confirmed the claim on his blog: “Clarification time! The console replacement plan that is the subject of…

Unconfirmed reports via Rockstar support points to yet another problem for Sony. The recent 3.61 fimrware update that allowed consoles to get back online after nearly a month of downtime appears to be causing some issues for older hardware. Specifically, older “fat” models (60 GB and 80 GB) PS3s are shutting off in Noir as well as a growing number of other titles, with the machine ultimately “red lighting” and turning off. While the original…

Gamasutra has reportedly gotten their hands on an email sent from Sony to publishing partners foretelling an official PlayStation Store re-launch on May 24th. After said date, Sony will begin pushing out backlogs of new content which have had releases come and go while the PSN has been down. On that same note, Sony won’t be releasing all of the backlogged content at once, instead taking a staggered approach — likely to keep servers from melting and/or…