Tag: psn

  • PlayStation Network to Finally Allow Name Changes

    If it hasn’t been hijacked yet, PSN is finally going to allow you to change your username. Sid Shuman says it’ll be free the first time, and $10 or $5 (for PlayStation Plus subscribers) after that, and the feature has some odd limitations: When you change your online ID, you will have the option to…

  • PSN Account Hijackers

    Patrick Klepek has a terrific read up on Waypoint about his investigation into Sony’s incompetent security practices around user accounts, and the social engineering crews that steal them: $1,200. That’s how much someone is asking for a PlayStation Network account I’ve been investigating for the past few weeks. “Secure,” the person calls it, claiming the…

  • “I’m upset that you changed the password to the PSN account I stole from you”

    Seriously crazy stuff going on with PSN account resellers in this article from Patrick Klepek: A few weeks ago, Mic Fok got a weird email. The person writing it claimed they’d been playing Overwatch on a PlayStation Network account for more than six months, but the password had changed recently. But why would Fok know…

  • Finally, a Burn Zombie Burn! Review

    Everyone is a fan of Zombies, and some people are in the Scott Sharkey fan club. What you get when you combine the two? A review of Burn Zombie Burn! over at 1up: Burn Zombie Burn gets straight to the damn point. There are zombies. You burn the holy screaming hell out of them. Then,…

  • MegaMan 9 Demo (PSN) Impressions

    Do you miss being extremely frustrated with your video games? If so, then Mega Man 9 is the game for you. Unlike Capcom’s other recently released throwback title Bionic Commando, Megaman 9 retains the exact look and feel of its predecessors on the NES. While that graphical style is compelling, it also serves as a…