Software and hardware sales are suspended.

Shortly after this evening's State of Play ended, Sony put up an official statement on Twitter concerning the sale of PlayStation software and hardware in Russia. In short: Sony has suspended all software and hardware shipments in Russia. The studio has also suspended the launch of Gran Turismo 7 as well as "operations of the PlayStation Store" within Russia.

Sony's statement continues on to say that they will be donating...

A PlayStation executive working on the PlayStation Network has been "terminated from employment."

George Cacioppo was a senior vice president at Sony Interactive Entertainment. He worked on the PlayStation Network for Sony since 2013. This past weekend, Cacioppo was terminated from his position after he reportedly appeared as the subject in a pedophile sting operation video.

A vigilante group going by the name of People v. Preds attempts to catch and publicize...

Square Enix stealthily released The Quiet Man today for the PC and PlayStation 4.

The Quiet Man typically goes for $14.99 (USD) but it looks like both versions have a 10% discount for the game's launch. This discount will last until November 15. The PlayStation 4 release includes a dynamic theme and eight PSN avatars. The Steam release comes with seven desktop and mobile wallpapers.
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Sony has confirmed that PlayStation Network name changes are coming that will allow users to change their online handles. The confirmation comes roughly a week after renewed rumors started swirling that this feature was indeed coming soon. The ability to change your PSN name will first be tested by those that are in the PlayStation Preview Program and some of those that have pre-registered as testers for previous PS4 software beta tests. The big question you all have is probably, "...

A new report from Kotaku says that Sony is gearing up to finally allow users to change their PlayStation Network names. This has been something that PSN users have requested for ages but it allegedly hasn't been possible. It's long been rumored that name changes haven't been possible because Sony's database was so jumbled and held together with gum and strings that it made it near impossible to allow for name changes. Well, it seems as though Sony has gotten around to fixing that and pe...

SEGA pulled a recently released demo for Yakuza 6: The Song of Life from the PlayStation Network after it was discovered that the full game could be downloaded and played for free. Some users discovered this little "bonus" when playing through the demo, which released earlier today. The download contained the entire game and seems to have only really impacted the download from the North American PlayStation Store. However, it seems as though the demo was pulled, at least temporarily, f...

SEGA pulled a recently released demo for Yakuza 6: The Song of Life from the PlayStation Network after it was discovered that the full game could...

What's Old is New Again, But Still Kind of Old.

Windjammers is a blast from the past, for both better and for worse. The game excels at being a fast-paced game that relies partly on reflexes, partly on skill, and partly on actual strategy. The colorful 16-bit graphics look just as great now as they did back in 1994 when the game first came out for the Neo Geo. In fact, I would argue that right now is the perfect time for this Windjammers revival given how many new games...

What's Old is New Again, But Still Kind of Old.

Windjammers is a blast from the past, for both better and for worse. The game excels...

We have some more PlayStation focused numbers for you today. Sony revealed that PlayStation Network users spend 26 billion minutes per week playing games. This works out to a bit shy of 50,000 years. When you take that figure and average it out over the 60+ million PlayStation 4 owners, that's about seven hours per week per user. Sony also revealed today that one-in-every five PlayStation consoles purchased is a PlayStation 4 Pro. The company also revealed that PlayStation VR has now sold m...

We have some more PlayStation focused numbers for you today. Sony revealed that PlayStation Network users spend 26 billion minutes per week playing...

On Thursday (that's tomorrow as of the time of this post), Gravity Rush 2 will have a special demo release on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 4.

SCEA's Nick Accordino shares the details about the demo and a bit about the game in the latest PlayStation Blog entry.
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On Thursday (that's tomorrow as of the time of this post), Gravity Rush 2 will have a special demo release on the PlayStation Network for the...

Breathe a sigh of relief tonight because two-factor authentication (or 2-Step Verification as it's called here) has finally come to the PlayStation Network in North America.

It is strongly advised that you enable this security measure as soon as possible to protect your account. This is especially important now as there seems to be a rise in the number of PSN accounts being publicly reported as having been stolen.

To enable "2-Step Verification" through your...