Articles by Paul Munn
World of Warcraft Joins MMO Shakeups With Free To Play Option
This has been a big month for MMO shakeups in the PC world, and what looks like the biggest announcement of them all is capping it off. World of Warcraft, the biggest dog in …
Quake’s 15th Birthday: Fond Memories
Quake was a big leap forward in first person shooters. Sure it came from ID Software, the folks who basically created the genre with Doom before it, but it raised the bar in many …
EVE Online: Incarna is Launching Today
EVE Online makes its first foray into full 3D people walking aound in stations today with the launch of EVE Online: Incarna. Tranquility — the live server cluster that runs EVE Online — is …
Epic Games Forums, More Games Attacked
Over the weekend the Epic Games Forums admitted to being hacked. My brother James got this cheerful email:
Our Epic Games web sites and forums were recently hacked. After some downtime, they’re back up …
Welcome Back To The Same Crappy Store Experience
Sony may think their Network is more secure now, and their Store is ready for action, but when you have to post a FAQ to help people access and download the Welcome Back games and …
The PSN Welcome Back Program Is Live
The PlayStation Network Welcome Back program is now live, according to the Blog. You do have a full month to redeem your two free PS3 games and two free PSP games, but time is …
E3 2011 Crystal Ball Predictions: Sony
Sony approaches E3 bruised and bloodied by its very fresh 24-day PSN outage and still-ongoing PlayStation Store downtime. Right off the bat Sony will apologize for the PSN data breach and will, of course, …
Will PSP Remasters Teach PSN Developers New Tricks?
The potential for the PSP Remasters on PS3 is pretty big. Today, playing your PSP online using Adhoc Party on the PS3 means you’re tying up the console already but you’re sitting in front …
Review: Gods Eater Burst (PSP)
What is it?
Gods Eater Burst is a third-person action game where the player joins from 1-3 AI or human (via local Ad-hoc WiFi play only) squad mates on a series of missions to take down …
Monster Hunter 3 To Lead “PSP Remasters” To PS3
There are a number of PSP games that are so good that they’ve elicited the comment “if only this was on the PS3 and used the PSN for online play”, and it seems like Sony …
EVE Online Half Price on Impulse for Incursion 1.5
Yesterday saw the launch of Incursion 1.5 and the continuation of several small refinements of EVE Online along with a few significant ones. To celebrate, Impulse is offering the EVE Online client and first …
Xperia Play In Verizon Stores on May 26th
The Xperia Play phone has finally made it through Verizon’s approval process and is set to land at retail on May 26th. Pre-orders for the unofficial PlayStation Phone open on Verizon’s site on the …
Guess I Can Cross Skype On PS3 and NGP Off The List
I’ve had a list of things I wanted the PS3 Firmware updated to do for years now, and the list has gradually been getting smaller as things come true. Sure, some things haven’t come …
Celebrate EVE Online’s 8th With A Can Of Quafe
Active accounts on EVE Online received a six-pack of Quafe Zero cola today to celebrate the eighth birthday of the game. The consumable has booster-like properties with no negative side effects. (Drug-like boosters, …
Anonymous Note Left On Compromised Sony Server
The PlayStation Blog continues its hit series of posts on the data breach at Sony Computer Entertainment — not to be confused with the breach at Sony Online Entertainment earlier this week — with a …
Ones to Watch: PS3, PSP for May 2011
The elephant in the room as May begins is, of course, the PSN downtime, but Sony expects to have the majority of its features back in gear this week. It’s not clear if the …
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