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Sony's PlayStation Network came back online after being down for several hours on Thursday afternoon, annoying legions of gamers right in the middle of E3. The PSN outage affected users around the globe

Offensive PlayStation Network IDs reported by players and checked by moderators will be replaced with temporarily placeholders until the owner chooses a new username. Previously, Sony instantly banned the PSN accounts associated with IDs that violated the online network's terms of service.

Sony will no longer offer PlayStation full-game digital downloads at retail stores. The games will now only be available directly from the PlayStation Network's own digital store. Currency cards containing the amount you need to buy a particular digital game will still be available.

A PlayStation 4 owner was recently banned from the PlayStation Network due to confusion over the gamer's username, which was thought to be an offensive word. The story, however, made the rounds online, forcing Sony to take another look at the matter and eventually reverse its decision.

Sony is finally giving PlayStation 4 players the ability to change their PSN usernames. The first change will be free, while subsequent ones will cost between $5 or $10, depending on whether you have a PS Plus membership. Xbox users can already change their usernames, though that also costs money.

Sony's new social portal My PlayStation is available now on web browsers across PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. Here is how to use it.

Sony has launched a new web-based portal called My PlayStation. The service gives you more ways to manage your PSN account on the go.

It's been a rough week for PlayStation Network. Sony's premium online service has been plagued with server and connectivity issues.

A now-deleted listing on the PlayStation Network store appears to have revealed the second Destiny 2 expansion, Gods of Mars.

Sony has introduced Rewards Passes, which are special tasks PlayStation users can complete to earn rewards points.

Nier: Automata may shake the routine up a bit by allowing players to purchase trophies with in-game currency after playing through 3 times.

Sony has just enabled two-step verification for its PlayStation Network, adding a layer of much needed security, as the company has a tendency to get hacked

Is the Flyboard a real life hoverboard, or a hoax? Plus other top tech.

The creators of the hit multiplatform brawler Guacamelee will return later this month with Severed, a PS Vita-exclusive first-person dungeon crawler.

PlayStation 4 owners will soon be able to play their favorite console games on Windows and Mac platforms via updated Remote Play functionality.

Snoop Dogg took to Instagram and said what a few thousand Xbox Live gamers may have been thinking, maybe with fewer curses.

Sony and Microsoft announced that the 2015 holiday season was great for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, though the two companies used different metrics.

Sony is ending support for the PlayStation Portable's digital storefront in Japan next year, but previously downloaded games will still be playable.

A Sony-issued poll suggests that the company plans to roll out new features for the PlayStation Network and PS4, including PS Classics support.

Capcom announced that it will release a digital version of its cult favorite 3D action game Mega Man Legends, bringing the rarely-seen classic to PSN.

Coffee Stain Studios' over-the-top, mayhem-fueled stunt game Goat Simulator is coming to Sony consoles next month with a new "GoatVR" mode.

A slate of indie standouts are set to premiere for the PlayStation 4 over the next month as part of Sony's PLAY event.

Sony and Microsoft aren't the only ones with hackers to deal with this Christmas — the same organization that targeted PlayStation and Xbox networks is now going after the Tor platform.

PlayStation C.A.M.P. and SCE Japan’s ‘Rain’ puts emphasizes the art of storytelling, blending haunting graphics and melancholy atmosphere with invisibility.

The developers behind the quirky titles ‘Tokyo Jungle’ and ‘Echochrome’ return with ‘rain,’ a PS3 digitally downloadable exclusive. We went hands on with it and want more.

Double Eleven is the studio responsible for reconstructing Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet on the PS Vita. Its ambitions have grown, though, as the studio now plans to publish indie studios' and its own games on the PlayStation Network.