PSN downtime compensation criticised by PlayStation fans without PS Plus who were still unable to play gamesShort changed.Image credit: Sony News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief Published on Feb. 10, 2025 PlayStation owners impacted by this weekend's major PSN outage have criticised Sony's apology offer, as well as the lack of explanation on what went wrong. The latest period of PSN downtime lasted nearly 24 hours, beginning early Friday evening here in the UK. When the service did return, Sony apologised and blamed a vague "operational issue" as the cause.Compensation for the outage amounts to five additional days for anyone with a PS Plus subscription, but nothing for others who were also locked out of playing digital games. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Xbox Developer Direct - four promising games also coming to PlayStation.Watch on YouTubeNot all online games require PS Plus, of course - including free-to-play behemoths like Fortnite and Roblox - and access to these was also unavailable."Everything was down," one impacted user wrote on ResetEra. "People that game share (like me) were locked out of their entire digital library, including offline games. You didn't need PS Plus to be affected.""I don't have PS Plus but still couldn't play the games I wanted to," opined another impacted user on reddit. "Guess I'm a f***ing second class citizen."Eurogamer has contacted Sony to ask if the company plans any other form of compensation, and to ask again about the cause of this weekend's outage. PlayStation fans have been left in the dark about the root cause of the downtime - and what steps Sony is now taking to ensure it is not repeated again anytime soon.

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Contents hide The First Descendant recently introduced leaderboards and new stages for the Void Erosion Purge in update 1.2.6. This update was already lambasted for secretly nerfing Ines Raya, but the Void Erosion Purge changes have also been massively scrutinized by the TFD community. Fortunately, Nexon has heard the feedback, and they have announced major fixes for the Void Erosion Purge coming to The First Descendant.The First Descendant devs reveal imminent fixes for Void Erosion PurgeFollowing changes made to the Void Erosion Purge in update 1.2.6, Nexon has revealed a slew of fixes set to arrive in The First Descendant on February 13th. Below is the list of upcoming adjustments as announced on Discord:Increase ATK effect bonuses for weapons in Void Erosion Purge to enhance the impact of core growth.Adjust Elite Monsters HP to improve progression speed.Modify enemy spawns and compositions to reduce frustration from unavoidable attacks, including easing the guided effect of certain attacks.Expand public matchmaking to all stages above Stage 25 to resolve matchmaking distribution issues.Again, these improvements will arrive in update 1.2.7, scheduled for February 13th. In addition to the above for Void Erosion Purge, Nexon is looking to implement rebalance work for underperforming Descendants in the near future, however, this will take place after update 1.2.7 as rebalances require further discussion and analysis. Save Up to $1,200 on the Samsung Galaxy S25! Pre-order now and save big with trade-in and Samsung credit. Limited time only! *Includes trade-in value + $300 Samsung credit. Alongside the key improvements, Nexon also apologised to fans. Their announcement states, Void Erosion Purge was designed as content with the goal of enhancing weapon mechanism through tough encounters, however, it has unfortunately resulted in an unintended difficulty spike for solo players because Season 2 did not include any defense-related growth elements (scheduled for a March update).Image credit: The First Descendant DiscordIts good that Nexon are always listening to the community, and they have frequently shown in the past that they are flexible and willing implement changes based on feedback. Hopefully these upcoming fixes will appease the community. Must-Listen: Publishing Manor Lords w/ Joe Robinson VideoGamer Podcast Listen Now For more The First Descendant, check outeverything we know about Season 3including release date, new character, next Fellow, new features, and more.The First DescendantPlatform(s):PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Action, Adventure, RPG5VideoGamerRelated TopicsThe First Descendant Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

You can trust VideoGamer. Our team of gaming experts spend hours testing and reviewing the latest games, to ensure you're reading the most comprehensive guide possible. Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Contents hide Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater finally has a release date. In what has seemed an age for MGS fans, Konami finally revealed the upcoming remake will be arriving on August 28, 2025. However, it hasnt taken long to understand why, potentially, the company has decided on that date. After missing Snake Eaters anniversary last year, the upcoming remake is targeting a new date that only fans will truly recognise. Is it on purpose? Who knows? But its pretty cool nonetheless. It turns out the Operation Snake Eater mission, which was kicked off after the disasterous Virtuous Mission, kicked off on August 30. Going back in time, using my trust calendar, we can see that August 30th 1964 actually landed on a Sunday, which would mean August 28th would have been in the same week. Save Up to $1,200 on the Samsung Galaxy S25! Pre-order now and save big with trade-in and Samsung credit. Limited time only! *Includes trade-in value + $300 Samsung credit. Of course, no company ever releases games on a weekend, and barely any release on Friday. However, Konami has targeted the closest possible release date to the actual Operation Snake Eater for the upcoming remake which is fun for fans. Now, whether Konami meant to do this or not remains to be seen, but its certainly an incredible coincidence that theyve chosen the week that Snake Eater began as the week to launch the new game. We may have waited a while for a release date, but the latest Delta trailer certainly did not disappoint. Blending plenty of gameplay with remastered cutscenes, we finally got a good look at The COBRA unit, which as expected, stayed true to the original Kojima designs. Must-Listen: Publishing Manor Lords w/ Joe Robinson VideoGamer Podcast Listen Now We also got to see the Unreal Engine 5 flex its muscle a bit more with plenty of explosions and in-game action, compared to the more docile parts players have seen during the demo segments. With brand-new controls turning Snake more into Rambo, this could be a sign of the games slight turn towards an action focus. While all eyes are on the release date, there is some hope that a demo of sorts will be available for those unfamiliar to try the game. Plus, speaking as a MGS fan, it would certainly tide us over until the game comes out. For those new to Delta, Konami has reworked the entire of Kojimas original 2004 masterpiece, albeit with a few tweaks. Youll be able to choose from the traditional, over-head camera, or opt for the newer 3rd-person view more akin to The Phantom Pain and Ground Zeroes. Add the mix a hyper-realistic damage and go system, not to mention improved enemy AI, and you have all the ingredients for a very special tribute to one of the greatest games ever made.Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake EaterPlatform(s):PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox Series XGenre(s):Third PersonRelated TopicsMetal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Subscribe to our newsletters!By subscribing, you agree to our Privacy Policy and may receive occasional deal communications; you can unsubscribe anytime.Share

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Pick AgainThinking about going back to play Okami on the Wii ahead of its sequel? Maybe reconsider, as its creator explicitly doesn't want you to"Personally, I dont want you to play the Wii version."Image credit: Capcom News by Oisin Kuhnke Contributor Published on Feb. 10, 2025 If you've been looking at your Nintendo Wii copy of Okami following its sequel announcement, you might want to put it down if you like Hideki Kamiya.To the surprise and delight of Okami fans everywhere, a sequel was announced at last year's Game Awards, with creator Hideki Kamiya back at the helm at his new studio Clovers. This was a pretty big deal for fans everywhere, given that the game has never received a proper sequel (Okamiden is more of a spiritual successor, and Kamiya wasn't involved), though it did receive a port to the Wii in 2008. That version was obviously unique because you could use the Wiimote to paint in the game, one of the game's central mechanics, a fun and obvious choice to make for a console like the Wii. You might even own that copy, but you might want to think twice about playing it that way, as Kamiya has shared that he actually doesn't want you to.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. A follower of Kamiya's on Twitter shared that they'd recently started playing Okami on PC, but wondered if they should play the original Wii version instead, but the game developer quite simply responded (translations via VGC), "The Wii version is not the original. I made the PS2 version. If youre going to play it now, the best version is the HD version. Personally, I dont want you to play the Wii version." Kamiya is obviously known for his strong personality, so he's never been shy about hiding what he really thinks. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.One odd thing to note about the Wii version is that you can actually see IGN's logo at the time watermarked on it very faintly, and while I doubt this is the reason Kamiya doesn't want you to play it, it is still incredibly funny that this actually made it to release without anyone noticing.The as-of-yet untitled Okami sequel doesn't have a release date just yet, there's not even a lick of gameplay, so for now maybe you should just replay the original (just not on the Wii).

Here Comes SentryThunderbolts finally teases its villain in its latest trailer, though you probably won't need a PhD to figure out who it isThough you might have to read some comic books.Image credit: Marvel Studios News by Oisin Kuhnke Contributor Published on Feb. 10, 2025 It was the Super Bowl this Sunday, so Marvel paid the big bucks to get a new trailer out for the upcoming Thunderbolts movie.We're only about three months out from the release of Thunderbolts, but as of now, it's still a bit unclear what the film is actually about. There was that teaser trailer last September, but that didn't give away much, and now its latest trailer is here to show a little bit more, though not that much overall honestly. The biggest thing you'll see is a brief couple of looks for Sentry, a character that was previously reported to be making an appearance in the film played by Lewis Pullman, who you will have seen in the first trailer as "Bob", clearly meant to act as something of a red herring.Watch on YouTubeYou don't see much of the character in this new trailer, just a handful of shots of him using his superhuman abilities against the film's ragtag group of anti-heroes and random citizens, but it's obviously meant to be him, unless Marvel is setting up another red herring and introduces a completely different villain for them to face off against - that's honestly quite likely, considering the character is a hero in the comics, and has his own villain, the Void. And judging from all the shadowy stuff going on in the trailer, an appearance from the Void doesn't seem too unlikely (there are a couple of cast members who haven't had confirmed roles yet).To see this content please enable targeting cookies. An official logline for the movie explains, "Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guardian (David Harbour), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), and John Walker (Wyatt Russell). After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before its too late?"Again, really not much to go off of there, but you'll be able to find out more when it comes to cinemas May 2, later this year.

D(ream)S.Two clamshell OLED monitors that promised Switch connectivity for on-the-go multiplayer mayhem obviously brought the potential for big-screen DS play to mind, but would the Duoone OLED actually live up to these lofty goals? That's what our Alex has been investigating.The Duoone OLED cuts a pretty sweet-looking figure, we'll admit. Alex got his hands on the two main models, the 'Span' and the 'Fold', both of which consist of two additional screens that you can plug your Switch into for... well, more screens.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Image: Square EnixIf you, like us, have been eagerly waiting for new information on Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate, then you're just going to have to be patient and wait a bit longer.However, given that next to nothing has been shared regarding the game since its initial teaser trailer in 2021, it's understandable if you're feeling somewhat anxious about its development. Thankfully, in a new livestream (thanks, Automaton), creator Yuji Horii has stated that the development team is "working hard on Dragon Quest XII".He hopes to share more information on the game little by little, but it's nice to get another small reassurance that, yes, it's still cooking in the oven.We've been grasping onto whatever small nugget of information we can about this game, including a similarly short update from Yuji Horii last year in which he was "in a meeting" about the game, and an inconsequential update to the title's logo just a few weeks earlier.No target platforms have been announced for Dragon Quest XII at the time of writing, though we're hopeful that it will at least make its way to the Switch 2 when it eventually launches. It's not much but it's something...HexaDrive has worked on Wind Waker HD in the pastAre you eager to hear more information on Dragon Quest XII? Let us know with a comment down below.[source youtube.com, via automaton-media.com]Share:01 Nintendo Lifes resident horror fanatic, when hes not knee-deep in Resident Evil and Silent Hill lore, Ollie likes to dive into a good horror book while nursing a lovely cup of tea. He also enjoys long walks and listens to everything from TOOL to Chuck Berry. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...Related ArticlesNintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games... and the Switch 2!Civilization VII Devs "Love" What Nintendo Is Doing With Switch 2 Joy-ConBut remain tight-lipped otherwiseLatest 'Video Game Maps: SNES' Book Dives Into Zelda, Kirby, Mega Man And MoreAdd to cart(ography)

Lee Enterprises, a media giant that owns dozens of newspapers across the United States, has confirmed a cyberattack on its systems is behind ongoing disruption at dozens of newspapers and media outlets across the United States.In an email shared with customers sent Friday, which TechCrunch has seen, Lee CEO Kevin Mowbray said the company was working to fully restore our systems following a cyberattack earlier in the week.Tracy Rouch, a spokesperson for Lee Enterprises, confirmed to TechCrunch that the outages were caused by a cybersecurity event and that the company was now focused on determining what information if any may have been affected by the situation.The spokesperson declined to say if it had received any communication from the hackers, or if it had a timeline for recovery. The company would not say if it has the technical means, such as logs, to determine if any information was accessed or stolen.Lee did not describe the nature of the cyberattack, nor would the company comment beyond its email.Lee is one of the largest newspaper publishers in the U.S. and provides publishing technology and website services to 72 publications, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which broke news of the story on Friday.The Post-Dispatch said while it had not missed any days of publication, most of this weeks newspaper editions were affected. Some newspapers were smaller on some days, the Post-Dispatch said.Several other news outlets reported that they were affected by the cyberattack at Lee, including the Casper Star-Tribune in Wyoming. In a news article on its website, the Star-Tribune said, many of Lees newspapers initially were not able build pages and publish, though the company has been working to print and deliver back issues. The newspapers website warns that the cyberattack may temporarily affect access to subscription accounts.According to a February 3 email sent to all Lee employees, seen by TechCrunch, Lee reported that one of its data centers hosting applications and services used by Lee employees and media outlets were offline, including its systems for subscriber services.An email to Lee employees sent later the same day said that its call center applications, some phone lines and other core systems, including its VPN for remote employees and single sign-on for accessing applications, were inaccessible.The outages have yet to resolve as of Monday. Lee would not make its CISO Rob Hoffpauir available for an interview.Lee Enterprises released its latest quarterly earnings this week, reporting earnings of $144.6 million for the fiscal first quarter down 7% year-over-year but made no reference to the outage or cyberattack.This is the second known cyberattack on Lee in the past five years. The Wall Street Journal reported in 2021 that Iranian hackers compromised Lees content management system as part of a campaign aimed at spreading disinformation ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

Authentise, a provider of data-driven manufacturing software that streamlines digital workflows from concept to production, has integrated Autodesks Fusion Industry Cloud APIs into its production management system, Flows. Autodesk, a major design and manufacturing software developer known for its cloud-based solutions, offers the Fusion Industry Cloud as a platform for end-to-end workflowsfrom design and additive data preparation to process simulation and 5-axis CNC post processing. This integration marks a technical consolidation that enables manufacturers to execute multiple design-to-production tasks within a single interface.Users of Authentise Flows can now access a range of manufacturing functions directly from the system. The integration allows for operations such as design quality assessment, support structure generation, slicing, nesting, and the creation of machine-specific build filesall while operating on live Fusion data. In practice, this means that design modifications and the dispatching of parts to production can be managed seamlessly between the Flows interface and Fusions environment, with continuous version control maintained throughout the process. The collaboration builds on years of technical cooperation between the two companies, enabling a selective outsourcing of specific functions to the Fusion platform while keeping core operations within Authentise Flows.Andre Wegner, CEO of Authentise, noted that the integration represents a pivotal shift in the management of manufacturing workflows. He stated, This development brings together a range of manufacturing services in one accessible platform, which may contribute to greater efficiency in production processes. Alexander Oster, Director of Additive Manufacturing at Autodesk, added that the integration supports a managed, end-to-end workflow for additive manufacturing. Oster emphasized that the technical collaboration allows for operations such as quoting a design, assigning work instructions, generating support structures, adjusting designs, nesting, scheduling, and execution to occur within a streamlined process. Both representatives stressed that the approach is based on technical merits and the need for robust data management in modern manufacturing environments.Illustration showcasing the seamless end-to-end workflow enabled by the integration of Authentise Flows and Autodesk Fusion Industry Cloud. Image via Authentise.Development in 3D Printing SoftwareRecent developments in industrial software integrations underscore the growing trend of using digital platforms to automate and optimize AM processes. One such example involves Oqtons Manufacturing OS software, which is currently employed by Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, at its Houston facility. Baker Hughes uses the system to automate and optimize AM workflows as part of a broader industrialization effort. Oqton, a company specializing in AI-driven software solutions for manufacturing, has designed its system to automate key processes such as design, inspection, and certification. Implementations at Baker Hughes have resulted in notable efficiency improvements: build monitoring saw a 98% decrease in active engineering timesaving approximately 136 hours per printer each yearwhile automated reporting has reduced root cause analysis time by 98%, and real-time production alerts have led to an 18% reduction in scrap-related costs. A second instance involves Roboze, a 3D printer manufacturer that has launched SlizeR, its proprietary slicing software. SlizeR is engineered to reduce the transition time from 3D models to machine-readable code and to optimize print parameter management. The software employs a data-driven approach that automatically adjusts print settings to maintain dimensional consistency and improve part quality. Robozes system is designed to manage material control with precision, reducing waste and forecasting material requirements for each project. Introduced at Formnext 2024, SlizeR represents an effort to streamline AM workflows and ensure that the final output remains consistent with design specifications. SlizeR is designed to optimize your production process and ensure high-quality parts. Image via Roboze.3D Printing Industry is hosting alive webinar to preview the 2025 AMUG Conference. Join us and our guests on Wednesday, 12th February.Ready to discover who won the 20243D Printing Industry Awards?What will the future of 3D printing look like?Which recent trends are driving the 3D printing industry, as highlighted by experts?Subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry newsletter to stay updated with the latest news and insights.Stay connected with the latest in 3D printing by following us on Twitter and Facebook, and dont forget to subscribe to the 3D Printing Industry YouTube channel for more exclusive content.Featured image shows an Illustration of the the seamless end-to-end workflow enabled by the integration of Authentise Flows and Autodesk Fusion Industry Cloud. Image via Authentise.