Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years — chemical decapping and four years of reverse engineering unlocks MechaCon secrets

The ‘magic security chip’ inside the original PlayStation 2 has been successfully reverse engineered and dumped after four years of effort.

Six years later, the PS5 is still light on exclusives — but this space-age shooter is an absolute must-play
Six years later, the PS5 is still light on exclusives — but this space-age shooter is an absolute must-play

Returnal can be a punishing playthrough, but its many mysteries kept me coming back again and again.

Wiki documents at least 44 instances in which Sony says you own your games as digital games ownership lawsuit progresses — project is direct assault on Sony’s claim in recent ownership lawsuit
Wiki documents at least 44 instances in which Sony says you own your games as digital games ownership lawsuit progresses — project is direct assault on Sony’s claim in recent ownership lawsuit

The detailed sourcing directly attacks Sony’s legal claim that a reasonable person wouldn’t expect to own their digital purchases on the PlayStation Store.

Wolverine on the PS5 goes back to a simpler (and bloodier) style of action game
Wolverine on the PS5 goes back to a simpler (and bloodier) style of action game

Marvel’s Wolverine captures just how angry its lead character is. The latest PS5 exclusive from Spider-Man developer Insomniac, Wolverine is a straightforward action game that is at its best when you’re (literally) slicing through enemies or thrust into a sequence pulled from a blockbuster movie, like climbing the fuselage of a plane as it careens […]

PlayStation hits the self-sabotage button again, cutting ties with Kojima Productions as Xbox takes over — and I think there’s more than one reason why
PlayStation hits the self-sabotage button again, cutting ties with Kojima Productions as Xbox takes over — and I think there’s more than one reason why

PlayStation steps away from its collaboration with Kojima Productions as Xbox swoops in with a new partnership, and it’s another bad move from Sony.

Xbox picks up Kojima’s Physint after PlayStation dropped it
Xbox picks up Kojima’s Physint after PlayStation dropped it

Xbox will now publish Physint, an upcoming game from Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, after PlayStation decided to cancel it. The unexpected swap came in a flurry of announcements from PlayStation, Xbox, Kojima Productions, and Kojima himself. Sony, which published both of Kojima Productions’ previous Death Stranding games, framed it as a “difficult decision to […]