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How to change your PSN name

Is your PlayStation Network ID a little outdated or embarrassing? Here's a quick guide to changing your PSN name on your PS4 or in a web browser, for free.
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How to redeem a code on your PS4

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How to secure your PSN account

Video games aren’t breeding murderers (just hate-fueled bigots)

How to get a refund from the PlayStation Store

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PlayStation Critics’ Choice Sale has big deals on the best-reviewed games

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The PlayStation Network is back up. Here’s the latest on the PSN outage

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Sony will censor offensive PlayStation Network IDs with temporary usernames

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PlayStation does the smart thing, stops selling digital codes at physical stores

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Sony reverses wrongful ban of PlayStation 4 player due to ‘offensive’ PSN ID

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PlayStation is finally letting you change your terrible username

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‘My PlayStation’ is a new social portal, and we’ll tell you just how it works

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‘My PlayStation’ gives you more ways to manage your PSN profile

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PlayStation Network hit with server issues for several days

It's been a rough week for PlayStation Network. Sony's premium online service has been plagued with server and connectivity issues.
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Details for ‘Destiny 2: Gods of Mars’ expansion apparently leak online

A now-deleted listing on the PlayStation Network store appears to have revealed the second Destiny 2 expansion, Gods of Mars.
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Collect PlayStation trophies to earn games with Sony Rewards

Sony has introduced Rewards Passes, which are special tasks PlayStation users can complete to earn rewards points.
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Nier: Automata players can purchase trophies, but they have to earn that ability

Nier: Automata may shake the routine up a bit by allowing players to purchase trophies with in-game currency after playing through 3 times.
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Two-step verification now live for PSN, enable it now

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
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Trends with Benefits: Is the Flyboard Air hoverboard legit, or a big hoax?

Is the Flyboard a real life hoverboard, or a hoax? Plus other top tech.
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Gesture-controlled action game Severed hits PS Vita April 26

The creators of the hit multiplatform brawler Guacamelee will return later this month with Severed, a PS Vita-exclusive first-person dungeon crawler.
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Enjoy your favorite PlayStation 4 games on PC with updated Remote Play options

PlayStation 4 owners will soon be able to play their favorite console games on Windows and Mac platforms via updated Remote Play functionality.
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Snoop Dogg draws attention to Xbox Live's outage while PSN laughs

Snoop Dogg took to Instagram and said what a few thousand Xbox Live gamers may have been thinking, maybe with fewer curses.
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PlayStation 4 and Xbox One both had successful holiday seasons… In their own way

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.
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Sony shutting down PSP's digital storefront in 2016

Sony is ending support for the PlayStation Portable's digital storefront in Japan next year, but previously downloaded games will still be playable.
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Sony hints at expanded PSN features, PS1 and PS2 Classics on PS4

A Sony-issued poll suggests that the company plans to roll out new features for the PlayStation Network and PS4, including PS Classics support.
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Cult classic Mega Man Legends gets a long-awaited re-release

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.
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Goat Simulator wreaks havoc on PS4, PS3 in August

Coffee Stain Studios' over-the-top, mayhem-fueled stunt game Goat Simulator is coming to Sony consoles next month with a new "GoatVR" mode.
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N++, Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture debuting at a discount on PSN

A slate of indie standouts are set to premiere for the PlayStation 4 over the next month as part of Sony's PLAY event.
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PSN and Xbox Live hackers turn their attention to Tor

‘Rain’ preview: The art of invisibility

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

Sony’s ‘Rain’ aims to deliver a worthy successor to the PS3’s downloadable legacy

LittleBigPlanet PS Vita dev moves past Sackboy into indie game publishing

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.
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Bargain-priced suffering: Atlus revives Demon’s Souls on PSN

Due to popular demand, Demon's Souls has returned with a full complement of online features, a newbie-friendly World Tendency and a cut-rate price tag.
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Week two of Sony’s holiday sale offers free games, bigger discounts

Sony's efforts to mark down its PlayStation Network offerings enters week two and the deals to be had are even better than they were last week.

Digital Blend: A deluge of DLC and a PlayStation Store redesign