PSN's Outage Exposed PlayStation's Weakness
PSN was down for a full day. That might sound like an inconvenience and nothing more, but looking deeper we see a Sony who continues to make big, risky, wasteful bets... apparently without a backup plan?

PSN was down for a full day. That might sound like an inconvenience and nothing more, but looking deeper we see a Sony who continues to make big, risky, wasteful bets... apparently without a backup plan?
"Fully funded to release." After the ex-Blizzard alumni at Frost Giant had raised around $40 million to produce "StarCraft III" in all but name, that was their claim. Now, just over a year after its early access launch, it's hard not to question what the hell happened with Stormgate?!
Midnight, as part of making WoW more approachable, is making gearing a hell of a lot more simple. About time! That, and a gigantic stack of other news.
Another studio is at risk after NetEase lured devs to work with them with promises of support... only to change their minds halfway through development.
For the second time in as many months, Activision just gave players what they'd been asking for. They might yet regret it.