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• Unity adds PlayStation Vita to cross-platform development suite

  Unity Technologies has added the ability to develop games for the Sony PlayStation Vita to version 4.3 of its cross-platform toolset.

• Sony cuts PlayStation Vita price by a third in Japan

  Sony will slash the price of its PlayStation Vita handheld game consoles by up to a third in Japan, it said Monday, weeks after it cut its sales target for the device following weak holiday sales.

• Sony launches beta SDK for Android and PlayStation gaming program

  Sony is hoping developers are interested in working on games for its PlayStation Vita and Android-based devices, as it launched a beta test Thursday of a new cross-platform SDK.

• Sony to complete global resumption of PlayStation Network

  Sony will fully restore PlayStation Network service to users in Japan this week, ending a two-and-a-half month suspension of service, and bringing to a close an embarrassing incident that began with the largest known loss of customer information by a company.

• Japan's gaming market sinks 16 per cent in first half

  Japan's console and portable gaming market sank 16 per cent in the first six months of the year as new software failed to make a splash and sales of hardware fell, according to data released on Thursday.

• PlayStation Network and Qriocity back for users outside Asia

  Millions of PlayStation users are once again able to shoot, fight and race their way through online worlds after Sony resumed online gaming service late Saturday and Sunday in many major markets.

• Sony resuming PlayStation Network, Qriocity services

  Sony will begin a phased resumption of its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services on Sunday, more than three weeks after a cyber attack that resulted in the loss of personal information on more than 100 million customers.

• Sony's PlayStation Network, Qriocity close to returning

  Sony appears to be close to ending a two-week long outage of its PlayStation Network. The company said late Thursday that it is in the final stages of internal testing of the new system, but it stopped short of saying when the popular online gaming service would resume operations.

• Sony finds no apparent Anonymous link to PlayStation attack

  Sony said it has found no link between an attack on its PlayStation Network and Qriocity services and Internet activist group Anonymous, which had earlier targeted its systems.

• Sony apologizes, details PlayStation Network attack

  Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services will begin a phased resumption this week, after the company took them offline in response to a "very sophisticated" intrusion, the company said Sunday.

• Sony's Hirai to brief on PlayStation hack on Sunday

  Sony is expected to provide its most detailed update yet on Sunday on a hack that hit the PlayStation Network and the status of personal information and credit card numbers of up to 77 million customers.

• US Congress wants answers from Sony on PlayStation hack

  A U.S. congressional committee has asked Sony Computer Entertainment to explain several issues surrounding the massive potential leak of information on customers of its PlayStation Network.

• Sony hints at compensation for PlayStation Network hack

  Sony may offer users some form of compensation for the outage, now in its 8th day, of the PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services, its U.S. unit said late Thursday.

• PlayStation Network hack timeline

  This is a timeline of major events associated with the attack on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services.

• Sony games chief Hirai silent on PlayStation Network outage

  Sony's top executive in charge of its games division appeared in front of journalists in Tokyo on Tuesday but failed to address an outage of the company's PlayStation Network that is now in its sixth day and is affecting up to 75 million customers.