It's just a rumor at this point, but it looks like there may be an announcement regarding a certain whip-wielding vampire slayer at E3 this year. Keep your fingers crossed...and your crosses, er, crossed.

Australia has a notoriously draconian ratings system for video games, with some games getting banned outright. It's so bad, in fact, that Telltale Games can't sneak their zombies into the mix.

According to the Latin language, an “orbis” is a circle or orbit. According to Kotaku, it’s the new PlayStation console.

After people speculating and hoping for some time Sony finally joins  the cloud. What does this mean for gamers?

War of the Independents! Minecraft tops 25 million downloads and rivals Angry Birds in sales.

So while GDC is going on and rumours are flying everywhere there's something we need to weigh up.

That's a mouthful...maybe if you're not into homebrew

Welcome back to another edition of the QJ.net Download Round Up for the second week of January. 

Harrison E talks with lead designer on the recently released Skydrift, Tibor Pongrácz, about the game, working for Digital Reality and their upcoming releases.

Japanese fan catches a glimpse of PS Vita in action and Sony is hush hush.

Yesterday’s PS3 maintenance included a change to the PSN game sharing policy, and not in a good way.

Today is your last day to buy games at the old five-system share rate as new game limits go in effect when the service comes back online.

Hackers get your homebrew tools ready...just remember to share.

PlayStation 3 and PSPowners are about to lose one of the best features fo the two systems – the ability to share PSN games with up to five other devices.

Uncharted 3 is already the most hyped exclusive of the year and now we've got an exclusive of our own.

Get a glimpse of what you and three friends can expect when you jump into the game’s co-op mode later this week.

Sony’s New PS3 Ad: Hit or Miss?Is Sony’s “Long Live Play” campaign targeting the wrong audience, or is it a step in the right direction for a company that’s made more than its fair share of marketing mistakes? 

Ever wonder what those icons on the PS Vita's XMB are for?

Wow, there really is no such thing as bad press...or good hackers

Adds new editor mode, new sharing options, PlayStation Move and PS3 steering wheels support, online gameplay improvements and more!

With all the noise surrounding Sony's Online Pass on Resistance 3, Insomniac Games could no longer keep their silence and has now spoken out in response to the violent reactions brought about by this new feature.

EA started it first, now many publishers are slowly adapting the online pass initiative.

Sony will be able to create a stronger online service, says the Battlefield 3 developer.

According to Reghardware, Sony is working to revamp the PlayStation Network.

A recent survey revealed that a vast majority of gamers have now lost their trust in games publishers because of the recent security breaches.

Sony CEO Howard Stringer speaks out yet again in line with the continuing threats of security breach against their company, this time, sharing his belief as to why they became a target.

A new version of the official PlayStation App will soon be heading to the Android Market and App Store.

Sony has released more information about the PlayStation Vita today in order to help answer some of the frequently asked questions by customers on the upcoming PSP successor.

PS3 gamers who've recently purchased the retail version of Codemasters's latest rally racer DiRT 3 are now stuck in the mud trying to figure out how they can enjoy the multiplayer components of the game.

Last week, Sony announced their plans for the restoration of the PlayStation Store, but it would seem that not all developer partners are sold on the idea.

Free game downloads, a free month of PlayStation Plus, movie rentals on select weekends, plus other freebies awaits customers who have been affected by the recent PSN outage. But is it any good?

For SCEE users waiting for details of Sony's "customer appreciation" program, read on!

Three weeks after the hackers attacked the PlayStation network, Sony's online gaming hub remains down, with no concrete date for when the services will be back online.

It's quite easy to imagine how Sony would lose profit from the loss of service of the PSN, no thanks to the now-famous PSN breach, but did anyone really expect it to be already worth billions of dollars in mere weeks?

A new survey conducted by one of America's leading coupon code websites has found that nearly one-fifth of PlayStation 3 owners in the U.S. are considering a switch to the Xbox 360 console following the current PlayStation Network security breach.

Sony finally revealed the real cause of the recent PSN outage, saying it was indeed an "external intrusion" that forced them to shut down the PlayStation Network and its Qriocity service.

Sony has released a more detailed "Questions and answers" post regarding the cause of the recent PlayStation Network/Qriocity outage.

Since PlayStation Plus is a paid service, users deserve to be compensated in one way or another.

Anonymous has said it once, and they'll have no qualms saying it again: the group does not take responsibility for what happened with the PSN.

It's been more than a day, and things are far from being fine and dandy over at the PSN front.

It's getting closer, though.

Today Sony released Free Realms on PSN, and we have all the details for this free to play MMO.

Genocidal puzzler ready for release.

Everyone's excited for the reboot of Twisted Metal, that much we know for sure, but did you know that Jaffe and company originally wanted to make it simply as a PSN title?

Early this month, Konami announced the impending arrival of their videogame tie-up with the Hollywood movie Battle: Los Angeles, but when for the PSN exactly?

As promised, homebrew developer Total_Noob has release the long awaited update of his HEN for 6.20.

Now this past few days, we've been hearing rumors that the next version of Total_Noob's HEN for 6.20 will not be seeing the light of day anytime soon, which definitely disappointed a lot of fans hoping for a new update. But don't fret folks, TN-D is on the way!

Square Enix has finally announced a European release date for The 3rd Birthday, Parasite Eve protagonist Aya Brea's latest adventure. That and more after the jump.