A Piece Of Lost Spyro The Dragon History Was Found In An Oregon Gas Station

A decades-old relic from the old PlayStation days went missing years ago

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Myst and Riven remakes, the return of Bubsy and other new indie games worth checking out

Among the indie games we've seen worth checking out is a puzzle platformer inspired by mental health challenges and turning failures into progress.

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PS5 Security Flaw Confirmed, More PlayStation Accounts Hacked

It has now been confirmed that a major Sony security loophole is behind an alarming number of PS5 users having their PlayStation accounts hacked. “Hack” might not even be the right word for it, as what’s happening is basically one big social engineering scam successfully carried out with the help of PS Support agents.

How PlayStation accounts are ‘hacked’ with social engineering

To be clear, no one is immune to this social engineering scam because all hackers need is basic public information about the victim. Suggestions that the victims are to blame because they must have shared private information online, like a PS Store transaction number, are misleading at best.

While it’s true that sharing something as mundane as a screenshot of a PS Store purchase with a transaction number can aid hackers, that’s not how known PlayStation journalist and podcaster Colin Moriarty was hacked.

Scammers can break into an account with the help of PS Support by simply providing recent purchase history. So, for example, if you talk about buying a new game online and a scammer takes note, they can impersonate you by providing a transaction date and details about what you purchased, along with your username or email address, and gain control of your account.

This renders two-factor authentication and passkey useless because it’s a PS Support agent overriding your safety net.

X user PorkPoncho tested this out, and successfully “hacked” their sister’s PlayStation account (with her consent, of course) to demonstrate how it works:

I'll go with probably the most interesting part next. With the permission of my sister (and with her literally sitting in the room with me) I was able to breach her PSN account, change the email address and password, and take full control of it simply by contacting Sony support.… pic.twitter.com/OptEX3mB6p

— Poncho (@PorkPoncho) May 21, 2026

Moriarty also spoke about this issue at length in a new podcast:

As we mentioned in our previous article, Sony is now well aware of this problem, but has yet to address it. In the meantime, an increasing number of PS5 users are losing their accounts.

Just a day ago, another prominent trophy hunter revealed on PSNProfiles that after 10+ years, they lost their PlayStation account to a scammer in the same way and haven’t been able to recover it. Dejected, they have now decided to quit PlayStation gaming.

Here’s hoping we hear something from Sony…. and soon.

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SpaceX Starship V3's first test flight was largely successful

SpaceX achieved most of the goals it set out for Starship V3's first test flight.

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Discord now has end-to-end encryption on all calls

It's a win for privacy on the social app.

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Analogue 3D's latest update lets you save whenever you want

No more frustrating deaths in between save points.

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PS Plus Users Can Now Claim Free PS5 Upgrade of 2022 Game

PS Plus users who were locked out of a free PS5 port of a 2022 PS4 Essential monthly freebie can now claim the upgrade and keep it for good. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan‘s PS4 version was given away for free before the PS5 version’s launch. However, a glitch prevented some PS Plus users from claiming the free upgrade, which has now been resolved.

PS Plus Essential users were locked out of Man of Medan’s free PS5 upgrade due to a PS Store glitch

When Man of Medan’s PS5 version was added to the PS Plus Extra catalog later in 2022, it triggered a PS Store glitch that prevented Essential users from downloading the PS5 copy of the game, leaving them stuck with the PS4 version.

Now that Man of Medan has finally left the PS Plus Extra catalog, the glitch has been resolved. A huge thanks to Reddit user Aforumguy26 for pointing this out, as we had forgotten about the free upgrade ourselves.

Unfortunately, those who couldn’t wait for the glitch to be fixed and downloaded Man of Medan’s PS5 version via the Extra catalog have ended up overriding their permanent Essential license (we’ve only warned about this thousands of times).

If you previously claimed Man of Medan via PS Plus Essential but now only have access to a free trial, you’ve lost your license to the full game.

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