Sony is Offering Old Games To Settle The 2011 PlayStation Network Breach
Sony has started accepting claims as part of a class action settlement announced last summer, related to the PlayStation Network outage that left PS3 and PSP owners offline back in 2011. If you had a US-based PlayStation Network, Qriocity, or Sony Online Entertainment account any time before May 15th, 2011, you stand to score some old games and other goodies. What you'll get from the settlement depends on whether your accounts have been inactive since the hack and if you took advantage of the company's "Welcome Back" promotions after service was restored in May 2011.
The game options include Infamous, LittleBigPlanet, Super Stardust HD, God of War HD, and a couple other titles for PS3 and PSP. You could also pick up a few free themes instead. The best option is three months of PlayStation Plus for free, but unfortunately current members aren't eligible.
The massive hack in 2011 took PlayStation Network offline for nearly a month and also led to the breach of account information from over 77 million users.
The tentative deadline to submit a claim is August 31st of this year.