You can now use PayPal to fund your PlayStation Store purchases

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[Time Published November 01, 2013 at 08:23PM]

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PayPal support for Sony Entertainment Network, the company’s online digital content hub, is nothing new — Sony integrated the billing option in January of this year. Now, however, PlayStation 3 users that want a more secure way to fund their purchases directly within the PlayStation Store will find PayPal as an alternative at checkout. There’s still a $5 – $150 cap on the amount you can add to your wallet, so you can’t exactly go hog-wild with the downloads. But, hey, at least you now have even more flexibility to drain that checking account.

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Magic: The Gathering – Tactics shutting down March 2014

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[Time Published October 20, 2013 at 11:13AM]

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Sony Online Entertainment's turn-based strategy game, Magic: The Gathering - Tactics, will shut down March 28, 2014, the developer announced via its forums.

The post does not include a reason for the discontinuation, but simply says SOE "determined ... to discontinue game services" with partner Wizards of the Coast. SOE will retain all of the game's code and data and will not license an emulator or fan-operated server.

The game's forums and websites will close as well. No new card packs will be sold past Nov. 18, 2013, though all current decks players have will be accessible through the game's end. Station Cash will still be usable in other SOE games.

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PlanetSide 2 devs working to speed up play

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[Time Published September 14, 2013 at 10:14PM]

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Sony Online Entertainment is launching "Operation: Make Faster Game" in order to increase PlanetSide 2's framerate and more, technical director Ryan Elam announced via the game's forums.

According to Elam, the "core game" of PlanetSide 2 is already there, and the team will now have time to implement bigger changes to the title. This includes restructuring the game's physics, retooling the overhead manager, optimizing user interface and more.

"What you're going to get at the end of this is a serious, noticeable increase in frame rate, plus some ancillary benefits that are capable as a result of some of these architectural advances," Elam wrote. "Every single member of the team, no joke, is actively looking for and implementing ways to...

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