PlayStation Network and Windows Live hack was a hoax, companies say

No evidence of DerpTrolling hack of PlayStation Network and Windows Live found by Sony or Microsoft

PlayStation Network and Windows Live hack could be a hoax, experts say

Hacking group claims to have leaked over 4,500 account details from PSN, Windows Live and 2K Games, but logins appear similar to previous hacks

Johnston Press, Newsquest, Local World take on Facebook and Google

Regional newspaper publishers pool ad space to compete with tech companies such as Facebook, Microsoft and Google

Press Association appoints Microsoft’s Darren Waters as social media editor

UK news agency says former editor-in-chief of MSN UK is tasked with ‘putting social media at the heart of the newsroom’

Facebook, Google and Apple lobby for curb to NSA surveillance

A coalition of the biggest names in consumer technology have backed a US bill that would limit surveillance and prevent bulk email collection. By Samuel Gibbs

Xbox One: 10m shipments gain ground on PlayStation 4 – today’s Open Thread

Have your say on the current console battle, Twitter changes, Taylor Swift v Spotify, Microsoft and more. By Stuart Dredge

Halo: The Master Chief Collection review – ‘an absolute monolith’

Microsoft has crammed four classic Halo adventures onto one disc, creating a beautifully curated nostalgia-fest for fans. By Steve Boxer

Can Candy Crush Soda Saga be a big hit? Today’s Open Thread

Have your say on King’s fizzy sequel, as well as Mozilla virtual reality, Apple iMessage lawsuit and more. By Stuart Dredge

Are we in the next generation of video games yet?

This month has seen a flurry of new console game releases – but they’re still not telling us much about the future of the PS4 and Xbox One. By Keith Stuart

Microsoft bins Nokia name with new smartphone range

End of the road for the Finnish brand as it retains the Lumia tag for a new series of affordable but well-specified mobile devices. By Chris Johnston

Headset provides ‘3D soundscape’ to help blind people navigate cities

Design futures: Microsoft’s GPS-enabled navigation headset provides directions and live transport information, and ‘paints a picture of the world through sound’

Sunset Overdrive review – murderous mutants make for utterly bonkers fun

Simplicity and humour are key to the success of a title that reinvigorates the po-faced shoot-’em-up genre, writes Chris Dring

The Evil Within review – gripping, nerve-racking and gruesome

After a long absence, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami underlines his status as the doyen of the survival horror genre, writes Chris Dring

20 best Android apps and games this week

Djay 2, Google Fit, Microsoft Health, The Wolf Among Us, Angry Birds Transformers and more. By Stuart Dredge

Sunset Overdrive review – never quite as inventive as it is loud

Filled with punk-rock humour and anarchic zeal, this open-world blaster is never quite as inventive as it is loud. By Simon Parkin