Sony has locked down up to 93.000 user accounts following an attack on the company’s servers. A similar attack earlier this year took down the PlayStation Network for several weeks.

Hackers attempted to access secure data held on the PlayStation Network, Sony Entertainment Network and the Sony Online Entertainment service using what the company described on the PlayStation Blog as a ‘massive’ set of login IDs and passwords.

Sony’s Chief Information Security Officer, Philip Reitinger, posted a statement to the PlayStation blog which described the attack and the steps Sony is taking to secure their networks.

“We want to let you know that we have detected attempts on Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment […] services to test a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against our network database.

“As a preventative measure, we are requiring secure password resets for those PSN/SEN accounts that had both a sign-in ID and password match through this attempt. If you are in the small group of PSN/SEN users who may have been affected, you will receive an email from us at the address associated with your account that will prompt you to reset your password.”

A much larger attack in April of this year forced Sony to take the PlayStation Network offline after millions of user accounts were compromised and personal information was stolen from the company’s servers. Sony drew criticism at the time for not reacting quickly enough or acknowledging the problem until it was too late. Reitingier, a former US Homeland Security official, was hired in the wake of that PR disaster, used his statement to advise users on how to choose secure passwords and to be vigilant for ‘unusual’ activity in their accounts.

As reported on Eurogamer, a Tribes Ascend closed beta is due to kick off on November 4. You can sign up for the beta on the official Tribes Ascend site.

The info came from Cyberlink‘s interview with COO at Hi-Rez Studios, Todd Harris.

There are three ways to get in the beta. Apply on the website and wait for a code, keep an eye on the Hi-Rez Facebook and twitter pages or pre-order. That’ll give you access to the VIP Starter Kit, which includes beta access, a 33% cost saving, and some bonus VIP features. We’ll update as soon as you’re able to lay down the cash.

Todd highlights that the VIP Starter Kit won’t be a “buy one get everything pack” but “a way to get VIP status in the game which will put you in a more elite set of queues.” Players will also get a bunch of in-game gold and some form of booster. “It gives you a pretty compelling starter experience,” he says.

Lawsuit claims she was promised Fast & Furious but got art.

A Michigan woman so disliked the critically acclaimed Drive that she has filed suit against distributor FilmDistrict over feeling misled about what movie she claims the trailer had promised her.

According to The Hollywood Reporter (via WDIV-TV), Sarah Deming's suit claims FilmDistrict "promoted the film Drive as very similar to the Fast and Furious, or similar, series of movies." Instead, she got an artsy drama with some action in it.

Furthermore, the lawsuit claims "Drive bore very little similarity to a chase, or race action film… having very little driving in the motion picture. … Drive was a motion picture that substantially contained extreme gratuitous defamatory dehumanizing racism directed against members of the Jewish faith, and thereby promoted criminal violence against members of the Jewish faith."

But that's not all. She also wants a refund for her movie ticket and wants her case to lead to a class-action lawsuit against Hollywood to halt the making of "misleading movie trailers."

Does the plaintiff have a point about "misleading movie trailers" when it comes to Drive? Sound off in the Comments below!

Dragons are coming to Minecraft.

On his Twitter feed, Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson revealed a mysterious set of images that show a dragon flying high above a Minecraft world.

Later, he added that "it's animated and flies around now" and called it "very derpy in that first screenshot."

Notch didn't provide any other details, but hopefully players will be able to tame or ride the dragons (which would be awesome).

For now, more images are available in Notch's photo album.

Eurogamer has revealed that the Exterminus DLC for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine will be released on Tuesday, 25th October.

The free content will be released on all platforms – Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC – at the same time.

The add-on opens up four-player online co-op. Choose from three classes – Tactical, Devastator or Assault – to take down the Orks and the Forces of Chaos.

There will be two scenarios to choose from: Escape from Kalkys Facility and Assault on Hab Center Andreas.

If that's not enough, expect more content to be released in the future. "There are some plans [for more]," said producer Andy Lang. "We're working on some other DLC."