PlayStation Network Announces Compensation for Christmas Downtime January 1, 2015

Online services for the PlayStation Network were down for most of the Christmas break, preventing paying customers from using online services on their consoles. Today, Sony has announced how the users that were affected by that downtime will be compensated.

All active PlayStation Plus users will be comped an extra five days of playtime automatically on their accounts. Also they announced that they will be offering a 10% discount on the PlayStation Store pretty soon, and more details on that will be posted soon. If you want to read the full details you can go here.

If you ask me, this is nothing in comparison to what Microsoft has offered Xbox One owners suffering from issues with Halo: The Master Chief Collection’s multiplayer.

Pokemon Pinball Ruby and Sapphire Released on Wii U January 1, 2015

Happy New Year, gamers! I hope you are all enjoying the day however you choose to spend it.

Nintendo has decided to spend the day updating their catalog of downloadable titles on the Nintendo Wii U’s eShop. Today, they’ve rereleased the fan favorite Game Boy Advance title Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire to the Wii U Virtual Console, and you can buy it right now.

This game is loved by both pinball fans and Pokémon trainers alike. It was considered by fans to be an improvement over the original Pokémon Pinball title, a game which sadly, hasn’t hit the 3DS Virtual Console yet.

Yes, it can be played exclusively on the Wii U controller. Take a look for yourselves.

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire is out now on the Wii U eShop.