Looking Back At The Great PSN Hack, Fifteen Years Later - Beyond 939

Looking Back At The Great PSN Hack, Fifteen Years Later - Beyond 939

From Beyond by IGN & Geek Media

March 25, 2026 · 36 min

About this episode

The episode reflects on the 2011 PSN hack and discusses recent changes in gaming.

NOTE: due to some technical issues, this week’s episode is audio only. After almost 20 years, Sony is reportedly retiring The PlayStation Network’s name and logo. What they’ll call it now is anyone’s guess, but it’s as good an excuse as any to take a look back at the 2011 debacle that led to Sony getting hacked, millions of users having their data compromised, and the PSN being taken offline for almost a month. In other news, Valve made a weird change to Counter Strike 2 that not everyone’s wild about, which has us thinking about how much games are a moving target, from Crimson Desert’s rapid post-launch updates to Fornite’s gradual transformation since its early access days, before it was even a battle royale. Some games we’ve been playing include Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s shiny new PS5 upgrade, Romeo is a Dead Man, Yakuza Kiwami 3 and Dark Ties, and High on Life 2. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

  • PSN Hack
  • Sony
  • Counter Strike 2
  • video game updates
  • game transformations
  • PlayStation
  • gaming news

Keywords

  • PSN
  • hack
  • Sony
  • Valve
  • Counter Strike 2
  • video games
  • game updates
  • Kingdom Come
  • Yakuza
  • High on Life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sony, PlayStation Network, Valve

Products: Counter Strike 2, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Romeo is a Dead Man, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Dark Ties, High on Life 2

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