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Euro PSP/PS3 Users to get Free Games When PSN Comes Back Up

UPDATE - Hackers plan to trash Sony's sites this weekend, expect trouble seeing them!

European users aren't getting identity theft protection like the US PSN victims because its rather complicated across all the nations. Instead, we're getting a choice of games, its rather limited - two games from a choice of four titles - but its better than some silly ID package.

Sony's full blog post mentions the offer, but not what the games are yet, the important bit is:

Also, look out for more information on the rest of our Welcome Back programme, including which free content you will be eligible for. We will be offering PSN users the opportunity to select two PS3 games from a list of five, as well as offering PSP users the opportunity to choose two games from a list of four. We will let you know exactly what games are available very soon.
Hopefully they'll be more recent titles and not just some old launch-era tosh.

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