Sony finally sends PSN hacking victims their free games

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Nearly five years after the PlayStation Network was subject to a massive breach that exposed the personal data of tens of millions of users, Sony is finally sending downloadable game codes for PS3 and PSP games to those affected, as required by an earlier out-of-court settlement.

Game Informer's Mike Futter reports that his promised reward as part of the Sony Gaming Networks and Customer Data Security Breach Litigation Settlement was finally processed and e-mailed to him last week. That settlement offer gave most PSN subscribers access to one or two downloadable games from a small selection of PS3 and PSP titles.

This final resolution of the hacking case comes over a year after Sony began accepting claims as part of a $17.75 million class-action settlement, which it officially agreed to in 2014. That settlement only came after over three years of litigation, thanks in part to a 2012 District Court ruling that threw out many of the initial class action claims.

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