Sony pulls "World's Fastest Platinum Trophy" game from PSN

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PlayStation trophy hunters in North America got a pleasant surprise on Tuesday when a game that claimed to have the fastest Platinum trophy ever made its way onto PSN.
Not on Sony's watch! The company was quick to remove it, and asked the developer to change the name of the game and remove any mention of trophies in its description. But the kerfuffle has once again brought into question Sony's lax certification of what a 'game' actually is.
Indie title ★★★★★ 1000 Top Rated advertised it had the "easiest PS4 Platinum trophy" and claimed the feat could be done in just 20 minutes. The game consisted of a series of interactive tile puzzles users could easily breeze through. On top of that, the game cost just $0.98. It seems the game was just a sly advertising ploy for the company's Facebook page which, coincidentally, sells PlayStation 4 themes. The game itself just happens to make tile puzzles out of 4k wallpapers.
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