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The North American PlayStation Store update has been delayed by extended PlayStation Network maintenance. Sony has been unable to provide an ETA on when the downtime will end and the update will go live. We’re not certain what’s being added in this week’s update beyond a couple of new releases and some PlayStation Plus goodies.

Sony has revised its PlayStation Network maintenance plans. The downtime is now scheduled for 5:00AM PT on March 4, and is expected to last until 9:00PM – 17 hours. Previous announcements suggested a similar window, but kicking off much later in the day. As usual, the PlayStation Store and account management features will be offline, but you’ll be able to play online if you’ve logged in within the last few days.

Sony has advised it will be conducting maintenance on the North American PlayStation Network from 1:00AM PST Tuesday February 26. The eight hour maintenance window will affect eight first-party titles, with each expected to be offline for about an hour. The affected titles are Buzz, EyePet, Gravity Crash, Hustle Kings, Little Big Planet PSP, Motorstorm Apocalypse, Smart As and WipEout 2048.

Today’s scheduled 12 hour maintenance window for the PlayStation Network has been extended, Sony has announced via Twitter. The announcement mentions the downtime has been extended “to tomorrow morning”, and as it was supposed to end at 8:00 PM PT, that suggests we’re looking at an additional four hours at the very least. Updates are promised when available. If you signed into the PSN any time in the last few days, you should still be able to play online while Sony tinkers, although some network features will be unavailable.

PlyStation Australia has announced the PlayStation Network will be down for scheduled maintenance later this week. The outage is expected to last 12 hours, from 3:00AM AEST on Friday, January 18. The outage will apparently affect all territories, with the US PlayStation Blog confirming the timing. The PlayStation Store and Account Management will be offline, but provided you sign into the PSN at any time before the outage begins, online play and apps will be available.

Sony has announced an eight hour PlayStation Network outage kicking off later today.

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After last week’s European downtime, the US arm of the PlayStation Network is also taking a Thursday night break for regular maintenance. Somewhat unusually, you will still be able to sign into the PSN during the “downtime”, but only if you’ve used your PSN ID over the last few days – so maybe check in with it now. Online play and all applications are expected to function as normal, but the PlayStation Store and Account Management will be locked for the duration. The outage is expected to last about two hours, and will run from run from 12:00 midnight PDT to 2:00AM PDT on August 2. Visit the US PS Blog for more information.

The European PlayStation Network (that includes Australia and New Zealand) is going down for scheduled maintenance from 4:00PM BST July 26 to 8:00AM BST July 27. As usual, the outage will close the PS Store, account management and registration, but if you’re signed in when the window starts you may be able to continue online gaming. For more information visit the EU PS Blog. No word from the US side whether the outage will affect international networks – yet.

Sony has updated the PlayStation Network forum to say, “The unplanned maintenance is now complete so if anyone is still having issues then please let me know.” An earlier Tweet from Sony confirmed that all services had been restored. Users reported experiencing intermittent problems with PSN services yesterday.

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Sony has said it is looking into issues some users may be experiencing with intermittent PSN outage. According to the firm, some users may receive the Error Code 80023102 when trying to sign in. Engineers are currently investigating the cause of these problems, and the firm will provide an update through here when more information is available.

Sony has scheduled an extensive maintenance window early this week, affecting all PlayStation Network services including websites.

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The 14 hour PlayStation Network downtime which was postponed last week is now in effect.

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Sony has announced yet another PlayStation Network maintenance window this Thursday, March 1 – and it’s a biggie, clocking in at a minimum of 14 hours.

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A moderator post on the European PlayStation forums – and comments from many relieved users – indicates an error which blocked downloads and transaction lists of paid content has been resolved. The problem struck in the wake of last week’s maintenance and was not universal, but affected most PAL territories, hitting PS Plus users particularly hard.

Although Sony is unable to commit to a timeframe in resolving ongoing issues with downloading paid content from the PlayStation Network, moderator comments suggest a fix is expected before the weekly PlayStation Store update.

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Following scheduled maintenance late last week, many PlayStation Network users have found themselves unable to access paid content.

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Sony has announced that a scheduled maintenance window this week will extend beyond Europe.

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The PlayStation Network will be going offline for scheduled maintenance on Thursday, February 2.

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Sony has announced a maintenance outage for the PlayStation Network on Thursday, January 19.

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“Great experience, really good time. Though I wouldn’t like to do it again. A determined hacker will get you, the question is how you build your life so you’re able to cope with those things.”  - Tim Schaaff, president of network entertainment at Sony, showing good humour while speaking to GamesBeat of the mid-April PSN outage.