It’s finally back! Sony have announced today that they will be starting to resume Playstation Network services from today!
The first regions to be getting services resumed are the US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East, with Japanese and Asian services being restored after. All Playstation 3 users are able to download the latest firmware update from now, so go and do it now if you haven’t already, and as soon as your region has Playstation Network services resumed you will be able to change your password. Both the firmware update and changing of password is required to be able to get online.
Services will take a bit of time to be turned on and sent out to each region but the first part of the online services restoration will be restoring online multiplayer functionality.
If you are on twitter follow @PlayStationEU for all of the latest updates about what has been restored and to what region.
Sony has said that they expect to have all Playstation Network and Qriocity services resumed by the end of May.
Sony has said that they have added “new and additional security measures”, which includes more firewalls and increased encryption levels to provide the users with more security and protection.
Kazuo Hirai, Sony’s executive deputy president has said “I’d like to send my sincere apologies for the inconvenience this incident has caused you, and want to thank you for all the kind patience you’ve shown as we worked through the restoration process”.
UPDATE: PSN is now available in the UK – You must change your password to Sign In