A PlayStation Network outage is exactly what you don't need on a weekend, but it's unfortunately what you've got right now – because PSN remains down hours after it first crashed.

The PlayStation Network is still down over 12 hours after the first reports began flooding in - with the gremlins starting at 12.30am GMT - and there is still no sign of things being fixed.

It seems Helldivers 2 on Windows PC, or any game that utilizes the PlayStation Network, is currently offline. A tweet from the official PlayStation Japan account details the issue: "[Notice ...

Although PlayStation Network has been down for over eight hours, it is not the longest outage in the company's history. In 2011, "external intrusion" forced the PSN to shut down for 23 days.

A PlayStation Network outage is exactly what you don't need on a weekend, but it's unfortunately what we had for over 24 hours. Frustrated PS5 and PS4 gamers first reported problems accessing PSN ...

The PlayStation Network is now back online, the service has said, after it experienced a multi-hour outage that began on Friday evening.

That particular outage forced Sony to deactivate the PlayStation Network servers on 20 April. PSN also suffered a major outage three years ago shortly after a localized outage led to PlayStation title ...

Someone else added: "PlayStation network being down on a Friday night is officially my 13th reason, goodbye cruel world.." Playstation has been approached for comment. Top Stories.

Issues with the PlayStation Network were reported at around 1am on Tuesday, October 1, with PlayStation working behind the scenes to resume services as quickly as possible.

Sony's PlayStation Network is having difficulties this morning with thousands left unable to access key online services. The gaming firm has yet to confirm the issues.