PlayStation Network offline on April 14 for scheduled maintenance

Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network will be offline on April 14, 2008, starting from 8 AM PST until 11 PM PST of the same day. During this scheduled maintenance, the PlayStation Store will also be getting upgraded with new content, features, and changes to its UI. More details in the full article.

Sony has announced that there will be a scheduled maintenance for the PlayStation Network. The network – including the PlayStation Store – will be offline on April 14, 2008 from 8 AM PST until 11 PM PST of the same day. The announcement notes that “it is not anticipated that this will affect other PlayStation Network services.”

During the scheduled maintenance, upgrades to the PlayStation Store will finally take place, bringing new content and aesthetic and operational changes. The revamped PlayStation Store will be launched on April 15, but before users can access the store, they will first be prompted to update their Sony PS3 firmware to 2.30.

Sony has already announced the changes and features that the new PlayStation 3 firmware will give us, namely DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio features for Blu-ray movies. In our previous report about these changes to be included in PS3 firmware 2.30, we were also treated by Sony to a short video showing the revamped PlayStation Store.

Check back for updates on the PlayStation Network and the PlayStation Store.

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