PSN Back online in UK

Woo hoo after 25 long days the wait is over (well for some of us anyway). Today Sony confirmed that PlayStation Network has been partially restored in the UK following being hacked back in mid-April.

PSN is now available for those in the UK, Ireland, North America and the Middle East, other European countries will be rolling out between now and the end of May. 

Users will be required to download Firmware 3.61 and then change their password, either via the PlayStation 3 console they originally activated the account with or a validated e-mail address.

As thoughts it's only a partial roll out for the time being but most importantly it does include online gaming, other inclusions are PlayStation Home and friends lists, though a number of key components - including the PlayStation Store – have yet to be made available. However, Sony hopes to have the service in full working order by May 31.

We'll try to keep you as up to date as we can so please stay tuned.