Scheduled Playstation Network Maintenance Today: PSN firmware update available after

Today being April 14th will be a pain in the backside for many gamers because it has been report that the Playstation Network is scheduled for maintenance today.

The PLAYSTATION Network will be down today which means the store will be totally inaccessible, the maintenance will include background changes necessary to accommodate the Store redesign.

When the scheduled maintenance is finished there will be a new firmware update available for all to download. We are not too sure if online gaming and friends lists will be affected.

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Not April Fools Prank: Microsoft Xbox Live has been down for maintenance

According to Xbox 360 Fanboy Microsoft Xbox Live is down for maintenance, and the My Xbox section of Xbox.com are down as well.

We are not too sure if you knew this already and this is not an April Fools Day prank either, as of 5:00-8:00AM eastern (that’s 2:00-5:00AM pacific) maintenance was scheduled to last between these times.

I have not checked myself if it is all up and running yet, but we are sure you will let us know. Just so you know Xbox 360 Fanboy says that there are no features being implemented and no spring update will be put on us, so basically to break it down “It is a boring old run of the mill Xbox Live maintenance.