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Anonymous sent out tweets on Wednesday claiming that the PlayStation Network, which suffered a devastating hack last year, has been struck again.

Updated Sony says it is taking the PlayStation Network offline for 14 hours on Thursday to perform essential maintenance.

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Last week, the gaming world was agog at the news that Microsoft may refuse to publish games that are exclusively launched on other platforms before making their way to other Xbox 360 or Xbox Live.

Police in Spain have arrested three men believed to be members of the notorious hackers' organisation known as Anonymous.

Opinion Let the wounded giant lick its hacker wounds

Sony has announced that all PSN functionality, including access to the PlayStation Store, will be restored to the USA, UK and the rest of Europe by the end of this week.

A new survey of PlayStation Network users has revealed that nine per cent of gamers have already switched to the rival Xbox Live service.

Users of the Sony PlayStation Store will have to wait another five days before the service is fully operational, according to a memo that's been sent out to key games developers.

In yet another embarrassing PSN faux pas, Sony has had to take down its mandatory password reset page.