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PlayStation Network suffering outage due to unknown causes

You may want to sit down for this one, PlayStation owners.

Ozzie Mejia

October 16, 2014 2:16 PM

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There is wailing and gnashing of teeth once again among PlayStation owners. PlayStation Network appears to be suffering another outage and there looks to be no word on what's causing it or when it will return.

The PlayStation Knowledge Center offers no details on what's behind the latest outage. The AskPlayStation Twitter account likewise offers little explanation:

We're aware some of you are unable to connect to the PSN. Thanks for your patience as we investigate.

— Ask PlayStation (@AskPlayStation) October 16, 2014

Services affected include friends lists, messages, and online play. However, the PlayStation Store and game downloads appear to be active. Shacknews will continue to monitor the situation.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?