PSN Scheduled Maintenance Returns on 17th November

Despite the release of several big blockbusters – including online heavy titles like Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – the PlayStation Network has been surprisingly stable these past few weeks. The platform holder would clearly like to keep things that way, too, so it’s arranged a period of scheduled maintenance, set to run for six hours starting 17th November.

The temporary construction period will enable the manufacturer to “deploy a series of back-end improvements to the network”, and will begin at 09:00AM PT (12:00PM ET/17:00PM GMT) and will run all the way through until 15:00PM PT (18:00PM ET/23:00PM GMT). As is always the case, you’ll be able to play your games without a hitch if you've logged into the PSN since 13th November.

Some services, however – such as the PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home, and Account Management – will be unavailable during the maintenance period. If all of this means that Grand Theft Auto V’s launch goes swimmingly, then we can cope with a few hours of minor instability – we’re sure that you’ll manage, too.