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PSA: Nintendo online maintenance today ahead of Wii U system update

April 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Nintendo is performing online maintenance for all its systems today as it prepares the Wii U’s spring system update. The update, which will introduce the Virtual Console proper (among other things), may be fully launched by tomorrow according to a Facebook tease by Nintendo of America.

The extended maintenance is scheduled between 1PM PT today (4PM ET, 9PM UK) and 7PM PT (10PM ET, 3AM UK). The eShop and shopping channels for the Wii U, 3DS, Wii, and DS will be affected, so expect them to go down during those hours.

JoystiqPSA: Nintendo online maintenance today ahead of Wii U system update originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PlayStation Store update delayed by ongoing PSN maintenance

April 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Tuesday’s PlayStation Store update in North America is delayed due to extended PSN maintenance in some areas. The PS Store updates on Tuesdays usually, but this week’s additions are in limbo while PSN maintenance runs over from Monday, April 15.

When the update does come, it’ll bring a Soul Sacrifice demo, Sacred Citadel, Mad Dog 2, and others to the Store. While you may be able to sign into PSN currently, you won’t be able to acquire these games until the Store updates.

JoystiqPlayStation Store update delayed by ongoing PSN maintenance originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Updated] Xbox Live Back In Business, Outage Due To Routine Maintenance

April 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment

[Update #2] All Xbox Live services are back online (though it appears that Minecraft issues still persist). In a statement provided to Game Informer, a Microsoft representative informed us that the outage was due to routine maintenance. Some individuals had claimed that hacking brought the service down yesterday. Microsoft assures us that this is false.

[Update #1] Microsoft has sounded the all-clear with regard to sign-in issues. However, it seems that other parts of the service are experiencing problems. According to Microsoft's Xbox Live status page,

"We are aware of an issue members are having sending and receiving messages, seeing friend's statuses, sending or receiving game and party invites, and accepting friend requests on Xbox LIVE. We are currently working as fast as we can to get this issue fixed, thank you for your patience during this time and we will update you with any new information we receive."

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My own attempts to sign into Xbox Live have proven difficult, and the official Xbox support Twitter account tweeted that is working to resolve the issue.

It's never a good time for Microsoft's Xbox Live service to go down, but the timing is especially bad right now amidst rumors that the next Xbox will require an always-online connection – something our readers are not happy about.

We'll be sure to post an update when Xbox Live's issues are resolved. You can also check Microsoft's official status page.

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PSN maintenance on April 15

April 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The PlayStation Network is doing some spring cleaning on Monday, April 15. The service is going offline between 11AM ET (8AM PT) and 11PM ET in North America. PSN’s Euro side is evidently a bit filthier, as it needs a further 3 hours of sprucing; maintenance starts on that side of the ocean at 2PM UK time on April 15, ending at 5AM the day after.

As usual, the PS Store, Home, and account management aren’t accessible during the downtime, but online play is as long you’ve signed in prior to the maintenance beginning.

JoystiqPSN maintenance on April 15 originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PSA: PSN Under Maintenance Today

March 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment

 

Sony is performing some behind-the-scenes updates to the PlayStation Store today. That means you could potentially find online access to the PSN and its various services blocked off until it's completed.

The updates began at about 7 CDT, and will end this evening at 11. Sony says that if you've connected to the PSN over the past few days, there's a possibility that everything will be hunky-dory, unless it isn't.

In other words, if you've got plans that involve the PSN today, use a pencil instead of a pen.

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PSA: PSN undergoing maintenance today

March 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment

There’s PSN downtime scheduled today to allow those busy boys and girls in engineering to “upgrade the software for the PlayStation Store.” The service will undergo maintenance between 5AM PT (8AM ET, 1PM UK) and 9PM PT.

The store will be down during this period, but you may be able to play games and use apps if you’ve signed in to PSN prior to the downtime. For more details, head this way.

JoystiqPSA: PSN undergoing maintenance today originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 04 Mar 2013 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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PSA: Emergency Nintendo Network maintenance Jan. 28 and 29

January 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
PSA Emergency Nintendo Network maintenance Jan 28 and 29

Various Nintendo services, as well as a small handful of specific games, may experience issues of varying frequency and severity from 3 p.m. Eastern on Monday, January 28 through 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, January 29, as Nintendo will be conducting emergency network maintenance.

The full maintenance schedule, which can be found here, includes work on Wii, Wii U, DS and 3DS eShops, as well as matchmaking for Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper and network services for Pokemon Black & White and Pokemon Black & White 2. We’re not tremendously sure what kind of emergency can be caused by Pokemon networking issues, but we assume someone left a Voltorb in the server room and things went south.

JoystiqPSA: Emergency Nintendo Network maintenance Jan. 28 and 29 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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3DS And Wii U eShops Down For Maintenance On Monday

January 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Nintendo is bringing down a handful of Nintendo online services for maintenance starting on Monday, January 28 starting at 12 pm.

Different Nintendo online functions are going down at different times. Here's the full schedule below so you can plan your day:

Monday, January 28, 11 pm – Tuesday, January 29, 5 pm PT
Affected Services:
    Nintendo DS
        Network Services
            Pokémon Black Version
            Pokémon White Version
            Pokémon Black Version 2
            Pokémon White Version 2

Monday, January 28, 5 pm – Monday, January 28 6:00 pm PT
Affected Services:
    Wii U
        Match Making, Ranking, etc.
            Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

Monday, January 28, 12 pm – Monday, January 28, 5 pm PT
Affected Services:
    Wii U
        Nintendo eShop
    Nintendo 3DS
        Nintendo eShop
    Wii
        Wii Shopping Channel
    Nintendo DS
        Nintendo DSi Shop

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PSN maintenance extended through to Friday AM in NA, evening in EU

January 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment

The PlayStation Network maintenance listed for yesterday in North America is extended through to this morning, with no set time given for its completion. Meanwhile, the downtime in Europe is expected to last until 6.30 PM GMT. The downtime was scheduled from 4PM to 4AM GMT in Europe, and from 8AM to 8PM PT in North America.

The @PlayStation account tweeted late last night, “Though estimated to end at 8pm tonight, maintenance has been extended to tomorrow AM. Updates as we get them.”

This morning, the @PlayStationEU account announced, “Unfortunately scheduled PSN maintenance has over-run. The service is not expected to return until 18.30GMT. Apologies for the inconvenience.”

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PSA: PSN undergoing maintenance this Thursday

January 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment

PlayStation Network will undergo maintenance this Thursday: 4pm-4am GMT in Europe, and 11am-11pm EST in North America. The PlayStation Store will be down for that period, but online play will be available if you’re already signed in.

JoystiqPSA: PSN undergoing maintenance this Thursday originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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