PlayStation Network back online after big outage

Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) went down late on Friday, leaving thousands of people struggling to access their games.

The network was down for over 24 hours.

On Sunday, PlayStation said the network had now "fully recovered" and apologised for the disruption.

More than 71-thousand users reported problems with being able to access games that need an internet connection to be played.

PlayStation hasn't said what caused the problem but in a post on social media, said: "Network services have fully recovered from an operational issue. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank the community for their patience.

"All PlayStation Plus members will automatically receive an additional 5 days of service."

One PlayStation user from the United States told the BBC: "Paying a monthly fee for their service is one thing but not being able to play games that we've purchased is something that's beyond frustrating."