Sony has announced it's taking PSN down for six hours on Monday January 27 to perform mandatory maintenance.

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In Europe, the maintenance will take place between 5.30pm and 11.30pm GMT , while North America will have the PSN taken down between 9.30am PT/12pm ET and 3.30pm PT/6.30pm ET If you've signed into the PlayStation Network any time since January 20, you'll be able to play games online and access apps like Netflix without issues. The PS Store, PlayStation Home and Account Management won't be available though.In other words, make sure you sign into PSN this weekend if you're looking to get some online gaming done on Monday!

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