[float=left][attach=1][/float]After more than a month and a half of downtime, Sony has officially announced the return of the Playstation Store.
After being hacked by an unknown hacker group, alleged to be Anonymous, the Playstation network was severely compromised, with reports that tens of thousands of users' personal credit card information was stolen. Sony eventually decided to shut down the Playstation Network in its entirety, taking nearly a month to restore the online service. Since then, users have been eagerly awaiting the return of the Playstation Store, which will once again allow DLC, game demos and other content to be downloaded once more. Sony will also be releasing a "Welcome Back" package in the coming weeks, including 1-2 months of Playstation Plus for all users and a choice of two free downloadable titles, including Infamous, LittleBigPlanet, Wipeout HD and Dead Nation.
As someone who recently purchased a PS3 and have yet to use it online, I'm very much looking forward to the return of the Playstation Store so I can download PSOne Classics and get my Crash Team Racing on.
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