SixthAxis reports that the maintenance period will run for 12 hours, from 4pm BST on Monday April 21 to 4am BST on Tuesday April 22. The planned maintenance work was apparently revealed on Twitter by PlayStation English community manager Chris Owen, although a link to the announcement is broken and the message in question appears to have been removed. We've asked Sony for clarification about the reported maintenance. Services including PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home and Account Management will be unavailable during the maintenance window, but online gameplay will be available to users who have recently signed in to their PSN account and have their authentication details cached. The maintenance work may be related to a new PS4 update designed to improve sharing and streaming options, which is rumoured to be set for release next week. Infamous studio Sucker Punch has also said that support for pre-loading PSN games will be introduced in April. Source - CVG
