The PlayStation Network is now back online, the service has said, after it experienced a multi-hour outage that began on Friday evening. PlayStation said the network had now "fully recovered" and apologised for the disruption, but did not disclose what caused the problem.

Users on social media had complained that they could not access their games after the unexplained outage began on Friday night.

Sony’s PlayStation Network, which connects gamers online on its systems, experienced a massive outage that lasted about 24 hours.