Sony’s PlayStation online network was coming back online and Microsoft’s Xbox Live had already been restored early Saturday after a hacker attack shuttered the gaming services.
“PS4, PS3, and Vita network services are gradually coming back online — thanks for your patience,” Sony tweeted from its AskPlayStation account.
The networks went dark Christmas Eve; a hacker group called “Lizard Squad” took credit for the disruption.
It’s not the first time hackers have targeted the PlayStation Network. In April 2011, hackers made off with personally identifiable information from 77 million users on the system, forcing Sony to take the network offline as it worked on security fixes.
Sony had been the target of a hacking incident related to its release of “The Interview,” a comedy film starring James Franco and Seth Rogen in which the two actors are tasked with assassinating North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Xbox had agreed to stream the movie.
