The PlayStation Network will be undergoing maintenance today for five hours from 11:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST.

During this time period, part of the PSN's online features will be inaccessible. Features that will be unavailable are: The PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home, and Account Management. This routine maintenance was confirmed on the PlayStation Community Forum.

"If you've signed in to the network any time since March 6th you will be able to play games online and access partner apps such as Netflix during this maintenance period. The PlayStation Store, PlayStation Home and Account Management will not be available during this time, and users may receive a maintenance notification when attempting to access these services," the blog read.

The European PlayStation Community forum also confirmed maintenance for overseas as well, from 4:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. GMT. Sony indicated the PSN may be down a little longer due to additional tests.

"We thank you for your patience and support and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. In order to access online game play and partner apps during this routine maintenance, we ask that you please sign in to the network prior to Monday, March 10th," wrote the PlayStation Blog.