PlayStation Store Up, By End Of Week?...

After a month of waiting, Sony has announced that the its PlayStation Network, including the PlayStation Store and its services, will be fully back online by the end of this week... unless you reside in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea.
 
“We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of our commerce functions in order to bring the PlayStation Network completely back online so that our fans can again enjoy the first class entertainment experience they have come to love,” said SCE president and executive VP of Sony corp, Kaz Hirai in a statement. “We appreciate the patience and support shown during this time.”

Sony put offline the PlayStation Network and its Qriocity service on April 20, after they've discovered a massive security breach on their network that affected 77 million registered account holders. Earlier this month, Sony begun a "phased restoration" of the its PlayStation Network services, starting with North America and last week in most regions in Asia.

Sony recently confirmed that the PlayStation Network would finally fully resume services by the end of this week, which includes the restoration of the PlayStation Store. However, the company didn’t mention an exact date, leaving many to ponder which day the Store would be back online. If a developer hint is anything to go by, gamers may finally know the exact date the PlayStation Store will be back following its one month outage.

Gamelion, a studio who has developed titles for mobile, home, as well as portable consoles has delivered a strong hint in regards to the exact date the PlayStation Store will be back online. On the developer’s official Facebook page, they posted:

Block Cascade Fusion is coming as Minis for PS3 and PSP to North America on 3rd June 2011!

So, with the date Gamelion’s citing to be June 3rd, it drops a strong indication towards the fact that the PlayStation Store could be back up online this Friday. Also, with Sony stating all services – including the Store – would fully resume by the end of this week, it may very well be this Friday.

Gamelion’s work has spanned across several platforms including the PlayStation Portable, Apple’s iPhones and Nintendo Wii’s WiiWare. Their latest title, Block Casade Fusion is a music puzzle game, similar to the concept of Lumines.

Well thats the best news i have heard
all month long its about time.