PlayStation Network outage reported worldwide

The PlayStation Network has been experiencing a multi-hour outage that began on Friday evening.

According to Sony's PSN status page, account management, gaming and social, PlayStation Video, PlayStation Store, and the PlayStation Direct website are all dealing with issues.

While PlayStation users are able to play offline games, the outage rendered the online aspects of games such as Fortnite, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto and Marvel Rivals inaccessible.

On its support webpage, PlayStation said it was aware of the issue and working to resolve it as soon as possible.

According to DownDetector the problem began just before midnight on Friday night, with more than 71,000 users reporting the outage to the site.

Some gamers on social media say they are still experiencing issues, with PlayStation's support social media channels flooded with complaints from around the world.

The outage means players of Call of Duty are unable to participate in its promotional weekend, which offered double XP in Black Ops 6 and Warzone.

BBC News has approached both PlayStation and Call of Duty developer Activision Blizzard for comment.