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Sony has announced a scheduled date for the full restoration of PlayStation Network.

Spokesperson Shigenori Yoshida told Bloomberg that the service will be fully operational by May 31, around 41 days after it first went offline.

The firm had originally planned to restore several functions last week, but the reactivation was delayed pending "further testing".

Earlier today it was announced that two free PS3 and PSP games will be offered as compensation to users, alongside a free 30-day subscription to PlayStation Plus and 12 months of identity protection for all users in North America and Europe.

PlayStation Network, which currently supports 77 million users worldwide, went offline on the evening of Wednesday, April 20 as a result of hacker activity.

It was confirmed the following Tuesday, April 26 that personal information was taken as a result of the breach. Sony has since recruited an external security firm to help create a more robust network infrastructure.