PlayStation Store Is Officially Back Online

June 2, 2011

Announced by PlayStation's official US blog, the PlayStation Store is now available and updated now. The content in the Welcome Back package isn't live yet, however, and is "in the final stages of testing and will be available to download soon". Both the PlayStation Store and PlayStation Plus will be updated June 3 and then they "will roll right into special publishes starting next week for E3".

Here are some of the newly available content for PlayStation Plus subscribers (full list):

PlayStation Plus Full Game Trial – Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Dante's Inferno

PlayStation Plus Featured Games & DLC – SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus (PS one, Free), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Free)

Slam Bolt Scrappers – $9.99, dropped from $14.99

Sam & Max – The Devil's Playhouse – Full Season – $19.99, dropped from $29.99

Upcoming Releases

Stellar Blade

Eve and her comrades land on the surface to reclaim the extinct Earth and cross paths with a survivor named Adam. Eve is then led by Adam to the last surviving city, Xion, where she meets the elder of the town Orcal and is told many stories. In order to serve her mission to save Earth, Eve develops close relationships…

Friday

Homeworld 3

Tactical, beautiful, and wholly unique, the GOTY-winning sci-fi RTS returns with Homeworld 3. Assume control and battle through fleet combat in dazzling, fully 3D space while the award-winning story unfolds on a galactic scale.

May 13

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II

The sequel to the award winning Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Senua returns in a brutal journey of survival through the myth and torment of Viking Iceland. Intent on saving those who have fallen victim to the horrors of tyranny, Senua faces a battle of overcoming the darkness within and without.

May 21