Sony Online Entertainment will be performing maintenance beginning at 7:00 AM Pacific on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. This will impact the following services:

• Account management will be unavailable starting at 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.
• Commerce transactions, including purchases on SOE websites and in-game marketplaces will be unavailable between 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.
• Forums will remain open during the downtime however you may lose permissions and experience occasional disconnects between 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.
• Logins for all SOE games MAY be affected from 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.

Here's our handy Time Zone Conversion tool to help you plan! 

Source:  Station forums

Sony Online Entertainment will be performing maintenance beginning at 7:00 AM Pacific on January 25, 2012. This will impact the following services:

• Account management will be unavailable starting at 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.
• Commerce transactions, including purchases on SOE websites and in-game marketplaces will be unavailable between 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.
• Forums will remain open during the downtime however you may lose permissions and experience occasional disconnects between 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.
• Logins for PoxNora®, Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures™ and Free Realms® will be affected from 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.

Here's our handy Time Zone Conversion tool to help you plan! 

Source:  Station forums

This weekend only, enjoy double Station Cash exclusively with Free Realms cards purchased at CVS/pharmacy!  Offer only valid with CVS Free Realms cards redeemed between 12:01am PST January 20 and 11:59pm PST January 22.  Click here for CVS/pharmacy locations. Redeem your Station Cash cards here.

Thanks to astute ZAM user Arzym for bringing this to our attention!

Looking for a last-minute gift idea?  Do you need a little more Station Cash for yourself?  SOE will be giving double Station Cash for retail Pre-Paid cards from 12/24/11 (12.01am PST) until 12/27/11 (11.59pm PST)!

Click here to find an SOE Game Card retailer near you and stock up!  Remember, cards must be redeemed between 12/24/11 (12.01am PST) and 12/27/11 (11.59pm PST) to activate the double Station Cash offer.

On December 20, 2011 SOE's "12 Days of Holidays" promotion will be Double Station Cash! All purchases of Station Cash, excluding SMS (text), will be eligible for this offer. Stock up by purchasing through your account or redeem those retail SC cards you've been saving! Here's the official announcement:

Here is another opportunity to get a great deal on Station Cash!

Tomorrow will be the 8th day of SOE's 12 Days of Holidays celebration! We're happy to be able to give you double when you buy Station Cash anytime on December 20, 2011. Just buy Station Cash in-game, via your Station Account or redeem an SOE Pre-Paid Game Card and you'll get Double Station Cash!

But hurry, this offer is only valid 12/20/11, from 12:01 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST!

Plus, don't forget to login to participating games throughout the SOE 12 Days of Holidays to see what the daily special offer or activity is!

*Station Cash offer valid on 12/20/11, from 12:01 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST; excludes mobile/SMS purchases

Reminder: If you are using a retail card that can be redeemed for either game time -or- Station Cash, you must pick the Station Cash choice to receive the bonus amount.

On December 17, 2011 SOE's "12 Days of Holidays" promotion will be Triple Station Cash! All purchases of Station Cash, excluding SMS (text), will be eligible for this offer. Stock up by purchasing through your account or redeem those retail SC cards you've been saving! Here's the official announcement:

Celebrate the holidays with Triple Station Cash for one day only! Buy Station Cash in-game, via your Station Account or redeem an SOE Pre-Paid Game Card and you'll get Triple Station Cash!

But hurry, this offer ends December 17, 2011 at 11.59 pm PST!

Plus, don't forget to login to participating games throughout the SOE 12 Days of Holidays to see what the daily special offer, sale or activity is!

*Station Cash offer valid on 12/17/11, from 12:01 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST; excludes mobile/SMS purchases

Reminder: If you are using a retail card that can be redeemed for either game time -or- Station Cash, you must pick the Station Cash choice to receive the bonus amount.

UPDATE: The start time of this event was changed to 10am PST on December 13, 2011. It should now be kicked on, check your games! The exception to this is EverQuest, who begins their deals on December 14.

SOE will be launching a 12 Days of Holidays sales event starting Tuesday, December 13 at 10am PST, and running through 11:59pm PST on December 24. Players of participating games can login daily to find out what new sale item or feature is available.

It's time to celebrate the Holidays with us! Starting today, December 13, 2011 at 10:00 am PST through December 24, 2011 at 11:59 pm PST get daily offers and deals when you login to participating games listed below.

These could be new items, sales, or new features. You'll need to log in to find out what's happening in your game!

Participating games are EverQuest, EverQuest II, Free Realms, Clone Wars Adventures, DC Universe Online, Pox Nora and Magic the Gathering: Tactics.

SOE will be performing maintenance on all games and services beginning at 4:00 a.m. US Pacific Time on November 1, 2011. You may experience the following:

• Logins for all games, websites, and forums may be unavailable between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. US Pacific Time.
• Commerce transactions, including purchases on our websites and in-game marketplaces, may be unavailable between 4:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. US Pacific Time. 

Here's a time zone converter to help you plan.

What better way to fill your Halloween goody bag than with DOUBLE STATION CASH®!  Get Double Station Cash on Saturday October 29, 2011 starting at 12:01 AM PDT when you redeem any SOE Pre-Paid Game Card or buy Station Cash.  Offer runs October 29, 2011, 12:01 AM PDT through 11:59 PM PDT; excludes purchase by mobile/SMS.

There are more tricks and treats in participating games throughout the SOE Trick-or-Treat Event! For more details visit www.soe.com/trickortreat.

Participating games include: EverQuest® EverQuest® II,;EverQuest® II Extended,  DC Universe™ Online, Free Realms®, Star Wars®: Clone Wars Adventures™, PoxNora® and Magic : The Gathering – Tactics™

Following the recent hacker attack that kept Sony Online Entertainment offline for two weeks in May, Sony has "detected a large amount of unauthorized sign-in attempts on PlayStation Network (PSN), Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) services." The activity occurred between October 7-10 and was an attempt to validate account information that was apparently stolen from other sources. Credit card numbers associated with these accounts are not at risk.

Here are the main details from Sony's press release:

"Less than one tenth of one percent of our PSN, SEN and SOE consumers may have been affected. There were approximately 93,000 accounts (PSN/SEN: approximately 60,000 accounts; SOE: approximately 33,000) where the attempts succeeded in verifying those accounts’ valid sign-in IDs and passwords, and we have temporarily locked these accounts. As a preventative measure, we will be sending email notifications to these account holders and will be requiring secure password resets or informing consumers of password reset procedures."

To reiterate, these unauthorized sign-in attempts were to verify account information that appears to be taken from other sources. According to Philip Reitinger, Sony's SVP and Chief Information Security Officer, "the overwhelming majority of the pairs resulted in failed matching attempts."