Following our report yesterday regarding firmware 2.41, Sony have today confirmed that the firmware will indeed be released shortly, however as of writing this we can confirm that the firmware is now live.

Speaking on the Official Blog, Eric Lempel, Director of PlayStation Network Operations said " As many of you know, we released PS3 firmware update v2.40 last week, but had to take it offline temporarily because, for a limited number of users, the XMB wouldn’t display after the update was installed. We’ve been able to fix the problem, and I’m happy to report that firmware update v2.41 will be released shortly.

We want to extend our apologies to the PlayStation community for any inconvenience. Now we’ll be looking forward to seeing everyone online and racking up those trophies!"

So good news for everyone who was excited about the firmware before it was taken down.