Sony (as usual) smuggled a few surprises into the update including Where's Waldo clothing and an Uncharted Bar for Europe!
Mike Hartnett at Bitmob.com writes: "Some of you may recall my post a few weeks ago announcing EA Sports involvement with PlayStation Home and the Brees Dream Foundation to hep battle breast cancer through the sale of virtual Pink Brees jerseys, well the jerseys are set to go extinct on November 11th and the PlayStation Home community will be making one last major effort to get these jerseys out of the developer's doors and into your virtual closets by means of a major event being held tonight."
PlayStation EU Blog writes: We have a very special, brand-spanking-new, SCEE-exclusive event coming to you tomorrow, the PSPgo: Team Trial.
US PlayStation Blog writes: "We here on the PlayStation Home team are pleased to offer you, the PlayStation Home community, a unique opportunity to win a copy of the ultra rare UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves – Fortune Hunter Edition .
Sony has moved to reassure fans of PlayStation Home on PS3 that the virtual world remains a "top priority" for the platform holder, despite reports of the contrary.
Special Halloween themed update this week around the world for PlayStation Home!
Despite users spending extended time and money in Home, Sony isn't currently aiming to develop it as a marketplace.
It's party in PlayStation Home on October 31th and everyone is cordially invited to the Halloween Party in the Burn Zombie Burn Space. The party starts at 6-8pm GMT. Don't you have anything to wear? No worries, there are five new costumes available in the Store Threads specially for this event are made available. Choose from a werewolf, Frankenstein, a witch, a ghost or a skeleton costume.
There will be a Storyboard Competition held in PlayStation Home, which you can win a PSP Go! Using the camera feature in Home, Sony ask you to take five pictures with a Halloween story and upload them to Flickr. The five funniest Storyboards will be displayed in the Home Square Space and you'll decide who wins!
As you may know from visiting Central Plaza in the last few weeks or watching one of the recent newscasts on PULSE, zombies have staged a full-on invasion of PlayStation Home. It's certainly no coincidence that the living dead are coming out of the woodwork just in time for Halloween (it is their version of Thanksgiving, after all – complete with morsels of mortals upon which to ravenously feast). We here on the PlayStation Home Community Management team want to roll out the proverbial red carpet for our reanimated brethren and throw the biggest (brainiest?) bash of the year, but we'll need your help in overcoming a few obstacles along the way.
Uncharted 2, Tekken 6, Street Fighter 4, Huge array of Halloween costumes, bundles of animated clothing packs, Pirate Galleon personal apartments, Dam hideouts, Multiplayer card battles and Zombie hunts.
Locust_Star, PlayStation Home Online Community Specialist, writes:
It was already known that nDreams, the developer behind Xi was working on new PlayStation Home Spaces and now they come with the Pirate Galleon apartment, which will be released in Europe these Thursday. This is what Patrick O'Lunaigh, CEO of nDreams published on his twitter. He also uploaded a trailer of the Pirate Galleon on Youtube, that he wanted to share with you.
October is the national month for breast cancer awareness and to show their support of this cause, EA Sports is making available exclusive breast cancer awareness apparel at their Complex on Playstation Home. This package contains male and female football jerseys to be sold for $2.00 each. Each will be available from today, October 15th, to November 11th.
Full Update for PlayStation Home for the 15th October.
While critics are quick to pan Home, recent stats reveal the platform to be shockingly popular, especially in the United States. Buser revealed that over 4 million Americans actively use Home, which very roughly represents half of the PS3's total user base in the States.
Sony has released new details regarding the upcoming arrival of a Ratchet & Clank themed space within Playstation Home, including information on three new minigames, Ratchet costume, rewards and a R&C themed apartment.
Mike Hartnett at Tawkn.com writes: "PlayStation Home Community Manager CydoniaX has just announced that a new Home Community Specialist has just been added to the Home management roster."
David Smail at Blast Magazine writes: "Now that Beaterator is finally out, RockStar has started a series of monthly Beaterator parties in Sony's exclusive Listen@Home space in PlayStation Home. Gamers should upload their Beaterator tracks onto the Rockstar Social Club and the top songs will be played during the Beaterator Sessions! So get your PSPs ready and make some killer songs. The first party is on October 16th, so get your butts in gear. Beaterator is available on UMD and will be available for iTouch and the iPhone later in the fall. Check back for our review of the music mixer later this week!"
RockStar are promoting their new Beaterator game (currently available on PSP, coming soon to iPhone and iPod Touch) in PlayStation Home.