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Buzz! dev: 'PS3 Home starting to realise potential' (News)

Nov 16, 2009

But has 'no idea why' it appeals to people.

Sony's free virtual world Home is "only now starting to realise its potential", Buzz! developer Relentless Software reckons.

According to executive director Andrew Eades, Sony's much-maligned PS3 space "will only get more interesting" as more developers support it.

PlayStation Home Content Update - 12th November (News)

Nov 12, 2009

North America gets some addition Where's Waldo items and new item bundles making it cheaper to get the full costume. Some Assassin's Creed apparal is also available, some Music Cafe retro clothing items and the long-awaited Pirate Galleon personal apartment from nDreams.
Europe gets some unique furniture items from mydeco.com and some BillaBong shorts in the VShirt store.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Event in PlayStation Home (News)

Nov 10, 2009

Locust_Star writes: "If you are like us, you've marked your calendars and informed all and sundry that, come November 10, you will be shirking your day-to-day responsibilities in favor of tossing flashbangs and dropping brass on any and all opponents in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Forget work, school, and jury duty – this Tuesday it's all about who can get the most Killstreaks as we embark on a shoot-or-be-shot journey through the war torn landscapes of one of the most highly-anticipated titles of the year."

PlayStation Home Full Content Update - 5th November 2009 (News)

Nov 6, 2009

Sony (as usual) smuggled a few surprises into the update including Where's Waldo clothing and an Uncharted Bar for Europe!

Breast Cancer Awareness Event To Be Held In PlayStation Home Tonight (News)

Nov 5, 2009

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."

Take On The PSPgo: Team Trial In PlayStation Home Tomorrow! (News)

Nov 4, 2009

PlayStation EU Blog writes: We have a very special, brand-spanking-new, SCEE-exclusive event coming to you tomorrow, the PSPgo: Team Trial.

Get together with three other friends in the re-dressed Presentation Podium to conquer this challenge.

Once you've grouped your team together, you will ALL have to perform a series of actions, (that means no slackers!) successfully complete these and you will unlock a Download Orb, from which your stunning in-Home PSPgo (which is on loan for the duration of the event) can download the next challenge."

This Week in PlayStation Home: Win a Copy of UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves - Fortune Hunter Edition (News)

Nov 4, 2009

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 .
The premise is simple: PlayStation Home community members should enter the new UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves game space in PlayStation Home between the hours of 8:00 am PT on Thursday, November 5th and 12:00 pm PT on Friday, November 6th to play the Mask Mayhem mini-game.

The user who assembles the Ganesh mask the quickest (and therefore places first on the space's leaderboard) will win this extremely limited prize."

Sony: 'Home is still a top priority' (News)

Oct 30, 2009

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.

According to an Edge report, Sony's director of PlayStation Home, Pete Edwards, speaking at the London Games Conference, said: "It's been a long road. We've proved there is a market out there and we've got a lot of people that spend a lot of time in [Home]. It's not a priority right now but there is a business model there."

Sony is now reporting that Edwards was misquoted and misrepresented.

PlayStation Home Content Update - 29th October 2009 (News)

Oct 29, 2009

Special Halloween themed update this week around the world for PlayStation Home!
Check out the Halloween themed events and grab yourself some special exclusive items!

Keep reading for full updates with images and details

PlayStation Home Not A Business Priority (News)

Oct 29, 2009

Despite users spending extended time and money in Home, Sony isn't currently aiming to develop it as a marketplace.

During the London Games Conference last night, Pete Edwards, director of PlayStation Home, said that Home users are spending money on items through microtransactions in Sony's virtual world.

"It's been a long road," he said. " We've proved there is a market out there and we've got a lot of people that spend a lot of time in [Home]. It's not a priority right now but there is a business model there."

Halloween Party in European PlayStation Home on October 31 (News)

Oct 28, 2009

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.

Win a PSP Go by uploading your Halloween pictures of PlayStation Home (News)

Oct 28, 2009

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!

Celebrate Halloween PlayStation Home-Style at the Zombie Rally (News)

Oct 28, 2009

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.

PlayStation Home - Full Content Update 23rd October (News)

Oct 23, 2009

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.
Today was a good Home update.
Follow link for full details.

UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves Hits PlayStation Home + Tekken 6 & Street Fighter IV Spaces (News)

Oct 21, 2009

Locust_Star, PlayStation Home Online Community Specialist, writes:

"It's one of the biggest releases of the entire year and it's about to get much, much bigger. This Thursday, October 22, UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves is coming into PlayStation Home, and you'll want to do whatever it is that needs to be done to ensure that you are in-world to take part in the grand opening of this awesome new space. Why? Because not only is this game space chock full of amazing supplementary UNCHARTED 2 content that can only be experienced in the ever-evolving world of PlayStation Home, but there are quite a few exclusive items that can only be procured on opening day."

nDreams release the Pirate Galleon apartment in Europe this Thursday (News)

Oct 21, 2009

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.

EA Sports Thinking Pink in Playstation Home (News)

Oct 16, 2009

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.

PlayStation Home Content Update - 15th October (News)

Oct 15, 2009

Full Update for PlayStation Home for the 15th October.

Check out the new Ratchet and Clank space for EU and US.

Head on over to the US stores for a host of new content.

Check the link for full information including all the items available in Home this week.

50% of American PS3 owners use Home (News)

Oct 14, 2009

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.

Ratchet & Clank Come to PlayStation Home + Deadquarters Personal Space (News)

Oct 14, 2009

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.

PlayStation Home Management Hires On New Community Specialist (News)

Oct 13, 2009

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."

RockStar Games Beaterator Music Sessions (News)

Oct 13, 2009

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 Setting Up Monthly Beaterator Parties in PlayStation Home (News)

Oct 12, 2009

RockStar are promoting their new Beaterator game (currently available on PSP, coming soon to iPhone and iPod Touch) in PlayStation Home.

Monthly parties will be hosted in the US Listen@Home PlayStation Home space featuring tracks created from users who have played the game.

PlayStation Home - Store Updates 9th October 2009 (News)

Oct 9, 2009

Massive update to the American PlayStation Home store including NFL clothes, Neptune Collection items such as devil horns, arrow-thru-head gag, PixelJunk shirts and much more!
Europe gets Motorstorm content, MySoti goodies and some Wolverine claws!

Check out the link for full details and images of ever item available in Home.

Online Survey Hints at Xbox 360 version of Home - with Avatars (News)

Oct 7, 2009

A survey has been sent to Xbox 360 owners that provides some interesting insights to Microsoft's ventures into the casual gaming space.

The first part of the survey is the most standard, asking people about their favorite game shows and board games, including Balderdash and Taboo, as well as what they like best about 1 Vs. 100. One interesting aspect of that section is that there may be a paid version of 1 Vs. 100 that will offer better prizes.

The latter part of the survey, however, is extremely intriguing, and an indication that Microsoft may be venturing into a PlayStation Home-like space in which Avatars can congregate and play retro games on classic coin-op cabinets. They queried applicants what name would fit the space best – "Game Room", "RetroCade", "AvatArcade", "RetroGame", "Classics LIVE", and so forth.

Solution To Home 1.3 Freezing (News)

Oct 1, 2009

Were you one of the many PS3 owners who were anxious to try out the 1.3 update for Home which just released to have it freeze on you every time? TheGamerAccess.com has posted a solution to this issue.

PlayStation Home - Official Changelog version 1.3 (News)

Oct 1, 2009

Check out the full changelog.

Game Launching, new emotes, portable items, faster loading, 3d previews of items and much much more!

Update on Home 1.3 (News)

Sep 25, 2009

Ever since Sony announced Home 1.3 would hit in September, fans of the service have been waiting anxiously for it to drop. Unfortunately, 1.3 is not going to hit today, but one of the Home Managers, CydoniaX, has provided us with an update.

PlayStation Home SingStar Space Launches (News)

Sep 24, 2009

Mike Hartnett at Tawkn.com writes: "Well everybody, it's finally here. The official SingStar space has finally launched and it's time to get your groove on!"

PlayStation Home Store Updates around the World - 24th September 2009 (News)

Sep 24, 2009

The new SingStar space brought a batch of new Dizzee Rascal items to PlayStation Home.
American received two new costumes and some Katamari items.
Japan got the new PixelJunk space, which comes with a huge array of shirts and accessories.

Playstation Home Updates (News)

Sep 23, 2009

Locust_Star(PlayStation Home Online Community Specialist) Writes :

Aspiring rock stars can breathe a sigh of relief – SingStar is finally coming to PlayStation Home this Thursday, September 24. And to top it off, we're kicking off the launch with an extra special event...

..Far Cry 2 fans will be excited to learn that the FC2 game space is being updated with a new mini-game...

...Last but certainly not least, we'll be releasing a handful of new items for your avatar..

Audi Explains Audi PlayStation Home Space (News)

Sep 22, 2009

Audi have gone on the record to explain why they decided to create a PlayStation Home space.

PlayStation Home - Details of new Audi space arriving in December (News)

Sep 21, 2009

Mini-game available in the upcoming Audi space, due to release in December.
Details of the racing game "Vertical Run" and rewards available.

PixelJunk Home Space Incoming (News)

Sep 18, 2009

From PS3 Attitude: "Fans of the PixelJunk games will be pleased to know that the series will be hitting PlayStation Home users in Japan soon.

What will the new Home space have to offer and when does it come out?"

Jon Burgerman Exclusive to PlayStation Home and more animated items (News)

Sep 17, 2009

Jon Burgerman is now exclusive to PlayStation Home when delivering virtual content. In October, a new range of content from Lockwood will be published in the American home including animated Jon Burgerman Hoodies.

Craigslist Lotharios looking for PlayStation Home rendezvous (News)

Sep 17, 2009

Joystiq: There, shining like a beacon of justice atop Mt. Craigslist, we saw it. Two men from the Washington D.C. area had poured their hearts out on a digital classified ad, looking for women tailored specifically to their carnal needs.

Home Dizzee Rascal VIP Room (News)

Sep 17, 2009

EU Playstation Blog Writes...

All very exciting!
We welcome Dizzee Rascal Mercury Award Winner, to launch our new swanky SingStar Rooms: VIP space in PlayStation Home on September 24 2009 at 20:00 BST (UK time) 21:00 CEST (Mainland Europe). This is part of the launch of his new album 'Tongue n' Cheek'. Check out the screenshots below.

Buzz! Gets Game Launching in PlayStation Home (News)

Sep 11, 2009

Buzz! Quiz TV gets Game Launching from PlayStation Home. Also announced that future Buzz! titles will be getting Game Launching too.

PlayStation Home Store Updates around the World - 10th September 2009 (News)

Sep 10, 2009

Big update this week.
To summarise: EU gets Arsenal football shirts, US get Firefighter uniform, animated hats and shoes. HK get school outfits. JP get a huge array of new costumes, Katamari shirts and Toro gear.

Full details and images of all items on website.

PSBlog: PlayStation Home SingStar Rooms Launch on September 24th, Buzz! Game Launching Support Announced (News)

Sep 10, 2009

Official Playstation blog writes:

"Greetings, Bonjour, Konnichiwa, and NuqNeh, Home-people!

As you may or may not know, we announced the upcoming SingStar rooms for PlayStation Home at gamescom in Cologne, Germany a few weeks ago. For those of you SingStar fiends who have since been blowing up my PM box on the official PlayStation Home forums asking "where are those rooms at, Locust?" I'm positively thrilled to confirm that this new game space will be launching two weeks from today on Thursday, September 24th. You can peep some exclusive sneak peek pics from this new space below."

North American Home Content Update 2009-09-10 (News)

Sep 10, 2009

Mike Hartnett at Tawkn.com writes: "Gather 'round, here is your Home content update for this Thursday, September 10th."

Robot Chicken Invades PlayStation Home (News)

Sep 10, 2009

Michelle Olley writes:

Adult Swim here. Fear not, Smut Police, we're nothing to do with aquatic monkey business, but everything to do with bringing the funny. We've been asked by the guys at Playstation Home to tell you about our show, Robot Chicken, currently spooling its way across the screens in the Home cinema. Apparently. (You're going to have to bear with us a bit with the lingo here; we're not from round these parts.)

Sony Shows Future Home Developments (News)

Sep 6, 2009

Want to play podcasts off a virtual audio player, download demos directly from PlayStation Store, and communicate with a virtual pet from the comfort of your personal space in PlayStation Home? You may get that chance!

During a lecture at Japan's CESA Developers Conference (CEDEC) yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment's Masami Kando provided a glimpse at what's on the way for the service.

Sony Shows PlayStation Home Virtual Pet at CEDEC (News)

Sep 4, 2009

Anoop Gantayat: Sony is a big supporter of the CESA Developers Conference, with its developers hosting a number of lectures at the annual event. For CEDEC 2009, two Sony presentations in particular had the potential for sneak peaks at future PlayStation brand developments: a session on motion controls, and a session on PlayStation Home.

PlayStation Home - American Home Store Updates - 3rd September (News)

Sep 3, 2009

Only America gets any new content this week - including Witch Doctor and SummerWear costumes and a Happy Birthday hat!

PlayStation Home Store Updates around the World - 27th August 2009 (News)

Aug 27, 2009

Check out all the new items available in PlayStation Home today!
Includes Glow Sticks, Animated Shirts, new Katamari shirts, new MySoti shirts and much more!

PS Blog: Over 100 New Pieces of Content Releasing This Thursday in PlayStation Home (News)

Aug 26, 2009

Official PS Blog:

Attn: Killzone 2 fans. We've seen you in Central Plaza all decked out in your Helghan wares. We've seen you in the Bowling Alley showing your love for the ISA. We've heard you proudly boasting your Warzone rank in the Gamer's Lounge. So we know that this Thursday, August 27th, you'll be rushing into PlayStation Home to grab the new KZ2 content we'll have waiting for you – specifically, the Killzone 2 Visari Throne Room.

This special personal space is based on the final stage of Killzone 2 in Scolar Visari's Palace and is the absolute ideal gathering space for you and your KZ2-obsessed friends. Releasing in tandem with the Visari Throne Room will be a variety of virtual items that you can use to customize your area (including the Helghan Defense Painting – my personal fave). Check out the video below for a sneak peek of this space and other Killzone 2 items available in PlayStation Home.

A tease at nDreams next project (News)

Aug 24, 2009

nDreams, the guys that made the Xi Home spaces, just teased us on their twitter with a new image for their upcoming Home space. This one is called Pirate Galleon

Pain website hints Playstation Home content (News)

Aug 23, 2009

Awesom-Home writes: If you head over to pain US website there is a poll asking what home content would be the most awesome. ...

PlayStation Home Store Updates - 20th August 2009 (News)

Aug 20, 2009

Only America had a store update this week.
Check out the skelteon mask accesories and the new costumes available!

LittleBigPlanet coming to Playstation Home? (News)

Aug 20, 2009

According to the back cover of the upcoming game 'LittleBigPlanet Game of the year edition' LittleBigPlanet is coming to Playstation home!

PlayStation Home 1.23 Official ChangeLog (News)

Aug 20, 2009

Official ChangeLog from todays PlayStation Home update to version 1.23

PlayStation Home Update v1.23.5 Released (News)

Aug 20, 2009

Mike Hartnett @ Tawkn.com writes: "The Home v1.23.5 core client update is now available for download.

There's no way of telling what changes have been made due to Home currently being down for maintenance, but we'll be sure to update you once the Home servers are up and running again."

PlayStation Home v1.3 Coming This September (News)

Aug 20, 2009

Posted by Locust_Star // PlayStation Home Online Community Specialist

As announced at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, PlayStation Home's core client will be getting a serious upgrade this fall. And when we say serious, dear readers, we're talking excessive and impressive in quality, extent, and degree. This is the for real deal upgrade!

New Playstation Home announcements at Sony's GamesCom conference (News)

Aug 18, 2009

Awesom-Home writes: While the whole world was waiting for price drop and Slim announcements, a Sony representative took the time to talk about Playstation Home and it's future at the Gamescom conference. Sony says they are very pleased with Home's success, and announced that a new update will be available in September with some new options ( like a shrink potion,…). They also showed a new Home space dedicated to singstar with many mini games , like a quizz, a video jukebox,… and announced that Audi is working on a Home space as well. ...

With a new version of the engine Home is taking it to the next level (News)

Aug 18, 2009

When Sony announced PlayStation Home, we at PlayStationPure were skeptical, but fascinated. A combination between The Sims, Second Life and casual games has some potential, although Sony is untill now unable to exploit that potential. If we can believe our sources, Sony will be announcing on his press conference later today some astonishing new features, like interactive furniture. Recently, the developpers got a new version of the Home-engine. With this new version, they can create interactive furniture for your Home-appartement. Read more after the click.

Playstation Home temporarily down (News)

Aug 17, 2009

Awesom-home writes: Playstation Home is temporarily down for emergency maintenance. Why? To fix the Motorstorm Sphere glitches says the Community Team leader on the Sony Playstation forums.
Let's hope they fix the presentation podium as well, most people had freezing problems on that new cannon mini-game.

Neon Furniture Doubles in Price in PlayStation Home (News)

Aug 16, 2009

The new furniture in PlayStation Home has had a huge increase after only a short time.

Go to the beach in the Asian Playstation Home (News)

Aug 15, 2009

A summer beach has been added to the Asian Playstation Home.
You can do many things in this space, like go for a swim and looking at all the fishes swimming with you. Go check it out, it's really beautiful. There's also a shop with different items like a tuba, bikini, a towel, …

Home Batcave coming to Europe too (News)

Aug 14, 2009

A SCEE representative has confirmed to GamerZines that "the Batcave Home is exactly the same for Europe," and that "it can be unlocked via the Batman Blu-ray disc". Good news all round, then.

New PlayStation Home Red Bull Flagtag Mini-Game (News)

Aug 13, 2009

New Red Bull Mini-Game on the way, announced in this new PlayStation Home trailer from GamesCom.

Buy Batman, get Home Batcave (News)

Aug 13, 2009

Sony has revealed that those who buy Batman: Arkham Asylum on PS3 can claim a special treat in Home - a Batcave!

"It's safe to say that hardcore Batman fans are going to seriously spazz out when they unlock Bruce Wayne's secondary lair under Arkham," said Sony's Home online community specialist on the PS Blog under the alias 'Locust_Star'.

PlayStation Home Showing It's Beta Status (News)

Aug 13, 2009

Home is finally showing it's rough edges with constant problems with updates and new content. Home is wearing down and revealing why it truely is still in beta.

PlayStation Home Store Updates around the World - 13th August 2009 (News)

Aug 13, 2009

PlayStation Home received a large update today! Take a look at what the stores are selling inside PlayStation Home today.
Includes light-up neon furniture for America and Motorstorm costumes for Europe.

MotorStorm Swerves Into PlayStation Home; The Presentation Podium Opens Its Doors For gamescom (News)

Aug 12, 2009

European PlayStation Blog writes:

"Hi guys, welcome to this week's PlayStation Home update, which includes new spaces, outfits and some great new rewards…

First up, we have some very special race costumes coming to you straight from MotorStorm Pacific Rift. These new outfits will be available in Home Threads, check out the screenshots below for the male and female flavours… "

New MySoti Shirts in PlayStation Home Tomorrow (News)

Aug 12, 2009

6 brand new shirts flying into the EU Home tomorrow during the content update.

Home Gets Batcave (News)

Aug 12, 2009

TSA:

Some clever chaps on the Official EU PlayStation Forum noticed a short addition in a post elsewhere on the internet. That post originates from Eidos' official forum, titled 'The Official Batman: Arkham Asylum FAQ'. The stickied post contains amalgamated information from loads of sources to define as much about the upcoming game as possible, ranging from the pre-order details to the different exclusives for each platform.

Under the PlayStation 3 exclusives, there's a few points that we already know, including the Joker DLC. Under this, however, we learn that the 'Batcave Outpost' will be coming as an apartment for PlayStation Home for free. We've seen free costumes and other items given away for free before in Home as promotional stunts for released movies such as Star Trek and Transformers 2. It's very likely that the same is now being done for the release of Batman: Arkham Asylum. Whether or not this content will remain available for a limited time or not is still up for debate.

nDreams next Home space will be an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) (News)

Aug 11, 2009

Awesom-Home writes: Patrick O'Luanaigh, CEO @ nDreams (developers that made Xi) teased us a few days ago by saying they were working on a new space. He's teasing us again with a new twitter post in wich he says that their next space, normally due this week, will be an ARG ( or Alternate Reality Game) just like Xi was.

PS3 Home rare costumes selling like hotcakes (News)

Aug 11, 2009

Awesom-Home writes: "Apparently Playstation home costumes are more popular then we first thought. Some rare items are being sold on eBay at surprisingly high prices. There's even a costume that was sold for more then 60$. I get some people like to have rare stuff, but this is kind of crazy. Second-life crazy. Could you imagine if Square did a rare Sephiroth costume? .. Yeah i know, that would be awesome..."

PlayStation Home Rumour Round-Up - 11th August 2009 (News)

Aug 11, 2009

This week's rumours regarding the supposed forthcoming content arriving into Home. News of the new PAIN space are debunked.

Xi developers will release a new Home space this thursday! (News)

Aug 10, 2009

According to Patrick O'Luanaigh's twitter, nDreams will be releasing a new Homespace this thursday! Patrick is the CEO of nDreams, creators of the Xi spaces. Will this be a sequel to the Xi experience, or something completely new? We'll find out soon enough.

Allow Criss Angel to Mindfreak you, get a free (virtual) couch (News)

Aug 2, 2009

Presumably to entice virtual patrons into PlayStation Home, Sony's offering up a free viewing of Criss Angel's Mindfreakon August 6th. As if virtually watching a magic trickillusionshow starring the often farcical Criss Angel weren't enough, the company is enticing folks to watch with a free coffin couch.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Arrives In PlayStation Home (News)

Jul 30, 2009

Marc Berry from the EU PS Blog writes:

"Paramount Pictures International is today launching its latest summer blockbuster, G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, in PS3 Home.

Starting today, PlayStation Home residents will be able to download four G.I. JOE costumes for free, exclusively from Threads Store. Available for a limited time only, Home residents will be able to download the iconic costumes worn by stars Channing Tatum (Duke) and Sienna Miller (The Baroness), or become rival G.I. JOE or COBRA ninjas, Snake Eyes or Storm Shadow."

The Curtain Rises on the 10-Screen Movie Theater in PlayStation Home, MotorStorm Game Launching Crashes In, and Fat Princess Needs Cake! (News)

Jul 30, 2009

PlayStation Home Community Manager CydoniaX writes: "We're proud to announce another major core space update. The Movie Theater brings you ten times as much exciting content [including from the PS.Blog! -Jeff] with a brand-new 10-screen layout, a new lobby, and the ability to unlock rewards in select screening rooms. Be sure to check out the screening rooms often – you never know when one of them will be giving something away. Stay tuned for lots of exclusive new videos over the coming months, including the future possibility of full-length TV shows or movies, with new features debuting on a regular basis."

Game Launching in Home not Sony's Responsibility (News)

Jul 22, 2009

Home Manager tells community it's the Home user's responsibility to encourage game-launching within PlayStation Home, not Sony.

PixelJunk Museum Coming To PlayStation Home (News)

Jul 21, 2009

Mike Hartnett at Tawkn.com writes: "The spaces just keep on coming as Q-Games has just announced that they will debuting all-new spaces dedicated to the PixelJunk series. We've got the pics as well as the statement from Q-Games for ya!"

Sony: Males 18-35 Make Up 80% of Home Users (News)

Jul 20, 2009

Speaking at the Develop conference in the U.K., director of PlayStation Home Pete Edwards said that the users of Sony's virtual world are overwhelmingly young and male.

"Only 80 percent of users fall into the 18- to 35-year-old male demographic," he said, noting that said demographic typically makes up 90 percent of the console audience. According to Gamasutra, Edwards said that since Home's open beta launched in December, between 25 and 35 percent of online PlayStation 3 users have used the service "at least once."

Edwards declined to quantify the number of active users, claiming that the figure is difficult to measure, but said that Home is "slowly broadening the appeal of the console demographic."

Fight Night Space has some problems (News)

Jul 19, 2009

For several days, the Fight Night Space in the EA Sports Complex is online and on various forums users reported that their PlayStation 3 crashes when they visiting the Space. In the Space is a DJ mini-game present where the problems begin. If you are in the neighborhood of the mini-game, your PlayStation 3 will stuck, and you have to reset your PlayStation 3 and log into Home again. Hopefully EA Sports will fix this, so that everyone can play the mini-game and get a lot of T-shirts for their Home avatar.

PlayStation Home Updates Mall with New Stores and Items (News)

Jul 16, 2009

Hey Home-bodies,

Locust_Star here jumping in with a quick heads-up regarding today's content update. Long story short: We've managed to push a few extra goodies out the door at the last minute.

PlayStation Home Store Updates Around the World - 16th July (News)

Jul 16, 2009

If you're not too busy playing Buzz! or checking out the new Fight Night 4 space in Home, head on over to the shopping mall for all these new items available!

PlayStation Home Receives Massive Content Update (News)

Jul 16, 2009

Mike Hartnett at Tawkn.com writes: "Fans of PlayStation Home will have many reasons to get excited today, as this Thursday's content update throws everything out there but the kitchen sink along with some extras that the Home Managers slipped in at the last second."

PS3 Gets First Pay-To-Play Game (News)

Jul 16, 2009

Nofi from TheSixthAxis writes that Sony have just released their first pay-to-play game on the PlayStation Store.

This Week in PlayStation Home: BUZZ! and Fight Night Space Launches, and More! (News)

Jul 15, 2009

PlayStation Home Community manager Locust_Star writes: "This Thursday, July 16th, will bear witness to a tremendous content update in the ever-growing world of PlayStation Home. In fact, there's so much set up to go down in-world this week that we can barely fit it all in without breaking our word count agreement. So to keep things cool with our friends here over at the PS Blog, we'll cut out the regularly-scheduled blabbing and get straight to the point."

Develop 2009: Up To 35 Percent Of PS3 Users Visit Home More Than Once (News)

Jul 15, 2009

PlayStation Home is making money just seven months into its open beta. Pete Edward, director of the PlayStation 3's avatar-based social gaming service, revealed the most recent statistics for the service in a presentation titled "Home: First Term Report" delivered at the Develop Conference in Brighton, UK.

Of the 7 million global users who have used the service since the open beta's launch, 3 million were based in Europe. The average game session length of European Home users stands at 56 minutes and these users have to date downloaded 6 million free and paid for virtual items of merchandise with which to dress their avatars and virtual apartments.

"This is a commercial business," Edward said. "It's up and running, making money and can add significant value to your game IP." In the first month, he said, microtransactions generated $1 million.

Sony: PlayStation Home repeat users total 25-30% (News)

Jul 15, 2009

Sony's Peter Edward has revealed seven million people have now signed up for PlayStation Home.

Edward, who is European director for the service, was speaking at the Develop conference in Brighton. He said the figure includes three million people in Europe alone.

However, the estimated figure for those returning to the online space more than once stands at around 25-30 per cent of these numbers, according to Edward, although he pointed out the stats "aren't definitive" and are constantly changing.

PlayStation Home Manager Issues a Warning to Members (News)

Jul 15, 2009

It appears Sony is cracking down on those who are sharing their PSN identification and password to grant select items in PlayStation Home.

PSN game sharing is also labeled as violating the ToS later in the PS Forum thread.

Community Manager CydoniaX stated the following:

Warning details at source link.

PlayStation Home - 6 million items and counting (News)

Jul 15, 2009

PS3 Attitude writes:

"Within the first seven months, Home has seen seven million users visit the various spaces on offer. Three million of these users are from Europe.

Whilst some of the items downloaded are free, it is clear that Home is doing well as a business. In total, over six million items of free and paid merchandise have been downloaded, which in anyone's language is a great deal of content."

Screen Capturing in Home Coming Soon? (News)

Jul 13, 2009

TheSixthAxis:

We saw it back at 2007's E3; the ability to take a photo within PlayStation Home, automatically saved to the HDD, and placed in a picture frame for your apartment. Then again, Phil Harrison showed us a lot of exciting options within Home, which only some have been developed and released over the course of two years.

Locust_Star, Home Manager in America recently replied to a request about screen capturing within Home: "[It's] a simple feature that I know the devs are working on. My magic 8-ball says [it's] coming sooner rather than later."

So could we expect this as early as this coming Thursday? Visible Home updates seem to occur fortnightly now, so the chances of this becoming a reality are increased somewhat as last week was just another maintenance update.

PlayStation Home Updates across the globe (News)

Jul 3, 2009

This week Europe are getting 2 new Home spaces with inFAMOUS and Socom and the new Killzone apartment which is rumored to be priced at 4 euros.

Along with the apartment is this intimidating Killzone Tactition costume available in Threads and some furniture from the furniture store.

The American Home today got some new Killzone shirts, some costumes for the 4th of July in Threads and a few holiday ornaments in the furniture store.

Hong Kong gets some sweet game-costumes including Resident Evil 5 and Disgaea 3 shirts now available in Threads. New Street Fighter gear is now available and Disgaea 3 objects for your personal apartment!

Check out the crazy amount of Disgaea ornaments and some new Street Fighter 4 statues.

This week, Japan got a silver costume, a bundle of Resident Evil 5 shirts, some digital watches and some new female clothing including a full outfit in a bright turquoise color.

Win a trip to the McLaren Technology centre with EA SPORTS (News)

Jul 2, 2009

From the 5th of July to the 5th of August EA in association with Vodafone Taxi GP are offering you the chance to win a trip to the McLaren Technology centre as well as signed Lewis Hamilton merchandise.
To enter simply go to the EA SPORTS Complex on PLAYSTATION Home and post the fastest lap time in the Vodafone Taxi GP game!

Dance the Night Away in Playstation Home (News)

Jul 2, 2009

It's always Saturday night in The SingStar Rooms – a brand new party space in PlayStation Home.

PlayStation Home Store Content Update - 2nd July 2009 (News)

Jul 2, 2009

This week in Home, new Helghast costumes for Europe including the Killzone 2 personal apartment.
USA gets some American themed costumes and ornaments for their personal appartments.
Check out story for further details and images!

PlayStation Home Update EU - 07/02/09 (News)

Jul 2, 2009

PS3-Sense writes: "Today we have a big update for the European PlayStation Home. With two new spaces and teh Killzone 2 Visari Throne Room and a lot of extra's."

New PlayStation Home Survey Hints at New Features (News)

Jun 30, 2009

PlayStation.com has sent out a new survey regarding PlayStation Home and TripleChat believes it's a hint of possible new features we could or perhaps should expect from the service within the next year. Remember the old promise of the trophy room and feature length films? Well, the survey has it.

What else does this survey gives us ideas about? Read up on what the survey asks as well as our interpretations after the jump.

Motorstorm: PR Home Gamelaunching now available (News)

Jun 30, 2009

The third major game update for MotorStorm Pacific Rift is available to download right now. One of the many additions include the ability to launch online races from PlayStation Home.

New Playstation Survey Going Out (News)

Jun 30, 2009

From PSI:

"Whether you're a first–time user, come back all the time or haven't been back in a while, Sony wants your input on PlayStation Home."

PS3 Motion Control for Home Will Happen (News)

Jun 29, 2009

Peter Edward, director of Sony's PlayStation Home platform group, has told SPOnG that motion controller support for Home is likely, though not set in stone just yet.

When asked whether people will see a use for the wand popping up in Home, Edward said at the GameHorizon conference in Gateshead that "I'm sure that at some point in the future, it's something that will happen".

Home to be "essential for all PS3 games" (News)

Jun 26, 2009

Home declared a "long term" prospect as Sony reveals download figures.

PlayStation Home stands to become "an essential component for all PS3 games", according to the service's director.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Peter Edward predicted the online virtual world would become integral to future PS3 titles as the company continues to develop the service, Gamasutra reports.

"Home is the starting point for PlayStation 3 online, and that's something that gamers are going to expect as more games support Game Launch from within Home," he said. "This will become an essential component for all PS3 games."

Home Community Recreate Big Brother (News)

Jun 26, 2009

BioEye from TheSixthAxis writes "SCEE may be slowly speeding up their production of new spaces and events, but over the last few days members of the Official EU PlayStation Forum have taken the idea of creating a Home-based 'Big Brother' show, and have applied it literally using Clubhouses for the Big Brother house, the forum for the auditions and good old Youtube for the online broadcasting of shows."

Scheduled downtime for PlayStation Home 25th June - Lost Reward items (News)

Jun 25, 2009

On Thursday the 25th PS Home will be offline from 8am and many reward items that have been lost over the past few months will be restored.