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Brand new PlayStation Home arriving in the Fall
Perhaps you’ve haven’t been taken in by PlayStation Home. There’s no shortage of content, but something about PlayStation Home puts off PS3 owners. Sony has come too far with Home to walk away from it now, so it’s making drastic changes. Starting this fall, PlayStation Home as you know (or may not know) it will be completely changed.
EA’s preparing Hasbro Family Game Night 4: The Game Show
The Family Game Night series goes on! EA’s preparing yet another entry in the series which might just be appealing to gamers as Family Game Night 4: The Game Show actually has some good games in it. See, this PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 game is based on The Hub’s Family Game Night, which has contestants compete against each other in five Hasbro board game inspired mini-games…
Sony Home Update: Hamsters vs Humans, new spaces, apartments available
There’s nothing wrong with being cute and furry in PlayStation Home but after a strange message appeared on the virtual PSP menu June 18, 2009, informing users of a strange virus breaking out, turning everyone into strange creatures.
There are also more personal spaces available including a Club House and Ghostbusters Firehouse space with free items, a Hamster Dance Marathon, new games, updates to EA’s Sports Complex and we visit the end of Xi: The Hub.
Sony Home Update: Preparing for E3, new BUZZ on upcoming world and ghost invasions in the Hub
There’s a lot going on in PlayStation Home this week. A new Home space just opened a new space called the Presentation Podium, a large gorgeous space with a humongous stage near the center area where players can watch E3 2009 without leaving their HOME or channel surf for the right station. Sony will stream coverage of E3 2009 to the Presentation Podium.
Another space coming to Sony Home will be the BUZZ! HQ world where players work together to solve the questions. At the Mall the new item available is the Ghostbuster fan pack and more about Xi…
Sony Home Update: The Chimera are attacking Home, community volunteer program active
After standing your ground in England in the first Resistance game, then the rest of Europe in Resistance 2, those pesky mutants have now invaded PlayStation Home. Find the new space on the world map and enter the ruined railway station to explore.
Also this week a new volunteer program just launched within the Home world. Home Community Volunteers are made up of regular Home users donating their time and efforts to support Home Community Managements by participating in events as well as offer guidance to other community members.
And, as usual, more clothes for your avatars…
Sony Home Update: Alternate reality game Xi: The Hub finally arrives
For the past few months since the opening of Home on the PlayStation Network, there have been cryptic messages left on our virtual PSPs. No one really knew what it meant and I don’t think they cared as long as the worlds kept opening new playing fields for the thousands of PlayStation 3 users. It spoke of portals, elevators and a search for someone lost within the Matrix of this virtual Home world simply called Xi.
Earlier this week, (March 23, 2009) strange graffiti appeared on the wall in the central plaza that, if examined, transports you into a new world called Xi: The Hub, PlayStation Home’s first console-based alternate reality game.















