Today, new games spaces are to launch in PlayStation Home. The Buzz! Game Space is finally launching in the US, whereplayers can take part in a massive 64-player game of Buzz! trivia. In addition, EA Sports are updating the EA Sports Complex and launching the Fight Night Game Space. This swanky boxing-themed night club space launches with an interactive DJ game, rewards, and plenty of places to chill with your friends.
PlayStation Home is about to get a whole lot better. Photo sharing, the first feature to support user-generated content, is finally coming to PlayStation Home starting today. You will have to purchase a photo frame from the Shopping Mall, but you can then upload photos from your hard drive or select from a gallery of default pictures, and then display them in your personal apartments. Now you can really customize your home in a unique way.
Very soon, Sony is launching a brand new space in PlayStation Home called Buzz! HQ, where you can chat and meet up with other quiz fans in a new lobby area or take part in a multiplayer Buzz! quiz game extravaganza. The game space will feature a huge game stand with four coloured answer buttons are laid out on the floor. When asked a question, you must be standing on the right answer when the time runs out.
In a press release yesterday, Sony Europe announced that a Resistance themed Game Space is invading PlayStation Home. The Game Space area in Home features a recreation of the Chicago Railway Station level from the current PS3 hit Resistance2, which sees America under siege from the Chimeran hordes. The Game Space will be available later on today in PlayStation Home. The Resistance Game Space will feature awesome turret-style FPS mini-game, reward items, leaderboards and full-on game launching support. Check out the video below.
TedTheDog, Home Community Manager for SCEE, has revealed some information about what to expect in PlayStation Home over the next few months. In short, SCEE’s primary focus will be to improve their “output and range of Spaces.” SCEE will first be getting up to date with some of the older space, including Uncharted, Warhawk and Resident Evil 5. Then, some of the more recent spaces will be added, including Guitar Hero. According to TedTheDog, SCEE Home Producer is currently investigating 17 spaces in all but not all will be published.
In tomorrow’s PlayStation Home update, The Godfather II game space will be launched in the US. The game space will feature a Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Table. To celebrate the launch of this new space, Electronic Arts is holding a virtual Celebrity Poker Tournament on Thursday night (8:00PM EST, 5:00PM PT). All you have to do is thread up your avatar to look like celebrity and head on up the tables for a game.
In other Home-related news, Capcom is updating their Resident Evil 5 Game Space with a new mini-game and some new costumes in the souvenir shop. They’re also going to host some co-op RE5 matches through Home next week – make sure to login on Thursday, April 16, from 6 to 10PM EST or 3 to 7PM PT.
As we reported yesterday, the Warhawk Command Center is now live in PlayStation Home. Dylan Jobe, game director for Warhawk, has created a video to walk you through the game space and it’s various features. To promote the new game space, the price of Warhawk and the booster packs have been reduced on the PlayStation Store for the next two weeks. You can pick up the fill game for $19.99 and the booster packs for $4.99 each or $9.99 for all three.
Today, PlayStation Home will be getting an update adding several new features to the online world. The biggest of these features is the Warhawk Command Center (or Game Space). The Command Center will allow gamers to discuss the game, strategize their next attack (using the interactive sand table), and launch directly into the game. Once the Game Space is live, Sony will be hosting a launch party at the Command Center so drop by if you can.
In other changes, some Street Fighter IV clothing will be integrated into Home too. Items can be unlocked when you perform certain actions in the game. Gamers will be able to get their hands on Chun Li, Ryu, Guile, and Ken costumes.
