Huge playstation announcement

To say we have a pretty massive update coming for all of you this
Thursday, June 18th would be the understatement of the week. To start,
we’ll be unleashing the long-awaited SOCOM
Tactical Operations Center space. This space is the first installment
of a two-part SOCOM Home hub (the second highly interactive space –
OPFOR – will follow the TOC shortly) that is the ideal 3D locale for
the huge SOCOM community to meet up and socialize. At this new SOCOM
strategy post, you will be able to plot the next course of action with
your friends by gathering around the Telestrator tool and coordinating
your next assault. Chock full of maps and modes from SOCOM:
Confrontation, the Telestrator is a powerful tool that the Home
community can use to collaborate, strategize, and enhance their
gameplay experience. On top of this, the TOC boasts a regional
leaderboard that pulls data from the SOCOM site and updates Career
stats (such as all-time ranking, kills, deaths, and kills/deaths ratio)
in real-time. And in an imminent refresh of the TOC you’ll also be able
to purchase a slew of related virtual items to decorate your avatar
with. So if you like to sport the Military chic look you’ll have to
make a point to stop on by and load up on bandoliers, balaclavas, and
other assorted tactical outerwear.


Also coming to the world of PlayStation Home this week is our first foray into movie and game-themed personal spaces. All of you virtual Egons will be overjoyed to find a Ghostbusters
Firehouse personal space available for purchase. This 3-floor space
comes jam-packed with tons of furniture and assorted decorations at no
additional charge (including your very own Ecto-1). We hear that the
basement’s ghost containment unit might have accidentally leaked a
poltergeist or two, so you’ll have to keep an eye open for supernatural
activity. Lucky for you, the Ghostbusters Firehouse comes with full
Loot Stage Set functionality (including move props and portable blue
screens) so you can stage your own Ghostbusters machinima. And as a
token of our infatuation with the Ghostbusters franchise, we’re giving
away free t-shirts that commemorate the 25th anniversary of Slimer
hitting the silver screen. So be sure to log in and load up on all the
goodies while the gettin’ is there to be gotten.


Electronic Arts is also freshening
up their hugely-popular EA SPORTS Complex with additional Racing
tracks, a leaderboards, Racing Boost Shop, and Poker updates (including
bracelets for the ladies). The as-of-yet-unopened Golf Pro Shop space
will temporarily disappear but will reappear and launch within a short
time, so have no worries. All in all, this is a pretty significant
update to the Complex, so if you haven’t been over for a while, this
Thursday would be a dang fine time to drop on by.
We’re also bringing you some more game-related virtual items (did somebody say Street Fighter IV?!?!), including the free inFAMOUS Cole Costume for all of you that downloaded the demo and played it through to completion. Keep your eye on the official PlayStation Twitter page for more info regarding the awesome updates we have in “store” for you (terrible pun, I know).
To top this all off we have two events running this weekend in
addition to the regularly-scheduled Resistance: SRPA Siege and Saturday
Night Street Fightin’ game launching events (check the Clubs and Events
subforums on the official PlayStation Home messageboard for more
details). The first event starts Friday morning and ends Friday night
and has something to do with you and your friends going on a scavenger
hunt for parts of a secret code scattered throughout Home and the first
100 winners receiving a free download of Bomberman Ultra from the PlayStation Network.
The other is scheduled for Saturday night and also involves free stuff,
but you’ll have to keep your eyes on the video screens throughout Home
between now and then for more details, because my memory is getting a
little furry in my old age…
Oh, and by the way, the Killzone 2
Visari’s Throne and the Namco Bandai Museum are indeed coming to SCEA’s
version of PlayStation Home. But not this week. You’ll have to keep an
eye on the official Blog, forums, and Twitter accounts to stay up to
date as to the progress of these spaces. But don’t despair; you can
always spend the time between now and then launching into games of Crash Commando with your friends in Home. Don’t believe me? Give it a try…