Hello all and once again welcome to Home Weekly, covering the latest updates and news for PlayStation Home.
Starting off this week's new content anyone visiting Home Square will be pleased to know they will be greatly rewarded with a very special Chicken and Mushroom Pot Noodle costume. The costume comes as part of Pot Noodle's 'Easy Street' marketing campaign which up until now in Home has only included various posters.
Keeping on the theme of costumes, two new Novus Prime Mech Suits have been released. Both suits cost £5.49 and each come a unquie feature. The first, the Rogue Mech-Suit allows users to gather nebulon even while not playing Novus Prime, to increase their daily salary even further. The second suit, the Power-Mech Suit, comes with a 'Nebulon Magnet' which will help draw nearby nebulon towards the user's ship while playing the game. As already stated, both suits cost £5.49 and they can be purchased from the Novus Prime Store, the in-space vendor or from the Featured Items section of the Navigator.
Moving on and it seems that Lockwood once again bring new offerings, this time in the form of Drey, Home's first high-end, big-name clothing range. Shoes, hairstyles, shorts, headphones and tops are just a few of the items which make up both the Motorcycle Urban (male items) and Metallic Muse (female items) bundles. The Drey collection can be found in the Lockwood Store or the Featured Items section of the Navigator.
The final set of new content is again from Lockwood. Retronauts is an expansion of the already existing Fool Throttle collection. Retonauts includes guns, gloves, headsets, helmets, hair and other clothing with can all be purchased individually or as part of one of the various Clothing Packs; XE3A, XE3B, Z1726A and Z1726B. The prices of each single item varies, although the complete packs cost £4.79 and £3.99 for the A Type Pack and B Type Packs respectively. As with Drey, these can be found at either the Featured Items Section or Lockwood itself.
So, that's all for this week's latest content. Here is of course, as always, the links to both James Gallagher's weekly PlayStation Blog post with his rundown of this week's content and to an audio version of this post:
Living Life Without Limits - James Gallagher - EU PlayStation Blog
Pot Noodle and Other Costumes (Audio Version) - randomthings - SoundCloud
And also, the Home Weekly US Revamp Special is now to be released later this week. I am incredibly sorry for the delay to this, but I hope to have the post online by this coming Sunday.
So, now I just would like to thank for both listening and reading. I have been randomthings and I hope to be back again soon.
Monday, 21 November 2011
Saturday, 12 November 2011
Home Weekly - Sodium2: Payback and More
Hello all and welcome one again to Home Weekly, covering the latest news and updates for PlayStation Home.
Following last week's major Revamp update it appears that Lockwood have now unleashed a new batch of content in the form on Sodium2: Payback. The Payback update has brought along a total of twenty eight reward items for working through the levels in S2. Any returning Project Velocity players will also be pleased to know that you will unlock any reward as you enter the space if you have already reached the relevant level.
As well as this, a new rival feature has been implemented, which is said to allow players to go head-to-head with any other player, whereas this could only be done with friends previously. The final new feature is that of Launch Boosting. As many may have previous suspected would soon be in place, players can now earn a boot off of the starting grid if they accelerate at the right moment.
Moving away from Sodium and towards the Shopping Mall, it appears that many of this week's new items are companions. Starting off in the Stuff store, Sackboy is the first companion and he can also be purchased from the LBP Pod space. The second batch of companions comes from the AAA store in Eastern Mall area. The new Devilrobot items, which includes six new lovable, yet strange companions.
Also on sale in the Eastern Mall is the latest content from MyDeco. A DJ mixing deck and a levitating chair are just two of the new items.
And final piece of content from within Home this week is the latest offerings from Ganzella, which includes both furniture, clothes and a golden retriever.
Also this week comes an extra item that is only available from outside Home itself. Any Facebook users can grab themselves a pair of 'thumbs up foam hands' from the Official Sony PlayStation Page.
That's all for this week's content, but here is of course all of the relevant links including a few more audio blogs by myself:
Massive Sodium2 Update - James Gallagher - EU PlayStation Blog
Sodium2 Payback and More (Audio Version) - randomthings - SoundCloud
Sodium2 Payback Information - randomthings - SoundCloud
As a quick note, I am hoping to next week be posting a special edition as well as the normal post which will be focusing on the new features and changes that the Revamp brought to Home in North America.
So, until then I just have time to say I have been randomthings, thank you very more for reading and I'll be back again soon.
Following last week's major Revamp update it appears that Lockwood have now unleashed a new batch of content in the form on Sodium2: Payback. The Payback update has brought along a total of twenty eight reward items for working through the levels in S2. Any returning Project Velocity players will also be pleased to know that you will unlock any reward as you enter the space if you have already reached the relevant level.
As well as this, a new rival feature has been implemented, which is said to allow players to go head-to-head with any other player, whereas this could only be done with friends previously. The final new feature is that of Launch Boosting. As many may have previous suspected would soon be in place, players can now earn a boot off of the starting grid if they accelerate at the right moment.
Moving away from Sodium and towards the Shopping Mall, it appears that many of this week's new items are companions. Starting off in the Stuff store, Sackboy is the first companion and he can also be purchased from the LBP Pod space. The second batch of companions comes from the AAA store in Eastern Mall area. The new Devilrobot items, which includes six new lovable, yet strange companions.
Also on sale in the Eastern Mall is the latest content from MyDeco. A DJ mixing deck and a levitating chair are just two of the new items.
And final piece of content from within Home this week is the latest offerings from Ganzella, which includes both furniture, clothes and a golden retriever.
Also this week comes an extra item that is only available from outside Home itself. Any Facebook users can grab themselves a pair of 'thumbs up foam hands' from the Official Sony PlayStation Page.
That's all for this week's content, but here is of course all of the relevant links including a few more audio blogs by myself:
Massive Sodium2 Update - James Gallagher - EU PlayStation Blog
Sodium2 Payback and More (Audio Version) - randomthings - SoundCloud
Sodium2 Payback Information - randomthings - SoundCloud
As a quick note, I am hoping to next week be posting a special edition as well as the normal post which will be focusing on the new features and changes that the Revamp brought to Home in North America.
So, until then I just have time to say I have been randomthings, thank you very more for reading and I'll be back again soon.
Saturday, 5 November 2011
Home Weekly: The Revamp is Here!
Hello all and welcome once again to Home Weekly, bringing you the latest updates and news for PlayStation Home.
This week's update has brought us The Revamp, a complete redesign on Home's main structure and areas, with Home's main focus very much now seemingly being on the services mini-games as well as to promote retail and PSN games outside of Home.
The main part of the Revamp is the inclusion of four main District areas, with a fifth to soon be included. Each District is based around a particular genre of game, with the genre's being Action, Sports, Indie games and Adventure. The four new Districts are named Action, Sportswalk, Indie Park and Adventure respectively.
Each of them is designed to fit the genre by including info and news about the latest releases, mini-games and an aesthetic style which is set to match.
Each District also contains a shop which is a commerce point for all of the personal spaces, clothing and other items relating to the games as well as a teleporter to even more spaces based around the games and genre.
Action District
The first of the four Districts, action is based around games such as Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption, Dead Island, Killzone and Resistance, just to name a few.
The District is designed to be stylised like a crossroads or intersection in a city-like area. Set at night, the space is also filled with what seems to be an the edge of an army quarantined area, including large metal fences, a security checkpoint and an army Jeep.
As well as this the District also includes links to the following mini-games:
Killzone Home Defender
Sodium: Salt Shooter
Resistance 3: Scavenger
Dead Island Zombie Survivor
Bootlegger '29
Sportswalk
Much as the name suggests, the Sportwalk is District designed to Home's sports hub. Set in a seaside sports bar, the Sportwalk has many similar things to offer to the Action District; all of the latest information and news, except related to sports. Also, instead of various mini-games, the Sportwalk actually offers a few leisurely activities in the forms of American Pool, Darts and Poker. The final individual offering from the Sportswalk is a link to an Game Space named PlayStation Home Hold'em.
Indie Park
The Indie Park is Home's area for all of the latest stand-alone mini-games as well as a rather individual and mixed visual look that combines aspects of many games and areas including a grass area that has binary digits shining from the floor. Even the Store design for the Indie Park stands out, with it Store being a giant stray can. The space also includes a link to the Bowling Alley.
The list of mini-games in Indie Park is as follows:
Los Penguini Brothers
Gnome Curling
Give or Take
Espionage 9
echochrome (Arcade Cabinet)
Savage Cosmos (Arcade Cabinet)
Ice Breaker (Arcade Cabinet)
Adventure District
The final new District covers games such as Uncharted and is in fact currently the Uncharted 3: Fortune Hunter Space. At the moment, I do not know if the space will soon change to a new permanent design, whether Fortune Hunter is the permanent design, or if it will be changed regularly to a more current and new space.
Home Square
As well as the inclusion of the four new Districts, Home Square has been redesigned to have links to all of the Districts, the Mall spaces (which are now named Shopping Mall East and Shopping Mall West) and five of the most popular other spaces, which are:
Novus Prime
The PSN Sphere
Lockwood Publishing Showcase
Audi Home Terminal
and the Cinema
The centre of the Square also contains a mini-game in a similar manner to the previous incarnation of Home Square. The current mini-game is for an Indie game titled 'Cogs', which is a puzzle game that was up until recently only featured on PC. The game in the Square is merely a demo consisting of three levels. Upon completing the levels the user is asked if they wish to travel to the Cogs space. The game also offers rewards for achieving various high scores.
The Cinema
The Cinema is the final area that has been redesigned, with the main cinema lobby now being rather different. Its appearance is more modern in comparison to the previous design, which followed the style of a more traditional and older fashioned cinema. The lobby now also includes an interactive map, which can link users to any of the eight auditoriums as well as to the Cinema Shop, where spaces, furniture and clothes relating to various films that have marketing within Home.
This week I have also been recording a number files in which I have created a series of audio walkthroughs of the Districts as well as giving a few of my thoughts on them. I have also include a few other audio blogs in which I talk about a few minor points relating to the Revamp.They can all be found via the links below and all of the files are hosted on SoundCloud:
Home Square
Action District
Sportswalk
Indie Park
Advenure District
The Cinema
New Navigator Layout
Maintenance - Friday 4th November
Things Still to Come...
Closing Thoughts
As well as them, here are a couple of other relevant links:
PSHomeEU - Twitter
Take a Fresh Look at PlayStation Home - Darren Cairns - EU PlayStation Blog
So, that's all for this week. Home Weekly will once again be back next Saturday. So, until then I'd just like to say a huge thank you for reading and listening. I've been randomthings and I'll see you again soon.
This week's update has brought us The Revamp, a complete redesign on Home's main structure and areas, with Home's main focus very much now seemingly being on the services mini-games as well as to promote retail and PSN games outside of Home.
The main part of the Revamp is the inclusion of four main District areas, with a fifth to soon be included. Each District is based around a particular genre of game, with the genre's being Action, Sports, Indie games and Adventure. The four new Districts are named Action, Sportswalk, Indie Park and Adventure respectively.
Each of them is designed to fit the genre by including info and news about the latest releases, mini-games and an aesthetic style which is set to match.
Each District also contains a shop which is a commerce point for all of the personal spaces, clothing and other items relating to the games as well as a teleporter to even more spaces based around the games and genre.
Action District
The first of the four Districts, action is based around games such as Call of Duty, Red Dead Redemption, Dead Island, Killzone and Resistance, just to name a few.
As well as this the District also includes links to the following mini-games:
Killzone Home Defender
Sodium: Salt Shooter
Resistance 3: Scavenger
Dead Island Zombie Survivor
Bootlegger '29
Sportswalk
Much as the name suggests, the Sportwalk is District designed to Home's sports hub. Set in a seaside sports bar, the Sportwalk has many similar things to offer to the Action District; all of the latest information and news, except related to sports. Also, instead of various mini-games, the Sportwalk actually offers a few leisurely activities in the forms of American Pool, Darts and Poker. The final individual offering from the Sportswalk is a link to an Game Space named PlayStation Home Hold'em. Indie Park
The Indie Park is Home's area for all of the latest stand-alone mini-games as well as a rather individual and mixed visual look that combines aspects of many games and areas including a grass area that has binary digits shining from the floor. Even the Store design for the Indie Park stands out, with it Store being a giant stray can. The space also includes a link to the Bowling Alley.The list of mini-games in Indie Park is as follows:
Los Penguini Brothers
Gnome Curling
Give or Take
Espionage 9
echochrome (Arcade Cabinet)
Savage Cosmos (Arcade Cabinet)
Ice Breaker (Arcade Cabinet)
Adventure District
The final new District covers games such as Uncharted and is in fact currently the Uncharted 3: Fortune Hunter Space. At the moment, I do not know if the space will soon change to a new permanent design, whether Fortune Hunter is the permanent design, or if it will be changed regularly to a more current and new space.
Home Square
As well as the inclusion of the four new Districts, Home Square has been redesigned to have links to all of the Districts, the Mall spaces (which are now named Shopping Mall East and Shopping Mall West) and five of the most popular other spaces, which are:
Novus Prime
The PSN Sphere
Lockwood Publishing Showcase
Audi Home Terminal
and the Cinema
The centre of the Square also contains a mini-game in a similar manner to the previous incarnation of Home Square. The current mini-game is for an Indie game titled 'Cogs', which is a puzzle game that was up until recently only featured on PC. The game in the Square is merely a demo consisting of three levels. Upon completing the levels the user is asked if they wish to travel to the Cogs space. The game also offers rewards for achieving various high scores.The Cinema
The Cinema is the final area that has been redesigned, with the main cinema lobby now being rather different. Its appearance is more modern in comparison to the previous design, which followed the style of a more traditional and older fashioned cinema. The lobby now also includes an interactive map, which can link users to any of the eight auditoriums as well as to the Cinema Shop, where spaces, furniture and clothes relating to various films that have marketing within Home.
This week I have also been recording a number files in which I have created a series of audio walkthroughs of the Districts as well as giving a few of my thoughts on them. I have also include a few other audio blogs in which I talk about a few minor points relating to the Revamp.They can all be found via the links below and all of the files are hosted on SoundCloud:
Home Square
Action District
Sportswalk
Indie Park
Advenure District
The Cinema
New Navigator Layout
Maintenance - Friday 4th November
Things Still to Come...
Closing Thoughts
As well as them, here are a couple of other relevant links:
PSHomeEU - Twitter
Take a Fresh Look at PlayStation Home - Darren Cairns - EU PlayStation Blog
So, that's all for this week. Home Weekly will once again be back next Saturday. So, until then I'd just like to say a huge thank you for reading and listening. I've been randomthings and I'll see you again soon.
Saturday, 29 October 2011
Home Weekly: The Halloween Edition
Hello to all and welcome back to Home Weekly, once again giving you the latest news and updates for PlayStation Home.
This coming Monday is Halloween and Home is celebrating it in style with new makeover for Home Square. Complete with pumpkins, gravestones and an eery silence (except for the cricket that can be heard echoing into the night). Even the Lynx Fallen Angels fit in rather well. The Square also has a new vendor especially for Halloween, offering all matter of costumes for any virtual Halloween gatherings including an official 'Scre4m' 'costume.
Another vendor has also been added to celebrate the release of inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood, a stand-alone spin-off of the main franchise. While only the game itself can be purchased from the vendor, stopping by may prove to be useful as entering the shop will reward you with a limited edition item.
The final new addition to the Square is the Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One quiz. After answering a few questions you can find out which one of the game's four playable characters you are most like. Not only will you get to know that, but you will earn yourself a t-shirt and hat based on that character. Using the 'psychodeconstructotron' multiple times will allow you to unlock all items.
Moving away from Home Square and Aurora has also changed it's look to something more festive, yet it has managed to look more evil and twisted than the Square, with the islands now in darkness with the pumpkins giving off a gentle glow for even more effect. All of this and more is part of Aurora's recent update to version 1.3, which will include events within the space next week.
The last new piece of content comes from the Lockwood Publishing Showcase, were other six different days Lockwood will be offering six special rewards, all centered around the events of this coming Monday.
From the Community
A while back in a previous Home Weekly, I began the 'From the Community' segment, where I would comment on as well as voice the opinions of Official PlayStation community in regards to Home. The first time I did this, I commented on the seemingly unorganised and 'busy' state of the Square, as it features many teleportal.
After having seen many other temporary ones and some permanent and come and go since then, I feel that Lockwood have come up with the perfect design for a teleportal.The teleportal in question is situated near the exit towards the Shopping Centre. The portal is also conveniently multipurpose and can take players to both the Lockwood Publishing Showcase and Aurora.
Finally, here is a few links relevant to this all that has been covered in this week's edition:
Home Weekly (which includes From the Community section)
PlayStation Home: What Goes Bump In The Night - James Gallagher - EU PlayStation Blog
Celebrate Halloween In PlayStation Home - Locust_Star - US PlayStation Blog
So, I guess that is all for this week. Home Weekly will be back again next Saturday and should hopefully now be staying so for the foreseeable future. I've been randomthings and thank you very much for reading.
This coming Monday is Halloween and Home is celebrating it in style with new makeover for Home Square. Complete with pumpkins, gravestones and an eery silence (except for the cricket that can be heard echoing into the night). Even the Lynx Fallen Angels fit in rather well. The Square also has a new vendor especially for Halloween, offering all matter of costumes for any virtual Halloween gatherings including an official 'Scre4m' 'costume.
Another vendor has also been added to celebrate the release of inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood, a stand-alone spin-off of the main franchise. While only the game itself can be purchased from the vendor, stopping by may prove to be useful as entering the shop will reward you with a limited edition item.
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| The Psychodeconstructotron |
The final new addition to the Square is the Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One quiz. After answering a few questions you can find out which one of the game's four playable characters you are most like. Not only will you get to know that, but you will earn yourself a t-shirt and hat based on that character. Using the 'psychodeconstructotron' multiple times will allow you to unlock all items.
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| The current appearance of Aurora |
The last new piece of content comes from the Lockwood Publishing Showcase, were other six different days Lockwood will be offering six special rewards, all centered around the events of this coming Monday.
From the Community
A while back in a previous Home Weekly, I began the 'From the Community' segment, where I would comment on as well as voice the opinions of Official PlayStation community in regards to Home. The first time I did this, I commented on the seemingly unorganised and 'busy' state of the Square, as it features many teleportal.
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| The Lockwood Teleportal |
After having seen many other temporary ones and some permanent and come and go since then, I feel that Lockwood have come up with the perfect design for a teleportal.The teleportal in question is situated near the exit towards the Shopping Centre. The portal is also conveniently multipurpose and can take players to both the Lockwood Publishing Showcase and Aurora.
Finally, here is a few links relevant to this all that has been covered in this week's edition:
Home Weekly (which includes From the Community section)
PlayStation Home: What Goes Bump In The Night - James Gallagher - EU PlayStation Blog
Celebrate Halloween In PlayStation Home - Locust_Star - US PlayStation Blog
So, I guess that is all for this week. Home Weekly will be back again next Saturday and should hopefully now be staying so for the foreseeable future. I've been randomthings and thank you very much for reading.
Monday, 29 August 2011
Home Weekly - SCE Announces Complete Revamp
Hello to all and welcome once again to Home Weekly, bringing the latest news and updates for PlayStation Home.
Latest News
Starting of this week's edition is a huge announcement from Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). An article posted on blog.us.playstation on Tuesday (August 23rd) announced news that the way Home is to be divided and sectioned will be changing and become far more focused around themes and moods to suit the user. Each of the main space's will now be classed as a 'district', with there being a total of four districts all being linked to the central 'hub'.
The four districts are 'Sportswalk', 'Pier Park', 'Action District' and 'Adventure District'. Each one offers a unique style and experience that is designed to be suited to the user's mood. For example, the 'Action District' is designed to have dark, urban themes that are based around the feel and style of horror, action, FPS and general shooter games. Being almost the complete opposite, 'Pier Park' offers a bright, light hearted area based around indie, puzzle and arcade games, which the district's aesthetic being styled around that of a sea-side fairground. The 'Adventure District' is said to be that of a dense jungle, presumably to be in connection with titles such as Uncharted. Finally, 'Sportswalk' is to be as the name implies, the area for all things sport. With sports based minigames as well as links and features connected to real life sporting events and games.
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| Pier Park |
As well as the areas all featuring their respective games and styles, they are also to include vendors and virtual stores relating to the district as well as other links to relevant entertainment and things of interest. As yet another added bonus, the central 'Hub' will also add numerous new features to the overall experience of Home. These features include, quests, community events and UGC (User Generated Content).
So far though, this has only officially been announced by SCE America, with no word as of yet from SCE Europe, but I am sure that Europe as well as Japan and other regions will likely receive the same revamp, if not, something similar.
Updates and New Content
Moving onto this week's latest update from Thursday, August 25th and the latest batch of content has been added. The first thing is the addition of a weapons store to the Dead Island space. Next up, Diesel have announced their next items to be offered on Home. The announcement itself can be read in a the weekly Home update post from SCEE blog manager James Gallagher, the link for which can be found below.
Following on from this, it appears that Lockwood Publishing have once again been hard at work to deliver their latest offering, the Silicon Lounge, a personal space which is designed around the Sodium universe. The new space is said to be a "neon paradise" which is perfect for meeting with friends and partying. The space also includes a number of unique features including an integrated Lockwood Gift Machine as well teleporters to Sodium2, SodiumOne and the Sodium Hub, making this a must buy for any fan of Sodium and the creations of Lockwood.
As well as this they have also just released the Double Time clothing range, which is styled around the madness of paintball warfare, with all items being available as being 'clean' or coated in paint.
Moving to more musical based releases and a set of both clothes and items have been released to celebrate the release of 'Welcome 2 My Nightmare', the latest album from rock and metal legend Alice Cooper. The items include various props and outfits as featured during his latest tour, all of which can be found in AAA.
Going back to game-focused releases and Konami have released new clothing items which have become part of their Retro Collection. The new clothes allow users to dress their avatar's as either Death, Dracula or Alucard as featured in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. All of these can be found in Threads.
And finally, for the last item on the list of updates and new content is that by popular demand, Baseline Battle has indeed returned to Home Square to coincide with the US Open.
Also, here is of course all of the links relevant to this edition of Home Weekly:
PlayStation Home: More Zombies and Alice Cooper - James Gallagher - EU Blog
The Next Evolution for PlayStation Home - Jack Buser - US Blog
Sony announces massive changes to PlayStation Home - The Gadget Show - Channel 5
So, that's all for what is now last week's news PlayStation Home. As an added piece of news from myself in the next month or so, I am hoping to begin to create regular video content for the YouTube Channel, including Home Weekly in a video format. You can expect more information about that soon. Once again it's time for me to sign off. So, I've been randomthings and thank you very much for reading. I hope to be back soon.
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