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.
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