I Love Ninjas in PlayStation Home

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We’ve got some big plans for PlayStation Home coming up, some of which may involve ninjas and street fighters. We thought that would grab your attention. It did for us at SCEA.

PlayStation HOME screenshot Ninja girl

And as we continue to expand upon existing content with PlayStation Home spaces, we’ve introduced a leaderboard for the Red Bull Air Race in the Red Bull space. We recently made the most of these new leaderboards with a contest to see who could get the highest scores. Shopaholics rejoice too, you’ll find some cool new virtual items at the mall, including ninja and pirate costumes.

As you may have heard, Capcom is set to expand its blockbuster franchises globally with Street Fighter and Resident Evil within PlayStation Home. Resident Evil 5 fans can launch straight from PlayStation Home into the game. And for the Street Fighter fans, Capcom is bringing Street Fighter IV costumes and additional themed content to PlayStation Home, much of which will be unlocked through in-game actions.

PlayStation Home Screenshot Street Fighter RYU & KEN

I know that is a lot to digest, but that’s not all … in the next few months, gamers will find even more clothing, furniture and events taking place throughout PlayStation Home, including the launch of the Warhawk space (complete with game launching), SOCOM space, and the recently announced Gamer’s Lounge. This will be another hang-out space for the community to mix and mingle, just like you would at a real lounge. We will also hold special events here such as developer talks and parties. Along with the spaces, you can bet you’ll find even more impromptu promotions and giveaways taking place.

And as for the ninjas …. On February 12th, sweet ninja outfits will be available for purchase at the Mall to dress your PlayStation Home avatar up in. Yeah, ninja outfits! And to celebrate their arrival, we’re holding a contest: On February 13th, we’ll be holding an event called “I Love Ninjas.” The first instance of the brand-new community-named Home hang-out space, the Gamer’s Lounge, to be completely filled with people in ninja costumes (or a reasonable facsimile using all-black clothing items in your inventory) that we see will win vouchers for SOCOM and Warhawk to celebrate the upcoming spaces.

What events would you like to see?

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  • Sweet, its good to see HOME is still growing. Cant wait to get some awesome Street Fighter gear

  • Well I do love ninjas. How about a panda outfit in the future? I know it’s going to be coming soon.

  • seems interesting, keep the content coming!

  • Ha!! I love it Cyd! Will we be seeing you in Ninja wear?

  • Awesome. Can’t wait!

  • HOME is gonna be the hotness! Will the Game Launching be coming to all PSN and Disc Based Games as well?

  • Awesome, a chance to win a free copy of Warhawk! I will be there.

    I would really like to see some clothing from Marc Ecko, I need a Still Free shirt.

  • Cool thanks for the update, hope to see you around home. Oh yea when are the new living areas and club areas coming?

  • Am I the only one thats not into home? I installed it when the public beta went out a few months ago and only ran it ONCE… after that I have no opened up HOME yet, I found it not very functional. Maybe I should open it up and see whats been updated. I really didnt like the fact that the feature to start a game or invite others to your game was not enabled.

  • Sorry to say but until I can do everything I can do in my XMB in home there isn’t much in it for me to do. Sure it’s nice to hang out but if I wanted to watch a Video or Listen to my own music I have to logout of home and do that. Why can’t we do that stuff in our own Spaces? I mean is it really that hard to listen to music while I walk around home or bowl? Killzone 2 is letting us play music while playing online so why can’t I do that in Home?

  • HOME-IS-NOT-COOL

  • I would love for the ninja costume to give you the ability to actually punch people. Come on, do it, you know you want to.

  • ummm. This is totally awesome. Its nice to see things on the Home front picking up with events and game spaces and ladder boards coming because as much as fun Home is to just sit there and talk, we need to give it some more meat and I see a lot of delicious meat coming *drools like Homer…..meeeaaatttt*

  • Yay, Ninjas, FTW!!! :)

    Samurai armor next, guys…

  • RE5 room sounds awesome.

  • Nice Cydonia, keep it up!!! :D

  • This is more what home should be like. Developers Interviews, giveaways, ninja parties ya know all that good stuff.

  • Hey Jack,

    Really good news the SF4 costumes are unlocked from buying/playing the actual game.

    I know you guys need to make profit from Home, but it’s great to see content that’s rewarded to you from actual games themselves, and not just from your wallet :P

    More games with unlockable tie-ins to Home please, like SF4 and RE5! Cheers

  • I think it will be great to see multiple game gear roaming around in Home. Helgast vs Street fighter anyone?

  • FINALLY!!!! A friggin ninja mask is all I needed lol, have been tryin to make a ninja since closed beta lol…i got all the black wear I need but now i’m gettin the actual ninja suit…yea…all i need is some daggers or nunchuks lol. my micheal jackson thriller zombie was okay for the holloween thing but I wanted a ninja

  • Sounds really cools until I read Socom space. Really? Any other space instead of Socom would’ve been fine. LOL The game sucked to be honest!

  • Any ‘LBP’ stuff coming in HOME??? I would love a Mini Sack-boy for my room!!! ;D

  • hey cyd great post you and locust are doing a fine jobs as managers keep it up :)

  • How is the pricing being done on the ninja and pirate costumes? One price for the outfit or is it going to charge us for each piece, like the Santa outfit?

  • HELP! PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION!
    Im a big fan of playstation home and i had a feeling of its potential from the start. I kept my hopes up even though many people thought of it as a dissappointment.

    IS THE FEB. 13 event (with black/ninja clothing) ONLY AVAILABLE TO USA?
    …or people from EUROPE can actually take pat in them?

    Many thanks!
    Happy Valentines to everyone!
    PSN: LoveStrucked

  • Dear Jack Buser…

    As someone with an avatar of Flynn, come on man, get Disney Interactive to make a Tron space with lightcycles we all know from the news this week they’re on the dev list for Home. (:

  • How about the PS Home Trophy room? I’d really like to see that. Or was the idea scrapped?

  • Thanks for keeping content flowing…

    I still think content should be earned not charged for though… or at least only charge for certain content. Not everything.

    Allow us to earn cash by acquiring high scores and trophies or something like that.

    Oh, and regarding the current “Red Bull” area…
    It’s really hard to locate the race when many people are in front of the fence. We shouldn’t have to search by clicking on users in the area and navigating via the d-pad.
    Add an easier way to locate the area’s accessible content within an area.

    This can also be applied to other ares as well.
    The theater as well as other screens, games etc. can be difficult to locate in large crowds.

    Just a thought.

    Thanks for keeping us updated and have a nice day!

    P.S.
    The PS Blog still needs “edit post” and “preview post” buttons.
    The GAP posting method works perfectly for example; I suggest you apply a similar system here. I believe that it would be successful here as well, making a more user friendly interface for the Blog.

    Thanks!

  • This is the type of stuff Home needs. Some stuff to ignite conversation. Now, we just need more stuff to do. Some basic trophies would inspire interaction too.

    “Talk to 5 people not on your friends list”
    “Launch into a game with strangers”
    etc.

    Just some basic things to give a bit of objective to the whole thing.

  • I appreciate the milkage, but Home needs some content. Buying e-clothes is dandy and all, but they need more stuff like the Red Bull air races to get me to access it to begin with.

    It is free though, well at least the basic home experience so I cant really complain.

    When is the EA space coming?

  • Nice costumes, but that’s not what people are looking for in Home. How about all the features people are begging for in the forums?

    PS: I’m just “knocking” on Sony’s door.

  • Hey Sony, you know what I like?

    Having a company promise something revolutionary for three or four years, then release it and NOT have it be a glorified Barbie doll where you have to pay for every outfit.

    It would be nice if Home consisted of something other than options to buy everything in the entire place. This is crass commercialism taken to an insulting form.

    Spitting in our faces would have been simpler.

  • Costumes are cool. Not sure if i will ever buy one. Not at these price anyway. Are you guys going to do a flea market or good will store for costumes at 25 cents for cheap bastards like me?

  • I like HOME somewhat but the items (clothes, furniture) are WAY overpriced (at least in Switzerland). No way I am gonna pay that much for some virtual Jeans.

  • I don’t think Sony’s really listening to us…
    They’re not adding the major things we ask for; they’re adding what they think is suitable for us. The stuff that they can charge for.

    Shame on you Sony!
    I realize that Home basics are free, however; you’re taking it too far. Don’t charge for everything, and don’t charge so much either.

  • gotta love the ninjas :)… now we need pirates XD

    but I was wondering… Street Fighter needs a patch for Home compatibility right?

    Oh, and will Killzone 2 have launching and party abilities from Home… if anyone can PLZ answer this that would be appreciated!

  • Bad. Ass! Can’t wait; I will be there!

  • ninja rap comes to mind…ninja ninja rap….haha teenage mutant ninja turtles 1990 hell yea we are the foot lol

  • OH, and will trophies ever be implemented as money in Home… or at least something *give us a sign!

  • Okay… but what kind of pricing can we expect for this ninja costume? $0.99 for each individual piece? Pricing in Home is quite… well, I don’t think I need to finish that sentence.

  • Whoa….just realized who posted this. Not bad, Cyd!

  • hey linkk01, street fighter is suppose to get a patch on the day of release

  • Home RULES, you guys are really doing an amazing job keep up the good work!

    QUESTION:

    Game launching worked for at least everything previously, at least LAUNCHING the game from home. Will that feature come back soon? Or is it waiting to actually be integrated into the online games as far as launching into an actual game session vs launching the game only?

    MORE WOMENS CLOTHING PLEASE! The diesel store has 900000 things for the males!

    KEEP IT UP!

  • With the Warhawk space do we have to have the Warhawk disc in our system or installed on our system to game launch.

    Bing POP Culture into Home give a contest or raffle so players can talk to there favorite Singer or Rapper etc..

    When will there be a Music Store like the movie app so we can download music on hour hard drive.

  • No news on game launching for Resistance 2 ?

  • As for what events I’d like to see, I’d kinda like to see something that people in Home could participate in without having to come to the forums. The 12 days of Christmas that you and LS did was okay, but not everyone can sit at their computers hitting F5 on the young computer to participate.

    It was a good effort, but there’s gotta be something built in to Home that everyone can do.

  • ur link to playstation home is an unnofficial site.

  • You guys should allow a preview of the clothes on our characters before we pay $2 (ridiculous price, I might add) for a virtual shirt. Also in need of more customization options, mainly for hair, hair color, and clothing color.

  • sweet game launching! havent been on home in while might need to stop in today :-P

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