Attention Speed Demons: WipEout – one of PlayStation’s most celebrated and longest-running franchises – turns 15 this year. To celebrate this momentous occasion, we’re launching the WipEout Museum – a brand new space stuffed to the brim with games based upon this critically-acclaimed series of hypersonic, futuristic racers. From the Team Logo Hunt questing game to the breakneck fury lying within in the WipEout 2D arcade cabinets; the point-and-blast excitement of the WipEout Shooter to the interactive DJ area (where you can crank your favorite tracks and pump yourself up for the impending races), the WipEout Museum is the premier destination for fans of the long line of classic, gravity-defying titles that make up the WipEout universe.
In other news, we’ll be opening the doors of the new Observatory space this Thursday, July 8th, for the PlayStation minis event. Challenge your friends to a battle of wits, memory, and luck over a board consisting of a grid of glowing tiles. Flip the tiles over to reveal a variety of minis images; reveal two matching tiles to score a point. To keep things interesting, we’ve riddled the board with random tiles hiding bonuses and traps (such as a tile that steals points from your opponent). You can even hide traps of your own, weakening your opponent and securing the spoils (which, of course, come in the form of a highly-collectible reward). Elsewhere in the Observatory you will find the pool-esque FreezeBall game, which rounds out the exclusive PlayStation minis event.
In terms of other events to keep you busy over the upcoming weekend, we’ve just received a report of an imminent outbreak of red scorpions in the Sodium Hub:
“Coming heat waves are predicted to cause numbers of red robotic scorpions in the Sodium Hub to swell! Experts predict numbers will reach their peak this weekend. Do your part to keep the Sodium Hub safe by donning your stomp boots and keeping the red scorpion menace at bay over the coming days. Remember, the more red scorpions you stomp the greater level of upgrade you’ll earn for your stomp boots. And that’s not all; each progressive Stomp Boot upgrade will increase the number of points awarded to you for stomping red scorpions when worn!”
As far as updates to the PlayStation Home Mall go, Just Cause 2 clothing and furniture items (including Rico and Tom Sheldon costumes) will be released alongside new Lockwood/Sodium clothing items (new stilettos for the ladies), the mega-popular Trigger Happy-in-the-Box game from the Midway space will be made available for use in your clubhouses and personal spaces (available at a discounted price of $0.49 for those of you who have purchased the Midway Bar Key – likewise, if you purchase the Trigger Happy-in-the-Box game at its full price of $2.99 you will get a discount on the Midway Bar Key), new Monkey Island 2 items will appear in the LucasArts store, and our friends at LOOT will release the new LOOT Mobile Internet Browser item, which allows you to access the Sony Pictures Emporium website from your personal space. Does your avatar have a shirt you want to sport on your next night out? Use the LOOT Mobile Internet Browser to access IRL versions of some of your favorite in-world items.
Last but certainly not least, we want to invite you all out to our nightly Featured Game parties to play the latest and greatest PS3 and PSN games with your friends in PlayStation Home. To participate in a Featured Game party, simply go to the Gamer’s Lounge between 4:00pm and 8:00pm PDT (7:00pm and 11:00pm EDT). Once at the event, insert the Featured Game into your PlayStation 3 and either set up your own game launching session or join someone else’s. (Pro tip: Make sure to add people you meet in PlayStation Home to your friends list so that you can find one another in the game lobby). Over the course of the next week, we’ll be playing some awesome multiplayer games – from ModNation Racers (Friday, July 9th) to the new Fat Princess DLC (Tuesday, July 13th). Come on out and join us!
See you in Home!
hey, whats up with the recent futbol jerseys??? they BARELY became available and theres only a couple jerseys. the rest are shirts. :/ kinda sux 4 ppl who’s country are only avaible as shirts *cough argentina* and i tried to buy them and it says error -_- tht sux even more. ur most likely gonna ignore this but im sure ppl would appreciate it. plz fix this problem
so wats up with the JUST RECENTLY availanle futbol jerseys?? :/ and theres only a couple of jerseys, the rest r shirts -_- sux 4 ppl who’s country is available only as a shirt *cough argentina* and when i tried 2 purchase any shirt or jersey, it says error. -_- plz fix this problem. im sure a lot of ppl would appreciate it
I’d Like Some Plus Content On Home. Special Club Spaces Or Events For Plus Members. Also I’d Like A Plus Over My Avatars Head Or Next To My Name On Home. Make Me Prouder Of My $50 Plus Logo Lol.
SonsOfMonroe- lol that’d be kewl/weird 2 see a buch of people w/pluses over there head XD perhaps blinking names that change color or sumthin. idk :P
I’d Like A Plus Logo Next To My Avatar On The Blog Too Lol. I Want A Plus Every Where Concerning Me & My Avatar. Just To Show People How Many Subscribed. Ooooo How About A Gold Plus For 1 Year Subscribers & PSN Colors For The 3 Month Subscribers?
lol that would be kewl. u should get sumthin extra nice 4 shelling out $50 in this economy XD
does any1 else think that home needs OFFICIAL FIFA jerseys/uniforms??????? FC BARCELONA :D i would f****** LOVE u guys at HOME if we could get official FIFA uniforms. HOME has basketball and baseball jerseys :/ wat about your futbol fans?? T~T dont u care bout us??…*tear*
It was a great update in Home! :)
@57 Thats Why I Want A Plus Every Where My Name Is Lol. I Really Want MLB Caps & Jerseys Gimme My Cubs & White Sox Caps & Jerseys !!! O & Please Please Please Please Please Do Not Add Hair To The Hats. I Like My Low Cut. Not That Bad Perm You Guys Put Under Hats Lol. Gimme Plus Clothing On Home Plus Every Where LOL. I Want This To Be The Best $50 I Ever Spent On My PS3. New Dance Moves Please, Thanks. How About A Water Park Space ? Metal Gear Costumes For Avatars & Metal Gear Avatars For PSN ID Gimme Gimme Gimme
i know this is completely unrelated but what the hell ……. is anyone having problems with the neptune suite as cannot add furniture as says its still loading , when i leave it jams and have 2 quit home and when i return any furniture i removed has returned .. b grateful if anyone can help
also any news on letting us have more than 2 interactive items in our personal spaces … eg boom box , ufo , pool table .. and one last thing , any date on new loco island and will it join up with our old loco island personal space… thinks thats me done 4 now lol
@45
“if we dont get beaver tails wats a point of goin on home…”
ROFLMAO
hey the MIB gave me an idea , you guys shuld make a pc were u can browse the internet & tv’s were its linked with the central plaza video & u can at leest WATCH trialers
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I couldn`t find the Just Cause 2 items anywhere either, and I never have probs findin stuff on Home. I`ve been to every store in the mall, what gives?
And those dog and cat costumes are awesome, they are really fun to wear. The diff way they walk makes all the difference.
PLEASE
have more costumes like that! Any chance of fixing the Alien costumes from AVP released back in april and have it crawl when we walk?
Just Cause 2 items this Thursday, I suppose.
I think that there should be a age server limit. Have all the 17 and unders in a server range to themselves and all the 18+ in server range to themselves as well. This will solve any minors being herassed by adults and any adults being asked inapropriate questions. What do you all think of this action plan?