In Real Life

The Hollywood Hills And A Space Invader Wall

Kotaku AU

Some houses come with feature walls. Those are pretty exciting and devious. And then some houses come with Space Invader walls, and those are just jealousy-inducing.


August 23, 2011
PlayStation

Sony Gives PlayStation Home A Massive Theme Park Makeover With MMO-like Gameplay This Fall

PlayStation Home, the digital hang out space for Sony’s PlayStation 3 that opened to the public in 2008, is getting an extreme makeover later this year. Sony’s console social network will be redesigned for the fall, reemerging as an experience that’s part theme park, part online game and part social platform.


July 26, 2011
PlayStation

Dead Island’s Infestation Spreads To PlayStation Home

The zombie strain that strikes the holidayers on Dead Island is so virulent that even advertising the game results in a full-on undead plague, as European PlayStation Home users will discover shortly before the game launches in September.


June 1, 2011
PlayStation

Sony’s E3 2011 Conference Streaming Live In PlayStation Home

Would you prefer to experience the magic of Sony’s E3 2011 press conference from the comfort of your PlayStation 3? Of course you would, just like you’d prefer that announcement-filled keynote speech to have dozens of people doing the cabbage patch.


April 21, 2011
PlayStation

PlayStation Home Now Home To Real-Time Multiplayer

The PlayStation 3′s digital hang out space, PlayStation Home, will soon be home to better actual video games, thanks to the platform’s next big update. Version 1.5 of Home brings promised features like real-time multiplayer, improved physics and better visuals. What else?


August 19, 2010
News

The Best Empire Strikes Back Furniture $US10 Can Buy

Sorry, PlayStation Home fans, but news about furniture in Sony’s PlayStation 3 virtual world seldom excites me… except when we’re looking at an AT-AT table or a chair based on the Millennium Falcon escaping a space worm. Starting tomorrow, $US10 for this set in Home.


May 27, 2010
News

Report: Home Finally Leaving Beta, "Is Not S**t"

Kirk Ewing, from PlayStation Home developer Veemee (who make virtual spaces and items), reckons Sony’s underwhelming virtual network service will be emerging from its long-running beta at the end of this year.


March 25, 2010
News

Sony’s Online Sale Includes Half-Priced Games, Promised Bee Outfit

Just because a Spring blizzard just dumped a foot of snow on my house last night doesn’t mean that other people can’t enjoy a bit of spring fever.


March 11, 2010
News

A New Way To Navigate PlayStation Home

Taking a cue from the popular PlayStation 3 cross media bar, PlayStation Home 1.35 goes live tomorrow, with an all-new navigation interface that makes getting around easier than ever.


March 2, 2010
News

Grab A Major League Jersey In PlayStation Home

Now that everyone can finally connect to PlayStation Network, this is probably a good time to tell you that you can pick up a free baseball jersey for your Home avatar, just by going and watching a trailer.