wraggster
November 3rd, 2011, 22:57
Sony's social revamp for its PS3 social network, PlayStation Home, launches today.
The platform has been given a thorough overhaul. It is now split into genre-specific areas, dubbed "districts", to improve discoverability. Players are able to join multiplayer games immediately from each district, with the recently announced free-to-play FPS Bootlegger 29 available in the Action district, and Adventure themed around Uncharted 3 (http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/uncharted-3-drakes-deception-review), which launched in Europe yesterday. Also new are the self-explanatory Sportswalk, and lo-fi showcase Indie Park.
In a press release, SCEE head of online marketing Darren Cairns said: "The new revamp of PlayStation Home puts you right at the centre of a world of games. We now have multiple spaces, games and activities themed around the type of games you know and love on your PS3 - and it's free to join in and have a look around."
The revamp was announced in August (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/playstation-home-get-social-revamp), and is a natural consequence of the April launch of Home 1.5 (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/gdc-2011-sonys-new-home), which added new developer tools for graphics, physics and multiplayer games.
Sony recently said the PSN outage had positively affected user numbers and game revenue (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/sony-psn-outage-woke-dormant-customers), and the same applies to home: in June, Home director Jack Buser said the service saw a new record number of users (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/playstation-home-busier-ever) in the week the service was restored.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/new-look-playstation-home-launches
The platform has been given a thorough overhaul. It is now split into genre-specific areas, dubbed "districts", to improve discoverability. Players are able to join multiplayer games immediately from each district, with the recently announced free-to-play FPS Bootlegger 29 available in the Action district, and Adventure themed around Uncharted 3 (http://www.next-gen.biz/reviews/uncharted-3-drakes-deception-review), which launched in Europe yesterday. Also new are the self-explanatory Sportswalk, and lo-fi showcase Indie Park.
In a press release, SCEE head of online marketing Darren Cairns said: "The new revamp of PlayStation Home puts you right at the centre of a world of games. We now have multiple spaces, games and activities themed around the type of games you know and love on your PS3 - and it's free to join in and have a look around."
The revamp was announced in August (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/playstation-home-get-social-revamp), and is a natural consequence of the April launch of Home 1.5 (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/gdc-2011-sonys-new-home), which added new developer tools for graphics, physics and multiplayer games.
Sony recently said the PSN outage had positively affected user numbers and game revenue (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/sony-psn-outage-woke-dormant-customers), and the same applies to home: in June, Home director Jack Buser said the service saw a new record number of users (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/playstation-home-busier-ever) in the week the service was restored.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/new-look-playstation-home-launches