Home Beta Update 0.8.6 Comes with New Space

SCRAWL: "A tipster who choses to remain anonymous sent us in these new screenshots of a new update to the Home closed beta. The beta is now at v0.8.6.

The new space is called the Media and Events Space and it seems to be a harness for all PLAYSTATION related events."

Screenshots at the link.

[Condoleezza Rice]

Sweet Home...

[GutZ31]

Oh, hai.
This must be my room!

[jwatt]

I understand why some people call this a game because the graphics look beautiful. I just hope they add alot of things to make it fun.

[LiquifiedArt]

Expect E3 to open up some positions for us to view the show here.

[PoSTedUP]

are you in the beta test? how is it? (if you are)

[LiquifiedArt]

But They will give out more invites this spring/summer

[PoSTedUP]

its not a game.....its a way of life.

[Xlll]

Wouldn't it be interesting to get live streaming video of gaming shows in that space? Or perhaps also having them stream video of people at that event at shows and give the PS3 owners who don't get to goto those shows a chance to ask questions during them?

[PoSTedUP]

they probably would get that in a firmware update later on = )

i cant wait.....this summer they said?

[PlayStation360]

if you could play the demos that are in the show floors.

btw: lol ya'll see that cute little PS3 in the pic? (third down, 2nd from the right.)

[PoSTedUP]

yea i see it.....and their's a fat joint rolled up next to it = )

[PlayStation360]

:D Toke!

[juuken]

Cool!

[ice_prophecy]

I concur!

[Tetsuryu]

Wow, the scenery is looking beautiful. It's just like going to a museum. I can't imagine how the release will fare, looking good.

[poopsack]

looks great. But Microsoft Casa will be 10X better.

Edit: oh forgot the dash sarcasm I thought you guys would notice since you know... I made that up.

[PoSTedUP]

doubt it.

@ above^- i got 3 of my bubbles takin away for being sarcastic, be careful ; )

[Mc Fadge]

Actually coming out with something to compete with Home?

[Clinton514]

Good for internet fame but not man enough to fess up with your PSN account? ;)

[Mc Fadge]

I don't think so, I'm sure you enjoyed looking at these photos ;D

And I'd say it's more common sense not to show your PSN ID when posting leaked images :3

[Clinton514]

I just want to see this clown skillet-ed for being such a frickin attention wh/re ;)

[SolidAhmed]

It will push the community far beyond anyone imagination.

[Rick Astley]

Home has better graphics than Gears of War 2 lol.

Can't wait.

[Mc Fadge]

Gears of War 2 has much more going on while the graphics are being produced though :3

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

More than Gears of War 1 did...

...but not as much as the first Resistance did.

[Archaeox]

I'm going to face it and be totaly honest.

Home might be another Haze.

Delayed many times, yet failing to deliver

Those delays better damn well mean something!

[Rick Astley]

Why the hell are you comparing Home to a new IP from Free Radical?

Haze = Game
Home = NOT a game.

Wtf? Do you even know why Home was delayed so many times? They're trying to throw in as much content as possible before they release it. It's not because they're having issues.

[Clinton514]

I'm pretty sure you haven't played Haze nor are you beta testing HOME.

[peksi]

I think it's up to two things: content and integration. No one wants just to walk around Home.

There has to be content, something people can do that is fun which would be socialicing, playing minigames and perhaps do some sort of adventuring.

Integration will have even greater potential. Imagine bringing game parts to the Home and vice versa blurring the line between game and Home. I really hope that is something they are doing there right now. Park your GT5 car at Home.. use your closet to store your battle gear and wear it while strolling around.

[juuken]

...Home is not a game. It's an interactive space on the PS3. o_o;

[Crazywhitie]

They should stop updating Home and get it out now, maybe add afew more guys on the getting it out part, more then the let's make a new area part...

[PikkonX]

So it's better to release it unfinished than to take their time and get it done properly with all the promised features? In its current state it's certainly not ready to go live.

[juuken]

Fall2008 my impatient friend, Fall2008.
It's a closed beta now, and it'll be open to new people little by little.

[dragunrising]

I haven't been following Home too much lately, but this has spurned new interest. I am cautiously optimistic about Home and hope its everything its been promised. Also, how does one describe it? Meta-game or social media hub? The one concern I have is whether or not Home is the first application that loads on the system; I would rather have access to the xmb before I access Home. Do you access Home just like you would Playstation store?

[PikkonX]

You start up Home just like a game/demo installed on the PS3 hard drive.

[Crazywhitie]

Home Delayed again until mar. 09 so they can add a New Space "The Bathroom"..

[Rick Astley]

Home wasn't delayed to next year douche.

[poopsack]

And in the bathroom... the toilet! Where your 50 bucks are going annualy.

[crimsonfox]

BURN!!!

[juuken]

Cute but...no.

[crimsonfox]

0_o

[juuken]

o ^ 0 Not youuuuuu!

I meant..argh nvm. x-x

[Crazywhitie]

do you think World of warcarft started with all it's features, NO Home was going to be released last oct., then mar. of 08, now oct, of 08..will see..... They should work on what they got then update it like every other game/mmo out in the world..... Rick Astley it was a Joke.... Noob

[vegnadragon]

i was hyping the hell out of home but not felling the magic anymore. I really just want in-game xmb now.

[Tetsuryu]

In due time my friend, it's coming. ;)

[Mc Fadge]

Just hope it functions

[DongHungLong]

Cool...

[Antan]

oops. n/m

[zakupilot256]

and this is all FAKE!!!!!! FAKE FAKE FAKE!!! sorry but this is not in the beta.

[Xlll]

doesn't look like you are either.

[BlackIceJoe]

Even if these are real or fake they really look good and just make people want Home even more.

[Mc Fadge]

it's a pretty damn good fake ;D

[PLiPhaze]

and all I will say is fake is going a bit far, but not all of this new area is accessible i.e. the monorail

[tfur]

I saw this story, went in... I could not find it either, but someone invited me to the new space.

Looking really nice... there now...

EDIT: After checking these new spaces out, and am feeling a lot better about HOME now...

[Mc Fadge]

You are looking ever so pretty, but that's not what I worry about. I just hope you load fast, don't lag, and are both deep, but simple. I just hope Sony makes this all work, online experiences worry me in Australia :<

[pwnsause]

its fake

[Antan]

No its not.

[tfur]

I can't get back into the new spaces though... odd...

[sinncross]

is looking good!

[Nitrowolf2]

it looks like they took those mountain from a game or something
Really good to hear about the progress
cant wait for this to be here

[J@D]

Hmmmm, I wonder if Sony finally it going to spill some beans of HOME on the E3 this year.

[Fishy Fingers]

Image removed :(

[bandoors]

i just cant wait for home

[yocdub]

After I Updated last night, I explored HOME for at least an hour and there was NO new space. All it says after the update is that it fixed a few bugs, thats it. Nothing new since .8.0. I'll keep looking for it, but I would have to say this article is BUNK.

[CoBrAbOy]

Whoever submitted this is an idiot. I am in the Home Beta, this however, is not! Stupid children with nothing to do but rob candy from stores and photoshop crap. I made a funny! lol

[diablo103]

anyone know where i can find the pics?

[drseuss74]

ok how do you get to the new area? I can't find it any where, and have looked every where that is accessable.

I dont see it at all with the new update.

[Mc Fadge]

If this was fake, why was it claimed under copyright by Sony? O_o

[tfur]

It was not fake. It may have only been for europe. I could only get there when someone invited me while in HOME.

It was all based around the Europe gamers day... with content from that event in the 2 new spaces.

[stennexxx]

My Home had some updates but still looked the same there was no new entry. Maybe this info is a rumor for real.

[smokeymicpot]

they had this in the American beta it was cool

[ben806]

how did anybody get into the beta was it just random emails from sony?
i know they have had a sign up website that says 'look here for more information on joining the beta' but thats been up for about a year now..

[Arkham]

It's not fake -- it's only available to European testers. I'm in the North American group and there's nothing new here. I was only prompted to download home square and market updates, and so far I can't see anything different.

Though, I have noticed it's more responsive after you 'leave' a store.