Sony PlayStation Home Recruiting Beta Testers

August 1st, 2008, 21:38 Posted By: Shrygue

via Gizmodo


Sony's much-delayed, but very ambitious, PlayStation Home online world is set to get the once-over from drooling fans.

Sony is looking to recruit 10,000 lucky PS3 owners between now and August 11 to enter the PlayStation Home world as closed beta testers, ironing out the kinks, decorating their free luxury apartments and generally running around causing virtual mayhem.

The beta will kick off at the end of August but will not be offering a full range of locations. It will though have a Game Venue developed with Namco, where you can hang with other avatars playing arcade classics like DigDug, Pac-Mac and Galaga.

Other locations on offer will include:

• Home Square: the main hang-out from where you can go everywhere else.
• Apartment: get decorating you slob!!
• Theater: Watch videos and trailers, spill nachos and slurp slushies.
• Bowling and Billiards: *snore*
• Marketplace: shop 'til your credit card melts.

See some shots of the Theater and Home Square here. Still no firm date on an actual launch though.

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