The PS Blog has the news that PS3 owners have been waiting for since, well, they got their PS3- the Home open beta launches tomorrow, December 11. As an ‘open’ beta, this means that all PS3 owners can download and use PlayStation Home; the words ‘open beta’ are becoming more and more synonymous with ‘you can use it, but don’t complain if it sucks’ nowadays. In case you hadn’t heard about Home, it’s an open platform for social interaction, similar to Second Life, with customisable aspects. More after the jump.

In short, Home is a place to meet Internet friends, customise yourself and your house, and visit special places- for example, as reported by Gamezine, Far Cry 2, Uncharted, Warhawk, MotorStorm and SOCOM will all have special areas within Home, and more big names in the industry are on their way. Plus, non-gaming companies are getting involved as well, so expect to be admiring people dressed in Diesel fashion drinking Red Bull while watching a Paramount movie on a Bravia HDTV. It’s just like real life, kids! Still, it does sound like a nice service, and I’m looking forward to trying it out. See you there.

Tags: Beta, HOME, playstation-home, PS3, Sony

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4 Comments » Rangebar Merani on December 10, 2008 9:31 am finally coming out, about damn time..i hope its worth the wait…I guess I’ll be playing SOCOM more in the next few days DavidGX on December 10, 2008 6:05 pm When I think of all the money they spent on this that COULD have been spent to make PSN a better service, I get ill. Bagat on December 10, 2008 7:49 pm @ DavidGX What are you talking about? psn is already a great service Wasn’t Home initially supposed to come out exactly 1year and 3 months ago? DavidGX on December 11, 2008 12:49 am I said a BETTER service, as in, better than it is. As in, up to xbox live standards. Instead we get a really crappy second life. Fantastic. RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.