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Home Beta Ends Soon

Closed beta ends this month (or early next), companies sign up in droves.

Alex C [nofi] - Editor
Thursday, October 9, 2008 / 8:37

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According to the official Japanese SCEJ site, the current closed Home Beta is due to end in a matter of weeks, presumably then opening up the final 1.0 version to a wider public.  Additionally, here’s a list of companies that have signed up as partners for Home, providing content, spaces etc:

IREM
Activision
Acquire
Atlus
Walt Disney Japan
SNK
EA
Capcom
Q Entertainment
Game Republic
Genki
Koei
Konami
Spike
Sega
D3 Publisher
Tecmo
Nippon Ichi Software
Hudson
Bandai Namco Games
Ubisoft

Home has a major presence at TGS this year, as can be seen by these photographs from the show.

Translation source.

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11 Comments

  1. DeforMAKulizer (131 TSA Points)
    Member since: Aug 2008
    Posted on: 09/10/2008 at 08:52

    Tremendous third party support! =D
    Can’t Wait! Sony supposedly has a press conference soon in TGS =D YAY!

  2. Pixl1983 (401 TSA Points)
    Member since: Forever
    Posted on: 09/10/2008 at 08:53

    It’s good to see this kind of support for home. No Sqeenix tho. :(

    Are these home spaces and wot-not gonna be in there from 1.0 launch or will they be implemented slowly?

  3. Shrui (228 TSA Points)
    Member since: Aug 2008
    Posted on: 09/10/2008 at 09:13

    I’ll be interested to see the developer spaces, the rest of what has been in the beta so far I wasn’t enthused by.

    Home is an interesting add on to the whole PS3 experience but its not for everyone.

    Some will get use out of it but I think too many people go for the hype on it (on forums in general, not particularly here) and think it will be a killer app when its really just a social networking add on at best.

    But hey its free and if it pulls in a few more punters then best of luck to Sony on it.

  4. deepmenace (214 TSA Points)
    Member since: Forever
    Posted on: 09/10/2008 at 09:39

    wow, an unexpected level of support! nice.

    i think home will be great. it’s not going to change the world but i think it’ll nestle in very well and just become part of our daily ps3 life in a way.

    there’s a good post on 1up about the uncharted bar, it’s got a naughty dog coded arcade machine and secret doors that have goodies in ( one has a world globe you can then put in your homespace! ).

    with that many signed up 3rd parties i think we’re gonna see some stuff that will suprise us.

    also, like any good webpage, consistent and regular update is a must. with that number of 3rd party players i’m hoping we’ll see new doors, playthings and ideas weekly.

  5. 3shirts (1262 TSA Points)
    Member since: Aug 2008
    Posted on: 09/10/2008 at 13:10

    I’ve gone off the boil a bit about Home but in a way that is good as I now see things a bit more realistically than when I was in the embarrasing “OMG IT’S GONNA BE THE BEST THING EVAR!” phase

  6. crack398 (154 TSA Points)
    Member since: Forever
    Posted on: 09/10/2008 at 13:13

    yes i wwould love to go onto home see my mates and meet new people organise games and all that