This Thursday morning will be our last update for 2010, and comes with a range of new content. Leading the charge is the new Xi Museum where veterans can return to many Xi spaces that were a highlight of 2009, and those who missed Xi can experience some of the games and unique personalities (I’m looking at you, Stapler!).
So without further ado, here’s what you can expect with the long awaited launch of the Xi Museum which consists of a series of spaces from Xi, the epic PlayStation Home Alternate Reality Game played by over 750,000 people. Along with an updated Alumni hub space, the Xi Museum consists of all three AlphaZone 1 spaces (Hexopolis, Maximum Tilt and the Text Adventure room) plus all four AlphaZone 3 mazes. The hub also sees the addition of the Xi Museum Shop, which has eleven unique items for sale – from full-size Maximum Tilt bikes for your apartment to your own version of Jess’s Xi party apartment (can you work out how to open the safe?). You can also buy your own active Stapler for your apartment, who will share new words of wisdom with you every day, as well as an incredibly cute Stapler companion. Throughout the Xi Museum you’ll find a variety of tasks: complete them all to obtain eleven collectible Xi ornaments! To celebrate the Xi Museum launch, nDreams will be giving away ten Stapler companion items in a special quiz – check out their Twitter feed at 7pm GMT this Thursday (@patrickol) to take part!
With the success of Sodium, a one year anniversary under their belt and the announcement of SodiumTwo fresh in people’s minds, many might have thought the Lockwood Publishing Team were off for a well deserved holiday break. Well we couldn’t have been more wrong. Just in time for Christmas Eve the Lockwood team have released the answer to every Home user’s Holiday Shopping woes, the Lockwood Gift Machine and what’s more it’s free. So if you’re about in Home over the Holidays, grab a gift machine and send a friend a present. The Gift Machine comes with 64 Free Lockwood Tokens and a range of preloaded gift options, you’ll never queue at the store again.
SingStar fans should look out for a special festive update to the SingStar space on Thursday, including music and that special wintry feel. Looking for a new look for your personal space? The MyDeco store updates again this week, with thirteen new items joining their range. They’ve been teasing it for a while in their shop front, now the V-store brings a smile to everyone … smiley style! Finally, it appears even zombies celebrate the festive season, as Double Six release a new range of items.
23 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:02 pm by kivi95
Where is the Gran Turismo 5 space that was supposed to come today?
Posted on 23 December, 2010 at 9:30 am by Alex Weekes
We’ve never announced a GT5 space and there is not one planned.
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:04 pm by appie17
Agree with Kivi95. When it will be released. But coming from the SCEE, i won’t be suprised as they never reply to PS3 users.
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:06 pm by Sir_Gunnalot
@#1 Kivi95
I wasn’t aware of any Gran Turismo 5 space coming to Home. Speculation is not good, as it is not the official line, and will often lead to disappointment. I would wait for official confirmation first.
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:10 pm by JonnyPauz
will there be another xi or something like it? i missed out the first time, i didn’t even realize it was on till the last minute
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:11 pm by CasperH01
@2
Not true, the EU blog has one of the best response rate I’ve seen
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:12 pm by DANTHEMAN121
i think there was meant to be a GT5 competition
cool update to end the year PSHome has deffo improved over the years
can’t wait till next year to see it become even more epic.
happy xmas SCEE PSHome team
Posted on 23 December, 2010 at 9:31 am by Alex Weekes
We’re still intending to run a competition, however for a variety of reasons we’ve not been able to get it setup just yet. Look for it in the new year!
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:15 pm by JonnyPauz
were is my avatar???
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:17 pm by pitythefool852
Dear Home developers
Is there any chance that we could, one day, play our downloaded Minis and PS Classics in Home.
Your avatar would stay in Home, preferably holding a PSP, but the games would run full screen. After we finish our games, Home would load itself up again.
The reason that I think this would be great in Home is that you could keep voice and text chat running in the background, making the single player experiences of Minis into a community experience. We’d be able to keep our voice chats running without interrupting our gameplay.
Is this possible, or am I just dreaming?
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:18 pm by Pacman_Ownage
Gift machine seems interesting…
other than that, I’ll pay a visit to Winter Wonderland then skidaddle
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:19 pm by YER_MAW_JUST
Any explanation on what a lockwood token is?
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:19 pm by hjm50
I loved Xi, can’t wait see everything tomorrow.
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:24 pm by gogauth08
Hello thy! Can you tell news for future apartments :
1.Loot’s Amaterasu experience yacht
2.Hollywood Hills
3.Paris Clock Tower
Posted on 23 December, 2010 at 9:33 am by Alex Weekes
Intended for SCEE release, however for all of them we’re not able to share a timeline for when they will release just yet.
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:33 pm by sentry-23
Great to see the Xi stuff back.
Never thought I’d spent so much time in there, and loved every minute.
Still waiting for the next step in the story, though maybe as a Genesis member, we have to take the next steps ourselves.
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 6:47 pm by JonnyPauz
actually updated
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 7:17 pm by stardeth
Any idea if we’;; see the Xi Museaum in the US?
Posted on 23 December, 2010 at 9:33 am by Alex Weekes
Check the SCEA blog
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 7:18 pm by stardeth
Pardon, what I meant to say is, any idea if we’ll see the Xi Museum in the US?
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 7:42 pm by Retro_1973
Looking good. This Gift Machine, is it 1 token = 1 gift?
Posted on 23 December, 2010 at 9:34 am by Alex Weekes
The number of tokens needed to purchase a gift varies depending on the gift.
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 7:46 pm by moss022
XI was the best thing ever to happen to home, can we get more ARG’s in home please?
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Posted on 22 December, 2010 at 10:28 pm by D-Star_1
I look forward to Xi Museum,grate memories will come flooding back.
Nice way to end 2010. Merry Chrismas Alex and the entire Home team.
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Posted on 23 December, 2010 at 3:48 pm by shortfuse14
Hey I know this is off topic but my little brother cant view his profile it starts to load then stops at 20% and says
*An error has occurred (80022011)* help please!!!!!
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Posted on 23 December, 2010 at 8:51 pm by Death_Seaker3000
Hey i need help in Xi Party House. theres a safe code there and i cant get the codes or what am i meant to do anyone help???
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Posted on 24 December, 2010 at 4:40 am by SnakeAttak
Stapler!!!!
This is a really good addition, for those who never experienced Xi.
I hope SCEE do something else like it in the future.
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Posted on 24 December, 2010 at 11:53 am by Death_Seaker3000
any luck for those have Xi Party house?
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