E308: PlayStation Home

Still no release date from Sony, but at the Sony Press Conference, SCEA President Jack Tretton showed gamers just how much progress has been made since then...

Home Logo on PS3 Bioshock Box Art

The official box art shown at UK retailer Game and Digital Extremes sports the official PlayStation Home logo. This can mean two things, folks:

A. PlayStation Home will be available to the public before the PS3 version of Bioshock is released in October.

or

B. Bioshock will simply support game launching once Home will be released.

PlayStation Home Delayed (Again!)

Unbelievable. Sony officially announced today that the PlayStation Home closed beta will be extended to Summer 2008 and more users have been invited. As for the open beta, Sony will begin Fall 2008. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai issued this statement:

"We understand that we are asking PS3 and prospective PS3 users to wait a bit longer, but we have come to the conclusion that we need more time to refine the service to ensure a more focused gaming entertainment experience than what it is today. Our overarching objective is to provide users with new gaming experiences that are available only on PLAYSTATION Home. Spending more time on the development and on the Closed Beta testing reaffirms our commitment to bringing a quality service, maintaining the PlayStation tradition."

Sony originally planned to release Home September/October 2007, but pushed the release back to Spring 2008 - only to delay it again. ::sigh::

Visit Kotaku for the official press release.