You're Gonna Be Away From HOME For the Summer

It was only a couple weeks ago that the Official PlayStation magazine gave word that the Home Beta would be starting "very soon". The bad news is, unless you consider the Fall "very soon", Sony jumped the gun with the announcement.

Yes, the beta which was scheduled to start last Fall before being delayed until Q1 2008 has been delayed once again. Sony apparently bit off way more then it could chew with Home, which was supposed to have been officially released by now.

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kazuo Hirai, lets us down gently:

"[W]e 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."

Tune in this Fall when we bring you the news of a further delay to Spring 2009.

[via 1up]

Get Ready to Go Home

In the just released issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine, Susan Panico, senior director of PSN, mentioned that the long delayed public beta test of PlayStation Home will be starting "very soon". The service has been in closed beta for months, and was supposed to have been officially released already, so PS3 diehards should be psyched at this news.

The most action my PS3 has seen this year was a brief fling with the echochrome demo and with MGS4 still a couple months off the Home beta sounds pretty attractive, especially since April isn't a very packed month for any system. I think Okami for the Wii is the only game I'm remotely interested in.

Let's just hope they get this thing cranking before GTAIV hits...

[via Kotaku]