big things are happening in playstation home this fall. sony has announced that an entirely new home experience is currently in the works, one which it hopes will better cater to the needs of its users and offer a better experience overall. home will relaunch with a new hub and destinations based on desired gaming experience.

the new hub ''''''integrates games, quests, community events and user-generated content, while providing players with additional navigation, shopping, socialization and entertainment options.'''''' essentially, it's the launch pad to anything else in home. within the hub, players can go over to the activity board to check on quests or create their own events and share them with their friends. users can also check out the activity board to quickly jump to games and content.

outside of the hub, there are four main areas: action district, sportswalk, adventure district and pier park. as you can imagine, each caters to the needs of a certain gamer -- the action and adventure districts both cater to hardcore and action-adventure fans, respectively, while sportswalk is for sports nuts. pier park is an interactive theme park, replete with rides and games and such.

this big update will piggyback on a core client update arriving this fall, which sony hopes will help players get into games and content much quicker than before.continue reading playstation home relaunches this fall with a questing system, themed districts

playstation home relaunches this fall with a questing system, themed districts originally appeared on joystiq on tue, 23 aug 2011 11:00:00 est. please see our terms for use of feeds.




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