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Sony Expands PlayStation Home Beta

Sony is expanding the closed beta for its PlayStation Home environment in both the U.S. and Europe, inviting new testers to join based in part on how active they are on the PlayStation Network.

Leigh Alexander, Contributor

August 8, 2008

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Sony Computer Entertainment America announced it's expanding the closed beta for its Home environment on PlayStation 3. Users who download a new Home theme just released on the PlayStation Network automatically apply to join the test community. Eligibility, Sony says on its PlayStation blog, will be determined by "a variety of criteria," including how active users have been on the PlayStation Network. Users already accepted into the earlier beta are pre-qualified. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is also expanding its closed beta, and will target the PlayStation Network and Store's most active users directly via email, the company says. "We’re really excited about this milestone and want our most loyal fans to be a part of the evolution of PlayStation Home," writes Home director Jack Buser.

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Leigh Alexander

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Leigh Alexander is Editor At Large for Gamasutra and the site's former News Director. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Variety, Slate, Paste, Kill Screen, GamePro and numerous other publications. She also blogs regularly about gaming and internet culture at her Sexy Videogameland site. [NOTE: Edited 10/02/2014, this feature-linked bio was outdated.]

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