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HOMEWRECKED
Sony Delays PlayStation Home Again
Sony Delays PlayStation Home Again
IDG News Service
The delayed PlayStation Home community online service for
the PlayStation 3 console is to be delayed again, Sony
Computer Entertainment said Tuesday.
The delayed PlayStation Home community online service for
the PlayStation 3 console is to be delayed again, Sony
Computer Entertainment said Tuesday.
The service was first announced in July last year and promised to provide users with the
ability to create their own avatars and participate in a real-time virtual world, something like a
cross between the Mii avatars on Nintendo's Wii and the Second Life community.
At the time Sony said it would be available globally in the "fall" of 2007 but that was delayed
until "spring" 2008 at the Tokyo Game Show.
Now Sony says it will allow more users to join a closed beta test but doesn't plan to open up
the service until the "fall" of this year, and then only as an open beta test.
"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," said Kazuo Hirai,
president of Sony Computer Entertainment, in a statement.
There are no details on when PlayStation Home might launch as a full service.
ability to create their own avatars and participate in a real-time virtual world, something like a
cross between the Mii avatars on Nintendo's Wii and the Second Life community.
At the time Sony said it would be available globally in the "fall" of 2007 but that was delayed
until "spring" 2008 at the Tokyo Game Show.
Now Sony says it will allow more users to join a closed beta test but doesn't plan to open up
the service until the "fall" of this year, and then only as an open beta test.
"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," said Kazuo Hirai,
president of Sony Computer Entertainment, in a statement.
There are no details on when PlayStation Home might launch as a full service.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Michigan woman who advertised online for a hitman to kill her
lover's wife pleaded guilty to the murder-for-hire scheme, prosecutors said on Friday.
Anne Marie Linscott, 49, faces 10 years in prison for each of three federal charges, including
intent to commit murder, the U.S. Attorneys for the Western District of Michigan and the
Eastern District of California said in a joint statement.
In November 2007, three California residents searching job listings on Craigslist.com found
an advertisement for a "freelance" position posted by Linscott, according to court documents.
The three job seekers contacted California police.
The defendant asked two of the respondents via e-mail to "eradicate" the victim and provided
the victim's name, age and employment address. In one correspondence, she said she was
looking for "silent assassins" and offered to pay $5,000 to kill the victim, who was not
identified by the court. [read more]
lover's wife pleaded guilty to the murder-for-hire scheme, prosecutors said on Friday.
Anne Marie Linscott, 49, faces 10 years in prison for each of three federal charges, including
intent to commit murder, the U.S. Attorneys for the Western District of Michigan and the
Eastern District of California said in a joint statement.
In November 2007, three California residents searching job listings on Craigslist.com found
an advertisement for a "freelance" position posted by Linscott, according to court documents.
The three job seekers contacted California police.
The defendant asked two of the respondents via e-mail to "eradicate" the victim and provided
the victim's name, age and employment address. In one correspondence, she said she was
looking for "silent assassins" and offered to pay $5,000 to kill the victim, who was not
identified by the court. [read more]
Maybe they should change the name to Craig's hit list