The PlayStation® Store has been updated once again, this time offering the Welcome Back programme. Here is some information on the offerings that you can now take advantage of (via PS.Blog):

All PSN members who had signed up before the outage (April 20, 2011) will be able to select two games for the PS3 and two games for the PSP systems.For PS3 owners, go to the ‘Welcome Back’ section in the PlayStation Store, and select 2 titles from the following list:

• Dead Nation
• inFAMOUS
• LittleBigPlanet
• Super Stardust HD
• Wipeout HD + Fury

For PSP owners, go to the ‘Welcome Back’ section of PlayStation Store on your PSP system and select 2 titles from the following list:

• LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
• ModNation Racers
• Pursuit Force
• Killzone Liberation

Select your first game from “Game 1”, then return to the Welcome Back page and go to “Game 2” to select your second game out of the remaining choices available. This goes for both PS3 and PSP.

In addition, we’re giving access to our premium subscription service, PlayStation Plus, which includes games, huge discounts, exciting exclusives and added features like online storage and automatic downloads, to all PSN members for 30 days at no charge, requiring no long term commitment. As with the games above, go to the PlayStation Store and under the ‘Welcome Back’ section, select ‘PlayStation Plus: 30 Days Free’, and you’ll be given access to all of the benefits of PlayStation Plus. Note that this will not auto-renew and simply expires 30 days after activation.

Current Plus subscribers receive an extra 60 days added to their existing subscription at no charge. For current Plus subscribers, no action is needed as the 60 days are automatically added to your subscription.

PlayStation Network users will also get 100 virtual items in PlayStation Home as a show of appreciation for your patience while Home was inaccessible. Additional content is coming soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.

A selection of “On Us” movie rentals are currently available to PlayStation Network customers this weekend only, where Video Service is available.

Finally, current Music Unlimited Premium subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of premium subscription plus days lost due to the outage.

Read more on the Q&A concerning the above deals: PS.Blog

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All PlayStation Network customers can select two PS3 games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

• Dead Nation
• inFAMOUS
• LittleBigPlanet
• Super Stardust HD
• Wipeout HD + Fury

For PSP owners, you will be eligible to download two PSP games from the following list. The games will be available for 30 days shortly after PlayStation Store is restored and can be kept forever.

• LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
• ModNation Racers
• Pursuit Force
• Killzone Liberation

• A selection of “On Us” rental movie titles will be available to PlayStation Network customers over one weekend, where Video Service is available. Those titles will be announced soon.
• 30 days free PlayStation Plus membership for non PlayStation Plus subscribers.
• Existing PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive an additional 60 days of free subscription.
• Existing Music Unlimited Premium Trial subscription members will receive an additional 30 days of free premium subscription.
• Additional 30 days + time lost for existing members of Music Unlimited Premium/Basic subscription free of charge for existing Premium/Basic members.
• To welcome users Home, PlayStation Home will be offering 100 free virtual items. Additional free content will be released soon, including the next addition to the Home Mansion personal space, and Ooblag’s Alien Casino, an exclusive game.

As a reminder, you will be able to access the above content shortly after services are fully restored. We are doing everything we can to make that happen as soon as possible. Please visit the following sites for more information about the Welcome Back program in Europe and Latin America.

Those are some excellent offers, so start thinking about what you’re gonna get when the PSStore comes online. (Hm, I hope they place the 100 items as a package, unless…it’s 100 items of my choice).

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Christmas comes to PlayStation Home from this Thursday. Check out the Christmas tree in Central Plaza which comes with riddles that reveal some “surprising developments”.

Look out for a MotorStorm: Pacific Rift home-space that will be available from the Estates store in the mall.

And don’t forget the Winter Wonderland space will be opening on Thursday as well. Be sure to check out Santa and his elves…they may need some help decorating the space so you can do them a favour and pitch in. (When last can you say that you’ve ever helped Santa Claus? The kids are counting on you!)

On Friday December 11th, there will be a scavenger hunt in Home in which the first 50 players to piece together certain codes will get themselves a free download of the PSN game, Diner Dash.

Get into the Christmas spirit with PlayStation Home starting this Thursday!

[Via PlayStation.Blog, Kotaku]

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• Universal Game Launching with any PS3 game without the need to sign out of Home!
• In-Store Item Previewing that allows even combinations of clothing to be previewed on your avatar in 3-D (something I’ve wanted for a long time). You can even view furniture in full 3-D
• Free Cameras to capture that memorable moment with friends (in either 1st or 3rd person view) and instantly save the pictures to the PS3′s HDD
• More Portable Objects like the Bubble Machine. However, the developers have seen what problems portable objects can cause (e.g. trouble accessing mini-games with a Bubble Machine nearby) and so have devised a solution. Now you can ‘hide’ someone’s object(s) and make targeting easy
• Determine Your Cache Size from 3GB to 12 GB to allow a smoother Home experience
• a SingStar Home Space will be released around the same time as the v1.3 update. Reactive dance-floor, SingStar Quiz and a Video-Voting Jukebox are enough to have a party with friends anytime
• and…Limited Use Items like a Shrinking Potion can be purchased, and yes it really does shrink your avatar!

Tom Thumb comes Home

There will also be fixes, additions and optimisations in the update, and judging by the major features above, there certainly will be lots for everyone to enjoy in Home come September October.

Read more via: [PlayStation.Blog, PlayStation.Blog(update)]

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Go log-in to Playstation Home now and head to the mall the “Chamber” apartment is free this week and will be gone when the week is over…forever.

And here’s a new HOME Trailer from SCEA:

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In summary:

• Siren: Blood Curse – Home Spaces and special Playstation Store sale for the game @ $29.99USD.
• Patapon 2 T-Shirts to go on sale at the mall.
• Fat Princess Exclusive Developer Interview in the Theatre
• Two new Premium Home Spaces, “Log Cabin” and the “Living Room Stage Set” (video below for Living Room Stage Set.)
• Killzone 2 T-Shirts also coming in the future
• Infamous Preorder Home goodies unlocking soon

The new personal home spaces have been a long time coming and we hope to see a more frequent update of those to Home.
The Living Room Stage Set ($4.99USD) will be available at the Estates store in PlayStation Home Mall for your directorial debut, as it as hinted allows you to be a film director within your personal home space.  See the video below for a basic tutorial on how everything works:

The Siren spaces, Patapon 2 tshirts and the new personal spaces all go live tomorrow in Home.

[Via Playstation.Blog]

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