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Sony has sent over some new screenshots of PlayStation home in a press release. Apparently last week Home Beta testers were invited to a virtual version of the Sony “Gamers Day” event held recently at London’s O2 arena. Sony says in the release:

“Attendees were drawn from 10,000 PS3 users who have been test-driving Home as ‘closed beta’ users. Given exclusive VIP entry to the Space, they were greeted by an impressive, large-scale area dressed with various elements from real-world PlayStation Day, including the iconic hexagonal branding and artwork from each of the day’s PlayStation zones. Users were able to explore the Space, experiencing highlights of the day such as a photo gallery of games developers and a jumbo screen of the day’s speeches with an introduction from Kazuo “Kaz” Hirai, President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment. Users were also able to enjoy a video stream of all the action from the real-world PlayStation Day experience. The online Media & Events Space can be re-dressed and re-branded just like a real-life venue. Following the test event’s success, Home will now start scheduling more elaborate and exciting productions for the Space, which will be available for use by both first and third parties.”

VideoGaming247 report that Home Beta testers have been sent a message advising that the Ubiday’s 08 press conference will be the first event to use the facility. Beta testers are invited to attend the event at 7PM BST, which is one hour after the start of the live stream on uplay.com. Sony plan to allow all gamers to try out PlayStation home from November onwards in an open beta test. Owners of PS3’s at least anyway. The new screenshots can be found below: