PSU: What to expect from EA Sports' Home space
- Posted January 8th, 2009 at 19:09 EDT by
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By now, you've read our article that gives you the slight announcement in regards to Home and EA's plans to infiltrate it with their own personal space. Today, however, we had the chance to get a full eyes-on look at the entire space itself. From mini-games to potential opportunities, EA Sports has built a space for Home worthy of VIP access.
For starters, as the video below will indicate, EA Sports is unfolding an entire Texas Hold'em poker lounge for players to meet up and compete in one of the hottest card games on the planet. However, what isn't mentioned is the fact that your bankroll will have a progressive system that will gain you not only attention via the online leaderboard, but will allow you access to VIP seating and arrangements. There is nothing cooler than being a virtual high roller player at the age of 19.
Furthering this interactivity is the race track that follows a similar design and style to that of the old Virtual Micro Machine games. Up to four racers can compete at any time and each user is given four laps in order to record their best possible lap time. For those of you worried about some guy hogging the machine all day, EA let us in on the fact that once your turn is up, your Avatar will render back a good 10-15 feet away from the machine, allowing others to easily access it before you can again.
While these were the only two active and playable mini-games at CES 2009, we were informed about what was to come and speculated about the potential that other areas of the space could bring.
As you can also see in the video, there is a rendering of a golf course. This is going to be utilized as a virtual driving range for players to get their stroke on. According to the design team, the drive system will function much like it does in Tiger Woods. This means you can expect a full-on swing stick.
Outside in the center of it all, you see an empty boxing ring, a basketball court, a football field, and a soccer pitch. While their lips were sealed on these parts of the space, we had some clever speculation as to what we thought may follow.
Boxing Ring: 1 on 1 avatar sparring.
Basketball Court: 3 on 3 half-court scrimmages.
Football Field: Potential drills competitions or even 5 on 5 two-hand touch.
Soccer pitch: Potential 1 on 1, Goalie Vs Striker games. If not a fitting 3-4 on 3-4 style match play.
If all of that hasn't blown your mind, here is a full look into the world of EA Sports' Home.
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Utalkin2me
- 7:40pm GMT - January 8th, 2009
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Will be really cool for the first day, hopefully they will update more than what actual home does or this will loose its interest quick such as home has.
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area51employee |
pitofskulls- 8:27pm GMT - January 8th, 2009
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Eat your heart out Xbox Live. Sony is bringing it HOME!
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hush404 |
hush404- 8:33pm GMT - January 8th, 2009
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THAT is what I'm talking about! This kind of thing is what will blow people away with Home! Having a virtual space for friends to run around in is one thing, but provide them with places to play sports, watch videos, drink at a bar, windsurf - heck the possibilities are endless! MAUAHAHAAHAH. I love it.
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ironflag55555 |
ironflag555- 12:13am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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not bad for a company that didnt have a clue of what home was about :)
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Alpha2
- 2:08am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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There's a ton of potential in home as long as they fix the small glitches and then get the content in in a timely manner. The problem is people are too impatient and want everything now now now rather than understand that before you can add new things you still have to fix the problems first.
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benstevens
- 4:05am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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WOW this is awesome!!!!!! HOME has soooo much potential woot woot
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rockstarnun23 |
rockstarnun23- 10:03am GMT - January 9th, 2009
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i'm going to cry, that looks amazing!!!
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bilbo_bobbins |
bilbo_bobbins- 12:13pm GMT - January 9th, 2009
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the first thing that I have found interesting for Home. Looks good.
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