Sony’s PlayStation 3 Home, is allowing the PS3 community to participate in their Beta testing. All you have to do is download the Theme!

If you’re one of the anxious PS3 gamers who wants to get involved with PS3’s Home, now’s your chance to get in.  Here are the very simple instructions, go to the PlayStation Store and download the ‘PlayStation Home Theme’.  That’s it!!!  By downloading that theme you are submitting and application to join the Home Beta testing.

I know this kid is looking to get in there and “Let it Rain!”

Via Blog.PlayStation

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: application, beta, blog, Chance, community, download, Home, Interested, Kid, Playstation, Rain, Read, Sony, store, testing, theme, Via

Witness Rialto, CA’s evolving art and music community in the embedded videos below. The documentary was filmed a couple of months ago by Electric Gentlephones’s bassist, Louie Recinos, and edited into a short documentary.

Vesuvius Records has been working hard to get little ol’ Rialto on the entertainment map, a town historically known for the now non-existent orange groves. We’re about an hour away from Los Angeles but local bands have come out to support their hometown, opting out of Hollywood’s “big time” allure and growing the scene where they’re actually from.

Check out some of the movement’s shakers and musicians below and let us know what you think!

Part 1

Part 2

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: Art, bassist, community, couple, Documentary, Electric, Emerging, Gentlephones, Hollywood, LOS ANGELES, Louie Recinos, Movement, Music, part, Rialto, Vesuvius, Videos, Witness

PC gamers don’t have much longer to wait for Grand Theft Auto IV. The game will be hitting shelves on November 18th and 21st in North America and Europe respectively. For more information on the game, visit http://www.rockstargames.com/IV.  While I think it’s a little late in the game for anyone to get extremely excited about a PC release of GTA IV, we can always hope that the mod community finds a way to make the PC version exciting.  

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: anyone, Auto, community, Europe, game, Grand, GTA, information, mod, North America, November, PC Version, release, Shelves, Theft, version, visit, way

Aired on SpikeTV, the newest trailer for Resistance 2 can be seen below. This time set in the good ole’ US of A, Nathan Hale’s mission begins in San Francisco. On his way to Chicago, Hale can be seen tackling those 4 eyed freaks who somehow swam to America.

• Community
• Campaign
• Co-op
• Competitive

Resistance 2 is basing their success on the aforementioned 4 C’s. Expect Co-op online multiplayer with 60 players on a single map.

Via Gametrailers

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: 4 C's, Campaign, co-op, community, Competitive, Insomniac, Nathan Hale, President, R2, Resistance, Resistance 2, success, Ted Price, Tour, Trailer, Trash

When I first heard that Space Invaders Extreme was coming to the PSP, I wasn’t excited at all.  Does the PSP really need more 2d shmup titles?  For the most part, the PSP homebrew community has me covered in the genre.  After playing the demo, I realized that this was actually a damn good game and probably one most PSP owners should pick up.  Unless you’re in an Asian arcade somewhere, it’s unlikely you’ll even play a recent Taito game, so it’s kind of cool to see them releasing titles again.  Space Invaders Extreme has the same style gameplay you have loved from all the other SI releases from the past, but this time the graphics have been boosted and the weapons and power-ups are a little more interesting. This certainly will not be the greatest PSP game out there, but it’s worth a look.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Arcade, community, Demo, Extreme, game, genre, homebrew, Invaders, part, Screens, shmup, Sony PSP, space, Taito, wasn

In a recent interview with Microsoft product management director Aaron Greenberg, Gamasutra caught up with the spokesperson just in time to do some post-NPD talking.

Unsurprisingly, Greenberg goes on about attach rates, getting to the 10 millions system served mark, and console “with the most games, and the biggest online community.” Simply turning the cogs of that spin machine, but in what’s surely to set aflame the fanboy community, Greenberg said the following about GTA IV DLC turning up on PS3:

“It’s not possible as far as I’m aware, but that would be a good question to ask Rockstar. Rockstar and Xbox have only said there are exclusive episodes coming this fall to Xbox 360. I might put that up for a bit of wishful thinking on their end.”

Hmm…just “exclusive episodes,” huh? We might just see something along the lines of DLC for GTA IV on PS3, after all.

Via Gamasutra

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: Aaron Greenberg, Add new tag, community, director, DLC, gamasutra, GTA, Interview, management, Microsoft, NPD, post, product, Rockstar, spokesperson, time, Xbox

Had someone told me there was a connection between hip-hop and chess, I probably would have entertained the idea but thought it was a little weird. Then again, the guys from Wu Tang never surprise me with their genius. RZA has thrown together an interesting online community where chess loving hip-hop fans finally have a place to hang.

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Come join the RZA at WuChess.Com

WuChess is a new online chess + hip-hop community that will offer live game play, chat rooms, tournaments, lessons and exhibitions featuring RZA and special guests.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Arts, Chess, community, connection, Connects, Hip, Hop, idea, Martial, Online, RZA, someone, surprise, Tang, WuChess