Sony reveals Home integration for Resistance, Uncharted, Warhawk

by Scott Jon Siegel { Feb 29th 2008 at 1:30PM }

Worried that game integration with Playstation Home will just be trophies, trailers and t-shirts? Well, so were we, actually. Luckily, Kotaku's learned some interesting details about the Home integration of Warhawk, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, and Resistance: Fall of Man. Turns out its way cooler than we thought.

Warhawk will reportedly allow up to eight players to meet in a "war room" prior to a match, mapping out strategies on "sand table" replicas of each level. Once they're ready to go, players can jump right into an online Warhawk match from the Home interface. A nice touch, indeed.

Resistance and Uncharted, meanwhile, will give Home users access to full unpopulated levels from the games, allowing players to casually walk through battlefields with their Home avatars. In addition to this killer feature, Resistance will allow players to explore unseen portions of the game, and locate radio transmissions that further explain the storyline. Uncharted will feature a Contra-style 2D shooter that launches from Home. Consider us floored. We can't wait to see these features in action.

Read - How Resistance makes Home really, really cool [Kotaku]
Read - How Uncharted makes Home really, really cool [Kotaku]
Read - How Warhawk makes Home really, really cool [Kotaku]

[Via PS3 Fanboy]

Tags: home, playstation-home, playstationhome, resistance, sony, uncharted, warhawk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

lexicon @ Feb 29th 2008 1:38PM

omg
this is fantastic, and perfect timing since im getting really bored of the lackluster xbox live interface

Haon @ Feb 29th 2008 1:46PM

I feel the same way about live. I also think the interface just feels too slow compared to a ps3s. Less is more in my opinion.

Matthew @ Feb 29th 2008 1:53PM

Hate to tell you bud, but that "lackluster service" called X-Box Live is what drove Sony to come up with Home, so really you should be thanking MS for having Live to push Sony into new territory

Having said that these features sound sweet and hope that they are right when they say that this is just the tip of the iceberg

Matthew @ Feb 29th 2008 1:56PM

Replace Service with Interface mah bad

Marty @ Feb 29th 2008 2:34PM

I'm not going to say that XBL is perfect, because it's obviously not, but calling something that is easy to use and simple "lackluster," only because a competitor announces an alternative is ridiculous.

We'll see how this is when it turns out, but I don't see it being anything more than a brief distraction from something that is otherwise a complete waste of time.

David @ Feb 29th 2008 3:11PM

FYI, I prefer the lackluster GUI on Xbox Live because I can do whatever I want by choosing from the menu. I really seriously don't want to walk to a room, wait for loading before being able to look at my achievements.

The features for the games are nice, but I don't want to download Home to be able to play a mini game that was probably hidden/integrated into the game disc, but accessible only through Home.

All-in-all, those free roaming of maps are cool features of Home, but it's something that could have been integrated in-game or updated through patch.

ALH @ Feb 29th 2008 1:36PM

being able to wander a level and go behind the scenes sounds kinda cool

Agathos @ Feb 29th 2008 1:36PM

Wow, I mean wow.

At first I could have cared less about Home except for hoping for some type of acheivement system, but I'm more and more impressed with the direction of Home after every news break.

Assuming that it still includes some level of acheivements system I'm hyped. Good job Sony, and congrats to MS for having such a killer Live service (which I enjoy thoroughly also) so as to push Sony to create Home.

Co @ Feb 29th 2008 2:08PM

Well well, the PSN Network is really coming into form.

StrangeBum @ Feb 29th 2008 2:13PM

It's about time. Sony was lacking slightly in the online realm. But Home may be the one thing really makes it badass. And as much as I know fanboys would gripe about it, I would love to see XBL do a Home styled 'thing' (for lack of a better word).

I'll be honest though, Home was one of the initial reasons I started wanting to get myself a PS3. Once the price drops again, I will be all over it like deep-fried snack foods on a stick at a state fair.

Marty @ Feb 29th 2008 2:36PM

Why would you buy a PS3 just for Home? You can get more functionality, more people, and more customization in Second Life, or pretty much any MMO out there, at only a fraction of the cost.

upz @ Feb 29th 2008 2:51PM

Actually, considering how both Home and Second Life are free, they technically cost the same.

FidliousWong (Oatmeal Defense Force) @ Feb 29th 2008 2:51PM

Marty, have you BEEN in Second Life? Because it sounds to me like you're living in the brochure from Linden Labs. The REAL Second Life is loaded with activities such as being raped by Satan to give birth to a small demon, being raped by a unicorn to give birth to a baby unicorn, and being raped by Trees.

If you're a sick fuck who's really into furries, rape, and scatological fetishes, Second Life is a wonderful place. But for those of us who aren't sick bastards, Home looks pretty decent. Especially when it's free and we already have the system.

Delgado @ Feb 29th 2008 2:56PM

lol @ "furries"

How many people expected that word to come up in the comment section of this article?

Marty @ Feb 29th 2008 3:00PM

To be truthful, I have not played Second Life. But I understand the concept of it, and the reality is that the freedom that allows you to be raped by trees in SL is the same freedom that can make the game interesting. I hate comparing the two, because I don't really think they'll be anything alike, but if you've already got a PC, and all you want is a world to freely roam, I'd have to recommend just finding a free MMO on the PC.

And that's not to mention that you need to own all these games as well before you get any of the extra functionality they just announced.

I doubt even you would buy a PS3 just for Home, Fidlious. :P

copa @ Feb 29th 2008 3:00PM

Clearly, sheppy has been raped by generalizations, and given birth to a litter of foul-mouthed generalizations.

FidliousWong (Oatmeal Defense Force) @ Feb 29th 2008 3:21PM

Actually, I doubt I'd spend much time in home, truthfully. So I doubt I could justify the purchase of a PS3 just for home, Marty.

But seriously... if you want to lose faith in humanity, enter Second Life. Essentially it's a collection of people sooo deviant, they likely got banned from 4chan... The ambition of the program is a grand idea, but they released it on the internet where, believe it or not, child porn from Daz3D products have communities...

Occassionly I go in SL just to grief but even I, with the sole purpose of killing time by screwing with peoples elaborate unreality, can only take so much of that app.

Copa, so glad you still care about me. You do Itagaki-sama proud.

KirbyMeister @ Feb 29th 2008 10:57PM

Fixed it for you:

Marty, have you BEEN on the Internet? Because it sounds to me like you're living in the brochure from your ISP. The REAL Internet is loaded with activities such as being raped by Satan to give birth to a small demon, being raped by a unicorn to give birth to a baby unicorn, and being raped by Trees.

If you're a sick fuck who's really into furries, rape, and scatological fetishes, the Internet is a wonderful place. But for those of us who aren't sick bastards, BBS systems look pretty decent. Especially when it's free and we already have the system.

deaftly @ Feb 29th 2008 1:42PM

Before I was pretty "meh" about Home, now im quite interested in it. Just get the damn thing done already Sony.

kbomb1upc @ Feb 29th 2008 2:05PM

@deaftly
"Oh No, Oh No, OHHHH YEEEEAAAHHH"...lol

deaftly @ Feb 29th 2008 3:14PM

*quietly walks back out*

Korova @ Mar 1st 2008 4:58AM

You guys are like a joystiq haiku. lol

baby sea tuna @ Feb 29th 2008 1:45PM

Okay...*now* you've got my attention.

Tranando @ Feb 29th 2008 1:45PM

Soundsm great. I would imagine this is just the tip of the iceberg of what game/home integration will achieve. As Home and the PS3 SDK improves, I think it's fair to say even these sweet features will be eclipsed..

Shagittarius @ Feb 29th 2008 1:45PM

Don't ever let McElroy invite you to his Home Apartment. His walls are covered with video monitors all looping 2 girls 1 cup.

McWeen @ Feb 29th 2008 1:56PM

Awesome

Intentless @ Feb 29th 2008 2:25PM

Hell has been redefined..

ThornedVenom (Patapornographer) @ Feb 29th 2008 2:30PM

I hate you for giving me ideas.

NATO_Duke @ Feb 29th 2008 1:53PM

Pretty damn cool features. I love the idea of mapping strats in a war room. This is impressive and really is an improvement to Home.

kbomb1upc @ Feb 29th 2008 1:55PM

I really do commend Sony for trying something different. Instead of giving us a carbon copy of Live, they have decided to try something that has never been tried on a home console. If this turns out to be really cool, I hope everyone can get over the no in-game XMB. Even if this isn't a homerun for Sony, they still get mad props for being different. But I really do hope this will be a great, extra and FREE addition to the PS3.

Easo @ Feb 29th 2008 1:57PM

I'm impressed, even thought this news doesnt really have me excited for home, but it does make me see that sony is actually going to make home part of your gaming experience and not just a bullet on their ps3 facts sheet.

Matt @ Feb 29th 2008 2:40PM

While this does indeed sound great, lets not all go off and proclaim this as the next great step. Sony has promised us a lot before: BC, the emotion engine, etc. etc. At this point I don't think Sony deserves any congratualtions until it is actually on our consoles and working as they say it has.

xFenixKnightx @ Feb 29th 2008 2:03PM

Just hope it doesnt take all my time away from....you know, gaming. Im really curious now, not hyped but curios as to how all this is gonna work.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Feb 29th 2008 2:04PM

...

well played, sony. *slow clap*. Well played indeed...

Co @ Feb 29th 2008 2:09PM

Not awesome.

Co @ Feb 29th 2008 2:11PM

Reply system strikes again....

Meant for Shagittarius' comment.

jsn @ Feb 29th 2008 2:10PM

This is exactly what most honest people knew home was going to be, overly complex and convoluted. I mean I guess you can give them props for doing "something", but c'mon, whatever happened to simplistic and functional? This simply means that you'll have lots of games that won't have any major home integration or games that are delayed trying to make quality use out of it. If Apple has done anything good in the companies lifespan it was to show people that simple and functional will always trump something that is elaborate and complex simply because it can be.

FidliousWong (Oatmeal Defense Force) @ Feb 29th 2008 2:14PM

Simplistic and functional is already there. It's called XMB... I'd like to get that little fucker in game sometime.

NATO_Duke @ Feb 29th 2008 2:15PM

I don't think you are forced to use these features if you find them too be too much. They are there to enjoy if you like, or avoid if you don't. Obviously they are able to add features to Home and a game far after release - as Resistance isn't a new release.

NATO_Duke @ Feb 29th 2008 2:16PM

Damn - I made a typo. Shhhhhhh

Marty @ Feb 29th 2008 2:31PM

Agreed jsn. It's a neat bullet point for now, but in the long run, it won't get much support from devs or players. Why would you want to meet up in a separate virtual room, on a separate server, just to discuss the same strategy you could go over in 5-10 seconds of voice chat prior to playing?