Far Cry 2 Home space opens today. (56K noes)

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/10/16/far-cry-2-comes-home-today/

Hi All, the Far Cry 2 Space is launching in PlayStation Home'sclosed beta as we speak!

The space will invite players to dig deeper into the game's vast African landscape. Users will have the opportunity to investigate in-game environments, including a bombed-out train station that has been converted into the ad hoc office of Reuben Oluwagembi, a journalist caught in the middle of the propaganda conflict between the warring UFLL and APR factions.

In Reuben's office, you'll be able to analyze an interactive map of the game world to strengthen your knowledge of the Far Cry 2 environment to develop your strategy for future missions. Locate guard posts, safe houses to save the progress of your game, weapon shops to buy new weapons, and bus stations to expedite your travel across the expansive land.

Players will have access to Reuben's files containing various pictures, articles, and dossiers that will delve deeper into the background of The Jackal, as well as that of the other warlords and opposing factions. And finally, multiplayer game of Mancala that uses bullets as game pieces will be fully playable.

Hope you enjoy it and be sure to look out for new features as we'll be updating the space regularly.

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Nice to see Home getting new game spaces, shame that most PS3 owners are still homeless.

I think I'd rather just play the game...bungie93

Lets walk to the Far Cry 2 "space" so we can sit in those lawn chairs and talk about playing Far Cry 2 in the virtual sun in the Far Cry 2 space! :P

I think I'd rather just play the game...bungie93

looks like nothing but a time waste, completly useless and boring marketing ad

if they added a place where you could try weapons and such then it would be useful

that looks impressive when do the rest of us ps3 get a home? o0_L0st_B0y_0o

Supposedly in November.

OMG AWESOME!

I cant wait:)

so will people be able to enter these spaces even if they dont own the game? seems like a good marketing tool at least.skrillalover

Home is one big marketing campaign for developers. A "home of ads" you could call it

Some more info. Sounds really good and if this becomes the norm..cool!

Today Ubisoft announced the launch of the official Far Cry® 2 space in PlayStation®Home's closed beta in North America and Europe. Featuring details from the game's expansive open world universe wrapped in what will become a fully interactive experience, the Far Cry 2 space marks the first third-party video game environment in PlayStation Home. PlayStation Home is a 3D social gaming community that allows PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system users to meet, chat, plan and launch into games together. Gamers can create their own custom avatar, decorate their personal apartment, play mini-games, shop, watch videos, attend special events and much, much more.

"We're absolutely thrilled to collaborate with PlayStation on this ground-breaking endeavor and have Far Cry 2 be the first third-party video game to have an official space in PlayStation Home," said Tony Key, senior vice president of marketing and sales, Ubisoft, U.S. "Far Cry 2's open world setting offers players a level of immersion that very few video games can match, and bringing that robust and dynamic environment to PlayStation Home will allow players to further engage themselves in the game's gritty African setting in fun and interactive ways."

As Far Cry 2 pushes the envelope with the dynamic nature of its gameplay and environments, so will its official space in PlayStation Home. The Far Cry 2 space will continue to grow and evolve alongside PlayStation Home, with future additions of new interactive features and functions to create a living, growing platform for both the Far Cry and PlayStation communities. The recently launched Far Cry 2 space in PlayStation Home opens the doors for players to explore the interactive area containing a wealth of information about Far Cry 2's missions and non-playable characters, in addition to other strategic elements of the game. Among the available activities will be a multiplayer game of Mancala that will use bullets as game pieces, the opportunity to explore in-game environments including a bombed-out train station that has been turned into an ad hoc café, as well as the ability to launch the game directly from the PlayStation Home space.

Far Cry Home > Far Cry 2 PS3 versionEuroMafia

That would be a valid point if you actually had to pay for home

I lol at people complaining about this i mean why complain about free stuff

PS3 owners get FREE online play and FREE exclusive content:)

Sounds completely useless if you ask Mr. Bear.

Why fiddle around in a replica of the environment where non of the actual game is taking place just to admire it? I can admire the game's assests in the real game. Is it to find paths and so forth in the game? I can do that in the game as well and likelyhood is there are some points you cannot access cause I'm doubting your HOME avatar has any of the abilities your in-game character does.

Lastly, what is the point? This seems to add extra time to developing somehting on resources that don't matter. Mr. Bear is not amused nor pleased either. He feels this is just a waste where it should be used on something more advantageous to the players.

He'd like to be proven wrong, but Mr. Bear never is wrong. Rawr!