And we’re gonna use it. Let’s get things rolling by seeing what you’re all most looking forward to on the PS3 in 2008.

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Well, we asked for further stories and one Dominique Louis came straight back with this piece on his vision for Home…

I have a dream about Home. A dream that offers choice and, hopefully, an interesting angle on Home integration. It is a vision of user created content being developed to its full potential.

Step through a door; not of sight and sound, but of mind…

Imagine the following… You create your Home avatar, customise it to have the features you like and use it as Home allows you to. But then when you start a game, where you are the protagonist, you have the option to either use your Home avatar, in game, or you can play as the character the game developer intended. So, there’s the potential of a personalised you in every game.

Sony should think about creating a service whereby game developers offer the gamer the chance to use their Home created avatar within their games. This would require considerable liaisons between the Home team and the Sony PS3 committed developers, as they would need to work out a more formalised way of skinning the avatar so that it fits into the various game genres as well as dynamically loading the bone animations required for the avatar to do all the things that a particular game character can do. Crouch, roll over, play dead etc would all needed to be handled/loaded on a game by game basis at start-up.

If the avatars are boned and skinned correctly this will add to the immersion of *you* as a gamer in each and every game, if you so choose. So you could use the same avatar in MGS4 if you wanted to be Snake, or as part of LittleBigPlanet if you don’t like the look of the sack boys. Again, if you prefer the built in game characters, just use those.

This would certainly give something unique to PS3 owners. Sure, I’m not saying it would be easy, but it’s certainly possible, if co-ordinated correctly.

Xavier Marquis is a concept artist who has created artwork for the Killzone series. Xavier’s website hosts new artwork from Killzone 1, Killzone Liberation and the PS3 title Killzone 2.

The artwork is amazing and is definitely worth a look if you’re interested in the Killzones titles. Check out Xavier’s site for more imagery.

We asked you for your content ideas for Three Speech and here’s one submission we thought was interesting, on the subject of the future of gaming/earning a crust.

If anyone else has further ideas get in touch with us at [email protected]

Over to our friend Vinegar Tasters…

One of the major trends happening in the world today is finding new, remote ways to make a living, often using new products and services. Companies like Google and eBay, for instance, create products that allow the consumers a cut - ie through offering advertisements on webpages and sell stuff online. Because the human population is growing at an exponential rate, there will probably come a time when the amount of companies that exist to provide products to people and hire people (to give them an income) will reach a period of static growth and even decline in growth, because there are only so many companies that can compete making the same widgets. So, as more and more things get automated, it’ll be time to come up with new ways to earn a living.

As such, game platforms need to be opened up to allow programmers and people who want to sell stuff to be able to do so on these platforms. If Sony were to ensure Home is an easy way for people to offer products to sell (and maybe use PayPal or similar ways to make a profit), and if the PS3 were opened up to allow people to create games, exciting opportunities would exist for all.

There are some new Home screenshots on the Japanese PS3 website. They look amazing; Home seems to be moving on apace.

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As Lost Season 4 debuts in the US (also due to air in the UK on Sunday), Ubisoft have released a brand new trailer for its upcoming tie-in title. There’s a few cryptic Lost-style ‘one-second-screen-flashes’ that you might want to look out for, so keep your eyes peeled.

Please note the 16+ warning on this trailer.

Nice screenshots here, with quiz classic Buzz! hitting the PSP in the spring, and featuring new round types, new PSP multiplayer modes and a bigger single player mode than ever before. Judging by the shots the transition to the PSP has been very smooth. Go to it trivia freaks.

Click through for the official press release and more screens.

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A brand new arcade boxing title is on its way to the PlayStation 3 this year called FaceBreaker, as announced by EA Sports. Under development over at EA Canada by the team that created Fight Night Round 3, it promises “eye-popping” graphics, a range of “ego wielding” characters and even the ability to upload your own photo for a customisable character model. We’ll bring you more information as it comes in. Until then you can read on for the full press release.

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