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EA Sports Complex invades PlayStation Home
Attention, ladies and gentlemen scouring the dark reaches of Home for new content (or those waiting in line to play fake arcade games): EA Sports has finally launched its own dedicated sports area today in Europe and North America. The EA Sports Complex is an interactive environment -- bombarded with a bunch of ads for EA Sports titles -- that includes two multiplayer minigames: A tournament-style Texas Hold 'Em game for up to eight players and a "Formula-1 style" racing game (with what look more like Micro Machines than Formula 1 vehicles). Plans to add more content to The Complex are already in the works with an indoor driving range, leaderboards and a reward system being introduced sometime in the future. What isn't planned as an add-on is a giant hand that will slap players every time they think the person they're flirting with is actually a woman. Seriously, have we taught you nothing? Check out a trailer for the EA Sports Complex after the break.%Gallery-44595%
EA Sports Complex brings the play to PlayStation Home
First unveiled at CES this year, EA's upcoming Home Space looks to be the most fulfilling addition to PlayStation Home since its launch. Planned for a March release, EA Sports Complex will give PlayStation fans access to a rudimentary poker game, racing game and golf game -- all for free. The only price players will have to pay is some exposure to EA Sports advertisements that appear on the billboards and posters in the virtual world.The early build we saw at an EA event last night showed the Space running at a lackluster framerate, something we hope will be fixed before release. The visuals were also rather lackluster, subpar to those found in other Home spaces (like the Uncharted or Far Cry spaces).While the visuals aren't very compelling, the content more than makes up for it. One of the goals of the Sports Complex is to make it easy for everyone to play something. The long lines for other Home games won't be found here. The entire room was designed so that everyone will be able to play something. About 50 or so people can be in one instance of the Complex, and there are enough poker tables, race cars and golf spots to accommodate every single one of them.%Gallery-44595%
CES 2009: PlayStation Home to receive EA SPORTS Complex
Click for high-resolution image. Sony and Electronic Arts have just announced a partnership to provide the EA SPORTS Complex within PS3's PlayStation Home community. In this exclusive game space, gamers will be able to play new EA SPORTS multiplayer games, view leaderboards and interact with other fans while watching trailers and content from EA SPORTS games."We're proud to support the PlayStation Home Beta with a very robust offering from EA SPORTS," said Peter Moore, president of EA SPORTS. "As part of our continued commitment to the connected experience and the digitization of our business, the EA SPORTS Complex is a rich new online environment that presents a compelling and immersive social gaming experience for the global sports audience."EA also announced plans to introduce other EA brands to PlayStation Home in the future. This announcement, in conjunction with today's Red Bull space, shows that Home is rapidly becoming a much more engaging experience than what it was at launch.Update: Video trailer, after the break.
