Here’s an IGN article on PlayStation 3’s answer to Microsoft Live called Home. Announced at the Game Developer’s Conference in SF a few weeks ago, Home is like a cross between Second Life and Battle.net and it’s so totally white inside. Everyone gets a PSP, dress slacks, and a house furnished by Crate and Barrel where you can invite your friends over to watch porn on your new virtual Sony VVega TV. Pretty soon, kids across the world will know what it means to live like a millionaire in Redmond, WA.
Beta here apparently you have to hit refresh until the page changes to “register an interest”.
Also mentioned at GDC for PS3 was Little Big Planet where you can collaborate with your friends to create a platform-based level and then run around in it. It looks fun as hell not to mention totally cute! Eat your heart out XNA!