There appears to be a new phenomenon taking place within the virtual world of PlayStation Home…it's called "Xi," and if you want to be part of the mystery, we suggest you log in now and begin your investigation.

Much of this remains shrouded in secrecy, but you'll want to check out the Xi Messageboard thread over at the official PlayStation forums. It contains the announcement that "Xi is an adventure based on PlayStation Home," and to find out more, head into the Main Square and look for some graffiti on a wall… Once you do, you'll be transported to a HUB of some kind.  If you move over to page 3 of that thread, there's a chronological breakdown of how Xi is progressing; in other words, you get a look at all the up-to-date events, and the corresponding user responsible for discovering a new piece of information. We're not about to spoil the surprise – even if we could, we wouldn't – so we suggest you all give Xi a try, as it's yet another reason to jump into the ever-expanding Home world. Xi is going to be one of those things that may keep you coming back over and over again, if only to find the next clue; the next piece of the puzzle. In this particular case, you may be joined by hundreds of other seekers, but then again, perhaps that's the entire point: maybe we're all supposed to help each other on this one. Maybe it requires a group mentality to see Xi through to completion. Who knows?

If you've been following along, maybe you can help out some PSXE readers by posting any information you've discovered in the forums. And if any questions arises in the Comments section of this article, feel free to dole out some pearls of wisdom. We'll probably need 'em!

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Vivi_Gamer
Vivi_Gamer
14 years ago

I've seen the Graffiti, so can we access this now?

Xzer0
Xzer0
14 years ago

I cant access Home, i always get the same error about server. This is so annoying, I want try Home but I cant!!

WorldEndsWithMe
WorldEndsWithMe
14 years ago

Is that why the little guy in your avatar is so sad?

Vivi_Gamer
Vivi_Gamer
14 years ago

Weird, i had a go, so far i got the 3 pieces of the puzzle and done the first Q for Staplers…. whats the point of this?

Cpt_Geez
Cpt_Geez
14 years ago

Ben your about to make me log onto home for the 1st time in about 4 months.

Tim Speed24
Tim Speed24
14 years ago

I'm going to check out Home tonight when I get….UM….home.

Ben Dutka PSXE
Ben Dutka PSXE
14 years ago

Check the PlayStation blog too, guys. They've got a Xi update over there.

herukuti
herukuti
14 years ago

i won a dan unlockable shirt in home and bought some pants where do i go to ulock them for use in home?

WorldEndsWithMe
WorldEndsWithMe
14 years ago

Okay, now this might get interesting soon. I knew Home would expand into some other areas eventually. I think they probably released the barebones Home just because we all kept whining. Maybe Xi (whatever the deuce it is) will kick it up a notch.

coverton341
coverton341
14 years ago

I think this could be a neat concept but on the same line I think this could be a grab for users to boot up a long dust collecting Home. I truly haven't used Home since it went public. Maybe once or twice popping in and looking around. I went into the RE5 space once I bought the game and that was about it.

Break_The_Mould
Break_The_Mould
14 years ago

I noticed something guys,
go into 'thr hub' area and either press x on the holopads or x on 'stapler' and then immediately start running forward. After a couple seconds a weird futuristic noise is played and u suddenly stop running.
I really wanna find out more about this! It still isn't working when I'm standing under the teleportation machine as it just displays 'awaiting activation'. Weird.

karneli lll
karneli lll
14 years ago

My ps3 is back (customer rep said refubs are only given under extreme situations)and a day early too,dont u just love Sony!

The xi thing is wierd,interesting, but wierd

cegmp
cegmp
14 years ago

^ That's great!

tankerkevo
tankerkevo
14 years ago

I'd log on to Home for this, but I'm not old enough for Home. I'm only 30…

Fane1024
Fane1024
14 years ago

I think if you use a master account it will fix that problem.

bipolarbeers
bipolarbeers
14 years ago

hey tanker i set up a psx account jus to leave you this piece of info. go to your account settings on yr master account and put the age restrictions option on. once u do this all of your accounts will be accessible to home. i had this same problem for quite some time till i looked this piece of info up. anyway thank me later. -psn=bipolarbeers

Dr_Evil_Genius
Dr_Evil_Genius
14 years ago

While it isn't my aim to be a party-pooper, I have tried the beta of Home and I must ask…

…what does it offer that will make it worth participating in over pinging headshots off helmets in CoD4?

I hope this "Xi" thing does something to justify the space it takes up in my now-failing HDD.

cegmp
cegmp
14 years ago

I read about this in joystiq and I'm a little interested. I haven't been in home for months now due to my TV not being able to output it or something like that.