The U.S. PlayStation Home beta test is expanding at the end of this month, and the Official PlayStation Blog has the super-complicated details on how you can apply to join it. Later today a PlayStation Home theme will appear on the PlayStation network. Here's the tricky part - download that theme. You have now applied for a spot in the expanded U.S. PlayStation Home beta.

Meanwhile, in Europe somewhere, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is expanding their beta test by hand-picking users who are the most active on PSN, so you folks might want to start spending several hours a day going from menu to menu. You can download a theme too, if you wish, but don't expect it to do anything other than change the look of your desktop.

Want into the PlayStation Home Closed Beta test? Here’s How to Apply [PlayStation Blog]

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