Irem is sort of returning to their roots with a R-Type shooter for PlayStation Home.

Katamari Forever comes out next week in Japan and as a last minute news bit Namco Bandai announced it supports Home Rewards. In addition to collecting trophies, you can unlock the Prince and his cousins as Home Rewards items.

Mirroring real life, a giant Gundam statue stands tall in Japan’s PlayStation Home. You can visit the (virtual) statue in Home Square from July 11 to July 23.

Soon you’ll be able to play classic Namco arcade games like Dig Dug and Pac-Man in PlayStation Home. Namco Bandai announced Namco Museum Essentials, a localized version of Namco Museum.comm, is slated to come out in July.

Remember how we said Q Entertainment was doing something with PlayStation Home? They ended up making PlayStation Home avatar outfits.

PlayStation Home has a game based on Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! and it’s sort of like an 8-bit RPG! Yuusha no Kuse Ni Namaikida www gives players a chance to slay the Devil King and win avatar t-shirts.

Mao’s room has Disgaea 3 Block which has a trick sort of like the Stroop effect. When you start the game giant text tells you to press the circle button. Actually, you need to press the X button to start the game.

In past years Irem set up joke web pages advertising Disaster Report crowbars and R-Type desserts on April Fool’s Day. Today, the Black Irem Dan “took over” the company’s site and replaced it with a text adventure game. The prank is pretty clever…

Capcom, and pretty much only Capcom when it comes to third party PlayStation 3 retail games, continues to support the Home Rewards system. Like Street Fighter IV you can earn virtual items for your avatar by blasting zombies, mutants, and…

Sony Computer Entertainment Asia is throwing a virtual Valentine’s Day party with chocolate decorations sprinkled inside PlayStation Home. To tempt people to log on Sony is giving away a free chocolate replica of Home Square between now and February 14.…