And Just When You Thought Lockwood Couldn’t Add More Awesome…
Jeebus, and here I was feeling all proud of myself for finishing the weekly updates with plenty of time to spare last night.
Then I check out my email between appointments to find that Lockwood’s Product Manager, AKA Awesomesauce Goddess, Megan Egglesden, has dropped two more tons of awesome to share with you. Suffice it to say, we all must have been very good this year to be granted this quantity of Christmas love from Lockwood.
You know, I may have to add them to my Christmas card list if this keeps up. I’m not joking. And maybe even Valentines – and I don’t buy cards for Valentines.
As you all know, starting today, there will be tours of Lockwood’s new personal space, the Midnight Glade. HomeStation is honored to be one of the community groups endorsed by Lockwood to help out with holding tours and promoting what really is a unique addition to the roster of personal spaces to be had. Check out our Forum for a list of available team members giving tours!
Sister site AlphaZone4, Your PlayStation Home, GamerIndepth, recent HSM guest contributor Chelada of The Whole enChelada, and new blog The Home Publicity will also be hosting tours, giving you ample opportunities to check out this beautiful new space.
And unless you’ve been living in a cave somewhere in Papua New Guinea, you’re likely aware by now that Lockwood has also revamped their site and also have a newsletter you can sign up for – which I highly recommend you do. It’s free, so do it. Now. Because I said so.
Also the Drey runway over at the Lockwood Showcase is now open. We spent some time over there last night, and it’s a pretty cool space; the music there will likely make this one of the newest dance hotspots around Home.
Drey is also releasing two new clothing packs – Cinematic Allure and Beach Resort clothing packs. To quote the PR:
Drey’s followers know how to always be ahead of the game, and in this case, they’re dodging the winter chill by jetting off to sunnier climes. Outfits for both male and female avatars provide sophisticated styling for those balmy winter holidays, taking inspiration from a European film-festival vibe.
For men, the look is playful – a quirky trilby with a feather in its band teamed with shorts and a polo shirt. The ladies have a more classical look this time around, with wide-brimmed sunhats and sweetheart corsets.
Lockwood is also teaming up with Your PlayStation Home to celebrate it’s third birthday. Did you know Lockwood has also been in Home, producing items for three years now as well? Seems rather fitting the two celebrate together, if you ask me:
To celebrate Your PlayStation Home’s third birthday, we have selected some of the best items from the past three years for a celebratory giveaway! Visit Your PlayStation Home for more details and a chance to win a bumper pack of 24 unique items.
This is a great opportunity for us to celebrate three years of producing content for PlayStation®Home. We’ve hand-picked some of our favourite items to give away to 1,095 lucky fans in the EU and US.
Your mission is to hunt through www.lockwoodpublishing.com and www.yourplaystationhome.com to find two halves of a code for your region, one from each site. They’ll be in this format: ‘[US]xxxx-xx’ and ‘[US]xx-xxxx’ for the US and ‘[EU]xxxx-xx’ and ‘[EU]xx-xxxx’ for the EU. Put the halves together to form a complete code (‘xxxx-xxxx-xxxx’) and redeem it in the PlayStation Store. It’s that easy!
Sodium2 is also getting some Christmas love. We have a few Sodium speed demons on the team here who will be quite happy to hear of this:
This week in Sodium2 sees the second part of the Payback Update with the introduction of brand new fuel additive and frame upgrades for your velocity racer!
If it’s sheer speed you’re after then you can now turbocharge your racer with a selection of new fuel additives. Shave precious seconds of your best Sodium2 run with these indispensible additions to your Velocity racer set-up. And for those of you hankering after the perfect racing line, you can now upgrade your crafts frame to provide previously unmatched levels of stability.
Head to Sodium2 this week and show your rivals who’s boss with these new awesome upgrades!
Also coming soon is yet another ShowOff competition:
ShowOff – Happy New Year! Lockwood will be hosting a ShowOff competition to celebrate the New Year. We plan on giving away a bumper pack of our January content, containing new clothing packs, companions and furniture items. Further details will be released leading up to the start date.
Start – Wednesday 21st December
Close – Tuesday 3rd December
Public Vote Start – Thursday 5th January
Public Vote Close – Thursday 12th January
Announce Winner – Thursday 12th January
While most people are kicking back and sloughing off from doing any work leading up to the holidays, the Lockwood Team have done just the opposite. With all this going on, Lockwood is certainly placing themselves in a prime position to continue to be one of the biggest players in the Home community for 2012, and they are certainly closing out 2011 with a (literal) bang.
December 14th, 2011 by Terra_Cide | 2 comments
Terra _Cide is the former Community Manager for Lockwood Publishing and Editor Emeritus for HomeStation Magazine.
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I can’t wait to see what other cool stuff Lockwood comes up with. They are definitely setting the bar for development in Home with both their personal spaces and clothing lines.I am soooo looking forward to today’s update.
I love Lockwood….I especially love the Drey Line of Fashions!