CydoniaX, the PlayStation Home Community Manager, announced yesterdaythat Home will be receiving another update this week. The highlight of the update is the much anticipated RedBull Island, which means that we can all now enjoy our very own RedBull Air Races with promises of more exciting content to come from the RedBull Island.

Also added in the update are more furniture and clothing options, though at a price. Ligne Roset and Diesel will both be receiving their own unique storefronts in the Home Mall. SCEA is adding in two additional shirts themed in the favor of Resident Evil: Degeneration.

Additionally, there was a plug for some more free (of sorts) items coming. Though these do require a pre-order of Killzone 2 from Amazon.com, but will earn you the privilege to have the ISA Uniform and Helgast Assault Trooper armour. If you are interested in this sweet deal you can pre-order the game HERE(http://www.amazon.com/Killzone-2-Playstation-3/dp/B000FQBF1M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1231368965&sr=1-1) from Amazon.com. The codes for these items will be sent out soon after Killzone 2 launches late next month.

Sources: PSBlog, PSLS

i can't wait to try out the air races. i went to the RedBull air race in Detroit last summer, it was incredible

Will the Redbull island give my guy wings?

I went there yesterday afternoon. The flying “race” is not really a P2P race, it’s actually a time trial. It’s pretty cool, but nothing all that special, really. The controls aren’t all that good in the sense that they’re not what you’d normally expect what they should be for flying an aircraft. But they work, none the less. I’ve run the course a few times and it is actually somewhat fun, but it’s a short lived experience, in that while it was fun the first few times through, I really doubt that I’ll go back any time soon.

With that said, the Red Bull space looks very nice and serene, like an isolated area in the tropics.

How in the hell do you get in the planes....

you just have to stand by the planes and wait for the dialog box to say red bull air race and press x

Yeah, an alternative method is to just walk up to someone near the planes, press X to bring up their profile, and press left or right until the PLAY option appears.