In-Home launching coming to Home update 1.3

In the big-assed v1.3 update coming to PlayStation Home, you’ll finally be able to launch games directly from Home. And that’s any PlayStation 3 game.

With this upcoming update, you’ll be able to pop in a disc while in Home and launch the game at any time. Instead of having to exit Home to get started, you’ll be magically whisked away to the game’s start menu. No silly logging off anymore. Avatars in Home will be identified by separate icons that appear over heads for titles that fully support game launching, says the PlayStation Blog.

Aside from in-Home game launching, there are several other updates coming. Here’s some bulletpoints:

• new caching size options ( 3, 5, 8, and 12 GB )
• a new SingStar space
• new emotes and poses for avatars
• everyone gets cameras to snap pictures (see above image)
• new items, like the consumable “shrink potion”
• several other tweaks and features

All of this other stuff is great, but with game launching, Home is the real deal, and you can actually use it to get around and meet up to game. Finally.