Today Sony announced the expansion of their closed beta test for PlayStation Home.  The closed beta will begin at the end of August.  In order to be part of the select few, consumers will have to download a new Home theme as their application and then will be granted access according to their usage of PSN.  Here’s what Jack Buser, director of PlayStation Home had to say on their official blog:

“Later today [Thursday August 7, 2008], the PLAYSTATION Store will be updated with a PlayStation Home theme. By downloading the theme, users are submitting an application to join the PlayStation Home Beta test community. We will be using a variety of criteria including activity on the PLAYSTATION Network to determine eligibility for the Beta community. Existing beta testers have automatically qualified to be part of the expanded beta.”