Sony announced today that it will be teaming up with publishers to bring additional content to Home starting on 18th. The new content includes lounges and paid items.

Bandai Namco will be providing Home open beta participants a new lounge themed around Tekken, Soul Calibur, and Ridge Racer. As with the current lounges for Siren and Hot Shots Golf, this lounge will offer fans a themed communication space, complete with streaming videos for the series in question. The Bandai Namco lounge will also include additional arcade units for the Namco Museum Beta.

Bandai Namco's new lounges, set for the 18th.

Also hitting the service on the 18th will be a set of paid avatar items and furniture from Bandai Namco, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Nippon Ichi Software. Sony will offer a number of Christmas and winter themed items, including Santa gloves and boots and a Christmas tree. Nippon Ichi will offer shirts and furniture themed around its Prinny mascot character from the Disgaea series. Bandai Namco will offer clothing for such arcade classics as Pacman, DigDug, Mappy, Xevious.

Paid furniture and avatar parts will hit on the 18th too.

The lounge will be accessible at no charge. The avatar and furniture items range in price from 50 yen to 200 yen.