Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that it is releasing Life with PlayStation for the PlayStation 3 today, September 18, 2008, worldwide simultaneously.

Life with PlayStation is a new lifestyle service that offers users a new visual and interactive way to use their PS3 to access news and information from around the world, only possible on the PS3's feature-rich platform.

LIVE CHANNEL forms the basis of the initial content released for Life with PlayStation. Through a network connected PS3 it delivers worldwide news and information centering on two themes, 'place' and 'time' on a world map interface.

Some of the live content includes; cloud imagery (provided by University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center), along with weather information (provided by The Weather Channel), news headlines (provided by Google News), and live camera images (partially provided by The Earth Television Network) of nearly 60 cities around the globe.

Through LIVE CHANNEL, PS3 users will have access to worldwide news and live information free of charge. In addition to LIVE CHANNEL, Sony intends to continually deliver more interactive content and channels to further enhance the service.