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Monday, Nov 2
LittleBigPlanet Birthday Costume Is A Piece of Cake [Playstation 3]
Media Molecule's creative PS3 platformer LittleBigPlanet is one year old as of last week, so the developer is doing something to celebrate, giving away Sackboy costumes, including one that's been...
LittleBigPlanet Birthday Costume Is A Piece of Cake [Playstation 3]
That would be the launch ready Space Suit Sackboy Costume, re-releasing the week of November 5 for LittleBigPlanet latecomers. Media Molecule's also letting PlayStation 3 owners eat cake, prepping a candle-headed, slice-suited Sackboy, seen floating in space above.
Friday, Oct 30
Fallout 3 Wins The Golden Joysticks [Awards]
Family Game of the Year: LittleBigPlanet Retailer of the Year: GAME Nintendo Game of the Year: Call of Duty: World at War MSN Multiplayer Game of the Year: Call Of Duty: World At War Xbox Game of the Year: Gears of War 2 PC Game of the Year: Fallout 3 PlayStation Game of the Year: Killzone 2
Monday, Oct 26
LittleBigPlanet: The Return Of Pumpkinhead [Dlc]
At the risk of repeating themselves, Media Molecule is bringing back the free pumpkin head costume piece to LittleBigPlanet for those of you who might have missed it last year. Return of the Pumpkin Head Halloween Costume! [Media Molecule]
Monday, Oct 19
NPD Instant Analysis: Things You Should Note [Npd]
Notable new releases that failed to make the overall software top 10 (With no console or handheld version selling more than 208,600 units in the U.S. by October 3): Dirt 2 (September 8), LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition (September 8), Mini Ninjas (September 8), Muramasa: The Demo...
Thursday, Oct 15
Here’s Why LEGO Indiana Jones 2 Needs Your Attention [Impressions]
So, really, if you love Indiana Jones even a little bit, you owe it to yourself to check out LEGO Indy 2. It's not a glorified expansion pack,;it's not a LittleBigPlanet wannabe. It's Indiana Jones meets LEGO just like it's supposed to be – and it's looking so much better than the first game.
Thursday, Oct 8
PlayStation Store Update: Crunch Time [North America]
The rest? Well, there's "Gay Bar." It's now available to owners of the PlayStation 3 version of Rock Band. That's pretty exciting. The full list of goods for this week's PlayStation Store update, including a few new PSP games for your PSPgo, is after this.
Wednesday, Oct 7
Sony: PSP/PSPgo Sales Triple at Some Retailers [PspGo]
The launch of the download-only device has "generated strong consumer interest in the overall PSP platform and the PlayStation Network's digital content offering," he said. Sony declined to give any specific sales numbers for this story.
Sunday, Oct 4
K8 [Kotaku Reader]
The Real Video Game Danger: They're Too Safe?QuakeCon Faces a CrossroadsVideo Gamers Get Their WoodstockA Reignited Console War Means A Happy Holiday For GamersCould Gaming Soon Overshadow Music in Seattle?The Problem With RealityBakugan: Contender to the Pokemon Throne?Tokyo G...
Saturday, Oct 3
Wait a Minute, LittleBigPlanet PSP Hadn't Been Officially Dated? [Littlebigplanet]
Weird. One of these pieces of news that would seem to be out by now, but PlayStation.Blog posted yesterday that Nov. 17 is the North American release date for LittleBigPlanet PSP. The cover art also...
Wednesday, Sep 30
Hello Games Introduces Joe Danger, Its Debut "Stunt 'Em Up" [Game Announce]
Hello Games—recently formed by folks formerly of studios such as Kuju, Climax, Criterion, EA and elsewhere—also name-checks LittleBigPlanet in its game announcement, even though Excitebike had a level editor too, a feature that the side-scrolling stunt racer Joe Danger will offer...
Where Are All The "Next Gen" Games?
It's something that's been gnawing at me for a while now, but as we approach Christmas 2009 – the fifth holiday season for the Xbox 360, and fourth for the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii – that gnawing has turned into some serious, unchecked mastication.
Thursday, Sep 24
TGS Round-Up: Day 1 [Tgs]
Nintendo Announces Official Wii Price Cut The Games Of The Tokyo Game Show Sony's TGS PlayStation Press Conference: The Revenge Res 5, LittleBigPlanet To Support PS3 Motion Controller Gran Turismo 5: March 2010 First Look At The Final Fantasy XIII PlayStation 3
Friday, Sep 18
AJ’s Super-Huge PSP Media Event Blitz [Round-up]
Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier PSP Preview: A Blast From The Past LittleBigPlanet PSP Preview: PSP Platforming At Its Cutest Impressions And Other Stuff: Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines Opens Up Gameplay And Closes The Book On Altair
LittleBigPlanet PSP Preview: PSP Platforming At Its Cutest [Preview]
There are plenty of platformers to pick from when it comes to the PSP, but only one of them has Sackboy. Aside from gameplay features like the level editor and the ability to smack your co-op...
LittleBigPlanet PSP Preview: PSP Platforming At Its Cutest [Preview]
No Multiplayer: I think it was down to this or the level editor when stuff needed to be cut in order to get the game on the PSP. To be honest, I would have preferred multiplayer, but I understand that level editing is the lifeblood of the LBP community.
Thursday, Sep 17
What Did Hideo Kojima Think of LittleBigPlanet Metal Gear Solid Pack? [Mgs4]
According to Siobhan Reddy from LBP developer Media Molecule, "In fact, when we were in the US late last year we were introduced to Kojima and he told one of the level designers that he loved the design of the Metal Gear Solid pack." It's official, LBP Metal Gear pack has the Hideo Kojima seal o...
Friday, Sep 11
What PS3 And PSP Games Are Playable At Tokyo Game Show? [Tokyo Game Show]
• PSP 19. Persona 3 Portable 21. MGS: Peace Walker 23. Valkyria Chronicles 2 24. Phantasy Star Portable 3 25. Gran Turismo 26. Minna no Sukkiri 27. Minna no Tennis Portable 28. Jigen Kairou 30. SOCOM: US Navy Seals Portable 31. BLEACK Soul Carnival 2 32. MotorStorm Raging Ice 33. LittleBigPlanet
PAL PlayStation Store Update: A Treasure Trove [Europe]
Well done, SCEE. PS3 STORE Demos FIFA 10 Fat Princess LittleBigPlanet Katamari Forever Dynamic Themes WipEout HD Dynamic Theme MotorStorm Dynamic Theme (£1.59/€1.99) LittleBigPlanet ‘Sackboy on the run' Dynamic Theme (£1.59/€1.99) PSP STORE
Sunday, Sep 6
Week in Games: Ticket to Ride [New Releases]
Other Tuesday values in a week of 42 titles: Disgaea 2 on the PSP, IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey for the PS3 and 360, Mini Ninjas on everything, and Trine finally hits PS3. If you haven't gotten LittleBigPlanet, it arrives in a GotY edition.
Week in Games: Ticket to Ride [Updated] [New Releases]
Arcade Zone (Wii) Dirt 2 (DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, 360) Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days (PSP) Fallen Earth (PC) LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year Edition (PS3) Mini Ninjas (DS, PC, PS3, Wii, 360) Obscure 2 (PSP) Qubed (360) Raiden IV (360) Trine (PS3) Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga (Wii)
Friday, Aug 28
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Go Do Something Else [Europe]
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed – Tatooine Mission Pack (£7.99/€9.99) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 – Wolf Creek Course (£3.19/€3.99 – Introductory price for one week only) LittleBigPlanet – VeraBee Original Sticker Pack (£1.59/€1.99)
Thursday, Aug 27
PlayStation Store Update: TGIF! [North America]
Expansions & Add-ons Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Maps & Characters DLC ($9.99) LittleBigPlanet Artist Vera Bee Sticker Pack ($1.99) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Tatooine Mission Pack ($9.99) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 Wolf Creek ($4.99)
Saturday, Aug 22
Sign Up Now for LittleBigPlanet Water Beta [Beta]
Media Molecule has is now taking sign-ups to test the water they plan to bring into LittleBigPlanet. Here's the announcement: Water is coming to LittleBigPlanet as part of an exciting new kit! LittleBigPlanet Beta Sign-Up [site, thanks Bob-a]
Friday, Aug 21
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Gamescom Gamescom Gamescom [Europe]
LittleBigPlanet Water Trailer Trine Trailer Gamescom Sony Press Conference Part 1 Gamescom Sony Press Conference Part 2 Gamescom Sony Press Conference Part 3 Gamescom Sony Press Conference Part 4 PR Sizzler Trailer Avatar Game Day Trailer MotorStorm Arctic Edge Trailer (PSP)
Wednesday, Aug 19
No Multiplayer For LittleBigPlanet On PSP [Gamescom]
The one thing we've lost is multiplayer," Media Molecule's Mark Green told Eurogamer. "You've got full physics systems, you got full create mode, you've got all the aspects of LittleBigPlanet - you can upload, download, ad-hoc share with people - but we haven't got multiplayer".
Monday, Aug 17
LittleBigPlanet Re-Release Includes 18 New Levels, 7 DLC Packs [PS3]
Sony will charge $60 for the September 8 Game of the Year re-release of LittleBigPlanet and is adding some content and a limited-supplies-only beta invitation to justify the price. For more info and a video of the new stuff, check out the LBP GOTY post on the official PlayStation blog.
Thursday, Aug 13
PlayStation Store Update: We Got The Mango Sentinel [North America]
LittleBigPlanet MM Originals Pack 2 Historical ($3.99) LittleBigPlanet Historical Costume Pack ($2.99) LittleBigPlanet Ada Lovelace Costume ($0.99) LittleBigPlanet Boudicca Costume ($0.99) LittleBigPlanet Ghengis Khan Costume ($0.99) LittleBigPlanet Mozart Costume ($0.99)
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Curly Moustache [Europe]
Big, big update for the PAL PlayStation store this week, with a host of quality PS3 games, demos and even a couple of downloadable PSP games you might be interested in. Demos Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 – Gary Player (£4.79/€5.99) Themes Fat Princess Wallpaper PSP STORE
Friday, Aug 7
LittleBigPlanet GOTY Edition Box Art Promises $30 In Bonus Content [Cover Story]
The "Game of the Year Edition" of PlayStation 3 hit LittleBigPlanet is coming later this year with a cheaper price tag and some amount of downloadable content included on the disc. About $30 worth of content, apparently. LittleBigPlanet: Game of the Year [Amazon - thanks, Carlos!]
Thursday, Jun 11
PlayStation Store Update: Little Big Heavy Thunder [North America]
It's a big, big, big week for the North American PlayStation Store, as new downloadable content for Killzone 2, Call of Duty: World At War, LittleBigPlanet and Burnout Paradise bombards the PlayStation Network. And there are games!
Friday, Jun 5
Shadow Of The Colossus Cast Upon LittleBigPlanet Next Week [Clips]
On June 11th, Team Ico fans will get their first taste of Wander and Colossus Sackboys and Shadow of the Colossus stickers in LittleBigPlanet. Expect something Ico related as well. But if Media Molecule throws in LBP items from the newly announced The Last Guardian, expect the PlayStation...
Thursday, May 21
PlayStation Store Update: It's Electric! [North America]
Add-ons & Expansions LittleBigPlanet Monsters Kit ($3.99) LittleBigPlanet Monsters Costumes ($2.99) LittleBigPlanet Bride of Sackula Costume ($0.99) LittleBigPlanet Werewolf Costume ($0.99) LittleBigPlanet Zombie Costume ($0.99) LittleBigPlanet Sackula Costume ($0.99)
Wednesday, Apr 8
Patch: LittleBigPlanet Updates: Vikings, Egyptians, Monkeys [PS3]
April 9th : Rag Doll Kung Fu Costumes : $5.99 April 9th: Patapon Costume (Europe) : $1.99 April 16th: Monkey King Costume: FREE April 16th: 1.12 "Cornish Yarg" update: FREE* April 23rd: Creator Pack 1: FREE* April 23rd : Heavenly Sword Mini-Pack: $2.99
Monday, Mar 30
Missed Opportunities: Lionhead Could Have Made LittleBigPlanet [Gdc09]
But the most interesting thing was a "tech demo" called "The Room" — made with love by Alex, Mark and Dave. As in Mark Healey, Alex Evans, Dave Smith — three out of the four guys that formed Media Molecule which went on to make LittleBigPlanet.
Thursday, Mar 26
How Sackboy Learned to Love Physics [Gdc09]
I think what a lot of people mean when we talk about physics in games [is that] it's more complex, emergent phenomena… that we're trying to use in LittleBigPlanet. You can make things seemingly more complex than the sums of its parts."
Thursday, Jan 29
PlayStation Store Update: Savagely Mooned & Bejeweled [North America]
Expansions and Add-Ons LittleBigPlanet Kratos Costume ($1.99) LittleBigPlanet God of War Mini Pack ($2.99) LittleBigPlanet Ape Escape Costume ($1.99) LittleBigPlanet Toro Costume ($1.99) LittleBigPlanet Groundhog Day Costume (free) Mirror's Edge Synesthesia Map (free)
Wednesday, Dec 31
Podcastalooza: The News You May Have Missed [Podcastapalooza]
Media Molecule Talks LittleBigPlanet Moderation, New Pitches and How The Found Out About That Recall Finally, Yu says that Media Molecule continues to support LBP and isn't even sure if they will need to make a LittleBigPlanet 2. Resistance 2 Podcast: Multiplayer Tweaks Coming
Thursday, Dec 18
PlayStation Store Update: Santa, Beards, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars [North America]
This week brings more LittleBigPlanet content, more Guitar Hero content, more Rock Band content. You know, the usual. What it brings that's not the usual is some Precipice of Darkness. LittleBigPlanet - Festive Pack ($2.99) File size: 1.04 MB PlayStation Store for PSP
Sunday, Nov 16
LBP Moderation Remains Inscrutable, Unaccountable [LittleBigPlanet]
Update: I made changes to this story that removed direct references to Media Molecule, as I am not certain who exactly is responsible for the moderation of this game, be they MM or Sony employees. I put that back on Sony, as the publisher, in the above paragraph.
Thursday, Nov 13
PlayStation Store Update: Fresh Booty [North America]
The virtual store shelves of Sony's North American PlayStation Store are just as stuffed with product as its brick and mortar counterparts. The gross majority of this week's addition to the PlayStation 3's online shop comes from add-ons for new releases. A half-dozen Sackboy costumes fo...
Monday, Nov 3
Frankenreview: LittleBigPlanet [Round Up]
As the 2007 Game Developers Conference approached in early January 2007, many folks in the game industry were unsure what to make of Sony's PlayStation 3. Just a couple of months old, the console only had a handful of titles, most of them sub-par, and the promise of some bigger games down the...
Wednesday, Oct 29
LittleBigPlanet Review: Play, Create... Share?
LittleBigPlanet was developed by Media Molecule, published by Sony Computer Entertainment. Released on Oct. 27 in North America for PlayStation 3. Retails for $59.99 . Played single player campaigns to final level. Created several levels on my own and with my son. Uploaded and played levels o...
The Rush To Review [Feature]
How is it that so many people have reviewed LittleBigPlanet? I’m not asking this because the single player levels are so insanely hard (they are), but because a good third of the game still isn’t really playable. IGN Review Run Date: Oct. 13
Friday, Oct 17
Podcast: LittleBigPlanet Faces Worldwide Recall For Qur'an References [Littlebigplanet]
During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur'an," admitted the company in a statement.
Sunday, Oct 5
Opinion: Three Developers Explain LittleBigPlanet Level Design to a 7-Year-Old [Littlebigplanet]
My son has become completely enamored with LittleBigPlanet. Which isn't that surprising. But what is surprising is what about the game that's enthralling. It's not the play that has him begging to boot up the Playstation 3 every night, but the creation.
Tuesday, Sep 23
Make Comics, Pop-Up Books, Anything With LittleBigPlanet
I'm not necessarily a big console gamer," said Rabia Malik, "but (LittleBigPlanet) was very engaging." We really wanted to push the limits of LittleBigPlanet," said Kunal Patel, who plans to eventually hit Media Molecule for a job.
Wednesday, Aug 6
Don't Let Sackboy's Cute Face Fool You, LBP Is Hard
When I got my hands on the controller and got booted up to the LittleBigPlanet title screen, the first thing I wanted to do was to make stuff. I think I’ve seen enough the gameplay from finished levels to know how it’ll work when it’s put together, but I felt since I didn’t have a whole lot of time...
Tuesday, Aug 5
Opinion: Daddy, Is There A LittleBigPlanet Movie? [Night Note]
So! Today, Luke was working on that MGS4/LBP mash-up, and Mini-Bash asked why that character was dressed as Snake. I told him that was Sackboy, and he's from another game called LittleBigPlanet. And yeah, he wanted to see the trailer for that, so I showed it to him.
Monday, Jul 28
Tons (Yes, Tons) Of LittleBigPlanet Info
We're excited about LittleBigPlanet. And maybe you are, too. LBP-centric site LittleBigPlanet Central is obviously jazzed as well and got a total of one hour and thirty minutes hands on with the game at this year's Comic Con, taking copious notes of things it noticed. Let's dive in:
Monday, May 19
Creating My Own Level In LittleBigPlanet
Evans reminded me that while user-created and shared maps are a big part of the game, they're certainly not the only part. In fact, LittleBigPlanet is going to ship with it's own robust, story-driven campaign which can be played solo or with friends.
Tuesday, May 6
Killzone 2 Dated for 2009
The news came following an announcement that LittleBigPlanet has been pushed back from a September launch date to October. SCEE also sales of the Playstation Portable, Playstation 2 and Playstation 3 in Europe and apologized for the delay of Home.
Friday, Dec 14
SCEE Blog Hints At Killzone 2, LittleBigPlanet Dates
07/1983 Nintendo Entertainment System 06/1986 Sega MasterSystem 11/1994 Sega Saturn 12/1994 Playstation 06/1996 Nintendo 64 11/1998 Sega Dreamcast 03/2000 Playstation 2 09/2001 Nintendo GameCube 11/2001 Xbox 11/2005 360 11/2006 Playstation 3 11/2006 Wii
Friday, Jul 6
The Great E307 Game List
Nintendo Super Smash Bros (Wii) Sony Computer Entertainment Eye of Judgement (PS3) Folklore (PS3) God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP) Heavenly Sword (PS3) Killzone 2 (PS3) LittleBigPlanet (PS3) Ratchet & Clank (PS3) Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
Thursday, Apr 5
Warhawk For Blu-ray AND PlayStation Network
The gang at 1UP got word from the kids at SCEA who now say that Incognito's multiplayer shooter is coming to the PlayStation Store and will see a Blu-ray disc retail release. Not that strange, as Phil Harrison broke word that GDC hit LittleBigPlanet would also see a double release.
Wednesday, Mar 7
GDC07: We Saw The Real Killzone Last Night
Despite telling enthusiast press outlet IGN that "No, Killzone won't be GDC at all" in February, Sony did show Killzone last night. Following the official announcement of the PLAYSTATION Edge developer software—an RSX profiling tool named GCM Replay and a set of lightweight, highly op...
