Monthly Archive for October, 2008

Servers Online, DLC Tonight !

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Earlier today, Media Molecule has plugged in the necessary AC cables, cat5 cables and the proper switches to bring the LittleBIGServer to LIFE! For those that have preordered your copy of LittleBIGPlanet at GameStop/EBGames or any other place offering DLC, Mark Valledor has posted on the PSBlog that you can get your hands on your DLC later tonight.

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CircuitCity: The Details

So going to CircuitCity today to go check what’s going down with the LittleBIGPlanet scene at my local CircuitCity. I find that there was a notice on top of the locked up cabinent of games, that they addressed LittleBIGPlanet. Sorry for no pictures, did not have my camera or phone on me at the moment, but it mentioned the LittleBIGPlanet ad in this weeks CircuitCity ad that they will not get their shipment until Tuesday by 2PM. In this weeks ad, it mentions that you get a $10 CircuitCity Giftcard with purchase of LittleBIGPlanet.

Now the notice is mentioning that when you pick up your copy on Tuesday or any other day of the week up to Saturday, you will get the ORIGINAL promo of $15 giftcard. It’s good to see that CircuitCIty is honoring their ORIGINAL promo because of the drama from last week that caused the delay. Some across the web were thinking that they would receive the $10 for this weeks ad and are now going to be delighted to see that they get an extra $5 on top of that.

GameStop: The Call

Have you gotten the call??


From GameStop about LittleBIGPlanet shipment coming in tomorrow??
It seems Sacketeers across North America are receiving calls from GameStop of LittleBIGPlanet shipping to their local store (10/25/08) in the afternoon. Are you one of the lucky ones to receive this call? Are you going to camp out at your local GameStop before it opens, even if they haven’t received their shipments yet?? We know how dedicated you are so, we will answer this for you and say yes! :)

You can vote in the forums HERE.

Patch 1.02 Live

Well all right, so that v1.01 patch didn’t fix the “disturbing” lyrics of Toumani Diabaté. What it did instead was tweak some online functionality and at the same time add in some more delightful costumes for sack people. However, v1.02 does remove the controversial lyrics and it’s out now for Europe.

The v1.02 patch removes all the words from the song “Tapha Niang,” leaving the track as a purely instrumental piece. As of yet, the North American version has not been updated — we’ve checked, again. But that shouldn’t really matter, should it? LittleBigPlanet technically isn’t out, right?

XPLAY: LittleBIGPlanet Review

Haven’t snatched up one of the valuable 1st gen copies of LittleBIGPlanet? Can’t bare to wait till next week? Check out XPLAY’s review on one of this years most anticipated games ! Review after the Jump!

EDIT: Gotcha G4 :) :(

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LittleBIGDELAYED! WorldWide >(! [UPDATED: MEDIA MOLECULE]

Worst news has come to the LittleBIGPlanetNation! LittleBIGPlanet has been delayed indefinately due to a song on the level Swinging Safari. The user who brought this to attention is solid_08, posting this on the Official PlayStation Europe Forums. Now, don’t go crazy over him about this just yet. He does not want to delay the game from it’s release date in your region, but suggests that a patch be made online immediately. Whether how hard or easy it is for Media Molecule to come up with a solution depends how easy the game was coded. Which should not be that hard for Media Molecule since their game is based on customization.

EDIT: Oh hey, they already have a patch done and also an updated master disc waiting for pressing! Sony will be releasing new info about the new release dates soon. Stay tuned.

EDIT2: That was fast, LittleBIGPlanet will ship out the week of October 27th.

SCEE:

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. We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused.

We will confirm the new launch date shortly.

EDIT:

As some of you may have noticed, LBP has been slightly delayed in some territories. At MM we were as shocked and dismayed by this as anyone – shellshocked and gutted. We can’t wait for you all to get playing and creating!

We learnt yesterday that there is a lyric in one of the licensed tracks which some people may find offensive, and which slipped through the usual screening processes. Obviously MM and Sony together took this very seriously. LBP should be enjoyable by all. So within 12 hours of hearing about this issue involving a lyric (in Somalian, I believe!), we prepared an automatic day 0 patch and had a new disk image ready; however a decision was made within Sony that the right thing to do for quality and support of people with no on-line was to replace existing disks. They assure us that they are doing everything in their power to get things straightened out as fast as possible, and will announce dates soon.

Apologies to everyone excited to play the game and I can assure you that when it arrives, it will be worth the wait! We want everyone to be able to enjoy the game, and this tweak should help – we’re just gutted it couldn’t be sooner. MM continues to work hard to support the game too. We know that LBP will be something that you can enjoy for a long time to come, when all of this is forgotten and all that remains are thousands of incredible levels and creations to play, create and share.

To see solid_08 Official post, catchi t after the jump.

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IGN: Review

IGN has released their review on one of Sony’s most anticipated games of the year and in Playstation 3 life cycle. Here is their video review of LittleBIGPlanet:

For those that cannot view the video for various reasons, view their written up version HERE.

LittleBIGPlanetNation: We Have Some Keys [UPDATE:2]

So you have been through various sites to get on the LittleBIGPlanet Beta action with no avail. Well here is your chance. Later today this post will be updated on information on what to do to get on in the action. The post will be have [Updated] in the post title. See you later today for the giveaway.

PS: Check out the Official LBPN Wiki by clicking Wiki at the navigation bar.

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UPDATE1: At around 2:30PM PST instructions will be posted. Due to unexpected things I will not be back at the time I wanted to be. If you do not see anything around 2:30, the extra delay may be 30-45 Minutes. If I do not receive the get go, there might be further delays.

UPDATE2: PLEASE POST YOUR INFO IN THE FORUM! INSTRUCTIONS AFTER THE JUMP AND ALSO INSIDE THE FORUMS!!

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GameStop: New TV Ad + More PreOrder Swag DLC?

We knew that we would get Kratos as a preorder bonus a few months ago from GameStop, but is there one? or two more free costume DLC? The two mentioned aside from Kratos is Medusa and Minotaur and a “Unique” level pack when you preorder from GameStop. It sure looks like it from this new TV AD will be making Sacketeer’s rushing/calling their local GameStop/EBGames about this. If not, GameStop will feel the wrath of the Sacketeers. Don’t believe us? Go ask the several major sites giving away beta keys the past couple weeks.

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The Music That Grew On You

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We get asked the question “what’s the name of the music track you’ve used in that thar video” a lot.

An awful lot.

So, in an effort to take the strain off of our overflowing inbox, this post contains a definitive rundown of all the music in all of the trailers that have existed thus far (that I know about – cut me some slack :) . All of the music listed here appears in LittleBigPlanet – you will hear it in the Media Molecule created levels which come with the full version of the game, and you’ll be able to collect them as you play through those levels (if you’re clever enough to hunt them all down!) and then use them in your own creations.

A few points to note. There have been plenty of videos created by Sony or even by third parties which have used library music that does not feature in LittleBigPlanet – don’t make the assumption that because it has appeared in a video that it will appear in the game! If it’s not listed here then I don’t know what the music is and have no way of finding out. This is not a definitive list of all the music in the game – this is just a few of the tracks that have happened to be used in videos. LittleBigPlanet features 136 minutes of music, 2 hours of which you’ll have access to. That’s a mixture of licensed linear tracks, original linear tracks, and original interactive tracks. The original music in the game was written by the marvellous Mat Clark of Sonica Studios, London, the delectable Daniel Pemberton and the modest me.

OK here goes:

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