• playstation 3

    Rumor: LittleBigPlanet Invading Hot Shots Golf

    Consider this littlebigrumor for now, but it looks like the Sackboy cross-promotion won't be stopping anytime soon. PlayStation-centric site PSN! is reporting that the star of LittleBigPlanet is going to hit the virtual links soon.

    The Spanish PlayStation site writes today that Sackboy will join God of War series star Kratos as a downloadable golfer in Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds. Sounds perfectly reasonable to us — and far more fitting than the Greek god of war or Darkstalkers' Morrigan landing birdies. We'd expect to see many, many more appearances in first-party PlayStation 3 games on par with this one.

    For the record, PSN is the same outlet that ran that Street Fighter Sackboy rumor, for whatever that's worth.

    Rumor: Sackboy como personaje invitado de Everybody’s Golf [PSnow - thanks, Macrike!]

    1:40 PM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    1,046 views, 27 comments

  • littlebigplanet

    Sackboy In American Apparel Panty Ad

    Does the cuteness of LittleBigPlanet know no bounds? Hipster publication VICE Magazine goes totally Sackboy cute crazy in its latest issue. More »

    1:20 PM on Fri Nov 28 2008
    By Brian Ashcraft
    8,338 views, 41 comments

  • Turkey Day

    Happy Early Thanksgiving - Here's A Sackboy With A Turkey On His Head

    In celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the states, Sony and Media Molecule present a dead, skinned bird carcass you can wear on your head! More »

    7:00 PM on Tue Nov 25 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    7,344 views, 90 comments

  • LittleBigPlanet

    You There. I Say, My Good Man, Please Moderate My LBP Level Into Oblivion

    LittleBigPlanet level-makers have certainly gotten a ton of my sympathy over the past week or so. But one thing you can't do is create levels that blatantly infringe IP, so, whomever built the Duck Hunt LBP level, or the homages to all three Back to the Future films, nice knowin' ya.

    Impressive, clever, but ultimately, gone. I do have to say, the Duck Hunt level's rendering, right down to the Asshole Dog holding up the kills, really touts the creativity of LBP's devoted users and the game's ability to unleash it. But again, moderators have no compunctions about deep-sixing this kind of stuff.

    Video of all the levels in question on the jump. More »

    5:00 PM on Sun Nov 23 2008
    By Owen Good
    65,531 views, 257 comments

    Most discussed Phydeaux: Sold all my PS3 games over the LBP moderation. Took them to GameStop and didn't look back. Will sell my first more »

  • littlebigplanet

    LittleBigPlanet Gets Resistance DLC To Celebrate...Thanksgiving

    You may as well settle in. Just like Rock Band and Guitar Hero, it looks like LittleBigPlanet will be bringing us enough DLC to justify multiple posts a week on the subject. Today's comes courtesy of Sony Japan, who - bless them - love to announce their DLC ahead of time. Next week, two new LBP costumes will be made available in Japan; a turkey head, and a Resistance 2 outfit. Given the timing, we'll assume that the turkey head is to symbolise thanksgiving, and given the particularly American nature of that holiday, we'll assume it'll be available in the US next week too. Can't see why it wouldn't bring the Chimera head along with it.

    LittleBigPlanet [SCEJ, via Siliconera]

    9:30 PM on Wed Nov 19 2008
    By Luke Plunkett
    9,997 views, 40 comments

    Most discussed Kobun: I predict in a day or two PETA will notify MM to remove the turkey costume, which will be done more »

  • playstation 3

    "Volatile" Holiday Market Partly To Blame For LittleBigPlanet Sales

    Early sales on Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet didn't quite set the world on fire. The game moved a solid if unspectacular 215,000 copies in the United States during its debut month of October — just four days, really — and 69,000 units during its first two weeks of availability in Japan. In the UK, it dropped quickly to nineteenth place on sales charts in its second week. Over a quarter million copies in a few days isn't bad, but it might not be the killer app exclusive emotionally invested PlayStation fans or Sony executives were hoping for. More »

    6:00 PM on Wed Nov 19 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    11,688 views, 264 comments

    Most discussed dae_giovanni: Is it possible that LittleBigPlanet is responsible for poor LittleBigPlanet sales? Just askin'. more »

  • littlebigplanet

    Sony On LittleBigPlanet For PSP

    There's been a LittleBigPlanet rumour this year that's been so strong it's popped up twice, once in April, and again last week. Said rumour involves the popular (if a little oversold) platformer making its way to the PSP. MTV asked Sony's John Koller about it, and his response was:

    LittleBigPlanet’ is so expansionary. I think the developer’s really concentrating on right now making sure that the launched product is everything it could be and can be. We’re watching the UGC [user generated content] and seeing how that’s playing out. But for the future, I think certainly, we’d look at a wide variety of opportunities. Whether that’s the PSP or not, I can’t really say. We certainly look at ‘LittleBigPlanet’ franchise as a going forward franchise for us, and that speaks to the PlayStation brand overall.

    Can't really say? Pretty sure you just did.

    Sony Discusses PSP Possibilities For ‘LittleBigPlanet,’ ‘Guitar Hero,’ And ‘Rock Band’ [MTV]

    2:00 AM on Wed Nov 19 2008
    By Luke Plunkett
    2,776 views, 58 comments

    Most discussed ハリセンボン: Luke, what's with the LBP hate? Seems like you've been taking a lot of pot shots at it recently. more »

  • littlebigplanet

    LittleBigPlanet Level Contest Offers Crown, IP Meddling

    Sony are running a LittleBigPlanet contest. If you live in the US, you're tasked with designing a level. If it's a winner, you win a prize. Our concerns are twofold:

    1. The prize is a crown. It's just another costume. Greeeaaatt. Look, t-shirts and crowns are nice (we guess), but this is a competition, not some chance to trick the kids into paying money for the privilege of marketing LocoRoco 2 for you (though we will gladly pay to help advertise Ico 2). Where are those custom, themed levels we heard so much about?

    2. OK, that first one wasn't really a concern. More some late-night whining. But this second one raises a few more questions/issues. Look at the competition rules. "1. Create an original LittleBigPlanet level celebrating the PLAYSTATION 3 second anniversary". Should be a piece of cake. Oh, provided you weren't going to pay homage to your favourite PlayStation® console or favourite PlayStation® game by recreating any of their intellectual property, that is.

    LittleBigChallenge - Celebrating PS3’s 2nd Anniversary [Sony]

    11:30 PM on Tue Nov 18 2008
    By Luke Plunkett
    2,977 views, 69 comments

  • jumping the shark costume

    Sony Overdoes It With LittleBigPlanet LocoRoco Costumes

    Okay, Sony. Stop the cute train, we want to get off. On paper, blending the adorableness of LocoRoco's blobs with the preciousness of LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy looks like a win-win. In practice, though... :( We'll just keep chanting "Ico and Yorda Sackboy costumes!" until it becomes reality.

    If you don't agree and think that this rainbow of Sackboy get ups is worth your $2.99, they'll be yours for the garish taking starting this Thursday in North America. That's when the five-piece combo meal of brightly colored Sackboys hit the PlayStation Store.

    A second option is the Sack-in-the-Box costume, a free, television be-headed alternative. It's creepy enough to get some hard drive space.

    LittleBigPlanet Weekly Download Update [PlayStation.blog]

    5:40 PM on Tue Nov 18 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    5,695 views, 92 comments

    Most discussed Striderhayasa - Phillyyakk on PSN and Live.: Ok...can we stop it already with the LBP bullshit? I like the game, I really do but I knew we more »

  • LittleBigPlanet

    Azure Palace Restored on LBP

    Azure Palace, which was moderated out of LittleBigPlanet's online play for reasons unnamed, is back up. Thanks to reader Michael B. for that tip. The takedown sparked much outrage among the LBP level-building community, as Azure Palace is one of the better-known levels and a favorite of many, and it was not at all obvious what the offending content was. Not sure if the negative publicity is what got the board back, but it's there. Perhaps moderators were reacting to grief flags without further inspection. That said, they still need to come up with a more transparent policy, because there's still a great deal of tension over the possibility of sudden and unexplained moderation. There's a petition for that still going on.

    11:00 AM on Tue Nov 18 2008
    By Owen Good
    10,359 views, 110 comments

    Most discussed unangbangkay: As far as I'm aware LBP's moderation is automated at its initial. Grief flags automatically freeze the level, and the more »