Pax in bello –gloria mundi

Lots to report,before anything starts coming in from PAX:

First of all,the LittleBigPlanet News Site is showing off the official boxart for the USA [thanks Brian!]. I can’t decide whether I like the UK packaging better or not. I like the USA crowd better than just showing two Sackboys,but the use [...]

Good times are coming your way

First of all,if you haven’t yet,go take a look at Media Molecule’s Leipzig photos. Simply amazing. And to those who ask “What about lighting? Can we make dark levels?”,you might spy an answer in this image.

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Tearing away at the wrapping paper

Eurogamer posted a couple of blurbs from an interview with Alex Evans some time ago,promising the full interview soon. Now they’ve revealed it,and there’s a lot of happy inside:

Getting more subtle,we track the creators of the levels –so the people are as important as the levels themselves. We have this [...]

Calming Regional Tensions

First there was a blurb on CVG that user-generated levels in LittleBigPlanet would be segregated by region. And the internet exploded in rage.

Then PS3Fanboy expressed their concern,as they had heard something different. And the internet continued to explode in rage and confusion and speculation.

Now our good friend Sam Protagonist (Hi Sam!) has [...]

Lots of Leipzig

The official PlayStation Blog has a missive from Pete Smith,detailing some of the Leipzig LittleBigPlanet experience. I think it’s pretty popular:

There are over one hundred seats available to play the game from and every one is occupied –plus there’s a queue.

But the most important question is “Will we be seeing more [...]

Release Date Confusion?

Despite this reveal during Sony’s Leipzig GC Press Conference:

it seems there’s still some confusion in the press. I’ve seen October 19th as the PAL release date in a few places,and GameSpot even tells Australians that “LittleBigPlanet will be getting its local release on October 28,a week and a half after the [...]

LittleBigPlanet at Sony’s GC Press Conference

Having read both IGN’s and Eurogamer’s live blogs,I’m hopelessly confused about what happened. But I think I know three things:

David Reeves gave a release date of October 29th in the PAL territories,Pete Smith and Danny were there showing off my favorite of the Indian-themed levels,and I can’t wait to see the [...]

Pre-Leipzig Plethora

I promised myself that I wouldn’t do any more of these mega-posts. But with a ridiculous backlog,and the Leipzig Games Convention looming,it’s clear that I was lying.

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Hating on the Haters

When GameDaily included LittleBigPlanet in their list of “Games That Will Probably Suck”,the community responded quite strongly. Ripten even went as far as to post a rebuttal. GameDaily’s comments come off as extraordinarily uninformed,apparently based upon only watching the Sony E3 Press Conference. I’m frankly a little surprised,given GameDaily’s previously positive coverage.

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The mailbox earns its keep again

Mostly the same article (with somewhat different pics) is available online. Like most things in EDGE,it’s worth reading the whole thing. Especially the part where Mark Healey says the game “might be crap”.

It is interesting to see the Media Molecule is still hiring,though. I would apply,but they’ve seen the [...]