PS Blog: "I had been working with my friends Ken and Tonny over at Von Dutch and Planet Illogica for about a year. These two are looking for ways to use their skills and connections to help artists market themselves to a broader audience. Early this year I got the call from Ken to come down and meet the folks of PlayStation and design a LittleBigPlanet level. A day or two later I was sitting at the Von Dutch office in front of flat screen TV with Leo, the guy who produced LittleBigPlanet, gawking at this amazing game."
Mark Valedor: We are kicking off the week with some fun news bytes as well as introducing a great new program we are launching this week called "the patch". Great week to all!
Update 1.13 for LittleBigPlanet is now available, though no change log is available yet.
Ve3tro writes: "Today GamePaused releases the latest in must have video game fashion the 'Sack Boy Cosplay T-Shirt' the first in the new cosplay range from gamepaused.net.
31 studios from across Europe feature in the list - 26 of them in the UK. These include the likes of Rockstar North (third on the list and responsible for the Grand Theft Auto franchise), LEGO Star Wars developer Traveller's Tales (11th) and Media Molecule (18th), the developer of LittleBigPlanet - and the highest placed independent UK studio on the list.
The latest Playstation Pulse provided a list for the top ten game add-ons downloaded in April.
Kotaku writes: "Just when I think I've seen all there is to see from LittleBigPlanet, something like this recreation of Eric Chahi's classic platformer Out of this World. "
So that's what that mysterious whiteboard was about! Judge Dredd is getting his own sticker pack in LittleBigPlanet, one of many upcoming packs to LittleBigPlanet. According to Edge, a number of graphic artists are collaborating with Sony's community-driven platformer. Jon Burgermann is one of the first artists confirmed to be designing a few stickers for the game.
GoGamer is offering an extremely generous sale for the PS3-exclusive platformer creation game LittleBigPlanet. The title runs $60 retail, but can be picked up for only $24.90 while supplies last, a savings of 58%.
PlayStation LifeStyle writes:
The official LittleBigPlanet Youtube page is offering a free (real) Sackboy to every UK Youtube user who subscribes to them before the 1st July. Upon subscribing, you will need to message them your home address via either the Youtube messaging system or through sending an email to: littlebigplanet@scee.net
PlayStation LifeStyle writes, "Back again for another weekly Rumored PS Store content. This week has me rather excited since, we get the PSN exclusive demo for Marvel Vs. Capcom 2! That's certainly not all we get to look forward to, as the first DLC pack for Killzone 2 drops, and we get more exciting DLC for Burnout Paradise."
PlayStation Blog Writes:
It could be just speculation, but info from a somewhat inside source points to the obvious.
(Kotaku writes)Warning: this comes from Twitter. If you're sick of hearing about Twitter, well, you have been warned. Anyway. Stephen Fry is spending the day doing voice work for a game.
NextGen Player writes:
The price of acclaimed PS3 title LittleBigPlanet has tumbled to around £10, six months after it was released.
There are plenty of deals on video games this week, as much as 50% off some games and gear. Guitar Hero games and accessories, as well as PlayStation hardware too. Here's a round-up of various video game deals that are going on this week. You may want to check them out soon, because supplies are limited!
Can you put a price on cuteness? Collectibles retailer Entertainment Earth certainly has -- for the upcoming LittleBigPlanet Sackboy figures from Mezco Toyz. Turns out it's $34.99 for three doses of the cute stuff.