Rember PSN user DimmuJed, who proposed to his girlfriend in LittleBig Planet? Of course you don't. DimmuJed is not going to official wed his fiance inside of LittleBigPlanet, and is inviting people to join as "witnesses".

This is a really cool idea, and it also reminds me of someone who previously proposed using a videogame. TheRealPfhreak hacked an area of Chrono Trigger, and filled it with characters and dialogue that related to him and his girlfriend. It's actually a pretty long level, and the entire execution was very well thought out on his part. He even noted that his girlfriend was losing interest in the game, so he rushed to make it so she wouldn't be suspicious when he forced her to play it!
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LittleBigPlanetoid writes: "Remember the guy who proposed to his girlfriend on LittleBigPlanet last year?

Well, he's getting married on April 11th. In LittleBigPlanet!"

He's going to get married in the game, then share it to the world with a video of the ceremony on YouTube.
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Joystiq writes:

"The game that brought us SackBoy can now be yours for at least one less sack of change. Web retailer Buy.com is offering LittleBigPlanet at $44.95 -- that's a little more than $15 off the game's usual $59.99 price tag. There's no mention on the site of an end-date for the price cut (or even that this is any kind of special offer). Still, our advice: Get the game at this price while you can, since it's yet to be proven that Murphy's Law doesn't extend to the internet."
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Fable II were all nominated in Action & Adventure, Story & Character and Best Game. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare also received nominations in Artistic Achievement, Gameplay, Multiplayer and Use of Audio. In addition, Grand Theft Auto IV was recognised in Gameplay, Use of Audio and Technical Achievement. Fable II was also nominated in Original Score and Technical Achievement. LittleBigPlanet received recognition in Artistic Achievement, Casual, Original Score, Technical Achievement and Use of Audio. Assassin's Creed, Dead Space, and Fallout 3 have garnered four nominations each, while Gears of War 2, Rock Band, and Super Mario Galaxy all have three.
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GI.biz: "The nominations for this year's BAFTA Videogames Awards have been released with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare topping the list.

The hugely popular shooter is up for seven separate awards, and is just eligible for nomination by being released after the last BAFTA event in late 2007."
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The latest patch for LittleBigPlanet, which was announced as due to go live at 9PM GMT, has gone now live at 9.40PM GMT.

LittleBigPlanetoid writes: "Patch 1.09, aka Edam is now live, having hit the servers at around 9.41pm GMT. It is 23Mb in size.

As announced on Media Molecule's blog earlier this evening, patch 1.09 arrives with a bang and gives us some epic bug fixes, which many community members will be very pleased to see arrive."
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Gamasutra writes:

"Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet leads the nominees for the ninth annual Game Developers Choice Awards with seven nominations, organizers have revealed.

Number None's Braid follows closely with five nominations. Among the nominations for LittleBigPlanet is the coveted Game of the Year award.

Other nominees for that category include Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead, each of which received a total of four award nominations; Rockstar North's Grand Theft Auto IV, which earned a total of three nominations, and Lionhead Studios' Fable 2. Winners will be honored at an awards show taking place during the 2009 Game Developers Conference."
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PlayStationLifeStyle.net writes:

Yes you read that right, a much needed update to the PSN avatar selection is indeed coming soon. Our inside sources have told us that we can expect new avatars for many SCEA titles in the coming months.

In fact we have already had some hints about this being dropped by SCEA's Marketing Manager Mark Valledor, as well as an actual sneak peak of some upcoming Pain avatars.
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Danny Cowan from Gamasutra writes:

"Gamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide.

This week's charts, with data taken from February 5th, 2009, find Halo 3 and Call of Duty: World at War at the top of North America's Xbox 360 software sales charts, while Star Ocean: Second Evolution and Mario Kart DS drive sales on portables.

Data for "Saling The World" comes courtesy of the public sales information on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, and Amazon.co.jp, with sales split out for each platform and territory, and pre-orders disregarded. This results in a true sense of what games are selling worldwide on the real-time updated service, as follows..."
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Mark Valledor, Marketing Manager for SCEA writes:

"In a world of public apologies, consider this my big fat sack-sized 'I'm Sorry!'.

As some of you noted on your comments, the LBP Valentines pack is actually priced at $2.99 despite my post where it was stated as free. I welcome everyone now at this point to send me a 'SACKBOY SLAP' via comments. I deserve it."
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Alex Evans, co-founder of U.K.-based LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, will be speaking at the 2009 DICE Summit in Las Vegas, which takes place February 17-19, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences said Thursday.

Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet leads other nominees for AIAS' Interactive Achievement Awards with 10 total nominations. The awards will take place on February 19.

Evans' presentation will delve into the inner workings of Media Molecule and the development of LittleBigPlanet.
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TheSixthAxis.com reports on downloadable content that Sony had previously claimed to be free on the US blog now being charged for in Europe.
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Gamezine: January's ESPLA sales awards reveal that LittleBigPlanet is still selling well in the UK, with Gears of War 2 finally reaching the massive 600k milestone.

We've been able to follow the sales of LittleBigPlanet in the UK by watching the ESPLA sales awards, which reports on video game life time sales milestones reached in the UK.

LittleBigPlanet has now been awarded the Platinum Award, meaning it has sold at least 300 thousand: it's next award, if it reaches it in the country, will only be achieved when the title sells 600 thousand in the UK alone.
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PlayStation LifeStyle found a small schedule in the background of Media Molecule's Flickr page that they have interpretted to show the release dates of upcoming patches for the game.

In addition to the already released Roquefort, and details about the patches we knew were coming (Jarlsberg, Edam, Cornish Yarg, and Leerdammer) - PSLS uncovered a new patch called Stinking Bishop. This patch includes an Arcade Pack (DLC).

Possibly most exciting, the decoded information reveals that "ONLINE CREATE" in confirmed as part of the Cornish Yarg patch, expected in mid-February along with new tutorials and other create functionality.
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PS3Hype writes: 'LittleBigPlanet (or Sackboy) has become the image of the PlayStation 3. But because of the wrong scheduled release, the game has not sold as expected. Yet 2 million is not nothing, and the people at Media Molecule can be very happy about this numbers!'
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The latest episode of Pulse reveals yet another Top 10 list, this time focusing on the downloadable add-ons available on the Store. Unsurprisingly, the Metal Gear Solid Level Kit for LittleBigPlanet is the top download in January, followed by the accompanying Costume Kit.
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LittleBigPlanetoid writes: "The Ape Escape "Pipo" Monkey costume and Mainichi Issho Toro Costume have now gone live on the EU Store, two weeks earlier than previously announced. They are both priced at £1.59 / €1.00 each.

We're not sure if this is a mistake or not, but you can login to the EU PS Store and they are currently purchaseable as of now. The God of War mini-pack and Kratos, Groundhog Day & Chinese New Year costumes are all also available. The U.S Store has not yet been updated, so American players will have to wait and see if this rolls out across the pond. "
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TheSixthAxis: "If swinging pirate ships, gassy cats and giant eye balls are your thing then you're in for one hell of a treat as Joe Vaux, a storyboard artist on the amazing Family Guy publishes a LittleBigPlanet level.

Have a peek at this YouTube preview, it does look fantastic.

Interestingly also on the YouTube page it mentions;

"If you like Joe Vaux's level, check out the other artist created levels in the Kustom Culture patch coming soon to LittleBigPlanet and help raise funds for the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund!"
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You may have noticed a LittleBigPlanet patch went live this weekend. However, don't expect the patch to fix any glitches. A developer stated that "the 1.08 update contains content only. The Edam update is still going through the testing process and we'll have more information about its release date once it's completed testing."

The 1.08 patch adds textures to be used in upcoming costume DLC releases, such as the Chinese New Year costumes pictured above.

The upcoming "Edam" patch will fix a number of glitches, such as the full profile warning, save corruption, and slow rewind.
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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences announced its nominees for the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards taking place on February 19th in Las Vegas, with actor/comedian Jay Mohr hosting the event. Media Molecule's Little Big Planet garnered 10 nominations to lead all other games this year in nominations.

A partial list of nominees for the 2009 Interactive Achievement Awards follows:
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