Greetings LBP friends.  If you have been keeping up with the internets or our Blog you should know that SackBoy has been seen puttering around all over these days.  Whether he's in England winning awards for Media Molecule at the BAFTA or swinging clubs in other games, you'll never know when you are going to see him next.  Now we know its been all quiet on the DLC front lately, but since all good things come to those who wait, here are the details on where SackBoy is going to be next!

He's at Kohls!

If you checked out last week's post, you saw the black LBP shirt that is now sold out at Hot Topic except for the larger sizes.  But fear not, as they re-stock there is another shirt available at your local Kohl's if you want something on the lighter side.  Hopefully more LBP gear to come!


On March 17th he visits IRELAND!

Welcome back folks. Now that the smell of chocolate and mess of pink, white & red silly string around the house is gone (oh, was that just me?), wanted to let you know of some cool things around the world of LBP. 

LittleBigWedding

You might've remembered a few months ago we saw our first marriage proposal via an LBP user generated level. Over on the LittleBigWorkshop.com forums, DimmuJed, posted an update with a new announcement level.

Remember the level I made where I got engaged with a LittleBigPlanet level? Well now I made a level inviting you all to our wedding in LBP! We are going to have the actual ceremony inside of little big planet with a level on April 11th. You will be able to check out the level online, and the ceremony on a video come April 11th.

Congrats to the both of you, and let us know where you're registered... 

"Sack-tacular Levels" - LittleBigLove - by realil

Looks like "realil" fell in fell in love with the latest V-day mini-pack items and created a cool little level. We particularly liked the heart-shaped score bubbles, the 2-player challenge and the spelling of "LOVE." Great job.

Don't forget, today is the last day to download the Valentine's day mini-pack off the PlayStation Store.

SackBoy @ToyFare (continued)...

Last week we introduced the 4" SackBoys to be featured at Toy Fair 2009 in NY. Check out Geekanerd's latest trip to the fair with a bunch of new picks, including a peek at the 2" figures + keychain prototypes. ...from the Molecules Check out some great updates over at mediamolecule.com, including:

• a new "Creator Pick-O-tera"
• info on their new Twitter feed
• some cool 'survival challenge' levels created by you...

WipEout HD costume pack @ PlayStation Store

And finally, we have a new set of costumes waiting for you on the PlayStation Store tomorrow - the WipEout costume pack showcases 4 stunning new designs, sure to inspire many racing levels.

All this for just $2.99 :)

That's it for this week. Until then, take this sack-sized HAD-U-KEN!

 

Welcome to another update on the world of LBP.

"Update Love"

Going live later today is Update 1.09 - a bit earlier than expected, but we're sure you won't mind.  This update contains some minor adjustments plus addressing following bug fixes:

• Failed to save profile’ message not being displayed when a users profile is full.
• Object Capture Bug: switch connectors being deleted when an object is captured.
• Failed to load profile issue :where the user is thrown out to the XMB due to a texture that is not registered in their profile being present in their pod.
• Text not displaying in the text chat window.
• Slow rewind due to moderation check.
• Save file corruption which caused the game to crash when placing any object in an emitter in any level.
  

"Awards Love" from the development community

The past few weeks has been a humbling experience with news of numerous prestigious awards nominations from both the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences and Game Developers Choice Awards.  Congrats to the Molecules and SCEE.

AIAS nominations

• Family Game of the Year
• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
• Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
• Outstanding Character Performance
• Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
• Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
• Console Game of the Year
• Overall Game of the Year

GDC nominations

• Best Game Design
• Best Visual Art
• Best Technology
• Best Audio
• Best Debut
• Innovation
• Game of the Year

"Merchandising Love"  

 

The very first LittleBigPlanet merchandise makes its 'littlebig' debut this week with a brand new action-figure line featuring an assortment of
 4" scale Sackboys in all his textured and stitched glory, displaying various characters, poses,  and costumes. Those attending the 2009 International Toy
Fair in New York (www.toyassociation.org) will be among the few who will catch the very first glimpse of the action-figures that will be available
at select mass market, specialty and online stores across North America beginning this Spring.
 
Toy developer and manufacturer, Mezco Toyz, will also release retailer exclusives, variants and limited-edition Sackboys throughout the year,
which will range between 2" and 18" scale figurines.

If you happen to be attending the 2009 International Toy Fair, feel free to drop by the Mezco Toyz booth at the Jacob Javits Center (#4823) for your
sneak peek at the new action-figures.  However, if Toy Fair isn¹t on the list of your destinations this year, plan on coming by their booth at the 2009 Comic-Con International Show this summer in sunny San Diego.

Stuff'd SackBoys (and SackGirls)
You'll be glad to know that the highly sought after, officially licensed SackBoy plushies are on their way, unfortunately, we still need some time to knit, stitch, and stuff a few loose ends before we reveal more...

...but stay tuned, we have tons more of great news soon.

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.

Don’t worry, we have tons of Free LBP DLC coming down the line so look for those announcements soon.

(hopefully I won’t have to put my foot inside my mouth again.)

- Mark

Yes, it’s that time of year again, Valentines Day.  Whether you love it or loathe it, everyone can relate to the typical candies, flowers and cards that get’s passed around year after year, after year… what’s the fun in that?  

Our solution, celebrate your holiday this year with the free LittleBigPlanet Valentines Day Theme pack!  In addition to our McLovin SackBoy costume, the theme pack comes equipped with a full array of stickers and decorations that will surely inspire some wild and crazy creations.  So go on, create that ultimate Valentines Day level or object for your chosen SackBoy or SackGirl, and be sure to also show it off on the LittleBigWorkshop.

And just a friendly reminder, if you haven’t done so already, be sure to download the Groundhog Day costume from the PS Store today as this may be your only chance before it’s gone forever. 

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

Gong Hei Fat Choi!

Light those firecrackers, collect ‘lai see’, and eat all the ‘niangao’ you can; you will need all the energy you can get for LBP’s latest update.  

In case you’ve missed our update last week, in celebration for the Lunar New Year celebration that officially begins 1/26; we’ve got matching SackBoy and SackGirl Chinese New Year Costumes for FREE on the PS Store.

But don’t wait, much like the celebration of the Chinese New Year, this seasonal costume is available for 10 days only, and it may never be available again.

From all of us at LBP, ‘Niannian youyu’ (a wish to all for a grand and harmonious year)

We know you guys have been looking forward to the next batch of downloadable content which was due to launch this Thursday, 22 January. Unfortunately, we're not going to be able to release what we had planned at this time, so the wait is going to be just a little longer before the new year's content updates start to arrive. In order to make up for this disappointment, we thought you might like to see all the new content we've got lined up to come out between next week and the end of February, so hold on to your hats as there's quite a bit!

Seasonal content
To get the new year started in the right way we've got matching Sackboy and Sackgirl Chinese New Year outfits which will be available for free next week to help you celebrate the year of the Ox. At the same time you can also dress up as the world famous Groundhog in a bid to predict the length of winter. When February rolls around you'll have no excuse for forgetting to buy a card as we release a special Valentine's Day pack containing 12 stickers and some themed costume pieces for your Sackperson. Each of these downloads will be available for a limited time, so grab them while they're hot!

God of War Costumes and Stickers
If you missed out on the pre-order offers to get hold of Kratos and the God of War content pack here's another chance to get hold of an all time classic Sackboy costume. Inside the pack you'll find Medusa and Minotaur costumes and a bunch of themed stickers to help you recreate ancient Greece in your game.

Supersonic Sackboy
In February why not pick up the pace and splash out on the WipEout content pack. Containing the WipEout costume kit and plenty of stickers to add some flavour to your game this is a very cool pack indeed.

Early 2009 Release Schedule
Please note all these dates may change, but we'll announce what is coming, and when each week.

Week of 1/26 
- Chinese New Year Costumes - available for 10 days only.

- God of War mini pack
- Kratos costume
- Groundhog Day costume - available for 1 week only.

 

2/05
- Valentines Day mini pack - available for 2 weeks only.

2/12
- Ape Escape Costume
- Toro Costume

2/19
- WipEout Costume Kit  

There's plenty more to come, and we'll be releasing details of upcoming content and fixes every week.

LBP and MGS fans alike are in for a treat!  If you checked out the PS Blog today you will see all the details on the new Premium Metal Gear Solid® Level and Costume Packs that are hitting the PS Store on December 23rd.  

The Metal Gear Solid Premium Costume Pack will come complete with the Solid Snake outfit we revealed at TGS.  But in addition you will see favorites like Meryl Silverburgh, Screaming Mantis & Raiden who will each have LBP costume

Each costume is available at $1.99 each or get all 4 costumes for the price of 3 at $5.99.  But it doesn't just stop with costumes, player-creators have the option of getting the....

Metal Gear Solid Premium Level Pack for $5.99 which fills your Pop-it tool with a ton of MGS-themed “Create” materials, objects and stickers plus a whole lot more. 

Things like-  

• A 5th Sackboy costume…the Gurlokovich Soldier (see above).
• 72 New Stickers
• 12 New Materials
• 10 New Decorations
• 18 New objects
• New background music track
• 3 new interactive music tracks
• New Metal Gear Solid themed ‘sound object’
• New Plasma Ball ‘danger element’
• New Laser Sight ‘gadget’
• New functioning Searchlight lamp
• 12 new Trophies to unlock
• and best of all.....THE PAINTINATOR and Paint Switch 

 

As most of you may have heard from the PS Blog, Ryu, Chun-Li, Guile and Zangief have received a SackBoy makeover and officially joining the world of LittleBigPlanet.  For all you die-hard fans that gave up their life savings and significant other to play Street Fighter back in the day, this is your opportunity to relive your favorite past time in LittleBigPlanet.  With all of us being such fans of Street Fighter, we can only imagine the custom types of “Hadoken” and “Sonic Booms” you guys will create using the in-game emitters and switches. 

So line up those quarters from your coin-up days and pick up your favorite Ryu, Chun-Li , Guile or Zangief character costume for $1.99 each, or ALL 4 Costumes for $5.99 in our Street Fighter Costume Pack.

And to truly relive your Street Fighter experience, be sure to also download the Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix now available on the PlayStation Network

As I’m sure most of you remember, back in September, we held a little contest – LittleBigChallenge: Costume Contest – to see if any of you can help outfit Sackboy and Sackgirl in some new and original duds for their new game.  With so many talented and very creative submissions, we -- with the help of Media Molecule -- were able to pick three of the world’s best designs.

You already saw the very cute Sack-eating plant costume from Europe.

And last week, we introduced Sack-in-the-Box from the US.

Which leaves us to our third and final winner of the LittleBigChallenge = Kabuki Actor.  LittleBigPlanet fans will now be able to add a little Japanese flavor to their own Sackboys and Sackgirls with the new community downloadable costume. 

All costumes are FREE and are currently available for download on the PLAYSTATION store, so come and check it out!

Happy downloading!!!