LittleBigPlanet™ News Site - LittleBigPlanet Release Update
By SackBoy103 Posted on : 10/17/2008 2:51 PM

We're sure that most of you have heard by now that one of the background music tracks that was licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur'an.  We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologize for any offense this may have caused.  

We will begin shipping LittleBigPlanet to retail in North America the week of October 27th.

We understand this is unfortunate news for everybody, including us.  Know we will do whatever we can to get LittleBigPlanet in your hands as soon as possible.  

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NOTE TO EVERYONE THAT DON'T READ CAREFULLY

"WE WILL BEGIN SHIPPING LITTLE BIG PLANET TO RETAIL IN NORTH AMERICA THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 27TH"

DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON 27TH.... SO DON'T CRY!

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COME ON!!!

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I think MM should throw a few more free pieces of swag our way for this.

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What about that space suit thing?

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this game must be so awesome they can't ship it because they suck diicks

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THEY ARE SCARED OF COMPETITION! FABLE IS COMING OUT ON THE 21st! Mm.........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO US!

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T-T why!?!?! this sucks... alot. Cry

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Well that sucks...ah well, this game is still going to be sweet. So thanks for the heads up anyway.

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@ H4HP: Go to hell you spammer

@ Mm: Thanks guys for trying to get it into our hands as soon as possible

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so its being delayed just for a couple of words they should release a demo today or at least give some free downloadable content

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damn it dude... ima frikin die

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so.... still 24th for rest of world?

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why dont they just put the ******* beta back on because i am tired of retarded sony always delaying games

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We deserve a beta code!

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pretty damn sure they are not scared of competition, this game will beat most of competition around with the features of this game.

Mm... show us more pics, the one on here is nice Smile

Or better yet I saw that video of pre-sackboy/girl when you guys were starting this games development, that video was interesting Laughing

And sorry if your servers for the blog is getting slapped hard by tons of people complaining. You guys tried and even had a working solution, but Sony turned it into a big mess.

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This happens every time I pre-order! I bet if I listened to every track on this game, I couldn't tell which one had the offensive wording in it.

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this is stupid why can't you just patch this. and what is going to happen to the space suit now are we not going to get it?

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It's a delay all over, UK say's it will be released on November 14th (according to ign.com) and GameStop says that it'll be a Oct 27th date in the US. Not bad, but the issue for the delay is VERY controversial. Well, we've been waiting, a littlebitlonger isn't that bad. It hurts us fans though, like a bullet to the leg. =*(

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People who pre ordered the game at least should be able to get a beta key!

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wow this is no fun i have been waiting all this week ever since i pre-ordered and now they are moving it back?!

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*** we should all cancel our pre-orders and ALL wait a week to buy the game. How would they like that launch?? I understand pushing out the release a few months ago but the game is sitting in warehouses now. They can take that astronaut outfit and shove it where the sun don't shine.

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re-opening the beta would be nice... now I have to replan my day off, and I was going to have 2 in a row...

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seriously a beta key or some sort of demo would really make me a lot happier than i am right now. Even if i could transfer any levels of anything to the full game. As long as i get to play something

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I'm with whoever suggested it before; can we at least get access to the beta since we preordered it? This could have been fixed with a patch after it's release that removed the song.

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I am really looking forward to the game, but I am quite disappointed about the delay. I understand that things happen and delays are sometimes unavoidable, but this issue would be easily fixed by a downloadable patch or by sending a new disk to those with no internet access. There is no reason why this issue should delay the release of the game. I hope you are considering releasing a playable demo in the meantime - it would certainly make a big difference in how most fans react to the added wait for the game.

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This is the website responsible for complaining about one of the music tracks in the game - www.true-gaming.net

On there front page, there is an image saying 'thanks sony' thanks for what? Delaying the game weeks after its scheduled release date? Sony could have just released a patch and not waste the time and money on replacing the discs.

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Seriously, I'm praying

I don't live in the US, but i'm traveling there from october 20 to 30, particularly to buy LPB... I hope it's out by then

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I wonder if they could start the beta back up till the game get a couple days away for coming out?

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To Media Molecule,

I will not condone, nor will I pay for censorship.

You are bowing to a *very* vocal minority while ******* off the majority.

What happens if someone else gets offended by the game - are you going to come to my house and take it back?

You're setting a *very* dangerous precendent here, and you should be *ashamed*.

I've canceled my pre-order, will *never* be buying it, nor will I *ever* be buying *any* game from your company for this ridiculous cow-towing to religious fanatics.

You guys suck, and I hope South Park does an episode tearing you guys a new a$$hole.

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I know the production house has no say in it. Its the ESRB! So we should all chant BETA! We waited a long time and we are willing to throw up god knows how much money for the game and additions, so please molecule give us a BETA. BETA BETA BETA BETA BETA BETA

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I agree that this does suck, but if it has any possibility of offending anyone, Sony and Mm could get sued. I am upset that I won't get the game for a week later, but I understand that it is better to take the song off. Plus, this wait just makes the suspicions and expectations rise for all of us who have pre-ordered it!!

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I am deeply offended by Sony pandering to the fear of offending people who believe in fairytales.... over a song already published, that no person has yet objected to.

And even if someone did object on religious grounds, it should not be an issue. It should not be reason to pull 500,000 copies of a game. The sheer waste of it all. For no reason.

Shame. Shame on Sony, and shame on Media Molecule for 'apologizing for any offense'. Cowards.

Media Molecule should be openly outraged at Sony, and Sony should not be supplicating like some Dhimmi at the feet of religious fanatics.

I am disgusted and appalled at the both of you. Shame.

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@Gumbydunzeeto
People like you disgust me for realz

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yua im sure mm u get to ,play this all day and we have to wait 2 years and u delay it cause of a stupid song that has some words in it if i jumbled up the words would it still be the same... no!!! so unjumbled or not it dosn't matter and bring it to the stores on the 21st god dammit

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Aww... that makes me sad. Especially since I wouldn't be bothered by that. I'm no programmer, but I'd think a patch could fix it, or an addition to the EULA that's in everything these days that has a disclaimer. I think i'm gonna get in on this beta chant action.
BETA...

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This is ridiculous what is postponing the game a week going to do??? are you going to go into each disc and delete the supposed "offensive word"? i don't think so who cares about a couple of words. come on guys weve waited too long for already.

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I think that it's a real pity that the fear of reaction to a two-year old song causes a delay and unnecessary controversy to this wonderful, sweet game. As well as the expense and environmental impact of shipping back all the discs and scrapping them. What's wrong with a sticker applied to the front of the case with the words " No offence was intended to any group by the inclusion of the song".
And then another sticker saying, "Please take your molotov cocktails and swords to this house in Mali where the original artist lives. Have a nice afterlife"
Since when is a sincere apology not enough? Ok, mine wasn't very sincere, but the proper sticker would be.

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calm down people, its just a minor delay, not like Prototype or inFAMOUS [both of which got HUGE delays]. Plus the issue was minor; yea they could've fixed it with a patch, but what Sony did was better off, now they have a week more to double check the game for bugs and glitches, and it gets better competition than Fable 2, FALLOUT 3!! both will be in my home by the end of that week. But yea, a demo would be nice, because us preorderers have just been hit hard.

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u were in the brotherhood remember......i am your guild master muhahahahahahahahahahahah 21

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what a shame that a game be pushed back because of somthin this retarded, oh no theres a couple of words in a song!!! if they arent offensive to the general public then a delay is not needed imo if people can't listen to the lyrics of a song while playing a video game in some backcountry neck of the world then it shouldn't be sold there..nor should sony even care about 1% of sales

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hey, us people in the US are luckier than the other countries, they have a NOVEMBER RELEASE!!

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You developers better make some swag for us pre-orders or your gonna get ALOT of NEGATIVE publicity.

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if u want a demo join the chant......21st, but a demo isn't worst

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so what they can go chant in front of mm they live in uk

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u chant right here XD

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I think it speaks volumes about the integrity of the creators that a game that is supposed to be about *creating* is censored before it's even out.

It's reprehensible.

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for me i don't care if it gets delayed till the 27th 'cause i'm grounded! i was gonna be grounded on the 21st anyways. but it still sucks 'cause most everyone else will get to play it before me. and worse yet i will have the game (since i pre-ordered) but yet i can't play it! oh well. (freakin' lucky people i can't play it until the 10th of next month.)

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y can't sometrhing work out like it's supposed to come on scan this **** before going gold and i mean thuroly not just a 4th grader lookover throughly jesus

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bad boy.......

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If the release date is being pushed back will they let anyone else who has been waiting to try the beta at least?

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yeah i really hope they can just reopen the beta for another week or 2, i mean a lot of us still have the beta game sitting in our ps3s just make them work again!

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so what....going golden doesnt mean anything.......its like, no u gotta go platinum

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Well, there were pre-orderers for Prince of Persia as well, and those people had a bigger delay than this [Dec 2nd release from a Nov 14 release] and this was BEFORE the free limited edition upgrade [which apparently was the apology gift from Ubisoft to the Preorderers] so yea, the Preorderers should get something like that [not exactly that, but something similar (coughcostumecough) for the minor delay.

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remember, we dont want a beta, we want a demo, that way everyone can play

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I agree with everyone else. Those who pre-order should get the beta in compensation.

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official mans official not crap official means thats really when it's comming and oh ya it said 21 officialy

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yeah lol, but now, its gotta be SUPER-Official

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does in-store pick up mean pre-ordder??

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A download able demo would be awesome, but they can't just 'make' one over night.. We'll either just have to wait, or beg for beta.. This situation is stupid if you ask me.

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Booooooo!!! What about all the other games that show and say nasty stuff all the time? I don't care about something this dumb, and neither will most other people. There's something called "free speech" that most of us are appreciative of...so let it be. Frown I've been waiting for lbp for a year, preordered wayyy back, and have never bought a game system for just one game until now. Sony let me down Frown Frown

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Thank you for the update!! <3

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The most popular played lvl is either gonna slam Media Molecule, Qu'ran, or both.

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Ok it wouldnt be that hard to give pre orders beta codes. I have a gamestop pro mo code for Credos. Let me use that code to get the damn beta!

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Not the beta, the beta will END eventually, a demo might come out, but no beta, that would be totally pointless. We need something that will last [costume/level/creator tool] something exclusive that will compensate the pre-orders for the wait.

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Censorship = bad, enough said. Sony and Mm should be embarrassed about that.

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this is ridiculous. delaying a game because of a religious view in a few lines of one song? what about on the site, the mock jesus sticker? why not close the whole site down? mm is being ridiculously over the top about this small issue, that truthfully isn't an issue at all.

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guys i can't believe your still chanting! Just find somthing to do with your time, and wait untill the game comes out. btw, viva_la_sackboy, how are you supposed to know as an english speaking peson that thats gonna cause problems!? i don't think you might have picked up, unless you can read the quaran(srry i cant spell words good)

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Yeah MM read this and actually do something instead of sitting on ur butts waiting for our $60

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Ya the beta will end at launch! Then I can stroll down to the store and pick it up. By then i would be able to get used to the handling of the game!

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this hurts but i think a little bit of new free content would be a consideration! Wink

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im done ill be back in a hoiur my fin gers r tired from typing 21

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a demo could come out tomorrow if they just use the beta and put it on ps store

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Well, atleast i wanted fable 2 also. I guess that will have to pass the time intill LittleBigPlanet is releases.

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THIS IS SO BALLS!

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more waiting.............Frown

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