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PlayStation 3 Focus Hurt the PSP

The recent focus on the PlayStation 3, with the redesign process beginning in 2008 and with the recent launch of the Slim version and the price cut, has been detrimental to the health of the PlayStation Portable as a viable gaming platform. Now, Sony is aiming to shift focus to its mobile gaming platform and challeng...

4 November 2009
04:28 GMT

No User-Created Content for Mario Video Games

One of the biggest trends in video-gaming at the moment is to allow players to create new content for the title that they pick up. Media Molecule built LittleBigPlanet, one of the most interesting platformers of last year, around the idea of easily creating new levels and sharing them with other players. Sony is plan...

22 October 2009
14:21 GMT

Batman: Arkham Asylum Holds On to Top Spot

The PlayStation 3 Slim seems to be all the rage, with sales of the Sony console increasing no less than 999% in the United Kingdom in the first week when the new hardware revision was on sales. But does this mean that PlayStation 3 exclusives have a bright future, with increased sales and top chart positions? Apparen...

10 September 2009
05:00 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year Edition Detailed

Media Molecule managed to make a big impact with last year's LittleBigPlanet, a combination of platformer and powerful content editor exclusive to the PlayStation 3. And now, the developers and Sony are saying that they plan to release a Game of the Year Edition of the title, set to offer players more content fo...

8 September 2009
02:27 GMT

LittleBigPlanet PSP Won't Support Multiplayer

The PlayStation Portable is quite a popular piece of hardware these days as many people want to have a multimedia device capable of storing all of their favorite content and even support video games on the go. Part of the new strategy in order to support the PSP even more is Sony's attempt to bring almost all o...

25 August 2009
02:20 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year Edition Contents Revealed

Sony definitely had a tough time with exclusive games coming to its PlayStation 3 console as there haven't been a lot of titles made only for its big black box, which coincidently became a lot slimmer yesterday thanks to the announcement of the PS3 Slim. But one of its most interesting exclusives was LittleBigP...

20 August 2009
02:17 GMT

Marvel Costumes Come to LittleBigPlanet

The recently released X-Men videogame featuring Wolverine was a success. The Iron Man game would have been one if it hadn't been so poorly done. Sony is working on creating a superhero-themed MMO based on a license from DC Comics. So, it's clear that there's an ever increasing convergence between the w...

27 July 2009
04:48 GMT

Ghostbusters Coming to LittleBigPlanet

Media Molecule has announced that the PlayStation Network update set for this Thursday should bring four new downloadable content costumes for LittleBigPLanet, all of them Ghostbusters-themed, celebrating the release of the videogame based upon the two movies released during the '80s. If players pick up all the ...

14 July 2009
14:21 GMT

LittleBigPlanet 2 Might Be Backward Compatible in Terms of Levels

LittleBigPlanet was one of last year's most hyped games, as it allowed players to let their imagination roam free and create their own platforming experience. After a lot of hard work with the creation tools from the game, that level would then be shared with other fellow LBP users who could experience and rate ...

10 July 2009
03:20 GMT

Kodu Game Lab Allows Kids to Create Videogames

Microsoft announced having released Kodu Game Lab on the Xbox Live Community Games channel on Wednesday. The company is describing the fresh offering as a “new visual programming language” and it’s charging 5 USD for the chance to try and create videogames with it.The publisher is saying that the wa...

3 July 2009
03:54 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Levels Coming Soon to the Internet via Sharing Portal

Media Molecule is one of the most acclaimed studios currently active on the market, because it managed to deliver a game that offered a great experience that, in the minds of other developers, couldn't be done. That game is LittleBigPlanet, a title that has made a lot of PlayStation 3 users quite happy. With th...

26 May 2009
02:57 GMT

Lionhead Could Have Made LittleBigPlanet Instead of Media Molecule

Lionhead is one of the most respected video game studios in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for hits such as the Fable series or Black and White, which have a big number of fans across the world. The creativity going on at the studio is due to the fact that every employee could attempt to make a game mechanic a...

4 May 2009
02:38 GMT

Stephen Fry Confirms Voice Acting for LittleBigPlanet on the PSP

LittleBigPlanet was one of the biggest and most hyped up titles at the end of last year, largely due to Sony, which wanted everyone to know about the puzzle platformer that allowed players to create their own levels and experience the joys of designing and sharing them with others over the PlayStation Network. But o...

22 April 2009
13:11 GMT

Players Need to Know What the PlayStation Portable Is All About

The biggest problem for the PlayStation Portable is that the videogames released for it were not that great and Sony is ready to acknowledge that.More support for the platform might lead more potential buyers to get the device and use it to play games and watch media. With games like Patapon 2 already out, the consol...

22 April 2009
03:18 GMT

British Parliament Praises Successful Video Games

The gaming industry doesn't have the brightest record with many politicians, as a lot of them blamed it for violent children and for corrupting the minds of young people by promoting indecent behavior. But every once in a while, local and even national authorities do realize the importance of having successful g...

9 April 2009
11:11 GMT

Sony Signs Deal to Bring More PlayStation-Related Merchandise

There are a lot of PlayStation and Sony fans out there. They can brag about owning every type of product the Japanese company has ever made, and are devoted to purchasing every piece of merchandise related to either the consoles, electronics or games that Sony produces, but it seems that they will need to start savin...

7 April 2009
11:21 GMT

Sony Still Waiting to Unveil Half of the PSP Games for 2009

Sony has been quietly saying that 2009 would be the “year of the PlayStation Portable,” announcing that its handheld platform, which has suffered from a limited number of titles released for it in 2008, would be one of the most important for the company.There are rumors that a new version of the console, ...

3 April 2009
17:11 GMT

Development on LittleBigPlanet Not Done Yet

At a talk at the Game Developers Conference, the guys behind Media Molecule have said that they plan to further develop LittleBigPlanet, which has picked up no less than four awards at the Game Developers Choice Awards. Speaking at the conference, Alex Evans and Mark Healey have been mentioning how the game, as a pl...

30 March 2009
03:36 GMT

Here Are the Game Developers Choice Awards Winners

As you might have figured out until now, this week, the main event in gaming is the Game Developers Conference, which is held in San Francisco, in the United States. We've already seen quite a lot of big announcements about new games and received some juicy details and trailers about future releases.Yesterday sa...

26 March 2009
17:51 GMT

Media Molecule’s New Project Is Really Cool

One of the biggest games released for the PlayStation 3 console from Sony in 2008 was LittleBigPlanet, a project created by British developer Media Molecule.The game is a platformer at heart, but also features a very deep level editor that allows players to create their own levels and then share them with their frien...

16 March 2009
09:06 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Will Get Killzone 2 and Heavenly Sword Costumes

LittleBigPlanet has been one of the most innovative games of last year, combining the fun sides of platforming and puzzle solving with the opportunity for users to create their own levels and share them with friends via the PlayStation Network. The game is part of Sony's added value strategy, meaning that it wi...

26 February 2009
15:01 GMT

LittleBigPlanet and Motorstorm Heading for the PSP

Handheld gaming is slowly becoming a very big and profitable market, largely due to the two main products, the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable. The two consoles target two very different types of gamers though, as the DS aims for the casual user, while the PSP offers great action-filled titles to hardcore users ...

25 February 2009
03:21 GMT

Love Is in Star Wars Galaxies, EverQuest and Legends of Norrath

Sony is determined to raise its profile as a company by using Valentine's Day to stage a variety of events in the various games that it publishes and maintains. First, Media Molecule announced a downloadable pack for LittleBigPlannet featuring a new, more lovable SackBoy. Second, Sony Online Entertainment detail...

12 February 2009
16:41 GMT

Game Developers Choice Nominations Dominated by LittleBigPlanet

The Game Developers Choice Awards are especially sought after by game developers because of their prestige. The wards are not given based on sales or on popularity but rather on the opinions of those who are directly involved in the creation of games. And LittleBigPlanet seems to be the big winner of the nomination s...

10 February 2009
16:51 GMT

Get Ready for LittleBigPlanet Toys

LittleBigPlanet was one of the most original games that appeared last year for the PlayStation 3. Despite the fact that sales weren't so big, due to the poorly planned launch, as the game appeared at the same time with other blockbuster sequels, Media Molecule's creation managed to create a pretty big fanba...

10 February 2009
03:01 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Offers a Free Valentine's Day Theme Pack

Media Molecule and Sony, as the developer and publisher, are announcing that they plan to release a free DLC pack for LittleBigPlanet especially timed for the Valentine's Day festivities. The LittleBigPlanet Valentines Day Theme pack has been created in an effort to allow gamers to express their feelings for the...

5 February 2009
04:32 GMT

Investing in Games Is More Important Than Buying Exclusivities, Says Sony

The PlayStation 3 is a console that hasn't enjoyed such a great amount of popularity since it was launched some time ago. Many argued that among the reasons for failing to sell very well was the lack of high-end third party exclusivities. Sure, games like Resistance or Uncharted, which were developed by an indep...

3 February 2009
02:46 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Dominates AIAS Nominations

The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced a full list of nominees for the Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, held since 1998. The nominations and the awards are decided by people from the gaming industry, which means that they tend to show how the industry itself sees the gaming scene and which t...

29 January 2009
15:01 GMT

Spore Producer Says Users Prefer His Game Over LittleBigPlanet

In the gaming industry a lot of trends appear and disappear, as easily as the wind gushing over a plain. One such “breeze” is user generated content, which, as some representatives of gaming companies would claim, is here to stay. This feature was very hyped up last year, when gamers received two titles a...

26 January 2009
13:01 GMT

Weekend Reading: Are Sequels Killing New Games?

Despite the fact that the gaming industry is considered by some one of the most creative types of entertainment out there, sometimes such a thing isn't true. While so far we could talk about a steady stream of new ideas and IPs (Intellectual Properties), one that Hollywood certainly seems to like as more and mor...

24 January 2009
04:01 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Creators Talks About a Sequel

LittleBigPlanet is one of the most innovative games that appeared before the 2008 holiday season. The game blew critics away with its fun platforming and its intriguing puzzles, but didn't manage the huge sales that both Media Molecule, its creator, and Sony, its publisher, had hoped for. It seems that the small...

19 January 2009
03:05 GMT

Xbox Will Dominate 2009 Says Microsoft Man

Microsoft really put on a big show at this year’s CES but some would say that the guy who stole the show was Robbie Bach, the leader of the Entertainment & Devices Division at Microsoft, encompassing the Xbox 360 and the community aspect of the console.He emphasized the way 2008 changed the Xbox 360 gaming cons...

12 January 2009
14:01 GMT

Peter Molyneux Really Likes LittleBigPlanet

LittleBigPlanet was one of last year's most innovative games, bringing a fresh new twist to platforming games in general. It placed players in the knitted bodies of their own individually customized SackBoy or Girl and offered them a wide variety of levels in which they could navigate. As an added bonus, people...

12 January 2009
02:24 GMT

Creators Are Happy With LittleBigPlanet Sales

LittleBigPlanet will probably be remembered by a lot of people as one of the most innovative games of last year. It gave players the opportunity to test out their imagination and create levels for this addictive puzzle platformer title, which could then be shared via the PlayStation Network with other people.Despite ...

5 January 2009
09:01 GMT

Some Companies Are Happy with Their IPs in LittleBigPlanet

LittleBigPlanet is one of the most innovative games that have appeared this holiday season. It won over quite a few people with its interesting puzzles but didn't really get off to a great start in terms of sales, as Media Molecule, its developer, and Sony, its publisher, hoped it would. However, as the holiday...

30 December 2008
02:58 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Sweeps Edge Awards

Edge, the videogame magazine published by the Future media group, has announced the recipients of the 2008 Edge Awards, presented each year to those titles influencing the industry and changing players’ expectations.The big winner of 2008 is the PlayStation 3 exclusive LittleBigPlanet, created by Media Molecule...

28 December 2008
05:26 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Gets Metal Gear Solid DLC for Christmas

LittleBigPlanet is probably one of the most innovative games that have appeared this holiday season. It provided a unique twist to the usual puzzle platformer genre, enabling players to create their own levels via the unique tools that were made available by its developer, Media Molecule. Also, as Sony, its publishe...

23 December 2008
15:01 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Receives New Updates

Among all the holiday titles this year, one particular game really stands out from the entire bunch of shooters or Role Playing Games, LittleBigPlanet. Media Molecule's puzzle platformer has promised to deliver gamers a completely innovative experience, in which they can create their own levels, using the tools ...

22 December 2008
11:01 GMT

Media Molecule Promises Innovative LittleBigPlanet DLC

There have been quite a few high-quality, triple-A titles that have appeared this holiday season, which led a lot of industry analysts to state that 2008 has been a great year for games. We've seen quality shooters like Resistance 2 or Gears of War 2, but also RPGs like Fallout 3 or Fable II, though a very surpr...

18 December 2008
13:01 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Brings New Goodies for Its Users

LittleBigPlanet is certainly one of the most innovative titles that have appeared this year. It won over the hearts and minds of quite a lot of people when it was first introduced by Sony, and, although it didn’t have a good start, it still hasn't lost the confidence of the Japanese company, which expects ...

17 December 2008
09:01 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Is Getting a Massive Patch

LittleBigPlanet is certainly one of those videogames that can be very successful in the long term if the publisher and the developer take the time to invest the resources needed to create a true gaming community around it. And Sony and Media Molecule are apparently ready to give the title a chance with the level of s...

12 December 2008
06:07 GMT

Knit a Real Life SackBoy This Christmas

As reported yesterday, LittleBigPlanet, one of the most interesting videogames launched for the PlayStation 3 in 2008, is definitely among those titles well suited to be played with the family this Christmas. Now, a United Kingdom based magazine is offering gamers a chance to create a real life SackBoy that they can ...

10 December 2008
19:31 GMT

Games for Christmas: LittleBigPlanet

As Christmas approaches, many of us will have more time to play games. Yes, Christmas is all about going back home and hanging out with family and old friends, enjoying good meals and nice drinks. But between the meals and the presents and the, hopefully, snow, there’s certainly a bit of room that can be dedica...

9 December 2008
20:21 GMT

Sony Is Improving LittleBigPlanet Level Moderation

LittleBigPlanet appears to be one of the most hyped up titles this holiday season as Sony promised that the puzzle platformer would give PlayStation 3 users the most numerous creativity options they could think of.The game emphasized the fact that players, through their SackBoy or SackGirl characters, could create th...

4 December 2008
11:01 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Might Receive Street Fighter Costumes

The PlayStation 3 has suffered for quite some time from lack of quality games, though titles like Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm, Uncharted or Metal Gear Solid 4 have struggled to show that, first and foremost, the PS3 is a gaming console, and then a media hub.But now it seems that things are beginning to look u...

2 December 2008
02:22 GMT

PlayStation 3 Celebrates Thanksgiving, Offers New Goodies

Thanksgiving will take place tomorrow and people in North America can hardly wait to celebrate one of their country's most important holidays. Turkeys are now becoming more and more scarce as families gather to honor this very special day.Sony hasn't neglected this holiday and is really pulling out all the ...

26 November 2008
07:01 GMT

Sony Says LittleBigPlanet Gets Better as Time Goes By

LittleBigPlanet was a hyped-up game that totally changed the way we looked at other titles. The fact that you could create your custom levels and interact with the environment in every way possible made quite a lot of players buy it, but the sales figures didn't really make it a very successful title for the Pla...

24 November 2008
09:01 GMT

Sony Is Proud of LittleBigPlanet but Thinks It Can Do More

LittleBigPlanet was supposed to be an innovative title which would make PlayStation 3 users very happy with their console. It was designed to be a very popular game, which would push the sales of the Sony made device up the charts, and make it a clear winner in the following holiday season.Unfortunately, all tha...

20 November 2008
15:01 GMT

LittleBigPlanet Celebrates PlayStation 3 Birthday with Contest

The PlayStation 3 has just turned two years old, celebrating the first launch of Sony's console in Japan, which took place in the middle of November. A lot has happened these past two years, and although the Japanese company hoped that the PS3 would dominate the market, like its predecessor, the PS2, such a thin...

19 November 2008
03:45 GMT

Nintendo Talks About User Generated Content

Nintendo has always been a popular company, largely due to the fact that it brought titles that appealed to a wide variety of gamers and gave players a great experience. Although some people say that, in this endeavor, the Japanese company lost track of the hardcore gamers, efforts are being made to keep the interest...

17 November 2008
15:01 GMT


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