Sackboy becomes 'Incredible'

Media Molecule has announced that Little Big Planet will be releasing a costume pack and level kit based on Disney Pixar's The Incredibles.  The costume kit will include nine costumes (also available indvidually), The Incredibles family, Frozone, Edna Mode, and their nemesis, Syndrome.  The Incredibles Level Kit will feature a Gallery level filled with all the memorable moments from the film and prize bubbles featuring all the materials, objects, stickers and sounds from the movie.

The costume kit will be available on the Playstation Store starting Apr 08 2010 for $5.99 USD and the Level Kit will be priced at $4.99 USD..

Sonic the Hedgehog Coming to LBP

The Sonic Unleashed Costume Kit for Little Big Planet will be available from the PlayStation Store on Thursday Mar 25 2010.  The costume kit includes Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuckles, Dr. Eggman, Sonic Werehog and Tails.  Pricing has not yet been announced but it will probably be $5.99 USD, the same as previously released character costume kits.

ModNation Racers Official Release Date, May 25 2010

ModNation Racers official release date has been announced, May 25 2010 for both PS3 and PSP.  The preorder bonus includes racing as your favorite character (depending on where you pre-order your copy) from other PlayStation 3 games and includes Ratchet and Clank, Nathan Drake and Kratos.  Preorders also include a BONUS mystery mod and kart package, you will receive 1 of 4 different bonus packages but it will be a surprise until you download it as to which one you are getting.

Here is the list of pre-order bonus' per location of order;

• GameStop = Kratos and his Kart of Chaos
• Amazon = Ratchet or Clank
• Best Buy = Nathan Drake and his Jungle Jeep

Four-player split-screen has also been confirmed and the Play, Create, Share feature will be included in both the PS3 and PSP versions.

Sony Shoves 'Move' Down our Throats

Sony has officially announced that the new Little Big Planet sequel will include and require their new upcoming motion controller which has now been officially named 'Move'.  By the looks of the video, the focus of the sequel is on the motion controller and personally, I think focusing on better creator tools and gameplay would have pleased more of the hardcore LBP fans such as muself than shoving their new motion controller down our throats.  

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2?

While not much has been officially announced, the sequel itself is not even yet official but by the looks of it, it appears to be real whether a PR guy has said so or not.  On other rumors, two new characters will be joining the Arkham 2 cast, Robin, Batman's faithful sidekick and beloved villain, Two-Face.

LBP Leprechaun Costume, One Week Only

Media Molecule will be re-releasing the seasonal St. Patricks Day Leprechaun Costume starting this Thursday Mar 11 2010 in the PlayStation Store for free.

Remember, this costume is seasonal and will only be available for one week, if you miss it, you will have to wait till next year.

Scribblenauts Sequel Announced

Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced the next Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS. The follow-up to the groundbreaking game where players use their imaginations to write any word, bring that object to life and use it to solve innovation puzzles will now include new and creative ways to play. One of the new includes is the use of a new adjectives system, that allows players to further push their creativity in the game play experience. The adjectives can change the color, size, elements, behaviors and other aspects of the object players are describing. Jeremiah Slaczka, Creative Director and Co-Founder of 5TH Cell, the developers of the Scribblenauts sequel said, “The next Scribblenauts broadens the players’ experience from the first Scribblenauts through more creativity, innovation and in-depth gameplay.”

In the sequel, players use the touch screen and stylus to help the game’s hero, Maxwell, acquire the “Starite,” the prize earned from solving the puzzles in newly redesigned levels and brain bending challenges.
Scribblenauts fans of all ages can look forward to many more words, more creativity and new game play experiences such as the adjectives system in Fall 2010.

BioShock 2 "Sinclair Solutions Test Pack" DLC

BioShock 2 will be releasing it's first DLC, "Sinclair Solutions Test Pack" for multiplayer on Mar 11 2010.  The pack is said to include two new multiplayer characters (whether or not these are the same characters that came with the preorder bonus or not is unknown), 20 new trials, new weapon upgrades and masks to customize your character.  The DLC will be 400 Microsoft Points / $4.99 USD and will be available on XBOX Live, PlayStation Store and Windows Live.  

More good news, the first single-player DLC will be launching "in the coming months".  There is hope for those of us that want more story about Rapture.

ModNation Racers Trailer

Since the ModNation Racers beta closed, there have been rumors of people discouraged by the extremely long load screens and a lack of track creation props and tools to enhance gameplay.  Sony has released a new trailer for the game that reveals the Track Studio is not short handed any more, jump over Godzilla-sized Camels, shoot fire barrels at unsuspecting drivers, navigate your way through the walls of flame, or simply jump right over that huge castle wall.  They have also said that frame rate, load times and race cameras are a few others areas they have improved upon.

Microsoft Handing out Freebies

On April 15 2010 Microsoft will be discontinuing the XBOX Live service for original XBOX games playable on both the XBOX360 and original XBOX, this includes Halo 2.  While you can still play Halo 2 offline, online multi-player will no longer be available.  I suggest you get in your flashbacks of Halo 2 fun in before the cut off.

On the bright side of things, since Microsoft is discontinuing this service and many of us are still playing Halo 2, Microsoft has decided to give away some freebies to ease our suffering.  If you receive an email from Microsoft, you will receive a free, three-month XBOX Live Gold Membership, 400 Microsoft Points and an invitation to the Halo: Reach Beta which launches May 03 2010.  By the looks of Halo: Reach, I don't think I will have too much trouble letting go of Halo 2... although I really will miss Terminal and Ivory Tower.

"March Multiplayer Madness" : Halo:Reach Multiplayer

Bungie and Microsoft have released a trailer showing the first in-game footage of the much anticipated Halo:Reach.  This video shows only multiplayer footage and by the looks of it, it will be fraking AMAZING!  Can you say "jet packs"?  It also shows a new game type "Spartans vs. Elites" which one can only imagine what that involves.



The beta launches on May 03 2010 while the full game is set to release in Fall 2010.

Sony Aquires Media Molecule

Sony Entertainment has just aquired Media Molecule, the developers of the multi-million selling and multi-award winning game Little Big Planet for the PlayStation 3 and PSP.  Now my first thoughts here are, Sony is upset Media Molecule has stated they don't plan to ever release a sequel to Little Big Planet (which is one of the PS3 top selling games), how do they get them to do it?  Buy them.  So Sony can now force MediaMolecule into creating a sequel so they can make more money.  My second thought, they are going to force their motion control software down our throats (which MM has been kind enough not to do as of yet).

It sounds to me like it could turn out to be a bad repeat of what Bungie Studios went through when Microsoft aquired them... Stiffling their creativity and forcing unwanted elements into their loved games. Bummer.