Plants vs. Zombies 2 Coming 2013

Prepare your lawn mowers, get your sunflowers planted, because the zombie waves are coming for your brains...again. PopCap's success Plants vs Zombies has announced a sequel will be arriving in Spring 2013.  PopCap isn't giving much details but expect new features, seeds, settings and situations.

Platform announcements have not yet been made but assuming it is anything like the first one, it will release on every platform known to man.

Little Big Planet 2 set for November 2010

Little Big Planet 2 is confirmed for a November 2010 release date.  An exact day has yet to be announced. 

The title has also been announced as a Sony Move enabled game.

ModNation Racers Demo Now Available

ModNation Racers demo is now available on the PlayStation Store.  You will have access to one track that you can race against AI opponents in single player plus full access to the Creation Station, where you can customize your Mod (character), Kart and create your own tracks from scratch.  The best news?  All user created content in the demo is transferrable to the full game which releases on May 21 2010 for the PS3 and PSP. 

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 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.

LBP Moderation Policy Update

As of late, many levels have been moderated on Little Big Planet which leaves many wondering, why?  And why all of a sudden?  The past couple weeks there has been a change in the moderation policy and it specifically states that all levels must comply with the original 7+ rating (PEGI standards).  Sam_Protagonist from Little Big Workshop has made a post explaining the details behind the changes.

"As many of you have already noticed there have been some unusual levels of moderation activity lately, and subsequent to the recent change in moderation policy there are some additional issues with the moderation system at present that we’re working to resolve.
To begin this overview of how moderation works and what you can do to avoid your level being blocked here’s how the system is designed to operate : When a “Good Grief” report is filed through the game the level in question, its comments and associated screenshots are placed into a queue to be checked over by the moderation teams at SCE. These teams are located around the world and the moderation queue is checked around the clock to ensure that levels which should be removed from visibility are dealt with as quickly as possible. It is a common misconception that issuing a Good Grief report automatically blocks a level from being viewed, and this is not the case. The only time a level becomes unavailable is when it has been blocked by a moderator..." continue story

Star T-Shirt for LBP

Media Molecule has released a limited time only, never to be released again costume to celebrate the launch of Little Big Planet PSP. The costume, a gold star t-shirt, is now available on the PlayStation Store for $4.99 USD. The costume will be available for one week only and then never return so get yours before its gone.

LBP PSP to Release 11.17.2009

Little Big Planet PSP has been announced for a November 17th, 2009 release (a downloadable version will likely be added to the PlayStation Store two days later). Sony has also just released the first full-length trailer for the game, as seen below.

Developer: Media Molecule ESRB: Everyone

Little Big Planet PSP Screenshots

Little Big Planet is coming to the PSP (Playstation Portable) and while it may lack some of the features the original PS3 version includes, it hasn't lost any of its fun or charm. I found some screenshots from some of the different levels, to see them click here.

Release Date and Price have yet to be officially announced, but it is rumored to be around mid - late October 2009.