Happy Chinese New Year!
The folks at Media Molecule are celebrating the Lunar New Year of the Ox with some brilliant FREE SackBoy and SackGirl Chinese New Year Costumes. Go join in the celebrations and get the Costumes from the PS store now, as they are only available for ten days…
Any other costumes you would like to see?
Cool, nice to see Sony and MM supporting the new year. I’ll be in China town for the celebrations! Can’t wait.
Comment by E-ROLE — Jan 27, 2009 @ 5:06 pm
Why did the religious festivals at Christmas/Hanukkah not have any dedicated costumes (other than two parts of a Santa Claus outfit)?
Or would that have upset somebody (again)?
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Jan 27, 2009 @ 5:35 pm
@ Fanpages
LBP had the santa costume, Christmas tree costume, a turkey head costume and a christmas theme level pack.
So really it had quite a bit mate.
Comment by E-ROLE — Jan 27, 2009 @ 5:47 pm
I did ask about religious costumes, unless there is some Turkey Head cult I’m not familiar with, E-ROLE
The “Festive Goodies Level Pack” (that included the Tree) wasn’t free either (GBP 2.39).
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Jan 27, 2009 @ 5:51 pm
…other than that, a game level/costume tie-in with “Burn Zombie Burn” may be fun…
[ http://www.burnzombieburn.com ]
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Jan 27, 2009 @ 5:53 pm
i hope we don’t forget the Muslim new year on 18 December this year, i expect a costume to celebrate that as well, and just maybe we ought to not forget the Jewish new year on 18 September either… just so we’re not showing any religious bias here guys!!
you either celebrate them all, or none.
are we getting the KZ2 LBP costumes at the end of Feb’?
Comment by mobiletone — Jan 27, 2009 @ 6:23 pm
Interesting news on incoming (US) PlayStation(r)Home content, but don’t read the US “Top Three Downloaded Games last week”.
[ http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/01/27/new-psn-bulletin-lists-best-sellers-upcoming-home-content/ ]
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New PSN Bulletin lists best sellers, upcoming Home content
by Jem Alexander { Jan 27th 2009 at 12:13PM }
Interested in seeing what sells on the PlayStation Network? Sony has you covered. A new PlayStation Bulletin promises to be released every week or two with some interesting stats about the service. Mostly, these are sales stats, but we’re hoping to see some gameplay statistics in future updates.
The stat list, found after the break, applies to the American PSN store only. European stats are unknown. The bulletin contains some other interesting info, too, such as the fact that there are now “more than 162 downloadable games” and 430 PlayStation 3 games “are expanded through digital downloads.” That seems a little high. Can you rattle off a list of 100+ PSN games?
Downloads have increased by over 20% over the last three months and over half the games found on the PSN Store are exclusive to the PlayStation Network. Home has also been updated recently with the addition of some Ninja gear and the bulletin promises more costumes, such as an Astronaut suit and a female pirate outfit this week.
All Time Top Download: Call of Duty 4 Variety Pack
All Time Top Downloaded Game: PAIN
Top Downloaded LittleBigPlanet Costume: Sack-In-A-Box
Top Downloaded Game Demo: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Top Downloaded Game Add-On: Call of Duty 4 Variety Pack
All Time Top Downloaded Movie: The Dark Knight
All Time Top Downloaded TV Show: Family Guy
Top Three Downloaded Games last week:
* Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
* Mortal Kombat II
* Suikoden
Top Three PlayStation Home Downloads:
* Hooded Top
* Resident Evil Degeneration g-Virus T-shirt
* Summer House
Top Three Downloaded Movies last week:
* Mirrors (Unrated)
* Babylon AD (Uncut)
* Max Payne (Unrated)
Top Three Downloaded TV Shows last week:
* 24 Season 7
* Watchmen Motion Comic Season 1
* Family Guy Season 7
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I said *don’t* read it.
Let the abuse begin…
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Jan 27, 2009 @ 8:29 pm
I’ll be in manchester on the 1st eating noodles and watching fireworks !!!
Comment by JohnSketch — Jan 27, 2009 @ 9:01 pm
Just don’t get those two mixed up, John
PS. Groundhog day next week too.
(Make up your own punchline)
PS. Groundhog day next week too.
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Jan 27, 2009 @ 9:24 pm
Chinese new year isn’t a religous thing though.
Comment by john — Jan 27, 2009 @ 10:29 pm
pff I don’t get why the hell you are complaining about free costumes… Don’t like it, dont download it, simple as that.
Comment by darkos87 — Jan 27, 2009 @ 10:41 pm
(If that last comment was directed at me)
I’m not complaining about free costumes.
I’m just a little curious [some may say I'm more than that!] as to why Chinese New Year is represented but not celebrations from other nationalities (based on religious history, or otherwise).
I picked the latter half of December as that was most recent for many parties [no pun intended].
And, of course, because of the reason that LittleBIGPlanet missed the highly anticipated release date due to the sensitivity towards one particular religion.
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Jan 27, 2009 @ 10:48 pm
There is nothing religious about Chinese new year, they just have a different calendar, and it’s their version of the new year, plus their traditional clothes are really pretty, and MM did a really good job to render that ingame.
I don’t understand how giving fans of the game new clothes for free is in any way related to the fact that their release date was pushed back to remove a song which would have offended part of their potential market.
Comment by darkos87 — Jan 27, 2009 @ 11:40 pm
Oh for the sake of a deity who may or may not be worshipped by one or many beings of any race, creed, colo[u]r, national origin, sex, political affiliation, or beliefs…
Yes, Chinese New Year is a celebration of an annual event that has nothing to do with religion. Nobody said it was a religious festival or event. I originally chose to ask the question about the absence of downloadable content celebrating religious beliefs in a blog entry about downloadable content for a perpetual occurence (if such a thing exists).
The Santa Costume, the Tree, and the Turkey are not necessarily religious images… but they were released in time for a religious festive.
As mobiletone mentioned, if you are celebrating an annual event in the Chinese calendar, why have costumes not been released for other annual events celebrated by different cultures across the LittleBIGPlanet?
You could even celebrate Barack Obama’s (first) inauguration as President of the United States with a new Buzz! Quiz TV pack download, if you were so inclined.
But hey… praying for anything in a New Year isn’t going to get us anywhere in Europe…
[ http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/01/27/scee-blocks-street-fighter-hd-release-due-to-faults-and-other-p/ ]
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SCEE blocks Street Fighter HD release due to ‘faults and other problems’
by Andrew Yoon { Jan 27th 2009 at 6:15PM }
Go figure. Although American players have been able to enjoy Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix for quite some time now, European PS3 owners have been left in the dark. We’ve heard the cries before: “blame Sony,” they’d say.
thePSN.co.uk had a chat with Capcom UK’s Leo Tan to find out why SCEE is denying release of the game. According to Tan, Capcom has already submitted the game to SCEE twice. However, SCEE is declining release of the game, noting “faults and other problems.” Supposedly, the game must be “redone.”
Capcom is working on yet another version to submit to SCEE “within three weeks.” We find it quite strange that, in spite of a successful release in the US, Sony’s European counterpart has become the sole roadblock in this game’s worldwide release. Certainly, there must be some reason why they’d constantly delay this game.
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BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Jan 28, 2009 @ 1:41 am
I’d like to see some winter sports sackboy costumes, like a snowboarder.
Comment by Linzoid — Jan 28, 2009 @ 9:32 am
well, i could think of a few immediately :
* master chief (i know that might cause trouble :D)
* raiden (mortal kombat)
* niko bellic (standard outfit)
* socom outfit
* chuck norris outfit
Comment by Sebi — Jan 28, 2009 @ 12:27 pm
* Robocop
* Elvis (jump-suite costume)
* Lu and Andy from Little Britain
Make it happen MM - I’d buy ‘em!
Comment by reakt — Jan 28, 2009 @ 1:12 pm
@ darkos87 - the Muslim new year is down to them having a different calender too, like the Jewish new year running on the Hebrew calender, so the question still stands, why no costumes for those celebrations??
i have nothing against the chinese costume, it’s pretty sweet, but to pick and choose what cultural celebration is more worthy of note than another could be construde as discrimination.
just saying, that’s all…
Comment by mobiletone — Jan 28, 2009 @ 6:27 pm
(Thanks ‘tone)
As well as an Elvis jumpsuit Sackboy, how about a yellow & black zipped tracksuit so the Sackboys can dress as Bruce Lee (from “Game of Death”) & the Sackgirls can be The Bride (Uma Thurman) from the “Kill Bill” movies.
(The first costume that I could think of with a zip that wasn’t anybody from The Sex Pistols, or Suzi Quatro)
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Jan 28, 2009 @ 8:08 pm
Back (or Forward, as the case may be) to “Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix”.
I’ve highlighted something amusing from an article on the Joystiq web site…
[ http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/28/super-street-fighter-ii-turbo-hd-remix-patch-on-the-way/ ]
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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix patch on the way
by Justin McElroy { Jan 28th 2009 at 2:22PM }
After typing Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix so many times, we finally swore to ourselves that we would never, ever buy the game. But those of you less familiar with digit strain should know that *** [HERE IT COMES] *** Capcom is working on a patch to eliminate any problems you may have encountered in your purchase. ***
Capcom isn’t currently offering any hints as to what boo-boos it’ll be bandaging, but we’d bet you’ll see more than a couple of the problems on this fan-compiled list getting Tiger Uppercutted.
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The list mentioned can be found here:
[ http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2008/dec/01/list-bugs-super-street-fighter-2-turbo-hd-remix/ ]
Go on, go & do your best moaning!
BFN,
fp.
Comment by fanpages — Jan 28, 2009 @ 8:50 pm
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