SCEA has released a statement regarding the LBP delay:

During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks 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 that this may have caused.

We will begin shipping LittleBigPlanet to retail in North America the week of October 27th. Sorry for the delay, and rest assured, we are doing everything we can to get LittleBigPlanet to you as soon as possible.

Look at the picture Sony, see how you`ve made Sackboy cry…shame on you

2K Games has announced that BioShock has gone gold and will be available in North America on October 21st and internationally on October 17th. In addition a demo will be available to download from the PlayStation Store on October 2nd. Let`s hope it will be worth the long wait since the original PC and Xbox releases.

Head over to Eurogamer now to claim one of 6000 free beta keys for LittleBigPlanet! At time of writing there are 4200 left. In order to qualify all you need to do is sign up to Eurogamer, unless you already have done. Click on this link for further information and details – but be prepared to keep hitting refresh as I`d imagine Eurogamer are getting quite a few hits right now

GO! NOW!

UPDATE: As expected the codes flew out, once people could actually get onto Eurogamer which appeared to be struggling under the strain. The beta isn`t officially due to begin until tomorrow but it was playable tonight. All I can say is yes, it lives up to the hype

This Thursday – 25th September - sees the arrival of Burnout Paradise as a downloadable title. Buying the game gets you all the original Burnout Paradise disk content.  If you missed it, that’s all 5 neighborhoods in the Paradise City open world filled with hundreds of Road Rage, Stunt Run, Marked Man and Burning Route events.  Every street in the city features a Road Rules record time and Showtime score to beat.  Take it online, and you’ll witness the seamless arrival of up to 7 friends.  Collaborate with them to beat 350 Freeburn Challenges – simple challenges taking you all over Paradise City.

Once downloaded you will be prompted to download all the extra content including last week`s inclusion of motorcycles.Criterion also state that a patch delivering PS3 Trophy Support will be released imminently and included for free.

EU pricing has so far not been announced. In  the US it will be $29.99 so a guess would put it around the £15 mark here. Great value for money in our opinion.

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ThreeSpeech have been privileged to get their hands dirty with WipEout HD which is set to arrive on PSN September 25th.

Read the article here for their views and opinions

Mirror`s Edge will be released 7th November - click through to read the official press release

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What does this mean? Basically the game is finished, or as finished as it`s going to be until obligatory `fixes` are needed - yes I am a cynic. They have started manufacturing the PS3 cases, manuals and most importantly Blu-ray discs. LittleBigPlanet will hit stores in North & Latin America on October 21st and Europe on October 24th. More pre-order goodies are being touted, including the space suit displayed above and the “I was there Week One” T-Shirt shown below, but it`s unclear whether we in Europe will be offered the same incentives. EDIT: Rumors are that we WILL get the same pre-order incentives during the first week of release

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