Mon, Oct 20, 2008 | 12:00 BST
LittleBigPlanet confirmed for week commencing November 3 in UK and Europe
Sony has just announced that LittleBigPlanet will be released “no later than the week commencing Monday November 3 in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.”
“We appreciate all the enthusiasm surrounding this much anticipated title and we would like to thank PlayStation fans for their support and understanding,” says the statement.
The game was originally withdrawn from retail by Sony after it was revealed that two sentences from the Qur’an appeared in a song on the game’s soundtrack.
Last Friday, Sony confirmed that the US will be getting the game “in week of” October 27 and now we have the European release date it is (hopefully) business as usual from here on in.
By Mike Bowden
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Posted in: Australia, Europe, Hot, Middle East, New Zealand, PS3, Platformer, Sony, UK
Tags: littlebigplanet, media molecule
23 comments
#1
Syrok
20/10/08, 11:12 am
3rd or 4th?
#2
Blerk
20/10/08, 11:13 am
Heh heh.
#3
Blerk
20/10/08, 11:14 am
That’s a Monday, btw. Which is a little odd.
#4
Robo_1
20/10/08, 11:15 am
Could have been worse really.
#5
captaineurogamer
20/10/08, 11:15 am
In america according to Amazon its the 4th there.
#6
pjmaybe
20/10/08, 11:15 am
Ah well, that’s not as mahoosive a delay as I was expecting. Good news all round.
#7
patlike
20/10/08, 11:16 am
It’s the 3rd.
#8
Syrok
20/10/08, 11:16 am
Maybe we get a free costume thrown in.
#9
deftangel
20/10/08, 11:32 am
Any money this slips to the Friday.
#10
pjmaybe
20/10/08, 11:34 am
Better than what I’d imagined (ie this slipping to 2009)
#11
ecu
20/10/08, 11:38 am
“will start to appear in stores no later than the week commencing Monday 3rd November in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, on a country by country basis”.
Surely that means the 7th?
#12
pjmaybe
20/10/08, 11:41 am
Probaly true. It’s a bit of a cack handed way of suggesting that the 3rd will be the new release date. It’s more than likely going to be the friday. Dunno if all territories stagger their release dates across the board though.
#13
Blerk
20/10/08, 11:41 am
The wording is quite interesting. Sounds like it’s going to be a ‘soft launch’ of however many copies they can scrape together as and when they’re ready rather than waiting for a full stock load and shipping them all on the same day.
That might not be the best of ideas, tbh. Angry punters, fucked up charts… might’ve been better just to hang fire until they could release a huge batch all in one go.
#14
tonynibbles
20/10/08, 11:43 am
The actual words from the press release read:
“will start to appear in stores no later than the week commencing Monday 3rd November in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, on a country by country basis.”
week commencing != day of release
#15
DrDamn
20/10/08, 11:48 am
Hopefully ShopTo will send it out as soon as they have them
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#16
Quiiick
20/10/08, 11:56 am
Quote: “… the week commencing Monday 3rd November …”
Unfortunate wording …
#17
morriss
20/10/08, 11:58 am
I’ll edit.
#18
deftangel
20/10/08, 12:13 pm
@DrDamn
If there is no fixed release date they won’t hang around. The only problem might be the stock, they’re pretty strictly first come first serve and they’ll probably have a lot of pre-orders.
#19
Psychotext
20/10/08, 12:16 pm
There are going to be a lot of retailers angry about this.
#20
DrDamn
20/10/08, 12:48 pm
@deftangel
I pre-ordered this from them months ago – so hopefully near the top of the list.
#21
Gekidami
20/10/08, 2:16 pm
So its gets delayed in the US by just a week, yet its 4 weeks for PAL? Strange for something that, apparently was already in some European retailers hands…
#22
Syrok
20/10/08, 3:13 pm
“The UK has confirmed that it should be available on the 5th and no later.”
From the mediamolecule website.
Of course you can just go to a shop now and buy it today.
#23
Esha
20/10/08, 5:01 pm
I find it odd that some online retailers still haven’t updated their dates. Play(.com) still lists the game as the 24th, for example, and considering that it’s already the 20th that probably isn’t wise. I wonder what they’re going to do when the 24th rolls around? Though if I get an early copy (especially of the rare breed), I won’t be complaining. I’m expecting an email “update” any day now, though.