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Media Molecule’s three LittleBigPlanet games have together marked a significant milestone.

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Sony senior producer Mark Green has told Spong why the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet doesn’t have multiplayer – and why it never will.

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Sony is running a deal for new PSPgo users from now until March 21 in the US.

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ELSPA’s confirmed that Modern Warfare 2 was the biggest selling game for PlayStation 3, and FIFA 10 for PSP, in the UK last year.

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Sony has posted over on the US PS Blog that due to a few hiccups, LittleBigPlanet PSP is not available through the store on PSN just yet.

However, it’s being remedied.

“We’re currently working around the clock to get this issue worked out so keep your eyes peeled for updates this week,” said senior producer Mark Green. “We appreciate you bearing with us”.

Just hang tight a bit longer then, we reckon.

More through the link.

Good Lord, what a massive day in game releases. Those with fat wallets will be having a field day, swimming around on the floor with all their lovely games.

The rest with anorexic wallets will just have to pick one and wait on Santa to bring more – or get some from a very giving stranger driving a van. He may look a bit mad with that hair and strange gleam in his eye, but the clown mask beside him on the passenger’s seat with fishing line and surgical gloves says “good times ahead” and you know it.

Here’s a list of the games that are out in the US today with European dates beside ‘em if different:

• Assassin’s Creed 2 (PC in 2010) (Nov 20)
• Left 4 Dead 2
• LittleBigPlanet PSP
• Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Nov 27)
• God of War Collection (2010)
• Tony Hawk: RIDE (Dec 4)
• NCAA Basketball 10 (NA)
• Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (Nov 20)
• Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! (Dec 4)
• Chaotic: Shadow Warriors (NA)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tagforce 4 (NA)
• LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Nov 20)
• The Sim 3: World Adventures Expansion (out yesterday actually) (Nov 20)
• SingStar Latino (TBA)
• Planet 51 (Nov 27)

There may be more, and if we missed any, just let us know.

The first reviews for LittleBigPlanet’s PSP outing have come in from Eurogamer and play.tm.

They both gave the game a 9 and a 90% respectively. Here’s a snip from the EG review:

“In short, the “Play” aspect of LBP PSP is just as good as it is in the PS3 version. In fact it’s better in some regards thanks to the tweaked controls, reduction in the number of planes and more lenient checkpoint system. Most importantly, the environments you get to play through are just as beautiful, the puzzles just as ingenious and the difficulty level just as challenging.”

It’s out on November 17 in the US, and November 20 in the UK. Go get it, innit.

Thanks, Syrok.

SCEE told CVG this morning that the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet will release in the UK on November 20.

The US versions hits three days earlier on November 17.

Sorry for the terrible updating today: life 1, website 0.

Those who preorder LittleBigPlanet for PSP from GameStop will get a bonus consisting of six outfits based on PlayStation franchises.

These include two costumes each from Uncharted 2, Killzone and MotorStorm.

Order in-store and you will get a download card, order online and you’ll get the code through email.

No word on whether these outfits are a GameStop exclusive or not, but one of the costumes for Killzone is a tank. You like tanks.

Via Joystiq.

SCEE has told VG247 that it is aiming for a “similar time frame” between the EU-US release of LittleBigPlanet PSP.

“We don’t have a date for the UK but are targeting a similar time frame,” said a rep from SCEE

It comes as the US release was confirmed for a November 17 release this morning. But for the UK lot, the wait for a date continues.

SCE confirmed the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet for a December launch in Japan today. The news comes from a TGS fact sheet, as pictured above.

We’re still down as “autumn” in Europe.

Three new screens were also released from TGS this morning. They’re after the break.

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Some LittleBigPlanet PSP screens are posted over on D’Toid and some over on Eurogamer France too.

Both links show basically the same thing.

Game is out later this year for the handheld, and it looks rather cute.

Go have a look.

Loads of LittleBigPlanet stuff has come out of GamesCom. The water stuff, the confirmation of the GoTY edition, the PSP version…it was LittleBigPlanet Central over at the Sony booth, apparently.

To show you just how much LBP was packed in, James Shepherd , the development director at Cambridge Studios, is featured in the video past the break chatting about LBP PSP including details on Create mode, on-the-go level inspiration and more.

Have a watch courtesy of the US PS Blog.

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Sony has cut multiplayer out of LittleBigPlanet PSP in order to get it to work. Despite this, the game is pretty much ready for the handheld.

“The one thing we’ve lost is multiplayer,” the game’s producer, Mark Green, told Eurogamer. “You’ve got full physics systems, you got full create mode, you’ve got all the aspects of LittleBigPlanet – you can upload, download, ad-hoc share with people – but we haven’t got multiplayer.

“It’s a trade-off. The system is physically capable of doing multiplayer, but perhaps not with the full physics system. On the technical side of things you lose a third of the processing power or a third of the system memory just to do multiplayer at all. With those limitations we couldn’t achieve it.

“The PS3 had those three planes you could move around on, but the first thing we asked Media Molecule was whether we could reduce that to two, and they were like, well, most of the levels we built can be played with two anyway, so that’s not a problem.”

Since he and loads of others weren’t fans of the jump handling in the PS3 version, Green said that Sony’s Cambridge studio had improved on it for the PSP version.

Good to know.

Media Molecule has confirmed PS3 connectivity for LittleBigPlanet PSP.

Those that purchased the original game can unlock bonus content through a feature called Cross-Talk when the PSP version is released. Plans for a demo of the game through PSN are in the cards.

No word yet on what the bonus goodies are, but according to a leaked retail sheet, Sony plans on pushing a multi-million dollar marketing program for the title which, according to Joystiq, will coincide with the release of PSPgo.

Sounds good.

See the new PSPgo in action – playing LittleBigPlanet PSP no less – after the break.

There’s a lot of background noise, but the whole thing looks smooth.

LittleBigPlanet PSP is set for release later this year.

Go watch.

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Media Molecule is hiring for a Gameplay Programmer to work on a “ground-breaking, AAA, PS3 title for Sony Computer Entertainment.”

This is according to a job posting over on Edge.

Experience needed includes “writing and maintaining physics code” and to have “shipped a console game with an online component.”

This could be the much rumored LittleBigPlanet 2, LittleBigPlanet PSP, something new entirely or just extra staff for the current game.

Hit the links for more.

Via PS3center.