Yay! Media Molecule now has their very own youtube channel, here is the information they gave about it:
As you may have noticed, we have now got a video channel on Blip.tv and an official Mm youtube page. These are the two locations we will be adding videos to, Blip for embedding on this site, and YouTube for those who prefer it, whenever possible – uploading all these videos kills our internet connection, so Blip.tv will be taking priority.
One of the most useful things is that you can now subscribe to our videos as a podcast via blip, with the videos now happily compatible with iPhones / iPods too. This means whenever we update a tips video, or some Mm picks, you’ll get the videos pushed to your iPod, woo. Videos will be also available in HD whenever possible.
Siobhan has posted details on Media Molecule’s blog regarding tonight’s launch of the Edam patch
Without further ado, Edam goes live tonight (9pm UK time). This is a little earlier than expected thanks to the Molecules & the testing team who gave it their extra special attention. It contains the following bug fixes:
Failed to save profile’ message not being displayed when a users profile is full.
Object Capture Bug: switch connectors being deleted when an object is captured.
Failed to load profile issue :where the user is thrown out to the XMB due to a texture that is not registered in their profile being present in their pod.
Text not displaying in the text chat window.
Slow rewind due to moderation check.
Save file corruption which caused the game to crash when placing any object in an emitter in any level.
Hurrah!! I will post with a full cheese board update at the end of this week. Until then enjoy a nice bite of Edam on us!!
As usual, if you have any issues then please read the FAQ, send us a mail or leave a message in the comments section.
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Fingers crossed all goes swimmingly and the recent bugs experienced by many since 1.08 arrived.
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner what better way to show you heart that special somebody than with a lurve themed level? To help you on your quest Sony/Media Molecule are releasing the LittleBigPlanet Valentine’s Pack today. It will contain the McLovin Sackboy shown below and comes equipped with a dazzling array of stickers and decorations
To further get you in the mood for love Mm`s flickr feed contains four extra cute desktop wallpapers each available in various sizes to download. Click on the pictures below to be taken to the download page
UPDATE: proving that even love has a price here in the EU the Valentine’s Day Pack is now available for £2.39 – as opposed to the general assumption that it was to be free, going by THIS post made on the official US PlayStation Blog where Mark Valledor says:
Our solution, celebrate your holiday this year with the FREELittleBigPlanet Valentines Day Theme pack! In addition to our McLovin SackBoy costume, the theme pack comes equipped with a full array of stickers and decorations that will surely inspire some wild and crazy creations.
UPDATE 2: Mark Valledor – SCEA Marketing Manager – has admitted there was a bit of miscommunication and that the Valentine’s Pack was never intended to be free
Two openings are being advertised on Media Molecule’s blog. The first is for a Gameplay Programmer who “must be passionate about games as they will have responsibility for driving the game features for the designers”.
The second position is for a Senior QA Technician who’s role “will require the candidate to have the skills of a hands-on tester & a the experience of putting test plans together for a console game (preferably PlayStation 3)”
Both job opportunities offer a great package including a competitive salary, pension scheme, bonus scheme, ownership as part of a small, integrated team, being a name and not a number, organic fruit and the odd glass of champagne!
Do you think you have the necessary skills and experience? Check out the requirements first then send off your CV with any relevant work examples to jobs@mediamolecule.com
The frankly awesome folk over at PlayStation LifeStyle have just posted a photograph that appears to show a release schedule of future patches and DLC for LittleBigPlanet. Whilst perusing Media Molecule’s Flickr feed Stalkingsilence from PSLS came across THIS picture of Kareem Ettouney – Art Director for LBP – hard at work. Behind him is a memo board with a schedule of patches.
Top of the list is what looks like 1.08 slightly chopped off. Next comes another cheese – Mm’s bizarre naming convention for their patches – this time it’s Jarlsberg. In addition, Jarlsberg seems to consist primarily of data for the game – or content – and is currently held up in “legal” – could this be a feature that was cut out due to legal concerns (e.g., photo importing)? A rather interesting 2000 AD is written underneath it. Does this refer to some DLC costumes from the 2000 AD Comic universe? Judge Dredd maybe or RogueTrooper?
Next is 1.09 which as we know already is the Edam patch, due to hit mid February – consisting of “Priority Bug Fixes”.
Cornish Yarg – which we have been teased will contain “new creative capabilities” – is next on the list. If you look closely you can read “Tutorials” followed by “ONLINE CREATE”!!!
Leerdammer follows next which is said to be concentrating on TCP/IP issues/network fixes.
Finally another cheese is incoming, this time in the guise of Stinking Bishop. Nothing else is known except that this brings an Arcade Pack – so maybe this is another game-changing pack in much the same vein as the MGS pack?
Many thanks to StalkingSilence from PlayStation LifeStyle for the tip!
UPDATE: the picture in question has now been taken from the feed
In just their second creator interview Media Molecule quiz CandyJunky – who’s great work on such levels as ‘Gnome Liberation Front’ and ‘Super Cloud Racer’ brought her to their attention
A new update for LittleBigPlanet is available to download and install. It weighs in at 13mb and, so far, there is only speculation as to what it contains – it’s certainly too early to be the Edam update which Media Molecule said was to appear mid February.
From my own perspective it has cured the failed to load player profile bug I have recently experienced on my system, however other planeteers report no such change.
The only cosmetic difference I could find was when you rate player levels: as you scroll up and down through 1 to 5 stars there is now a `tinkle` sound effect, rising in pitch with more stars and lower with less stars. Other players have reported that the Kratos costume is now listed in their LittleBigStore when it wasn’t previously – I can’t confirm this as it has always appeared in my own LittleBigStore. In addition the rewind function in create mode appears to work a lot smoother for me where as previously I experienced long pauses.
It would be a fairly safe bet to expect that 1.08 also installed forthcoming DLC content prior to it’s release – the Chinese New Year costumes are scheduled for release today Jan 26th
If you notice any changes in your Little Big Planet do let us know at LittleBigLand
UPDATE: the free Chinese New Year costumes – celebrating the Year of the OX – are now available to download
UPDATE 2: Sam_Protagonist (SCE dev) has stated that the 1.08 update contains content only and is not the Edam update which is still going through the testing process
Said by many to be the game industries version of Hollywood’s Academy Awards, The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has revealed its nominees for 2008, and LittleBigPlanet has managed to run away with ten category nominations, the most of any game this year.
Siobhan has recently posted over at Media Molecule’s blog details of the next patch 1.08 – codenamed Edam – which is currently undergoing testing.
Edamcontains a set of bug fixes which they are hoping to be released by mid February. Specifically the fixes are:
Failed to save profile’ message not being displayed when a users profile is full.
Object Capture Bug: switch connectors being deleted when an object is captured.
Failed to load profile issue :where the user is thrown out to the XMB due to a texture that is not registered in their profile being present in their pod.
Text not displaying in the text chat window.
Slow rewind due to moderation check.
Save file corruption which caused the game to crash when placing any object in an emitter in any level.
Siobhan goes on to explain that a new section will be live on the Media Molecule blog very soon called The Cheeseboard which will detail upcoming patches (all named after cheeses funnily enough) and detailed information on all the various LBP cheeses, as they mature will be made available so we’ll have a good idea of what’s coming up.
Two further patches are mentioned, Cornish Yarg and Leerdammer.
Cornish Yarg is said to:
contain many fabulous things, most excitingly new creative abilities – woo!! This will be a big delivery and so we want to make sure that it gets to you without any bugs and so we are planning very extensive testing which may involve some of you guys (more details out soon). This has only just started the testing process which usually takes 6-8 weeks minimum. Further announcements will be made in February.
Eek! Exciting!
Meanwhile Leerdammer…
will really help people who are experiencing issues with lagging/packet loss. This improvement is still in development, which means it will be out after Cornish Yarg but we aren’t sure when, rest assure Amy is hard at work. Announcements will be made throughout feb.
Great news! Further updates on these patches will be made in the coming weeks.
