LittleBigPlanet PS3 Update, Marvel Costume Packs and Level Kit

[PS3 News]

SCEA Marketing Manager Mark Valledor has posted up this week's LittleBigPlanet PS3 community update, which includes new Marvel Costume Packs and a LBP Level Kit and more!

To quote: A few weeks back, during the Mm Community Jam, Alex, myself and the rest of the Mm team stayed up all night with our super-users.

And when you combine no sleep + coffee / energy drinks / both with fun, creative minds and lots of laughter ensues. Particularly at my expense, as they found out I was the Marketing Manager for Genji: Days of the Blade.

From then it was nonstop Genji talk, ending in a brilliant auto-tuned song dedicated to me, with brilliant lyrics and chorus of "Massive Damage" / "Giant Crabs". Payback time...

Marvel Costume packs and Level Kit coming July 7th!

Hey, True Believers! Coming soon to the PlayStation Store will be a whole series of official Marvel comic Super Hero and Super Villain costumes for your Sackboys and Sackgirls.

Starting July 7th and every other week following, we'll introduce four different Marvel Costume Packs, each with five different costumes depicting Marvel's mightiest Super Heroes and most dreaded Super Villains.

Starting Monday, Marvel.com will unveil the glorious details for each costume. But for now, here's the full list to let your imagination run wild:

- Captain America
- Daredevil
- Doctor Octopus
- Elektra
- Ghost Rider
- Green Goblin
- Hulk
- Invisible Woman
- Iron Man
- The Human Torch
- Magneto
- Mystique
- The Punisher
- Rogue
- Spider-Man
- Storm
- The Thing
- Thor
- Venom
- Wolverine

Plus, we're also unveiling a spectacular Marvel Level Kit, which includes a four levels of adventure against the evil plans of Magneto.

And of course, while you play through the levels, you'll collect a huge assortment of Marvel-themed music, objects, materials, stickers, and a special "Rooftop" background to help you CREATE your own dastardly levels. Stay tuned to more details on the Marvel Level Kit next week.

More DLC for LBP Fans!

Apart from the BIG Marvel news, several other LBP-esque items have hit the store for all you hungry for more Sackboy DLC...

LBP "Soccer fan" Avatars (PSN)

Show your team pride with these new PSN Avatars. ($.49 ea)

Solstice Costume (PS3)

Be sure to grab this http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en-us/news/article/littlebigstore_solstice_costume/, this week - includes the longest beard in gaming history (FREE)

Unidentified Sacking Objects Costume + Level Pack (PSP)

Aliens have landed! Download the http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en-us/news/article/unidentified_sacking_objects_costume_and_level_packs/ (FREE) and have an out-of-this-world time with the Level Pack ($2.99)

Heavy Rain costumes (PS3)

Dramatic - check. Mysterious - check. Sackful of costumes - Check. Check out the collection of http://www.littlebigplanet.com/en-us/game_guide/ps3/downloadable_content/heavy_rain_costume_kit/ ($5.99 or $1.99 each)

LittleBigChallenge

We enjoyed the Alex Evans Remix so much we want to see what you can do. So here's the challenge: take any LBP2 interview(s) from this months E3 coverage and remix it - then take your video and add it to a response to our http://www.youtube.com/user/sceablog video channel page. If it catches our eye/ear, we'll hand out a few of the Rare Prize Crowns for your efforts.

Kids Competition EXTENDED

With summer here and lots of extra time on a lot of kids' hands, our friends at the MacArthur Foundation has extended the LBP level design kids competition over the summer. Here's your chance to win a new PSP. http://www.dmlcompetition.net/kidscomp/lbp for more detail.

More LBP shirts on its way to Hot Topic

Just found out that these two shirts will be available in-store for our fans. Be sure to check out your nearest http://community.hottopic.com/storelocator on 6/28. Last we heard, previous shirts at Hot Topic sold out uber-fast, so make sure you get there before they're out.



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[clw1994]

In my opinion, LBP comes out with way too much DLC. I've had several occasions where I download a costume pack and then come to the sad realization that I don't even own half of the DLC after I have paid half of the games worth in costume packs. I think that LBP is a great game, and LBP2 will be a great game without the help of DLC.

[tjay17]

This is nice, I'll have to get this.

[RGILL]

I have to agree that LBP gives out a lot of DLC which I feels like they are just trying to just get the money put of our pockets.