131w ago - SCEA Marketing Manager Mark Valledor has shared several videos today spotlighting LittleBigPlanet PS3 updates including LBP2 Beta costumes.

To quote: Remembering Costumes

Remember the first time you played LittleBigPlanet? Remember the first thing you did? For us, it was opening the POP-IT and customizing our own little Sackboy (or Sackgirl).

I'm sure most of you remember dressing your own little Sackboy - and as we reminisce, we're reminded of a few community gems that we thought we should share...

Costume Montages

sposim94 has creatively put together a two pieces we love with tons of LittleBigPlanet and LittleBigPlanet 2 beta costumes:








sposim94: We can't wait to see what you do with the costumes in LittleBigPlanet 2!

Over on LittleBigPlanetCentral, they got together and created a brilliant group photo.

Leftover Birthday Cake on The PlayStation Store!

Speaking of costumes - remember all the "Special" DLC that popped up for free on the PlayStation Store? Well, they're coming back!

131w ago - Today Sony Public Relations Manager Alex Armour has officially confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 for PS3 will be released on November 24, 2010 and posted a new video trailer!

To quote: The date is locked in: Gran Turismo 5 will go on sale throughout North America (and PAL markets) on Wednesday, November 24th.

That means you'll be experiencing over 1,000 cars, including karts and select NASCAR cars, scores of tracks, the all-new Course Maker, a dynamic weather system, a robust online community, and everything else Gran Turismo 5 has to offer in less than two weeks.

Along with confirming the November 24th date, Kazunori Yamauchi, President of Polyphony Digital Inc. had this to say:





Gran Turismo 5 is an ambitious project, with challenges and complexities which have made it our version of the Apollo Space Program!

When we created the original Gran Turismo back in 1997, we wanted to set a completely new precedent for the racing genre. With the technological leap onto PlayStation 3, our objective with Gran Turismo 5 was to create another great revolution which...

131w ago - Today PSGroove (linked above) exclusively received word from official distributer HolidayCarts that the PSJailbreak Team is set to unveil their new PS3 Downgrader Web site PSDowngrade.com.

Download: PSDowngrade Files / FLA Disassembly / PS Upgrader v1.1 / PS Upgrader v1.2 / PS Upgrader v1.3

Additionally, a video showing a 3.50 to 3.41 PlayStation 3 downgrade in what is being called the world's first PS3 downgrader (excluding Infectus, of course) is available courtesy of Disjod below stating that the software which appears to utilize the PS3 Factory/Service Mode requires an original PS JailBreak mod-chip.

To quote: "PS Downgrade is not a new chip, but it is the much anticipated software update to the original PSJailbreak...

131w ago - SCEE European Product Manager Ross Alexander has confirmed today that The Sly Trilogy is coming to the PS3 entertainment system from December 1, 2010.

To quote: Today we can announce that The Sly Trilogy (priced €39.99 / £29.99) will be released across PAL territories on the following dates:

• UK, Ireland: 3 December 2010
• Australia & New Zealand: 2 December 2010
• Rest of PAL: 1 December 2010

The Sly Trilogy features all three of the classic Sly PS2 games (Sly Raccoon, Sly 2: Band Of Thieves, Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves) on one Blu-ray Disc, remastered in HD and fully playable in stereoscopic 3D.

There are also some brand new mini-games to play with your PlayStation Move motion controller.

Sly Cooper is back and looking better than ever!

131w ago - SCEE Blog Manager James Gallagher has shared a new video today showcasing a Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit PS3 power struggle - Roll Deep versus The Stig in a real hot pursuit.

To quote: With Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit racing to a 19 November release date, EA sent me this video of Roll Deep burning rubber with Ben Collins, the man formerly known as The Stig, in a real-life recreation of the game's high-speed police chases.

If the Metropolitan police had Lamborghinis like that, then they'd have at least one more recruit right here...

Need for Speed's Seacrest County Police Department have some new recruits but will they be able to shut down Ben Collins, pro racing driver, stunt driver and man formerly known as the Stig?

Watch as Urban Music Award winning and MOBO nominated Roll Deep burn rubber in their awesome Lamborghinis in a bid to keep the racer at bay.

Will Seacrest County's finest shut him down or will their most wanted disappear in smoke? This is the final showdown!