Are you a Playstation 3 owner looking forward to next year’s ModNation Racers, the next title to take up LittleBigPlanet’s “Play. Create. Share.” mantra? Get a head-start against everyone else with by taking part in the beta program starting December 18th! The beta runs until January 5th, giving you plenty of time to test some of the track-building and kart-racing that this little gem looks to offer.

How do you get in, you ask?

1. Buy the GOTY edition of LittleBigPlanet.
2. Subscribe to Qore, Playstation 3’s monthly interactive magazine.
3. Try and win one at the Playstation Blog.

Check checking our site or follow us on Twitter as we will keep you date on any news regarding the entry process.

Check out the video after the jump for more details regarding the beta:
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For the uninformed and the uninitiated, Modern Warfare 2’s competitive multiplayer game has recently run into a problem involving players exploiting a glitch that allows them to FUCKING EXPLODE AND DECIMATE ANYONE STANDING WITHIN A 50 FOOT RADIUS OF THEIR DYING BODY. The glitch works like this: Equip a javelin missile launcher, “do” the glitch (Google it. It’s disgustingly easy.), run into a group of players, DIE, they rack up the points as you immediately take them down with you, you cheap-ass, son-of-a-bitch.

If you’re finding out about this now, I’m sure that you think that the glitch is hilarious. You’re right, it is. It’s especially funny when two “glitchers” cross paths. It turns into this absolutely hilarious staring match of two idiots trying to figure out the best way to handle this impossible situation. If one stabs the other, the other explodes. Is one, measly kill worth the trouble? Anyway, the initial hilarity fades quickly when every game you enter is nothing more than a series of exploding retards.

Infinity Ward says the fix will be out soon. According to Mr. Robert Bowling, the PS3 fix is “in the pipeline” and the Xbox 360 patch is currently in Microsoft certification. A warning note to all you crazy, ’splosion men: Microsoft is threatening exploit-abusers with a 24 hour ban, but I’d say you probably have a better chance at getting struck by lightning, so bombs away.

So what are all of the honest gamers left to do until this game-breaking situation is resolved? Try playing a different game mode. “Search and Destroy” seems fine whenever I have tried it. If the suicide bombers find you there, play Left 4 Dead 2!

While this news will most likely surprise no one, Squaresoft’s Playstation One best-seller Final Fantasy VII, has sold over 100,000 downloads since it’s release earlier this month, becoming what fellow gaming news site, Joystiq, is calling the fastest selling PSN game yet. Seeing as FF7 is widely regarded as one of the greatest RPGs of all time, again, this is not a shocker.

Joystiq brings up another discussion: “If a simple digital re-release can garner these kinds of sales figures, imagine what a proper remake could do.”

Ugh… I shudder at the though…

I love Final Fantasy VII, and now that there’s a PSN port that’s much easier to find than the original PS1 disc, I can’t think of any reason in the world to remake it. I can see it now: Crappy voice actors, cornball music, an “improved” battle system. No thank you, I’ll pass. While the plethora of FF7 spin-offs and sequels are a nice addition, they don’t even come close to the magic of the original game. Leave it alone, please.

What do you think? Final Fantasy VII remake: Yay or nay?

With flagship franchises such as the Metal Gear and Final Fantasy series jumping the exclusivity ship, developer Ubisoft is keeping the “Only on Xbox” Splinter Cell planted firmly within it’s roots.

In a special Dev Q&A on the Ubisoft web-forums Thursday, the minds behind Spilnter Cell Conviction broke the news to PS3 owners hoping to get their hands on Ubisoft’s latest:

Q. I saw the splinter cell conviction gameplay today but then I found out that it isn’t coming out on the PS3. Why would you do that ?

A. Splinter Cell conviction is a true Microsoft exclusive title and there are no plans to have Splinter Cell Conviction on other platforms. There are several reasons behind this choice. First of all, Splinter Cell games are historically linked with Microsoft platforms. The first Splinter Cell on the original Xbox was one of the first games to fully exploit the console’s technical possibilities. At that time, Microsoft really believed in the game potential and provided strong support to promote it. So, there is a “link of heart” between the franchise and the platform. Some games are like this (think of Final Fantasy for instance). The second reason behind this choice is purely linked to production. Having a single target platform means that we can optimize the game even further, because we only have one type of – console – hardware to support.”

Believe it or not, I was never a fan of the Splinter Cell series. The Metal Gear games were always my stealth title of choice. Though after seeing the trailer and game play footage at E3, I’m ready to give Sam Fisher another chance. This game looks amazing. Check out the trailer for Splinter Cell Conviction below:

Wow! Activison’s CEO Bobby Kotick is calling Sony out, threatening to pull support for Sony’s PlayStation 3 and possibly the PSP as soon as 2010. The reason? High cost of the PS3, low attachment rate, and the fact that games just sell better on the Wii and Xbox 360.
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REVIEW BREAKDOWN
type: Game review
platform: Xbox 360, PS3
+: a true, authentic Ghostbusters experience that caters to fans of the movies
+: the actual “ghost busting” is a blast
+: voice acting is great, thanks to the original cast
+: most of the environments are fantastic
+: goes above and beyond most other licensed games
-: friendly AI can be pretty dumb
-: a little more variety in the action would be nice
-: I wish the firehouse was more interactive
-: very minor bugs found throughout the game
gamer appeal: fans of the movies will LOVE this game
comparisons: Dead Space, Gears of War, Resident Evil 4 & 5

gameESC score:

As with most twenty-somethings such as myself, the Ghostbusters were a big part in my childhood. I had my own proton-pack, ghost trap, firehouse replica, Ecto-1 car. You name it, I had it. My mom threw a Ghostbusters themed party for my 6th birthday and hired some guys who dressed up in the flight suits and had built their own Ecto-1 to show up and hang out with us.

I wanted to be a Ghostbuster so bad.

As you can imagine, when the Ghostbusters game was announced I was incredibly excited, though when the days started getting closer to June 16th, fear started to creep into my mind and the questions I tried to block out pushed through my naive skull: What if this game sucks? What if they destroy all that I loved about Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston as a child? Having enjoyed Bloodrayne 2 back in the day, I did have some faith in developer Terminal Reality, but what if the story sucked? What if the cast is just doing this for a quick buck?

Why is it that in the year 2009 a Ghostbusters game is being made, 20 years after the last movie!??
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Whenever a multi-platform game drops, have you ever felt like you were being shafted by a company just because you own a PS3? For instance, you bought Grand Theft Auto 4 for the Playstation 3. How come only Xbox 360 owners get the expansion pack? The Beatles: Rock Band for the 360 is getting an exclusive track. 360 owners are getting the Modern Warfare 2 maps before PS3 owners. Being a Sony follower has been tough.

Don’t worry, you guys. At least Square-Enix has your back!

In a recent interview with VideoGamer.com, FFXIII producer Yoshinori Kitase has confirmed that the Xbox 360 version of the eagerly anticipated, previous Playstation exclusive will be exactly the same as the PS3’s. Even though I’m not a PS3 owner yet (Bobdert handles that stuff), it makes me happy that Square-Enix isn’t screwing anybody out of content.

Just a couple weeks after the re-release of one of the most treasured titles in video game history, Final Fantasy VII, an ESRB page caught by One Last Continue states that the title that chronologically followed FF7, Final Fantasy: Tactics, will come be the next game in the franchise to be ported to the Playstation Network.
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1up.com is giving away 1,000 multiplayer beta codes for the upcoming Naughty Dog game, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves! They’re sending out the first batch of 300 tonight so head over to this thread for more info! Thanks, 1up! Good luck!

Looks like another rumor we reported yesterday has come true… sort of.

For one day only, Amazon is offering the 80 GB at a discounted price of $350, which is $50 off the normal retail price. Not bad at all, I say!

Yesterday we spoke a little bit about the rumored $100 price that’s said to happen sometime in August and I really believe that it’s time that Sony joins the ranks of the lower priced (though much better performing) next-gen consoles. Although at this time, after hearing CEO Andrew House say that their $250 PSP Go is perfectly priced, I’m starting to have my doubts. In the past year, we’ve seen Sony lose hold on two of their biggest selling exclusives: The Medal Gear series and Final Fantasy. I’m well aware that these series have shown up on other consoles, but seriously:

Final Fantasy XIII is coming out on the Xbox.
Metal Gear: Rising is coming out on the Xbox.

To me, that’s insane. Sony MUST drop their prices. Are you going to pay $250 for a PSP Go? Why!? For $80 less, you can buy a PSP-3000 with even more features! If you’re a current PSP-3000 owner, are you going to upgrade? WHY!? You’re paying $250 to throw all of your UMDs away! Sony has made PERFECTLY CLEAR that they will not be abandoning the UMD format, so your flip-out, super sleek handheld will actually be missing out on new products! Unbelieveable!

Sony, you’ve wowed us at E3 with your spectacular titles and you’ve given years and years of cutting edge gameplay and technologies as well as develop some of my favorite games of all time. I think it’s time that you start giving back to your community of loyal followers and die-hard, enthusiastic fans. I can’t wait to see the flame wars on these comments.

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