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!

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?

I’m not against marketing towards young girls (that’s the holy grail in the gaming industry these days). What I AM against is using the stereotype that girls only enjoy giggling, ponies, “lilac” things, and speak in txtspeak all the time. I am also against bundling a handheld (which may catch the interest of even older females) with a game that I highly doubt would convince anyone over the age of 14 to scream ‘OMG MOM I NEED THIS, LIKE NOW!” What about us girls that are beyond the age range and just want a cool-colored handheld. I didn’t need to pay for a Hannah Montana bundle to get my awesome blue Nintendo DSi! Sony, you need to broaden your range with the female demographic!

And don’t even get me started on that ‘OMG PSP’ nonsense. I’d like to think that Sony hopes that the young girls they are targeting do not see right through this stereotype-boundary-crossing marketing campaign. Then again, they better hope that the parents that are paying for it don’t see right through it either.

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?

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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