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The sneaky observant 20:20 vision folks over at the Playstation Lifestyle blog noticed something special in the background of one of the photos on the Media Molecule Flickr Stream - a big whiteboard with what appears to be the cheese patch release schedule.
The text doesn't tell us *much* more than we already knew, and knowing this industry, this is about as reliable as that guy that stood you up last year, HOWEVER, and it's rare for us to warrant the use of all caps like that, the board does contain some UBER SECRETS. See there we go again.
| Patch number | Patch name | Patch type | ? | ? | ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBC | Jarlsberg • 2000 AD |
Data | Legal | - | - |
| 1.09 | Edam • Priority Bug Fixes |
Code | n/a | In test | n/a |
| TBC | Cornish Yarg • Tutorials • Online Create |
Code | 23 January 28 January |
End Jan? | |
| TBC | Leerdammer • (TCP/IP) |
Code | TBC | TBC | TBC |
| TBC | Stinking Bishop • Arcade Pack |
TBC |
If this board is to believed, Online Create is scheduled to appear along with Cornish Yarg, officially scheduled for mid-March, and some new previously unknown patches have appeared.
The new patches are named Jarlsberg, a mild cow's-milk cheese with large irregular holes, which appears to contain something related to British Sci-Fi Comic 2000AD, and Stinking Bishop, a soft washed-rind cheese, that will contain something known as the "Arcade Pack".
One interesting note is that just out of sight we can see 1.08, which is listed as a data pack rather than a code pack, a patch we know contained only costumes. The 2000AD Jarlsberg patch is also listed as a data patch hmmmmmmm.
Your guesses are as as good as ours, but many, many things spring instantly to mind as to what these patches could contain, especially for the Arcade Pack - leave your thoughts in the comments!
Many thanks to everyone who sent this in - Barnsey313, Stalking Silence, CJSgamer, and MrGrey from LittleBigLand.
[UPDATE]
Media Molecule have now removed the photo from their photo stream, adding it to their private collection. However, you can see the original photo of 'super-serious' Media Molecule Art Director Kareem Ettouney here. For camera meta-data nerds, the photo was taken on January 23rd at 18:21 with a Panasonic DMC-LX3 at a shutter speed of 10/500 at f/2.8, 400 iso, although that information is truly gratuitous.
Multiple reports from the field have arrived in Planetoid Central this evening to tell us that patch 1.08 has hit the servers, three weeks earlier than expected. This patch, nicknamed Edam by Media Molecule (at least we assume this is Edam, it could be an unknown cheese!), should contain a whole bunch of bug fixes, some of which are fairly major ones that have been causing trouble left, right, and center for the last few weeks.
Actual content is so far unconfirmed - Let’s hope everything is fixed now though, huh?
The outlined plans for this patch are listed below, let us know what is and isn’t included!
Edam contains a set of bug fixes and is currently in testing. 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.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in!
Update 1: It looks like this patch could just be related to the forthcoming availability of the God of War costume pack, and not as we all hoped the much needed changes to the game. It’s waaaay past our bed time here on the Planetoid, hopefully the morning will bring with it some clarification!
Update 2: We can confirm that this patch is 13Mb and we notice that it has re-arranged selected content in the LittleBigStore. This screenshot shows how the Kratos’ costume now appears for players who’ve already downloaded it (the God of War pack icon showing the three costumes no longer appears to players who’ve not already downloaded it). This makes sense as the Kratos costume and God of War pack are out on Thursday.
We’ve heard reports of some players still having problems with LBP, so we’re still not 100% sure that the patch is Edam - we’ll report back when we hear confirmation.
Update 3: This patch has been confirmed as a content-only patch, installing the latest costume textures (required for players to see other people online who are using the latest DLC costumes). It’s *not* Edam.
Media Molecule have just released a great ‘LBP Tips Special’ video, showing exactly how to nail those survival challenges. The video ties in with the Media Molecules level picks for this week…
Be sure to check out the in-game news, as there are four great survival challenges showcased, all helpfully linked to so they’re super-easy to find and play. We played them earlier - they’re great!
You can read more about the tips video on Media Molecule’s original blog post.
You may have noticed by now that Media Molecule name their patches after cheeses, the last one being called Roqueforte and the one before that Emmental. Today Mm have posted a look at their cheeseboard, a pungent selection of forthcoming patch snacks, the first of which, Edam, we should see some time in February and features some quite major bug fixes. Cornish Yarg, a cheese described as having a creamy and soft outside and a crumbly centre, will include new creative abilities - could this include the much desired image import tool? We certainly hope so!
Edam contains a set of bug fixes and is currently in testing. We are hoping for this to be out into the world by mid February (fingers crossed). 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.Cornish Yarg contains 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.
Leerdammer: This delivery 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.
With no mention of a patch coming closer than February, we wonder what today’s scheduled server maintenance will bring… stay tuned!
Kung_Fu_Russ over on the LittleBigWorkshop forums has been getting desperate on the news front. So much so, that he straight up just asked to be teased by Senior Community Development Manager, Sam_Protagonist.
Kung_Fu_Russ’s initial request was risqué to say the least…
Come on, sam_protagonist. Tease us. Give us a hint of what’s next in updates, dlc and so on. If not, when should we expect to hear what’s in the near future for LBP.
You know you want to, you saucy little protagonist.
Well, his teasing request was answered with some drip-droppingly juicy words that give us no information at all, but yet get us all hot and bothered. Sam says:
Okay, here goes.
Some of the things we’ve got coming up this year will be absolutely awesome, and might just make people cry with happiness. Might not, but there’re some really exciting ideas we’re working on.
We’re starting out slowly due to the gap over the festive and new year break but new content will be turning up in no time.
As for Sackbook, I don’t yet know whether Sackbook itself will be returning but the service that Sackbook provided will definitely reappear before too long.
That’s all the hints I can give without risking bodily harm.
Juicy juicy! The comments regarding sackbook are very interesting, could Sony be developing its own web-based portal for the LittleBigPlanet community?
What does the January 22nd Store update hold for LittleBigPlanet?
Phew. Time for a cold shower.
At CES 2009 yesterday, Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz “riiiidge raaacer” Hirai announced that LittleBigPlanet has sold 1.3 million units worldwide. We’re a bit confused by that as we’ve been studying VGChartz.com who claim the figure is 1.82m, but then we’re inclined to believe Sony in this instance.
Anyway… Mr Hirai also revealed that 3.4 million people have downloaded PlayStation Home. That’s over double the number of people who have LittleBigPlanet! Has the entire world gone mad!? We don’t care if Home is free! Everyone should own a copy of LittleBigPlanet! Everyone! Just look how many exclaimation marks are being used in this news item!
Let’s just remind ourselves about these two pieces of software…
PlayStation Home:
“Hi, we’re in Delaware.”
LittleBigPlanet:
Sackboy! Paint! Stickers! Nipple cripples!
Ok, so we’re taking a cheap poke at PlayStation Home. Let’s not forget that according to one of the U.S Producers on LittleBigPlanet, ‘efong’, a LittleBigPlanet Home space is being “worked on”. So at least we can look forward to that coming to Home.
In the meantime - Do you know someone who has PlayStation Home but not LittleBigPlanet? Get on their case and make sure they have a copy of the bestest most awesomerist game ever!
Popular online gaming forum GAF has started their apparently annual “Recreate your favorite videogame moments using MS Paint” thread, and a few LBP pictures have made the grade. These threads usually includes a mixture of amateur paint blobs and expertly crafted nuggets of awesome, and we’ll be sure to upadate this thread with any examples of either that turn up in the next week or so… for now though, here are some GAF people’s favourite LBP moments… in MS Paint
Thanks Marek!
One of the new tools included in the MGS Pack is currently not available in Create mode. The tool can be seen throughout the MGS levels, included in the pack, and features a mini globe icon:
No official news is available on this tool, but it is assumed that it controls day / night settings dynamically in levels. So you could start playing a level in day and finish playing the same level at night (in the game that is, because in ‘real life’ that happens all the time). A great tool, if that’s the case.
We’re guessing that it’s not currently available in Create mode as perhaps it needs further work before being made available. Either way, we’ll report official news when we hear it.
Thanks to LeonBlade on LittleBigWorkshop for the pic.
So. You just got LittleBigPlanet. Maybe you were one of the hundreds of thousands of people opening up the game on Christmas Day, or perhaps it was a birthday present, or gift from a persuasive friend.
Either way, one thing is clear: You’re a noob. And you probably have noob questions. So, the Planetoid is here to give you some answers to those common questions that are tormenting your mind, helping you to get on your feet and running around. Let’s get started.
Tomorrow the world will be a different place… little boys and girls will still be waiting impatiently for Thursday to arrive, bringing the inevitable joy and mirth along with it. But for those of us who dwell on the Little Big Planet, Christmas will be coming early this year, and with a serious topping of Awesome Sauce™. This is because tomorrow is the date that Metal Gear Solid: Paintinator - Paint of the Patriots will be arriving on the in-game store.
Tonight will be long for some, filled with excited anticipation, and followed by a morning of refreshing the store page, eyes darting between the clock and PS3 as they wait for the update to arrive.
Whilst you’re waiting, why not watch the following MGS Pack gameplay videos over and over again, and see if it makes the pack arrive any sooner!
You can see the same set of videos on Gamespot in HD. Tomorrow can’t come soon enough!
Thanks to LittleBigLand for finding the ones of these we didn’t see!
This image perfectly sums up the last 24 hours of mayhem in the LBP community. EPIC.
Mm have really opened the Little Big flood gates in the last 48 hours; with two updates, 1.06 and 1.07, both packed with features, a festive construction kit, and a game changing Metal Gear Solid pack with levels, costumes, a paintgun, and new trophies announced for next week.
So just when we thought the ceaseless tidal wave of information had brought enough joyous havoc into our lives, and we were ready to have a bit of a relaxing drink or two… suddenly we noticed those merry folks at Mm returned to the internet again to throw some awesome Metal Gear Solid: Paintinator posters and box art mockups into our overfilled laps.
Click through for loads more of these…
Most of the guys and girls at Mm will surely be heading off for a well deserved Christmas break from today, meaning there can’t be any more… surely? There’s just no way our tiny minds could hold any further glee, and we might see some serious injuries up here on the Planetoid should this torrent continue.
Thank you Mm, a truly awesome couple of days for LBP, have an excellent inevitable Christmas booze-up tonight, we’ll raise a glass to you all!
Another level that baffles even the folks at Media Molecule, at least according to their most recent set of level picks, Tic TacToe…
Other great levels selected to appear on the Mm blog today include Rz22g’s incredible tank, a lander mission, and an entire working piano with an auto play function, go check them out!
