Thursday night saw some seriously creative talent unleashed at SCEE’s head office in London. The ModNation Racers social event kicked off in style, with mod decorating, remote control car racing and even a ModNation mural being painted in the building.
The attendees created their own mods, which were on display at the event. Classic cartoon characters, TV stars and superheroes were created ModNation style, along with some really original works of art.
The mods were judged in three categories; most original, most realistic and least effort. Winner of the most realistic category was SCEE’s own Lewis Nguyen, who created Darth Mod.
“It’s been a great night, a real success. I’m impressed by the amount of effort that has gone into some of the mods, my favourites are Modhatma Gandhi and Neytiri from Avatar. I’m so pleased Darth Mod won!”
Money was being raised for the charity IT4CH, who provide children and young people who are sick, disabled or underprivileged with access to ICT. Liam Quigley, product manager for ModNation Racers, organised the event to promote the new racing title.
“The event went really well, I am seriously impressed by the amount of effort people have put into creating their mods, and we raised money for a great charity, too.”
We’re going to be giving away some mods early next week, so be sure to check back to get your hands on one!
ModNation Racers is released today on PS3 and PSP, so you can get creative too!
16 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 21 May, 2010 at 5:49 pm by nobodygaming
Lol there is always at least one Mario. That said, I would kill for some of these real life mods, where can I put my name down for a dozen or so blank mods pretty please
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Posted on 21 May, 2010 at 5:56 pm by Slarth
Wow, they look great especially Darth Mod, oh & 1st again :p
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Posted on 21 May, 2010 at 6:05 pm by DKShadow
Will we be able to win those awesome mods in Denmark and other European countries too, or is it UK-only?
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Posted on 21 May, 2010 at 6:11 pm by II-KiLLER-ll
Got ModNation Racers yesterday, But when I play an online race it always disconnects me from the servers, Anyone know why or how can I fix?
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Posted on 21 May, 2010 at 6:42 pm by BalramRules
MNR IS GOT 2 BE THE RACING GOTY OF THE YEAR (2010) UNLESS GT5′s got anythin 2 say with it, hopefully they delay it till 2011, so that we get the Play, Create & Share genre, as well as Sony owning two consecutive racin goty awardz in a row! XD
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Posted on 21 May, 2010 at 7:43 pm by Osahi_be
Playin’ it since wednesday and totally loving it! My hands are itchy to go deep with the track editor (want to unlock some more stuff first).
Btw, ane news on if en when we’ll get the Sackboy download? Early purchasers in the US will get him for free
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Posted on 21 May, 2010 at 7:55 pm by Joe382
Just bought it, can’t wait to start the single-player. I want a mod figure! Sell em please. I am also wondering where europe can get sackboy, put it on the store for free?
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Posted on 21 May, 2010 at 8:28 pm by Bonyman
*bip-bip-bi-beep-beep*..*shakes fist ecstaticly and nitros ahead*..
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Posted on 21 May, 2010 at 11:01 pm by KaiserSoza13
Just tried to activate a promo pack code and it has not worked,is this going to be like the Heavy Rain BS again.
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Posted on 22 May, 2010 at 12:45 am by Shin-Ra
I spy Killzone 3!
..reflected by a shiny Mod.
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Posted on 22 May, 2010 at 9:21 am by DANNY3194
Looked like a fantastic event, deffo gonna try and win a Mod
(No not the Sony Mod’s the MNR’s Mod’s
)
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Posted on 22 May, 2010 at 7:42 pm by Osahi_be
Haha! I got my Sackboy code by mail! It seems Sony sends them out randomly (or to people with Modnation trophies?). Thanks guys, you made my day!
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Posted on 22 May, 2010 at 10:25 pm by AoNekoAmaru
I should really move to London… but first I need to get my paws on one or more of those Mods, they’d be perfect for our workshops! X3
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Posted on 23 May, 2010 at 12:32 pm by mmmpieisgood
The Sackboy codes are sent to people who have bought LittleBigPlanet DLC.
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Posted on 24 May, 2010 at 11:21 am by Katy Macdonald
thanks for all the feedback guys! it was a pretty cool event.
Keep your eyes on the blog to gets your hands on a mod this week!
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Posted on 8 June, 2010 at 5:07 pm by Klart
Please do something about the European servers. I haven’t even been able to get the Trophy for racing one online race…
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