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Hi everyone – a quick round-up and update of some LittleBigPlanet news for you (with even more big news to come later this week…).

Collector’s Edition
First of all – I wanted to provide you all with some further details about the LittleBigPlanet 2 EU Collector’s Edition, as I know that many of you had some concern and frustration with last week’s announcement.

To recap – the Collector’s Edition comes in exclusive SteelBook special packaging, and contains a voucher to download the following additional content:

• 5 PSN Avatars
• 7 Sackboy Costumes
  • Disney / Pixar’s Toy Story 3′s “Alien” Costume
  • Disney’s TRON: Legacy “Clu” Costume
  • The Muppets’ “The Great Gonzo” Costume
  • Even More Animals’ “Crocodile” Costume
  • Even More Animals’ “Vulture” Costume
  • Even More Animals’ “Cobra” Costume
  • Even More Animals’ “Mandrill” Costume

One important and cool thing to note is that this core Collector’s Edition, with all of the exclusive additional content, has the same recommended retail price (RRP) as the standard edition.

On top of all of these ‘core’ contents, in many countries there will also be additional or expanded bundles available that include some cool real-world LittleBigPlanet items. And there are four other exclusive costumes that are also available as pre-order bonuses – Jak &Daxter and Ratchet & Clank.

The ways in which you can get hold of the Collector’s Edition and pre-order items, and the availability of expanded bundles with additional physical goodies will vary by country, so look out for specific details from retailers near you. But in the meantime I wanted to give you all some updated details so that you have a clearer idea of the options available.

Home Space Update
Next up, in case you missed it… Last week the LittleBigPlanet Space within PlayStation Home updated with a brand new multiplayer mini-game. The LittleBigDerby is great fun for up to 8 players – check out more details here, or head into Home and see it for yourself!

New Featurette – The Grabinator
And finally, there’s a new LittleBigPlanet 2 featurette trailer doing the rounds – this time focusing on the mighty power of the Grabinator.

Now, awesome as Sackboy is in so many ways, sometimes his little arms just can’t shift that irritating obstacle. There was a time when you would have to find another way around it – but that will soon be a thing of the past. Thanks to the Grabinator power-up, you’ll be able to grab, carry and throw all kinds of objects. It might be a crate, it might be a basketball, it might even be a fellow Sack-person… either way, pretty soon you’ll wonder how you ever did without it!

That’s it for now – but I’ll be around in the comments to answer all the questions I can. And as I said above – more exciting LBP news to come, later this week…

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The brand new SingStar website is packed with loads of great new features to keep you up to date with all of the latest SingStar news and information.

On the home page you can see a selection of content from across the site, from community media and the latest news and forum posts, and browse the discs released in your country. Use the SingStore shuffle to preview a random selection of tracks and find some hidden gems from the SingStore!

Learn more If you want to discover more about SingStar, check out the Learn More section for everything you need to know from downloading tracks from the SingStore to uploading your own performances.

Catalogue – SingStore and Disc
You can now explore the entire SingStore Catalogue and browse through thousands of tracks available to download, view a video clip of each one and see the best performances of each song the community have uploaded, all in one location!

The entire Disc Catalogue is also available, so you can check out everything from SingStar Take That to SingStar Guitar, view the track list and preview videos of each song.

Community
Discover hundreds of performances uploaded by other SingStar players in the community section, the latest photos and videos, the hottest picks from the last few weeks and the hall of fame showing the best media ever.

For the first time, you can also recommend and like news, performances and songs on Facebook for your friends to see.

My SingStar
If you have a created a My SingStar Online profile using SingStar on your PS3, you can login, edit your profile, view and rate media from other players and your friends and leave comments for other players.

The forums are also fully integrated to put all the SingStar related online activity in one location.

SingStar.com is new, fresh and exciting. Head over and explore the new website, take a look at all the great new features and have fun!

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Announcing a revamp of SingStar Rooms and the grand opening of SingStar Store! Celebrate the release of SingStar Dance & SingStar Guitar by rocking out in designer clothing, complete with exclusive animations. There’s plenty of new music, videos and craziness to be had! For the launch of the SingStar Store you’ll find five female costumes and three male costumes alongside SingStar song packs. Within the SingStar Rooms you’ll find an expanded range of music playing.

Check out the GAME Moonbase this week, where GAME launch real and virtual stores in PlayStation Home. Starting tomorrow, games will be available on the moon…well sort of. The GAME Moonbase in PlayStation Home will open it’s doors to the GAME V virtual goods store selling game-based items and apparel exclusively for Home users, and The Moonbase Shop – a PlayStation Home first – offers direct sale of PS3 titles from The Moonbase delivered straight to your (real) door courtesy of GAME. To celebrate the opening pick up your free GAME T-shirt from GAME V and look out for new releases like Black Ops available from the Moonbase Shop. New content will be updated monthly so watch for new titles, special Home exclusive promotions, apparel and items on sale available from the GAME Moonbase.

Stroll through to the extended Shopping Centre this week, where there are new additions! This week sees the return of an old friend – the Diesel store – and a new store for MyDeco, where you can find all of MyDeco’s content in one place. Finally, stop by Codeglue’s new store – the Cardboard Cartel – to check out their current range, and keep an eye out for new content from them coming soon!

Highlight of the week for me just might be the latest from the V-Store: a range of massive foam gloves in the shape of iconic handguns. These take the ‘Guns’ emote to a whole new level! Still on a gun-related theme, Heavy Water’s “Heavy Strike” cannon will be available in Furniture tomorrow! Place the Heavy Strike cannon in the personal space of your choice and then place your sights over your intended target and tap X to fire away. You can even drop two cannons across from one another and exchange fire with a friend!

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Hi everyone, as we approach our first anniversary the team are busy preparing something special for you all. So it is left to me to tell you about today’s releases.

For WoW fans we have World of Warcraft: Curse of the Worgen #1. A series of grisly, animalistic murders have rocked the walled town of Gilneas. A famous detective sets out to discover the perpetrators and finds far more than he bargained for. To find the truth, he must delve through years of twisted history – both the history of his family and Gilneas itself. This pivotal 5-issue miniseries explores the in-depth lore of the Worgen!

Artist Ludo Lullabi tells us more in this exclusive creator Q&A:

- The artwork evokes the atmosphere of Azeroth perfectly. How challenging was it to capture this world in the format of a comic book?

Before working on the World of Warcraft comics series, I was a regular player and knew the general atmosphere of the game. The adaptation of my art to the comics came naturally… When i wasn’t sure of something, I went into the game on my tiger mount to study the places in which the story took place!

- How much WORLD OF WARCRAFT do you play?

I played World of Warcraft very regularly when the game came out, as well as Burning Crusade. Due to a lack of time because of my work and also the fact that I want to discover all other games out there, I play less and less. I have not investigated everything in Wrath of the Lich King yet. My avatar is still lvl 78, though…

- Who are your favourite comic creators?

I am influenced by many creators but to quote only some of them: Joe Madureira, Humberto Ramos, Katsuhiro Otomo.

- Name some of your favourite comic book characters, and artistic influences.

The comic books which most influenced me are “Akira” by Otomo and “Battle Chasers” by Joe Mad.

Stay tuned to playstationcomics.com for more WoW: Curse of the Worgen interviews – coming soon.

Elsewhere, Markosia bring us Turkey Grove Farms. Something has gone very wrong on the farm, tired of ending up on people’s plates the turkeys revolt and force the farm hands to provide them with a certain turkey substitute. A dark, adult but most of all, funny comic that you should be sure to pick up. Just look out for the over amorous bull.

IDW deliver the next instalment of a personal favourite, Locke and Key: Keys to the Kingdom. In case you didn’t know Stephen Spielberg is producing a Locke & Key TV series, so why not read the comics before everyone jumps on the band wagon!

Born in fire. Raised by monsters. Destined to destroy. On an alien planet shattered by war, no one is stronger than Skaar, the savage Son of Hulk. Marvel release the first two issues today.

That’s it from me. Check out the list below for all the new releases, or check out our website to browse the entire catalogue and to take part in the forums.

• 2000AD Prog #1706 2000AD
• Batman #683 DC Comics
• Boffin Boy and the Forest of the Ninja Ransom Publications
• Boffin Boy and the Rock Men Ransom Publications
• Boffin Boy and the Quest for Wisdom Ransom Publications
• Dark Man: The Dark Glass Ransom Publications
• Dark Man: The Dark Waters of Time Ransom Publications
• Dark Man: The Dark Side of Magic Ransom Publications
• Ex Machina #18 DC Comics
• Fables #33 DC Comics
• Green Lantern #15 DC Comics
• Green Lantern Corps #2 DC Comics
• JLA #19 DC Comics
• Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #2 IDW
• Magician (2006) #13-#17 Marvel
• New Avengers (2004) #5 & #6 Marvel
• N-Guard #1 Markosia
• Planetary #17 DC Comics
• Powers (2000) #35-#37 Icon
• Reya #3 Markosia
• Sandman #10 DC Comics
• Son of Hulk (2008) #1 & #2 Marvel
• Star Trek: Khan: Ruling in Hell #1 IDW
• Superman/Batman #37 DC Comics
• Telara Chronicles #2 DC Comics
• Transformers #12 IDW
• Turkey Grove Farms #1 Markosia
• Wonder Woman Vol.3 #9 DC Comics
• World of Warcraft: Curse of the Worgen #1 DC Comics
• Y: The Last Man #16 DC Comics

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