UPDATE: Enrolment for the beta is now closed. Thanks for your interest!

Hi everyone. Recently Ratchet & Clank: QForce has been in its private beta phase. I’m pleased to inform you that the beta will be made available for a limited time to some lucky PS Plus members from 4.00pm GMT today, Wednesday 29th August.

The beta will include the following:

• A tutorial mode which you can play alone
• Ranked competitive multiplayer where you can play 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2 or Party 2 vs 2
  (invite a friend to join you and then go and find a game together)
• Leaderboards

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Hey everyone, I’m Shaun McCabe, production director at Insomniac Games’ North Carolina studio. Since this is my first PS.Blog post, I’ll briefly introduce myself. I joined the company in 2003 during the development of Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, but I’ve been an Insomniac fan going all the way back to Disrupter on the PlayStation.

As you may have heard, last night we announced that our dynamic duo’s latest adventure, Ratchet & Clank: QForce, is coming to both PS3 and PS Vita! Working closely with our friends at Tin Giant who are helping bring the game to PS Vita, we’re delivering full cross-play and cross-save support. So, the ever-popular, “Well, I’d love to be playing Ratchet & Clank right now but am stuck at the bus stop/office/police station/etc.” can no longer apply. Not only will the game feature cross-play and cross-save, but it’s also part of a super-cool promotional offer where anyone who purchases Ratchet & Clank: QForce for PS3 will be able to download the PS Vita version of the game from Playstation Network at no additional cost.
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Starting from today you will be able to pre-order LittleBigPlanet PS Vita, and those of you who do will get yourselves a snazzy set of bonus costumes as a big thank you for being so wonderful and pre-ordery! The details will vary depending on which country you live in and where you pre-order from, but to whet your appetite, check out these awesome pictures of the costumes below.

Pretty cool, aren’t they? What’s especially neat is that the particular colours of these pre-order Knights of Old costumes will remain exclusive forever!
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We know that it’s been all too quiet on the LittleBigPlanet PS Vita side of things recently, so to ramp up the excitement level a bit, we are pleased to share some very exciting news with you all…

Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to introduce the lovely box art for Sackboy’s latest adventure!

But wait, there’s more! We know many of you have asked for more video footage of the game, so we created a brand new featurette which will give you all a look behind the curtains of LBP for PS Vita. Enjoy!

Remember you can follow LittleBigPlanet on the web to stay up to date with all the latest news.

LittleBigPlanet Twitter – @LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/littlebigplanet

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The LittleBigPlanet Community is about to get a very special treat! Very soon, many of you will have the opportunity to participate in the LittleBigPlanet Beta on PS Vita, where you will get an exclusive sneak peek at Sackboy’s most thrilling adventure yet!

The goal of the Beta is to get feedback on the overall experience from the folk that understand it like few others – and that means you!

For a chance to take part in this exclusive event, head on over to the sign-up to register your interest right away!

https://psnbeta.eu.playstation.com/LittleBigPlanetVita/enroll.php

It is a bit tricky to sign-up so here’s a quick little guide for you:

1. Copy the URL and paste it in your browser
2. Sign in using your SEN account
3. You will be directed to a page saying you don’t have access; don’t worry though,
paste the URL into your browser once again and press enter.
4. Fill in the details and you’re done!

There will be even more information to follow. For now though, dust off your finest analytical hat,
and prepare to dive in to Sackboy’s latest escapade!

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