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According to a “semi-official” announcement on ThreeSpeech.com, LittleBigPlanet will be delayed due to several references to the Qur’an in a music track in the game.

“During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur’an.”

According to Media Molecule, the lyrics in this track could be offensive to some people. Media Molecule prepared a 0-day patch that would automatically remove or alter the track in question. Sony, however, thought it would be best to replace all existing discs. The new release date has yet to be announced, however, Media Molecule assures us they will do their best to get the project back on track for a timely release.

Today IGN finally reviewed the cute platformer, Little Big Planet, for the PS3. And apparently, they liked it very much so–giving it a 9.5 out of 10 and labeling it as an “instant classic.” LBP scored high on all marks, only getting marked down for a minor problem in the control of plane shifting (minor enough for the game to still get a 9.5 in the gameplay section). Overall, IGN thought the game had a flawless presentation and offered enough content and customization to keep the average gamer amused with the game for a very “long, long, long time.”

Congratulations go to Media Molecule, the developers of LBP, for their success.

Watch the video review, or read the full review over at IGN.com:

Today, Variety reported that EA has contracted Zack Snyder, creator of the the 300 movie, for three new IPs in upcoming games. Under the agreement Electronic Arts will hold all rights to the intellectual property, but Zack Snyder’s studio, Cruel & Unusual Films, will have the exclusive rights to any movies that arise from the IP, if warranted.

This comes from Electronic Arts, who is looking to expand their IP and to appeal more to their core consituency (youg males), in which case Zack Snyder would be the perfect match. In addition to directing “300,” Snyder also has the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead and the upcoming Watchmen (March 2009) under his belt.

PlayOn, brought to you buy MediaMall Technologies, allows you to stream Hulu, Youtube, and Netflix videos over your own home network straight to your XBOX 360 and Playstation 3. PlayOn also supports HP MediaSmart TV, as well as a few other video publishers including CBS, CNN and ESPN.

You can download this software for free if you sign up to be an official beta tester. Installing is easy as downloading the software to your pc, and then by going to your console and connecting to the PlayOn Media Server under your consoles respective settings.

PlayOn is powered by DNLA/UPnP technology. It pulls content from the providers via RSS feeds and then presents them to the connected device, converting it to a compatible format if necessary. MediaMall is also working on a version of their software for the Wii.

Learn more about PlayOn

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NPD and Gamasutra have released a list of the five most popular games of 2008 (so far).

We weren’t surprised of several of those titles coming in the top 5 (Madden 2009, GTA IV), but it still amazes us that Call of Duty 4 sells tremendously 2 months shy of the first anniversary of it’s release. Another interesting point from this data is that 4 of the top 5 games for the Wii require or came with a new accessory or piece of hardware. We see that Nintendo has taken a different approach by offering accessories with their software rather than just software like Sony and Microsoft. We’ll see if Nintendo can keep it up for Winter/Holiday 2008.

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