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LittleBigPlanet Recalled
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/10/little_big_planets_global_dela.html
It's new release date is Oct 27th in the U.S. October 31st for Europe and PAL regions.
Let me be the first to say, GOD DAMN IT.
http://kotaku.com/5065076/littlebigplanet-faces-worldwide-recall-for-quran-referencesThe imminent launch date of Little Big Planet has been put on hold - globally - because of issues around the use of some background music.
According to a release from Sony: "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.
"We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused. We'll confirm the new launch date shortly."
Every copy of the game in the world will be recalled from retailers and replaced. It was due to be released on 24 October.
It's not immediately clear what the "offending" phrases are.
From what I understand the delay will not be too great. But given a massive marketing campaign for Sackboy and the game was about to be unleashed this is obviously a blow to Sony on the eve of what was expected to be a triumphant release of Little Big Planet.
The game has had a rapturous reception from critics and has picked up a rare 10 out of 10 score from the respected games magazine Edge. In its review, it described it as a "daring, transcendent, maginificent piece of work".
It also pushes the game back into an extremely congested release slate of other tites. I don't think the game will be affected to greatly by the delay but it's an embarrassment for Sony and less than ideal for Media Molecule, whose rise and rise from near unknown developers to world beaters had been smooth to this point.
I'm meeting with Media Molecule on Monday so will get the latest on the delay.
The words are:
1- In the 18th second: "كل نفس ذائقة الموت" ("kollo nafsin tha'iqatol mawt", literally: 'Every soul shall have the taste of death').
2- Almost immediately after, in the 27th second: "كل من عليها فان" ("kollo man alaiha fan", literally: 'All that is on earth will perish').
It's new release date is Oct 27th in the U.S. October 31st for Europe and PAL regions.
Let me be the first to say, GOD DAMN IT.
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oh well, it's only three days
I'm never going to get time for this game
awesome
since when?
about Edge being a respected games magazine.
I can't say that I'm happy about this news
For many years it has positioned itself as an industry paper. A term meaning it carries ads for development jobs, PR materials.
Looking at the circulation stats it sells arguably as much to people who work in the industry as to the public.
20,000 last time I checked.
Because both reasons are pretty stupid.
But at the same time, no one is forcing sony to do this. So meh.
they don't want a jihad put on them
Add belts of explosives.
Nintendo edited later editions of Zelda64 because the Fire Temple's music had some religious chanting.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM6hzYalP6A
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Those songs will play on additional levels that you can only get by paying for DLC after beating the entire game.
I offend muslims in my sleep sometimes
it's a mess
Okay that actually sounds like an awesome song.
There are no verses in the game.
It is a piece of licensed music used on one level that features two lyrics which are QuRan quotes.
Using scripture in music is considered highly offensive to the islamic faith as I understand it.
Media Molecule has an arabic speaking staff member but the lyrics are not in arabic.
By all ways you look at this situation it is a very convoluted and strange scenario.
It's not canceled anymore
http://kotaku.com/5062063/thq-picks-up-50-cent-off-the-ground