Blood Bowl Meet The Champions Trailer #2
In this installment of Meet the Champions, the Lizardmen take the Blood Bowl field to show off their skills on the gridiron.

EVE Online The Butterfly Effect Trailer
This trailer shows off what you can expect if you take the reins of a spaceship in EVE Online, the persistent, single-server futuristic MMO.

LittleBigPlanet PSP ComiCon 09 Trailer
This trailer showing off LittleBigPlanet on the PSP was first shown at the 2009 San Diego ComiCon.

Marvel vs Capcom 2 Bison Strategy Trailer
Get an inside look at the strategy behind playing Bison in the upcoming Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

Marvel vs Capcom 2 Magneto Strategy Trailer
The strategy behind playing as Magneto is reveled in this trailer for Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

Marvel vs Capcom 2 Magneto vs Bison Trailer
See Magneto and Bison go head to head in this trailer for Marvel vs. Capcom.

The Sony press conference for E3 2009 is set to prepare gamers for the return of a juggernaut. Sony’s had a tough year for its PS3 console, but things are looking up. This is Sony’s year to make the most expensive console on the market profitable. With God of War III, Heavy Rain, Batman Arkham Asylum, Modern Warfare 2 and MAG on the horizon, this year’s E3 press conference promises to give gamers a reason to pick up a PS3. I’ll be blogging live as Sony wows gamers with 364 new PS3, PSP and PS2 titles. Check out the running commentary after the break.

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This is the first time in 4 years that I’ve not been scrambling and hurrying to get things ready for my trip to E3. I wish I could say I was disappointed because there is the faint chance that this year E3 might be something more akin to a sane version of my first visit to the LA convention center in 2006.

However I can’t help wondering why E3 excites anyone anymore.

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According to a report by ps3fanboy and showing up on NeoGAF, the trophies for the Metal Gear Solid
pack for LittleBigPlanet. On top of that, Media Molecule has said that upcoming level packs will include new gameplay elements: “I don’t think that people are expecting what it’s going to be and I’m so excited by that,” said Evans of the Metal Gear pack. “The surprise element is just a big part of it.”

The costumes hitting December 23 will cost you $1.99 each or get you can get all 4 for the price of 3 at $5.99. Player-creators also have the option to get the Metal Gear Solid Premium Level Pack for $5.99 which fills your Pop-it tool with MGS-themed “Create” materials plus objects, stickers and other goodies. All are listed below:

• A 5th Sackboy costume…the Gurlokovich Soldier
• 72 New Stickers
• 12 New Materials
• 10 New Decorations
• 18 New objects
• New background music track
• 3 new interactive music tracks
• New Metal Gear Solid themed ‘sound object’
• New Plasma Ball ‘danger element’
• New Laser Sight ‘gadget’
• New functioning Searchlight lamp
• 12 new Trophies to unlock
• THE PAINTINATOR and Paint Switch

With the THE PAINTINATOR you’ll be able to splatter anything that comes between you and the end of any level. Shoot paintballs with the R1 button and using the right stick to aim. Paintballs will hit very weak slap. Shoot ‘Brains’ from a safe distances now and progress thru levels much easier. The Paint Switch, so you can attach it to any object and set it to destruct after being splattered with enough paint.

Now if you don’t buy it, no worries, you’ll still be able to enjoy the MGS fun! Non-MGS Level Pack owners can PLAY the MGS Story Levels by joining a “host” who owns the pack and play the levels online together. You won’t be able to keep any objects, but you can experience the new features. MGS Level Pack owners will also be able to CREATE levels with any of these items (including the Paintinator) and SHARE them online for everyone to play.

Sounds like fun! Thanks NeoGaf for posting this info from the LittleBigWorkshop. If you hit that link, you can also view a trailer. More screens are posted below.

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LittleBigPlanet has proved to be quite popular among PS3 users since its October launch in North America and Japan and November in Europe. The game has not been out for two whole months yet and it has already sold over one million units in the areas of release.

During the past six week, total sales in Japan are 0.9 million, in North America and Europe sales are at half a million in both regions.  These sales are only expected to grow as we get closer to Christmas, but with all the hype surrounding the game over the past year or so you would have expected the game to sell upwards of 2 million or more. By the end of the year we should know more for sure though.

If you would like to see the weekly sales chart showing the sales per region of LittleBigPlanet it is listed after the jump.  Big thanks go out to PS3 Hype for compiling it for easy access.

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Sony has announced that LittleBigPlanet owners out there can now get into the holiday spirit with a little Santa suit for their Sackboys. It’s going to be completely free, but it’s also going to be a two-parter. Today, you can grab the red Santa jacket and pants, but next week is when you can download the signature beard and hat. Then you can craft that level where your Sackboy is pulled on a sleigh by reindeer to dispense gifts to all the children in the neighborhood, before he’s crucified by the government, who is then visited by three spirits that convince them to change their evil ways. That’s why we celebrate Christmas after all, isn’t it?

There’s a new trailer for Lumines Supernova that shows off one of the new skins for the popular puzzle game. Q Entertainment is cashing in on the popularity of LittleBigPlanet and offering a themed skin for the Sony PS3 game.

If the LBP sackboys aren’t your thing, Lumines Supernova has 39 other skins to choose from. This third iteration of the original Lumines game will be coming out Winter 2008/2009 for the PS3 on PSN.

Yesterday, Jonathan let you all in on the weird and not very secretly coded message plastered across a teaser site for Metal Gear Solid. The last code is mostly likely the power button for a PC–at least that is what the symbol on my power button looks like, but it also looks like the one for the Xbox 360. Then again, if you looks at the codes closely, you would also see other gaming symbols that looks very familiar to you. Therefore, one might think that the “i” is for the Wii, and the “!” is for the Xbox 360 and the last one is for the PC.  Yet, the Wii most likely would not be able to handle an exact port of Metal Gear Solid 4, therefore I personally think this had to do with the Xbox 360 and PC only.

So, if my deductive reasoning (and upon further investigation-most of the internet) is correct, MGS4 will no longer be a PS3 exclusive in the near future. That, or all the old Metal Gear Solid games will be heading to other formats–but it is best not to think on this too hard and instead focus on the obvious.

All of the speculation from yesterday is getting even more heightened today, with people chatting on all sorts of forums, but if you look back on the actual beginnings of these rumors, the teaser site just makes perfect sense.

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ChannelFlip has an opportunity for gamers to get a look at the PS3 hit LittleBigPlanet. Video reviewer Katharine Fletcher reveals the addicting side of this simple game that draws you in and hooks you before you know what’s happened. It may look like a children’s game but it allows you to create a world of your own.

The best platformer I’ve seen in a long while, combining great gameplay with astounding aesthetics. Of course you also have the incredibly deep and comprehensive level editor which allows you to get creative with the matter of this good-looking world, and is the core of a rather nice online community.

The game hooked me when the first costume I found was an Elizabethan courtier’s outfit. I was chuffed to bits, if a little disappointed as at that point I thought I was unlikely to want to swap it for anything else throughout the game, but then in the next level I got to make my sackboy into a zebra/lion cross!

If you own a PS3 you should really make sure you get this game.

You can find more of Katharine’s video reviews on ChannelFlip.

On Sunday, December 14th, Jack Black will take viewers on a trip to gamer heaven as host of Spike TV’s 2008 “Video Game Awards.” Recognizing outstanding artistic and technical achievement in the gaming industry, plus premiering first-looks at the hottest games of 2009 and beyond, the 2008 “VGAs” debuts live and in high definition on Sunday, December 14 at 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST (tape delay on west coast).

In emceeing the night’s festivities, Black will be capping a 2008 which saw him star in Tropic Thunder and Kung Fu Panda that grossed over $800 million worldwide combined. Also, he will star opposite Michael Cera in director Harold Ramis’ June 2009 release of The Year One.

In addition to the world premiere of Brütal Legend gameplay from designer Tim Schafer (Grim Fandango and Psychonauts) and Double Fine Productions, the 2008 “VGAs” will be stacked with exclusives featuring the first look at the gameplay of the PS3 exclusive God of War III, Uncharted 2, EA’s Sports Fight Night Round 4, Mafia II, Terminator Salvation, Watchmen: The End is Nigh. A special announcement regarding Gears of War 2 and other surprises are supposed to revealed at a later date leading up to the festivities.

At the show, legendary game designer Will Wright will receive the first-ever “Gamer God” award for his achievements in the gaming industry. Other industry luminaries set to attend include Game of the Year-nominees Hideo Kojima (designer, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots), Cliff Bleszinski (design director, Gears of War 2), Todd Howard (executive producer, Fallout 3), Alex Evans (co-founder, Media Molecule, creators of LittleBigPlanet), Rockstar Games and more names soon to be announced.

Nominees and winners for Spike TV’s 2008 “Video Game Awards” were determined by the VGA Advisory Council, made up of a group of the top journalists in the industry. Games released between December 2, 2007 and December 1, 2008 were eligible for nomination. The Best Independent Game Fueled by Dew winner will be selected by fans who vote on VGA.Spike.com.