Can LittleBigPlanet Save Sony's PS3?

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To inject life into the flagging PlayStation 3, Sony is banking on a charmingly weird new game called LittleBigPlanet, from a scrappy UK startup called Media Molecule. LBP -- and its hero, an endlessly customizable little character named Sackboy -- brings social networking and user-generated content to console gaming. Meet the visionary geeks behind it.

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LittleBigPlanet's Little Big Scandal

Sony has pinned high hopes on its newest game, LittleBigPlanet. Which is why the company -- and the game's developer, Media Molecule -- scrambled last week to fix a potentially offensive part of the soundtrack without delaying the release too much. But could this episode be a harbinger of more scandals to come?

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