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Wrap Up That Sackboy With Holiday Level Pack

New LittleBigPlanet level-creation materials with a festive theme can be yours on Thursday for a mere three bones.

I have no mouth but I must sack.
I have no mouth but I must sack.
Ready to purchase some new levels from Sony for LittleBigPlanet? Sorry, that's not what the first upcoming LBP "level pack" is about, though a set of prepackaged new action stages is certainly the first thing that came to my mind upon reading that name.

Instead, a level pack in LBP's parlance is a set of new materials, objects, and so forth you can use to make new levels with--what the game is supposed to be about, anyway. The holiday-themed first level pack will contain this stuff, according to the PS.Blog.

  • Two new Costumes – Christmas Tree headpiece and a Wrapped Sackboy.
  • One new Create Material - Wrapping Paper (cardboard w/ giftwrap texture).
  • Two new Objects - A Festive Sleigh and holiday themed light.
  • Six new Decorations = A Festive Bauble, Bell, Wrapping Bow, Candy Cane, Card and Stocking.
  • A ton of new Stickers = holiday themed of course, including a Red Nose Reindeer, Elves, Turkey images and many more.

Pretty generous batch of new stuff, methinks, though the seasonal window in which you can make a viable holiday level is rapidly closing. The level pack will be out on the PlayStation Network this Thursday for the reasonable price of $2.99.

Are you working on LBP levels of your own? Have the moderation and server issues dampened your creative spirit, or are you ready to pony up for these items?
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I have no mouth but I must sack.
I have no mouth but I must sack.
Ready to purchase some new levels from Sony for LittleBigPlanet? Sorry, that's not what the first upcoming LBP "level pack" is about, though a set of prepackaged new action stages is certainly the first thing that came to my mind upon reading that name.

Instead, a level pack in LBP's parlance is a set of new materials, objects, and so forth you can use to make new levels with--what the game is supposed to be about, anyway. The holiday-themed first level pack will contain this stuff, according to the PS.Blog.

  • Two new Costumes – Christmas Tree headpiece and a Wrapped Sackboy.
  • One new Create Material - Wrapping Paper (cardboard w/ giftwrap texture).
  • Two new Objects - A Festive Sleigh and holiday themed light.
  • Six new Decorations = A Festive Bauble, Bell, Wrapping Bow, Candy Cane, Card and Stocking.
  • A ton of new Stickers = holiday themed of course, including a Red Nose Reindeer, Elves, Turkey images and many more.

Pretty generous batch of new stuff, methinks, though the seasonal window in which you can make a viable holiday level is rapidly closing. The level pack will be out on the PlayStation Network this Thursday for the reasonable price of $2.99.

Are you working on LBP levels of your own? Have the moderation and server issues dampened your creative spirit, or are you ready to pony up for these items?
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no thank you to the level pack, i rather play than waste hours of my life makeing a level that only a handful of people will play and hardly anyone will heart

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$3 for Christmas spirit. Yay commercialism.

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The lack of levels in the level pack was bothering me, too. X_x

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NEW STICKERSZ!!!!!!

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I don't care if it's cheap, I still think that things like these should be free. Specially since anyone can just take a pic of something "festive" and create their own christmas things.

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Don't be so spoiled. Covering development costs as well as maintaining servers and generating new content isn't free, and they aren't obligated to give anything away. As far as generating good will among consumers, they've been giving out free costumes on a pretty regular basis and will probably continue in future.

Also, few of those DLC assets could be made as well with the in-game tools, if at all.

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My level has been under construction for ages, I hope to get it done before Christmas, I won't be adding a Chrimbo theme to it now, I might even not bother buying the level pack, I'll leave it to others to make good levels for me to try.

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I want a wrapped Sackboy.

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Moderation isn't a problem, it's the griefing that is annoying. I may snag these and the new Santa Outfit this Thursday.

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Good news, but still, this stuff should probably be free. Or at least give us WAY more stuff.

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YAY FOR MICRO TRANSACTIONS ON A FULL RETAIL PRICE GAME! EXCEPT NOT REALLY, BECAUSE I WAS BEING SARCASTIC.

I AM YELLING.

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Santa out is free.

I would have purchased this pack if it came out sooner. I am still working on redoing my 1st level. There is no way I will have a second level up before Christmas. I'm not that good :(

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TEAMHOLT said:
"Don't be so spoiled. Covering development costs as well as maintaining servers and generating new content isn't free, and they aren't obligated to give anything away. As far as generating good will among consumers, they've been giving out free costumes on a pretty regular basis and will probably continue in future.

Also, few of those DLC assets could be made as well with the in-game tools, if at all."
Not to mention bandwith...
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For $3 I'll likely buy it come Thursday.

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cant believe those bastards are charging for this.

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byongping_suzahulu said:
"cant believe those bastards are charging for this."
  it is not that much of money
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If you don't want it, you're not forced to buy it.  For the price of the game, you still have free access to the servers, and free content is still added.  If you think creating new content after a game's been released, and maintaining servers is free for those who design it, you should probably enter the real world.  Fuck, it's $3, get some perspective and stop complaining.  :)

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I can already tell that I will be a sucker for the new levels and materials, not so much for the costumes.

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Good old free packs.

Too bad this isn't one of them.
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this should be free or in the game originally