Chalk up another one for LittleBigPlanet. The little game that could just won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Videogame at the 2009 Children's Awards. This brings LBP's number of awards up to... well, shoot, I ran out of fingers.

In response to the win, Mark Healey, studio boss over at Media Molecule, told GamesIndustry.biz:

It means a lot. It was always an early ambition to make something that appeals to adults and kids, specifically that adults and kids could play together and have fun and I suppose winning this some way confirms that maybe we did that. We've won so many awards for it, it's like, how do we ever top this? I don't think I'll appreciate how really cool it is until I'm old!

Really, no game deserves it more. It's easily one of the best games out on any system, and one of the most memorable I've played in years. Creative and wildly inventive, LittleBigPlanet is clearly becoming the crown jewel of the PS3.

[Source: GamesIndustry.biz]

It's a game that probably needs no ads, but I'm sure glad it's getting them.

Final Fantasy XIII is getting lots of TV spots shown in Japan now with commercials for the game, for Final Fantasy XIII Elixer (a Final Fantasy soda?), and for TV specials set to preview the game.

The look superb and are getting a lot of attention both in Japan and abroad. The Final Fantasy XIII storm has officially been sited.

Follow the source link to see videos of the ads for yourself.

[Source: Andriasang]

So we had a great, big family Thanksgiving. Grandparents, aunts, cousins, kids, dogs, food, frolicking, and fun... you know the drill.

Interestingly enough we ended up with three CDs full of picks that fam wanted to share with eachother. Yes, we could have put the discs in th DVD player, but the PS3 offered a far more fun, and bizarrely impressive solution.

Thanks to recent firmware updates, the PS3 has become quite the photo sharing tool. Loaded all three CDs of pics into the PlayStation in less than mins, added them to a playlist, and presto instant slide show.

The Photo Album view had all of our family memories on screen looking like a table full of family pics. After zooming in to see them a bit larger, it became the perfect way for everyone to walk down memory lane together.

Nobody knew the PS3 could do it (shame isn't it?) but they were all very impressed, it reminded me of the old family slide shows, only far slicker.

WipEout HD is the pretty futuristic racer that revived a franchise with it's blistering speed and, as the name implies, super sharp graphics.

So, when levels took longer to load due to a patch that added in-game advertising to the game, mind you WipEout HD was a full priced game, fans were outraged.

So Sony took down the ads, the load times went down as well, and everyone was happy, until now.

The ads are back, but this time with an assurance from SEO that they do not increase load time. Well the good folks over at JoyStiq took it upon themselves to put the new ad-spouting version of WipEout HD to the test, and it failed. Load times were approximately 5 seconds longer in the JoyStiq tests.

How about it Sony... any chance of taking down the ads, again?

[Source: JoyStiq]

Peggle and Peggle Nights? They may have been a long time in coming, but now the most evil, and most addictive, of the PopCap games has come to the PlayStation 3. Sorry Modern Warfare 2, sorry Dragon Age, daddy's got some pegs he needs to smack around.

PlayStation Network Content for the PS3: 11/19/09

Applications

• Ad hoc party -- Play Ad Hoc PSP games online via your PS3!

Downloadable Games

• Peggle ($9.99)
• Resident Evil 2 (PSone Classic) ($5.99)
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PSone Classic) ($5.99)

Demos

• Smash Cars Demo

Add-on Content

• Peggle Nights ($4.99)
• PAIN Celebrity Character Flavor Flav ($1.99)
• High Velocity Bowling Ball Pack 12 - Psychadelic 60's ($0.99)
• High Velocity Bowling Ball Pack 13 - Techno Modern ($0.99)
• Way of the Samurai 3 Accessories (free)
• Guitar Hero 5
• "Lick it Up" -- KISS ($1.99)
• "Modern Day Delilah" -- KISS ($1.99)
• "I Was Made For Lovin' You" -- KISS ($1.99)
• KISS Pack ($5.49)
• Rock Band: Rock Band Weekly Update
• The Beatles: Rock Band: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album

Videos

• Pulse 11/19 Edition
• Pain: Flavor Flav Trailer
• Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier Launch Trailer
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 15 sec Accolade TV Spot
• FIFA Soccer 10 Director's Cut Trailer
• Madden NFL Arcade Trailer
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Flag Runner Trailer
• NBA 2K10 TV Commercial
• Assassin's Creed II Arsenal Trailer
• Assassin's Creed II TGS Trailer
• Assassin's Creed II Dev Diary 3
• Assassin's Creed II GP Trailer
• Critter Crunch "Feeding Time" Trailer
• Army Of Two 40th Day Extraction Trailer
• Peggle Trailer

Themes and Wallpapers

• Peggle Theme (free)
• Celtic Maidens 2 Premium Plus Theme ($1.99)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Wallpaper (x5)
• DJ Max Fever Wallpaper (x4)
• Armored Core 3 Wallpaper (x2)
• topatoi Wallpaper
• Peggle Wallpaper

If you have a PS3 connected to the net, you probably already have been informed that a new firmware update is available for the PS3. You may not, however, noticed what the new features are.

The following changes take center stage in the PS3 firmware update 3.10.

System Changes

• Limited Facebook features now available from the XMB.
• The Friends list has been updated and redesigned.
• Users can now update and change their profile color.

Media changes

• New photo folders and playlists can be displayed in a grid.

Yes, I splashed out for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition for the PS3. And yes, it was worth every single one of the 15,000 pennies it cost.

To celebrate my absurd(ly expensive) video game experience, I've decided to share with you the joy of opening the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition box. You know, so you can either decided to purchase one for yourself, skip it, or vicariously live the dream.

As I detail in the box opening, you get the game, a metal case for the game, a download code for Call of Duty Classic, an art book, a plastic bust, and, of course, the infamous night vision goggles.

Gimmick or greatness? Read on and decide for yourself.

The trailer for "Military Madness: Nectaris" is fairly good, and the game itself could be described as the same, which is a shame, as the game could have been great.

Clearly, some bad PR brainstorming session decided that "Nectaris", a long standing Japanese turn-based strategy video game franchise, was too nondescript a name for the game and "Military Madness" was more appropriate.

Madness hardly describes the slow, methodical gameplay of "Military Madness: Nectaris." And sadly, the creativity would have been much better spent creating a story for the game.

Deep, fun, interesting, all describe the gameplay, but other than the fact that the enemies are a different color, I'm not sure why I'm fighting them. Don't get me wrong, I hate green as much as the next guy, but some story laid on top of what is otherwise a very cool turn-based strategy game would be nice.

Perhaps I'm being too harsh on a downloadable $9.99 game, however.

Have any of you played it yet? I'd love your thoughts.

Yes, we are all very excited about COD Modern Warfare 2, and I even more than usual thanks to the night vision goggles that are supposed to come with my pre-order. Mmmm videogames in the dark... wait a minute...

PlayStation 3 New Releases:

• 11/10/09 - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Compare Prices
• 11/10/09 - Dragon Ball: Raging Blast - Compare Prices

PlayStation 2 New Releases:

• 11/10/09 - Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom - Compare Prices
• 11/10/09 - Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 - Compare Prices

Well, I tell ya, I'm never shocked by the sheer power of FFVII. From used "Final Fantasy VII" PSOnediscs selling for over 50 bucks in my local used vinyl (OK, mostly CDs) shop to a hit animated film and now finding itself the top PSN paid download... well Cloud and company seem nearly unstoppable.

I have to wonder if "Final Fantasy VII" is all that great a game, or if it's simply nostalgia. I can't tell, as one who is clearly under the FVII spell, I'm too close.

Regardless, if you want to experience of of the most popular, and probably greatest RPGs of all time, now is the time to download Final Fantasy VII from the PlayStation Store for your PSP and PS3.

[Source: PlayStation Store]