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Little Big Planet delayed

Gamereactor has given Little Big Planet the ultimate vote of confidence our highest grade, but as the release date is only days away we hear that the game will be delayed. It would appear…
Bengt Lemne 17 October 2008

Gamereactor has given Little Big Planet the ultimate vote of confidence our highest grade, but as the release date is only days away we hear that the game will be delayed. It would appear that a song on the soundtrack includes lines that could be offensive to people with certain religious beliefs more specifically the song quotes the holy Quran, something that is not taken lightly by the muslim community. The song is Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra's 'Tapha Niang'.

Link to a cached post on the official Playstation forums

The same source claims the game will be delayed by three weeks in Europe (no confirmation on the rest of the world yet), our Nordic distributor has confirmed the delay although they did not wish to elaborate on the reasons behind it. This is going to be a costly affair for Sony who have been banking on Little Big Planet to kick off their holiday sales with plenty of advertising to back the release.

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