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LittleBigPlanet Beta Key Giveaway!

D+PAD Staff — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:19:29 +0000

D+PAD has teamed up with SCEE to offer our readers a chance to get into the LittleBigPlanet beta currently taking place on PlayStation Network.

We have a limited number of beta keys to give away to lucky readers, and to enter all you need to do is send an email to lbpbeta@dpadmagazine.com with your name and email address. Simple! And if you’ve entered, why not leave a comment to let us know?

Keys are only valid for UK PSN users, so please don’t enter if you reside anywhere else in the world. Sorry about that!

The beta is already up and running and ends on October 12th, giving you plenty of time to try out Sackboy’s new adventure.

~~The competition closes at 6pm BST on Friday 26th September, so make sure to get your entry in before then! Winners will be selected at random at the time of the competition’s closure. Good luck!~~

UPDATE: The LittleBigPlanet Beta Key Giveaway is now closed.

We’d like to thank the overwhelming number of you that entered the competition, though we must forewarn everyone that the demand greatly exceeded the amount of keys we had available. Sorry if you weren’t one of the lucky ones, but better luck next time!

Winners are being randomly selected now and will be emailed their code later this evening. If you’ve entered be sure to add lbpbeta@dpadmagazine.com to your email safe list and then just cross your fingers!

UPDATE 2: All winners have now been notified and keys have been sent out.

Again, commiserations to those of you that weren’t so lucky (we know there are a lot of you who are desperate to have a go, we wish we could have gotten you all keys!), but to those that did win, have fun in LittleBigPlanet! Thanks again to everyone that entered and to SCEE for supplying us with keys.

LittleBigPlanet Beta Giveaway Terms & Conditions:
1. Competition open to UK PSN users only with a valid email address.
2. One entry permitted per person. Multiple entries will be discarded.
3. Closing date for entries is 26th September 2008, 6pm BST.
4. Winners will be selected at random and keys will be sent out within 24 hours of the competition closing.
5. Entrants will be added to D+PAD’s mailing list. Your details will not be passed on to any third parties.
6. Editor’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.

The 20 best gaming related videos on YouTube

David Scammell — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:21:58 +0000

According to Wikipedia there are almost 100 million videos on YouTube, so finding twenty of the best gaming-related vids was never going to be an easy task. But hidden amongst the droves of self-important tat are moments of pure gold. These are some of the best.

Street Fighter PWNage

Internet geniuses, we salute you. Watch as a simple video of two boys messing about on a log turns into one of the best Street Fighter II fights you’ll have ever seen.

Master Chief sucks at Halo 3
Warning: Contains strong language

The hilarious Arby ‘N’ The Chief series follows the adventures of a Master Chief action figure who sucks at Halo 3, and this is where it all began. Watch the video and cry tears of toilet-humour fuelled joy.

The Death of my Xbox 360
Warning: Contains strong language

We’ve all had it happen to us, but this guy says it best. Watch as this poor soul follows advice from Microsoft to no avail as his 360 continues to die a slow and painful death.

Will Guitar Hero III Blend?

The fantastic ‘Will It Blend?’ series peaked when show host Tom Dickson got annoyed by the lack of The Beach Boys in Guitar Hero III. So he blended it.

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Vote for D+PAD!

D+PAD Staff — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:43:52 +0000

The nominations for this year’s Games Media Awards are currently being taken into consideration, and so we have a favour to ask; vote for D+PAD Magazine!

If you’ve enjoyed the magazine and would love to see more, please take a minute to vote for us.

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That’s all that’s needed! To find out more about the Games Media Awards, click here.

Thank you to everyone that takes the time to vote for us – it truly is appreciated by the entire team. And if you have voted, why not let us know by leaving a comment?

E3: The Missing Games

David Scammell — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:15:54 +0000

Looking at comments posted across gaming forums the world over, it’s clear that both gamers and journalists alike were let down by this year’s E3. We had all hoped to see some big announcements, shocking revelations and some stunning demonstrations of big name sequels. But it wasn’t to be.

Here are the games that we had hoped to see, but didn’t.

Forza Motorsport 3

Following the Intellisponse scandal we were primed and ready to see stacks of rumours regarding Forza 3 confirmed. But it never happened. So here are those leaked details again: 2 discs, 400 cars, 100 tracks, extensive DLC. Could we see a head to head battle between Forza 3 and GT 5 early next year? Watch this space…

Shadow of the Colossus 2

Team ICO have been out of the limelight for an uncomfortably long period of time. With a “screenshot” of their first PS3 title appearing on Sony Japan’s career pages back in January (curiously labelled Wanda – SotC was called ‘Wanda to Kyozo’ in Japan, we’re guessing at a sequel), we expected to see a grandiose announcement of a sequel to 2005’s leviathan-slaying title. But it wasn’t to be…

Dead Rising 2

Despite being mildly disappointed by the original Dead Rising, we’re still eager to see another Frank West zombie-bashathon. With rumours of a Las Vegas setting hitting the internet just prior to E3 we assumed all would be revealed during Capcom’s press conference. Instead, all we got was an inconclusive talk about the Lost Planet film. Sigh.