Fat Princess patched with new map today

By Oli Welsh Published 21 January, 2010

Also: it's ModNation Racers beta time.

Patch 1.04 for Fat Princess is released today, says the PlayStation blog, and it includes a free new map.

The map's called Brownie Town and it's city-themed. Among the fixes is the correction of a problem with online rankings whereby Team Deathmatch and Invasion all-time and monthly scores weren't posting correctly.

Elsewhere on PSN, it's worth reminding you that the European beta for intriguing build-your-own kart racer ModNation Racers begins tomorrow, and today's the day you'll be able to download the client from the PlayStation Store.

There are 100,000 places on the beta, and it's first come, first served, so watch for that PSN update like a hawk. The beta includes four premade tracks, two exclusive to Europe, plus the chance to make your own.

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Comments (11) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • wizlon #1 2 years ago

    Damn you for reminding everyone about the ModNation beta, I was hoping everyone had forgotten... I bet they'll be out of betas by the time I get home.

  • optimusprym8 #2 2 years ago

    Already got my key :)

  • Murton #3 2 years ago

    Been looking forward to modnation since the reveal trailer last year.

    Wizlon: you may have been out of luck last year or before when the PSN usually updated around noon but it doesn't tend to update until 5pm or sometimes 6pm these days so you should be able to get in fine.

  • drxym #4 2 years ago

    Fat Princess is a perfect example of why dedicated servers are necessary in large online games.

    The game looks fantastic, it's cute, amusing, the team aspect is well developed... And all that is for naught because there is horrific network lag, a really painful process to find a game, and more often than not the host quits after a game or two sending you back to square one.

    A free map is appreciated but I would much rather dedicated hosting.

  • reelbigkris #5 2 years ago

    so the mod nation beta will be available on the PSN store? but there will only be a limited amount of downloads... we'll see how fast this one goes :)... Im interested in playing it because it looks a little clunky but i desperately want a carefree race game, without having to turn on my wii for mario kart.

  • hardtech #6 2 years ago

    Live and downloading ^_^

  • Trinod #7 2 years ago

    I'm downloading too, yay!! Just got up, what a nice surprise yayyyyyyyyyy ayyyyyyyyy

  • My1stLoveJak #8 2 years ago

    The beta for Modnation wrapped up not that long ago in Canada :( The keys for it came with GotY edition LBP

    I wanted to play it much longer than I did! Didn't even touch the track builder, unfortunately - spent a ton of time designing a vehicle, had a few online races...gosh, I can't wait for that game!!!

  • BabyJesus #9 2 years ago

    Is the beta d/l going slow as hell for anyone else?

  • Scrumhalf #10 2 years ago

    Yes it is going painfully slow for me as well :(

  • Murton #11 2 years ago

    Had a little play around with the beta for maybe an hour or so, most of that time spent looking at the character and car creator. There's very few components unlocked for the beta but by mixing and matching and changing colours there's still loads of possibilities so that's cool.

    Gameplay I can't really comment on as there only seems to be online and time trial unlocked at the moment and I suffered a deadstate almost immediately after finishing a time trial. I'm gonna try again tomorrow and try to do everything there is to do to see if I can get a feel for the game, I just wish some of the single player had been included in the beta, hopefully there'll be a proper demo or another iteration of the beta closer to release day.