Sackboy joins ModNation Racers cast

By Kyle Orland Published 28 April, 2010

Plus: more US pre-order bonuses.

Sony has announced LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy will be joining the cast of drivers in the upcoming ModNation Racers.

The presence of Media Molecule's familiar hero - who comes with his own ramshackle cardboard kart - was hinted at yesterday and officially confirmed today via a post on the US PlayStation blog.

Sackboy will be available to US purchasers who pre-order the game from Amazon, Best Buy, Gamestop or Game Crazy, as well as day-one purchasers who buy specially marked copies on 25th May.

No word yet on how European racers can get their steering wheel hands on Sackboy, but a Sony representative told Eurogamer, "We'll be announcing how you get Sackboy in Europe soon."

The blog also revealed that US pre-orderers at the four retailers listed above will get one of four additional sets of kart and racer accessories on top of any retailer-exclusive packs announced last month. Which specific mod pack players receive is dependent on the "luck of the draw", according to the post.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Fubdub #1 2 years ago

    So the obvious question here is of course, will it be our own sackboy or a generic one? If it's the first one, colour me interested, otherwise blah.

  • Mkwone #2 2 years ago

    Presumed we'd see sackboy in this game.

    Slightly suprised they've not changed his design to suit the rest of the special characters but i don't rearly mind.

    Don't think i'll get it at release seeing how LBP plumeted in price a few month later but i'm easily convinced

  • Beano #3 2 years ago

    @Fubdub : A generic one of course.

  • 00.00.01 #4 2 years ago

    @ Fubdub
    Give it a month or so and a patch will be launched for LBP to let MNR-owners use one of their own MNR-characters in LBP. Cameo-alert! Hell, we'll charge you £ 1.50 for it too!

  • Nuronv #5 2 years ago

    Do we know if these pre-order costumes/karts are parts and textures for you to construct and use as you like or are they fixed pre-set items?

  • Nuronv #6 2 years ago

    @farticusmaximus

    There seems to be codes going around for the PSP Verson so expect it will be made a general release in a week or two for both platforms