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Muxlim Launches Beta Of Muxlim Pal Islamic Virtual World

7:20AM Stuart Houghton | Islamic lifestyle and social networking site Muxlim has launched a beta of the virtual world/MMO we told you about back in October. More »

Second LBP Patch Removes ‘Offensive’ Lyrics

8:20AM Stuart Houghton | If you fall into the presumably rather select category of PS3 Owners who managed to get hold of a copy of LBP before the recall and who would be offended by hearing verses of the Holy Qur’an set to music while you play…. Sony have got just the patch for you. More »

LittleBigPlanet Faces Worldwide Recall For Qur’an References

2:20AM Mike Fahey | The European delay of LittleBigPlanet we mentioned earlier has blossomed into a worldwide recall of the game due to passages from the Islamic holy text Qur’an being included in the background music in one of the levels. “During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur’an,” admitted the company in a statement. “We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused.” Yesterday a reader sent us a link to a music file containing the two offensive phrases, which can be found here. Hit the jump for the translation of the offending phrases. More »