Sony Celebrates Holidays by Ripping Families Apart with MGS LittleBigPlanet Packs

Determined to drain every last dime out of you before Christmas, Sony has announced that the Metal Gear Solid 4 Level and Costume Packs for LittleBigPlanet will be available on December 23rd at the PlayStation Store.

That may just be the freakiest, most delightful LittleBigPlanet trailer ever.

As mentioned a few days ago, you can purchase costumes of Old Snake, Meryl, Screaming Mantis, and even Raiden for $1.99 each, or just get the whole lot together for $5.99. That’s right, you don’t have to buy the whole set for Raiden after all.

But there are more costumes when you get the Metal Gear Solid Premium Level Pack. A Gurlokovich Soldier costume is included, with 72 new stickers, 12 new materials, 10 decorations, 18 new objects, 3 new background music tracks, 1 interactive music track, 1 MGS themed “sound object,” a plasma ball danger element, a laser sight gadget, a functioning searchlight lamp — “for those special ‘exclamation mark’ moments,” and the coup de gras, the Paintinator gun with paint switch.

The hardest part will be creating a level which doesn’t infringe on copyright.

As if all that weren’t enough, there are also 12 trophies… and the best part?

It’s all only $5.99.

And wait…there’s more…
So, here’s one of the coolest things about this pack…you guys know LBP is all about PLAY, CREATE & SHARE – well, you’ll be glad to know that this Level Pack holds true to that. For those who buy the Premium Level Pack, you get everything above (and hopefully a lot of fun in-between). If you don’t buy it, you’ll still be able to enjoy the MGS pack goodness. Here’s how:

* Non-MGS Level Pack owners can PLAY the MGS Story Levels by joining a “host” who owns the pack and play the levels online together. Now you won’t be able to keep any objects, but you can have tons of fun just PLAYing.
* MGS Level Pack owners will be able to CREATE levels with any of these items (including the Paintinator) and SHARE them online for everyone to play. — PlayStation.Blog

And now you see how Sony and Media Molecule celebrate the holiday season… by ripping families apart with their games. Because who’s going to be able to put this down?