 SCEA announced new versions of the game that would be shipped to North American retailers the week commencing 27 October 2008.On 20 October 2008 an SCEE press release stated "LittleBigPlanet" would start to appear in stores in the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand no later than the week commencing 3 November 2008 on a country-by-country basis.Later the same day SCEE confirmed the UK release date as 5 November.