 Originally intended for a release in mid-to-late October, a last-minute delay involving a licensed song in the game's soundtrack delayed the game's release worldwide.It was released in North America and Japan at the end of October 2008, and in Europe at the beginning of November 2008.On 17 October 2008, SCEE instigated a worldwide recall of "LittleBigPlanet" and announced the game's release be pushed back after a PlayStation Community member reported the lyrics to one of the licensed songs in the game included passages from the Qur'an and could therefore be offensive to Muslims.