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Back when LittleBigPlanet was first launched, fans were going crazy over the ridiculously cute little Sackboys. Then Sony got the bright idea to do a little crossover work, offering up exclusive God of War and Heavenly Sword versions of the LBP mascot to people who pre-ordered the game. Then came word that third party publishers were getting in on the action, with the announcement that Square Enix’s Final Fantasy baddie Sephiroth and Konami’s Metal Gear Solid badass Solid Snake would also be joining the LittleBigPlanet lineup. Now it’s been confirmed today that the fighters from Capcom’s Street Fighter will soon be duking it out in Sackboy form.

Confirming earlier rumors, PlayStation.Blog announced that gamers will be able to celebrate the release of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (try saying that three times fast) with the release of a new costume pack for LittleBigPlanet. The pack will contain all the pieces needed to deck out your Sackboy as World Tournament fighters Ryu, Chun Li, Guile, or Zangief. The costumes will be available on the PlayStation Store starting this Thursday at a price of $1.99 each, or fans can download all four costumes in the Street Fighter Costume Pack for $5.99.

Now all we’ve got to do is sit back and wait for the inevitable LBP videos of Kratos and Chun Li double dating with Ryu and Nariko, while Zangief and Old Snake reminisce about the good ol’ days of gaming.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix is now available on PlayStation Network for $14.99 and November 26, 2008 for Xbox Live Arcade for 1200 MS points. In addition, Capcom’s direct-to-download music album of hip-hop tracks inspired by the Street Fighter series, Street Fighter Underground Remix, is now live. It features the artists such as DJ Qbert, Hieroglyphics, Redman, Oh No, DJ Toure, Mistah FAB and ZION I. Each artist has produced a Street Fighter tribute track that will be free of charge and exclusive to the PlayStation Network. You can check out the tracks by visiting www.myspace.com/capcomunity.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix utilizes the original code from the arcade beat ‘em up hit, while upgrading the graphics with new artwork and high resolution 1080p images. All of the character animation and stage background art has been completely redrawn by Udon Entertainment, the company responsible for the US Street Fighter series of comics. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix includes both online and offline competition for one or two players.

Naturally, the game features all the familiar stages and fighters from the original, along with a few new features to give the game even more appeal with the next-gen gamer crowd. Look for it on PSN today.

Here is all the coverage from the first day of the E3 Media & Business Summit, in no particular order:

- Feature - Halo Wars

- Feature - Tomb Raider Underworld

- Feature - Street Fighter IV

- Feature - Silent Hill: Homecoming

- Feature - Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood

- Screenshots - Fallout 3

- Crispy Staff Blogs

- News- Day 1 Coverage