THE highly-anticipated video game Little Big Planet has been delayed due to fears one song in the game may cause religious offence.
Little Big Planet is a critically-acclaimed, G-rated game that lets players guide a character named Sackboy through a series of levels which can also be created and shared amongst users.
Developed by Media Molecule and published by Sony, the game uses licenced music in the background during gameplay.
One of these tracks, “Tapha Niang” by Grammy-award winning musician Toumani Diabaté, apparently contains lyrics which are quotes from Islamic holy text the Koran.
In an online statement, Sony said it was withdrawing Little Big Planet worldwide after discovering the song’s lyrics.
“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.”
A scene from the game.
Sony was allegedly reacting to a letter, published on gaming websiteKotaku, saying Muslim gamers found the combination of music and words from the Koran “deeply disturbing”.
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