GDC 07: Sony orbiting LittleBigPlanet

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Mar 7, 2007 12:22 pm PT

Rag Doll Kung Fu crew to release a quirky side-scrolling PS3 game that will let users create and share own quirky levels.

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SAN FRANCISCO--The centerpiece of Sony's pre-Game Developers Conference press event last night was its PlayStation Home service, which marries Xbox Live-esque matchmaking with Second Life-like 3D avatars. However, for many in the audience, the highlight was the unveiling of LittleBigPlanet, a new PlayStation 3-exclusive title from independent shop Media Molecule.

Media Molecule was founded last year by several former members of Lionhead Studios (Fable 2) who gained notoriety for their indie PC cult hit Rag Doll Kung Fu. Two of the shop's leading lights, Mark Healey and Alex Evans, were on hand to demo the game, which looked like Viva Piņata's side-scrolling cousin, with a dash of Wallace and Gromit.

Saying LittleBigPlanet is "all about creativity," Healey and Evans took Sony Worldwide Studios president Harrison and a colleague through a level they made "earlier in the day" using in-game creation tools. Featuring textures based on real-life materials (fabric, wood) and an adorable protagonist dubbed "Sack Boy," the game lets players redecorate their levels on the fly with graffiti and objects.

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Media Molecule's new game made waves at GDC.

Also, in line with Harrison's Game 3.0 message, LittleBigPlanet users will be able to upload the custom levels they create to the PlayStation Store. There, other visitors can download, play, and rate these levels, the top 10 of which will be listed on a daily leaderboard.

According to Harrison, a LittleBigPlanet demo will be released on the PlayStation Network later this year, with the full version coming early 2008. For more on the game, check out GameSpot's first look from GDC '07.

110 Comments

  • magnumpeeaye

    Posted Mar 21, 2007 7:33 am PT

    I want this game right now!!!!!!

  • magnumpeeaye

    Posted Mar 19, 2007 5:25 am PT

    @genobaby It will be awsome, its gr8 to have some original ideas at last!!!

  • GenoBaby

    Posted Mar 17, 2007 3:54 pm PT

    @magnumpeeaye thanx... i would love a story mode. I would hate if that game was just a bunch of obstacle courses and no enemies or bosses. Also i do hope that you can't really cheat... for example you can edit a stage that someone else has made during runtime... so let's say you created a course that has a clever obstacle and I just pull out the level editor and add an object that makes me get through the course a lot easier... that would suck... but I'm am excited to see how the games will actually be.

  • magnumpeeaye

    Posted Mar 15, 2007 6:49 am PT

    @ genobaby, there will indeed be a story mode with a huge amount of levels across different styles of games. It will also teach u how to create ur own stuff just through playing them!! Hope thats cleared that up for u!

  • magnumpeeaye

    Posted Mar 15, 2007 6:41 am PT

    Doubters beware little big planet wont be only about platforming. In this months issue of edge magazine mark healy states "there will be many game styles we'll be using and giving them to players to use too" He also states "think of little big planet as a physical web site with gameplay elements"

  • Mechacow

    Posted Mar 12, 2007 2:31 pm PT

    As much as I like PS3 I don't see the big deal. A platformer with a level editor? Hasn't that been done before? And how am I going to hype a game about "sack boy" to my friends?

  • GenoBaby

    Posted Mar 12, 2007 1:03 pm PT

    This looks amazing but i still have a lot of concern about it. Right now it looks like it's just a side scrolling obstacle course. I really do hope that the final game in 2008 will have bosses or even a story. And the demo that we'll be able to download this year (2007)... since you can pull in any asset during gameplay... can't i just pull out the jetpack and the fly through any of the user created levels at any time?

  • Crimson-_-Tears

    Posted Mar 10, 2007 2:17 am PT

    cool

  • Sushisogood

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 9:14 pm PT

    This game is going to be awesome.

  • DOOM_SONYMAN

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 4:47 pm PT

    sony is back

  • theKSMM

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 4:03 pm PT

    Sounds good, and the PS3 can certainly use the content.

  • susuamazin

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 4:01 pm PT

    @discguru101...
    which one of those games were they?
    was it heavenly sword?
    mgs4?
    gran turismo 5?
    final fantasy 13?
    killzone?
    littlebigplanet?

    dont tell me it was ape escape.... ...was it?

  • DiscGuru101

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 3:29 pm PT

    This is the most original looking Heat-Station 3 game so far... Susuamazin-Your list only has 1 or 2 games that MIGHT be must have.

  • susuamazin

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 2:27 pm PT

    i really love how this game is BUT... i do agree with the guy/girl that said it maight get a bit too repettitive.... however that is spelled... but the locoroco demo for the psp never ceases to amaze me...

    AND STOP SAYING THE PS3 HAS NO MORE EXCLUSIVES...
    gran turismo 5, afrika, ape escape, coded arms assault, devil may cry 4, heavenly sword, jak & daxter the lost frontier, metal gear solid 4, ninja gaiden sigma, ratchet and clank, tekken 6, wipeout, monster kingdom, lair, final fantasy 13 and all extentions, motorstorm, resistance, killzone 2, singstar, warhawk, littlebigplanet, f1
    there are also the games that used to be exclusives... such as GTA... but guess what. That doesn't mean they're not there...

  • webdoom

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 2:19 pm PT

    "Game of the year. It's about time someone figured out how to do something original. Between this and home, I feel the tide turning for the PS3." ----------------- u being serious??? this is only a small ripple LOL!!!!

  • Sir_Crocidile

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 2:11 pm PT

    I know I have harped on Sony for a while for lack of really interesting looking exclusives; all I can say about this however is WOW. This game looks REALLY fun. If I owned a ps3 I would definitely be getting this game.

  • gigabrowser12

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 2:09 pm PT

    I have a feeling that this will get repetitive afterawhile, run run run. Awsome game otherwise though.

  • coolasj19

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 1:21 pm PT

    i like it if its free ill get it
    "pretty" cool

  • Game-o_O

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 12:48 pm PT

    Lol, no matter how it's determined though, just let the people have their fun. This game does look quite interesting, you haven't seen many games like this come to the PS3 at all have you?

    Is this the only 'below 13' can play game on the PS3? heh. Anyways, I definitly need this game x_x; I love games I can spend hours with others doing senseless stuff & still having fun lol. Like when I played my friends Halo, I would play Fusion Frenzy x_x.

  • flex49

    Posted Mar 8, 2007 12:47 pm PT

    has anyone noticed this is another game that comes out in 2008? we need great games NOW!!

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