Sony today officially announced that they were making Media Molecule part of the PlayStation family. The announcement was made earlier today in a post on the PlayStation Blog.

After selling over three million copies and with two million user created levels, LittleBigPlanet is one of the PS3′s premiere titles, so it only seems right that Sony made this acquisition. Their induction into the larger PlayStation family does mean that MM are no longer an independent developer but, Sony Worldwide Studios’ Senior VP, Michael Denny has promised that the team will still be supported. Saying: “Media Molecule will simply continue to make great games. Welcoming Media Molecule into the PlayStation family will allow us to better support their future titles and ambitions.”

This announcement also means there should be even more good things to come for LittleBigPlanet fans –  and it’d be nice too see them working on some new franchises too. That said, there’s still a lot Media Molecue want to do with Sackboy and Co so it looks like they’ll  still be focused on LBP for some time.

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