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Media Molecule Looking For Portable Programmers

Anthony Barlow — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:00:54 +0000

“For the last time, I don’t want a programmer who can fit in my pocket. I want someone to work on the NGP version of LittleBigPlanet, god!” I assume that was one the many conversations going down at Media Molecule. Alright, probably not, but it seems like the next portable LBP adventure will be crafted in-house at Media Molecule. The PSP version of the popular PlayStation platformer was developed out of Sony’s Cambridge studio, but the hunt for a graphics programmer to work “on a portable platform” seems to sure up the notion that this is a Media Molecule project.

Media Molecule have yet to comment.

Source: Media Molecule via Joystiq

Image: Joystiq

LittleBigPlanet 2 Delayed Until 2011

Anthony Barlow — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:13:34 +0000

In a move that will crush the hessian woven hearts of PS3 owners everywhere, Media Molecule have delayed LittleBigPlanet 2 until January next year. The reason: to make the game better. Well…I guess that’s alright then.

The sequel to one of the unique games on the PlayStation 3, LittleBigPlanet 2 was set to be one of this year’s biggest releases and is bound to hurt Sony in the run up to the holiday season. This isn’t a first for Mm. The original game was pushed back a week before it was set to launch, due to some controversy with the soundtrack.

The hugely ambitions title seems to have impressed everyone that’s seen is thus far, but Media Molecule think they can do better. They released a statement earlier today and promise to deliver something for fans before the year is out. You can see that after the jump.

LittleBigPlanet 2 is a crazy dream, a dream to allow players to make whatever kind of game they want, but also to play though a great adventure of drama and excitement, power-ups and cinematics. But like all the most ambitious ideas, it can be a considerable challenge to turn these dreams in fun games. We’ve all been working like powered-up space ninjas and we’re almost there, but because we love what we’ve made, and we love our little sack-friends, and most of all we love all our fans out there, we couldn’t let you all get together until we knew we were giving you the best experience imaginable. Which is why we’ve taken the hard decision to delay the worldwide release of LittleBigPlanet 2, originally slated for later this year to January 2011.

We know this will come as disappointing news for all you LittleBigPlanet fans, and believe us, we are disappointed too. We are a tight-knit team and we take enormous pride in our work, so to raise the bar we’ve set with the original LittleBigPlanet, a game that has been so embraced by all, we’ve agreed to allow ourselves a bit more time to deliver the experience that our great fans and community deserve. We are truly sorry, but hope you understand that we have to build the best possible game, as it is the foundation of our community.

On the upside, we are going to find a way to give more of you a taste of LBP2 prior to launch, so stay tuned.
Thanks for your continued love and support, it won’t be long – we promise.

Lots of love from all at Mm.

LittleBigPlanet 2 Beta For US “In A Few Weeks”

Anthony Barlow — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:40:57 +0000

There’s a lucky few in Europe that have access to the LittleBigPlanet 2 beta and those in North America are feeling angry about this, quite understandably.

A recent update on the PlayStation Blog said that invites had only gone out to active members of the European LBP community and would be coming to the U.S. and Canada “in a few weeks.” That doesn’t sound too bad, but I can see your rage building as I type this.

Source: PlayStation Blog

LittleBigPlanet 2 Gamescom 2010 Trailer

Anthony Barlow — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:55:28 +0000

Yesterday Sony debuted a new trailer for the latest in the ‘Play. Create. Share.’ genre, LittleBigPlanet 2.

This time around, the focus was on the creation tools and the trailer sheds light on a number of the new features including the ability to shoot your own cutscenes, link levels together and edit your own music. Hit the jump for the trailer.

Marvel At The Latest LittleBigPlanet Costumes

Anthony Barlow — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 05:22:54 +0000

I’d first like to apologise for that headline. That being said, it is 6am on a Sunday and, frankly, I giggled when I wrote it. Anyway, Marvel have revealed their fourth batch of comic book-themed costumes for LittleBigPlanet.

Come August 17th, players will be able to run around as yet more characters from the Marvel Universe. Magneto, The Hulk, Green Goblin, The Punisher (above) and Storm will all be available to download. There’s more images after the jump.

LittleBigPlanet 2 Beta Starting ‘Soon’

Anthony Barlow — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:16:52 +0000

With everything Media Molecule have crammed into LittleBigPlanet 2, it doesn’t surprise me that people want to get their grubby little mitts on it. Well, apparently, you’ll be able to…’soon’.

Media Moleucle communtity rep Spaff announced that a beta for the game will be coming in the near future. The original LBP was beta tested by the PS3 community, but there’s no word on whether this will be closed or available to all. Spaff offered no specifics on what the beta will entail, but with the game not too far away we should expect more very soon.

LittleBigPlanet 2 Coming Nov. 16th, Has A Special Edition

Anthony Barlow — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:51:33 +0000

Sony have announced that LittleBigPlanet 2 is coming on November 16th in North America. Not only that, but it has a collectors edition, and a really cool one at that.

Those looking for their next Play.Create.Share. fix, only have four months to wait until the game hits shelves. It’s a good job too, because there’s a myriad of choices to be made in regards to your LBP2 experience – ranging from, the standard, $60 to $80 for the collectors edition (all of which can be seen in the gallery below). As is the norm nowadays, select retailers have their own pre-order bonuses:

Those who go with Amazon will get you Ratchet & Clank Sackboy costumes and four new ‘Animals’ costumes.
Those who go with Best Buy will get a Toy Story Alien costume as well as the aforementioned ‘Animals’ pack.
GameStop pre-orderers will net themselves a costume based off of the new Tron movie and the same four animal costumes
The Great Gonzo is also headed to LBP, but Sony are keeping schtum

If you’ve got the money and want all of those nice little bonuses, then chuck money at it. As mentioned before, there is a collectors edition available. For $80 you get all of the above bonuses and the following:

A 7″ plush Sackboy
LittleBigPlanet ‘Game Ends’ (like book ends, but for games).
Exclusive Jak & Daxter Sackboy costumes

That’s not bad for a $20 mark-up. Sony are emphasising that this will be limited edition, so you best get pre-ordering. Hit the jump for more imagery.

Take A Look At LittleBigPlanet 2

Anthony Barlow — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:29:38 +0000

LittleBigPlanet 2 has been officially confirmed and now we have the game’s first trailer.

The next iteration in the play, create, share genre is looking like it’ll be a big step forward. Users will now be able to create complete games, rather than just levels and, as promised, all of the 20 million levels from the original will be immediately accessible in LBP2. Check out the trailer and screenshot gallery after the jump.

Media Molecule Re-confirms LittleBigPlanet 2

Anthony Barlow — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:13:24 +0000

News just in from Media Molecule. We’ll be hearing a lot more about, their play, create, share sequel, LittleBigPlanet 2.

The game was officially outed by a Game Informer leak and now the studio have officially confirmed it’s existence. This won’t help Sony in their bid to ‘win’ E3 this year, but the game has been rumored enough times that we knew it was coming.

We are now awaiting for the “full mega details” to arrive on Monday.

Souce: Joystiq

LittleBigPlanet 2 Unofficially Announced

Anthony Barlow — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:01:42 +0000

Sony might not have officially announced it, but the rumor mill has been pumping out stuff about a possible sequel to LittleBigPlanet for a while now.

Well it looks like fans may finally have confirmation that LBP2 is in the works. Electronic artist Ochre announced on his Twitter he had licensed one of his tracks (that can be listened to here) for the game. This was swiftly picked up on by IGN and marks the game’s second accidental mention in under a month.

As expected, Sony have refused to comment on the ‘announcement’ giving that age old line that the company “does not comment on rumors and speculation”. If this sequel does turn out to be real – it seems pretty damn confirmed at this point – then here’s hoping that all of the proposed ‘backwards compatibility’ features. Alex Evans better not break any promises, ‘cos in the process he’d be breaking sackboy’s little sack-heart and we don’t want that.