LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year edition to be released September 8th

Since its launch in October 2008, LittleBigPlanet has been widely praised and critically acclaimed with more than 80 industry awards worldwide, 15 of which have been for Game of the Year categories. To celebrate these achievements, the Game of the Year edition features LittleBigPlanet’s award winning “Play, Create, and Share” gameplay experience with 18 never-before-seen bonus levels created by LittleBigPlanet fans from around the world. These 18 amateur level designers were hand-picked by developer Media Molecule.

The LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year edition will also include seven free downloadable content packs to expand SackBoy’s wardrobe, deliver new action packed gameplay, and offer a larger variety of “Create” materials. In addition, limited quantities of the game will include a PlayStation Network voucher code to download the upcoming ModNation Racers online beta. ModNation Racers is PlayStation’s newest “Play, Create, and Share” experience, offering a classic kart racing game with a creative twist.

Developed exclusively for the PS3 system by Media Molecule, LittleBigPlanet is a community-based game that allows players to “Play, Create, and Share.” The experience starts with players customizing SackBoy, the loveable main character on LittleBigPlanet. From there, players learn how SackBoy interacts physically with the surrounding environment in Story Mode. Players are tasked with making their way across the LittleBigPlanet to help find missing characters, their creations, and the sneaky culprit responsible for their disappearance. While discovering all the weird, wonderful, and colorful landscapes tended by the “Creator Curators,” players will solve puzzles and collect items that can be used to create levels. In this stylish and stitched-together 3D craft material world, there is fun to be had for all ages, tastes, and player types. On LittleBigPlanet there are developer and user-generated levels to explore and Play, a huge host of materials, tools, stickers, and more to Create, and a robust set of online features for the community to Share with each other via PlayStation Network.

Fact sheet
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Developer: Media Molecule Ltd
Platform: PlayStation 3
Genre: Creative Gaming
Players: 1-4 Players online and/or offline
Release Date: September 8, 2009
Rating: “E” for Everyone

Key features

• 18 never-before-seen levels created by the fans


• 7 costume & level packs


• access to modnation racers online beta


• play, create, share


• customized experience


• get creative


• personalizing your levels


• endless gaming experience


• online multi-player mode


• social networking tools


• chat functionality


• trophy support