LittleBigPlanet release date

By Tom Bramwell Published 20 August, 2008

Not long to go.

Sony Europe boss David Reeves has revealed that LittleBigPlanet will be released in PAL territories on 29th October.

Media Molecule's ambitious 2D-platform-game-with-physics is the Emperor Penguin of Christmas releases, with Sony grooming cover-star Sackboy as the new face of the PS3.

As well as a full single-player game, LBP's big thing is that you can make your own levels - and could actually build the entire game as it is using the tools provided, which is of course what Media Molecule did.

You'll also be able to share your creations and download other people's via PlayStation Network.

We of course completely and shamelessly love it, as you will know if you suffered through our ecstatic LittleBigPlanet E3 hands-on preview.

Check out our Sony GC Conference live report to find out what else Reeves talked about. And is still talking about, at the time of writing.

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  • NakedSnake #1 4 years ago

    I LOLD

  • Negotiator #2 4 years ago

    After playing Braid and realising how rubbish 2D games are now, I think I'll pass on this last gen game. I mean if I wanted to play 2D games I'd buy a SNES for gods sake, it's time for gaming to move forward not to stay stuck in the past.

  • kinky_mong #3 4 years ago

    Not long to see if Sony's last hope crashes and burn.

    ^And anyone who didn't like Braid is a philistine (there I said it).

  • dazrichards #4 4 years ago

    Next gen doesn't mean we can't have 2D games. The next gen concept in LBP is the user-creatability and community features. I like creating things and although I'm sure this novelty will wear off sooner rather than later I am confident the game will still be worth the money

  • DrDamn #5 4 years ago

    29th Oct? A Wednesday? Just over a week after the US get it on 21st October - how did you manage to pull that off with a UK developed game SCEE? Idiots.

  • tonynibbles #6 4 years ago

    I want the Wierd German News Reporter Edition!

  • JediMasterMalik #7 4 years ago

    It's 2d in perspective, but 3D in graphics, and this is a definite Day 1 purchase, can't wait!

  • Pedrolot #8 4 years ago

    Well done Negotiator for demonstraiting how single minded you are.

    Here, have a cookie.

  • bad09 #9 4 years ago

    29th October LBP released, 30th October LBP2 hype begins.......

  • JediMasterMalik #10 4 years ago

    Let's play spot the fanboy!

    Only 1 guess!

  • jozz #11 4 years ago

    Answer: JediMasterMalik

    Well, that was a piece of piss.

  • JediMasterMalik #12 4 years ago

    So funny, but incorrect sadly.

  • Doctor_What #13 4 years ago

    Little Big Planet?, More like over hyped shitty little planet that's only hyped because it's a PS3 exclusive. But I guess that wouldn't fit on the box, so Little Big Planet will have to do.

    It's hyped for two reasons:

    Lots of journalists have played real code of the game, and they all seem to like it.
    It's doing something a bit different from space marines in future-urban-decayed cities.

    I know I'll be bored titless by the hype around Gears Of War 2 (frankly I already am) but I don't plan on complaining about it 'because it's an exclusive'. Games that are good and have wide appeal get hyped lots. If they are also an exclusive then they get hyped more, but the first condition has to be that they are good. If you can't understand that then you are commenting on the wrong industry.

    Hype is a crucial part of the games industry. Get over it.

    Everyone who has actually played the game seems to think it's very good, so before people like Negotiator say 'it must be rubbish because it's in 2D', how about playing it, or at the very least waiting for reviews?

    The vitriol that people seem to have for unreleased games really is shocking.

    (Edited to mildly improve the grammar. Damn you alcohol!)
    Edited by 1 at 20/08/08 @ 22:43

  • Negotiator #14 4 years ago

    All those years of playing 2D games wishing for 3D to arrive, and now it's better than ever, what happens?. They start making shitty 2D games again, why, because it's easier and it don't cost as much, morons. It like todays music artists using recording tech from the 1930's, or hollywood using small scale models instead of CGI for effects, it don't happen. Time moves on and games need to as well, 2D has been done, its been done to death.

  • wewillselfdestruct #15 4 years ago

    Jack White is a proponent of using old school recording techniques when the White Stripes are in the studio. By Negotiator's logic, I guess that means their music is shit. That told me.

    Oh and miniatures are still very much used in films these days, just not to the extent they once were. Partly because CG can look a bit crap when trying to achieve certain effects. But thank god nobody ever makes any crap 3D games. I've often thought LocoRoco wouldn't have been such a steaming turd if only it had been the proud owner a third dimension.

  • Stuz359 #16 4 years ago

    Super Mario World is better than most of the 3d fps games out there, as is Super Metroid. Just because something is not using the latest tech does not mean it is not good. And Braid is one of the best games I have played this year or last, despite the 3d powerhouses I played.
    Don't dismiss something just because it isn't the latest whizz-bang thing, does not automactically make it superior and in a lot of cases it does not.

  • Stuz359 #17 4 years ago

    BTW, LOTR movies used lots of miniatares because they looked better than modern CG techniques. Fact at least according to Peter Jackson

  • JediMasterMalik #18 4 years ago

    @Negotiator - This game does NOT have 2D graphics, it has a 2D perspective with 3D graphics. Stop talking shit.

  • Antwandemarco #19 4 years ago

    Negotiator: People like you stop more great 2d games being released. Neither format is more or less valid. I find it to be a breath of fresh air whenever a high res 2d game comes out, however, that is a very rare occurence these days.

    As for LBP i really have no idea what it will be like. The community stuff sounds nice but PS3 network is so abysmal that i wonder if i will ever get anything out of it. Wish it was coming out for 360....

  • dave.k #20 4 years ago

    C'mon guys, don't be so hard on Negotiator. He doesn't have to like the idea of LBP, even if most of us do. Of course, he's mistaken in thinking that LBP is a 2D game, when it's actually looking sideways onto a 3D game. There is a big difference, in design and look and feel.

    But, if he doesn't like the idea, then he won't be convinced. Let him hate it. He's allowed to.

  • Negotiator #21 4 years ago

    Even if it is a 3D game with a 2D perspective, it still has the limitations of a 2D game. Have a look at Heavy Rain and tell me that doesn't look a million times better than this, you can't.

  • Widge #22 4 years ago

    If you sit through the extended LOTR documentaries, you do indeed find you that things like The Black Tower are massive models, the explosion scene at the end? The model being blown up. Models are used, lots of backdrops are actual hand done paintings (no Photoshop stuff there).

    Still, things have to be 3D to be good, they have to be realistic to be good. Minus marks for imagination and stylistic flair.

  • smelly #23 4 years ago

    "Even if it is a 3D game with a 2D perspective, it still has the limitations of a 2D game. "


    Whereas Im not too fussed by this game myself.. i have to disagree with you there.. 3D has FAR many limitations than 2D.

    In 2d you dont need to fuck around with the camera all the time for starters

  • dave.k #24 4 years ago

    "Have a look at Heavy Rain and tell me that doesn't look a million times better than this, you can't. "

    That, my friend, is an entirely subjective judgement. I think Heavy Rain looks fantastic, but I also think that LBP looks fantastic as well. It's like comparing Picasso to Rubens. They're totally different, but equally brilliant.

    LBP does not have the same limitations as your regular 2D game. I don't know any 2D game that uses dynamic lighting, for one. Nor custom textures, particle effects (e.g fog), or depth of field. I remember reading an article where a Media Molecule developer mentioned they experimented with a full 3D environment initially. Guess what, it wasn't as fun or as easy to use. I believe it. This style of game really works best the way it is now.

  • roryprime #25 3 years ago

    Selling my LittleBigPlanet Domains.
    I bought these domain names with intention on creating a fan site or LittleBigPlanet content related site. i dont have the time to take on such a project at the moment so i am selling the domain names.

    mylittlebigplanet.net
    mylittlebigplaned.org
    mylittlebigplanet.co. uk

    The domains are listed for sale on http://www.sedo.co.uk just search using the domain name its self.