Here’s a surprising one to warm your cockles on this freezing Thursday afternoon: Sumo Digital is rumoured to be working on a brand new LittleBigPlanet game. The report comes courtesy of online aggregate site VG247, which claims to have heard from insiders that the Sheffield-based studio is deep in development on the inevitable sequel.
Sumo Digital – who most recently released Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed for virtually every system under the sun – is no stranger to Sackboy, having built LittleBigPlanet 2's cross-controller pack for PlayStation 3 and Vita. The developer also collaborated on LittleBigPlanet PS Vita.
Last year, former Media Molecule employee Naomi Summerscales accidentally revealed that she was working as a ‘Creative Vision Holder’ for a PlayStation 3 exclusive project at Sumo Digital, which lines up with the timescales mentioned in VG247’s report. Apparently, the supposed LittleBigPlanet sequel has been in development for over a year.
Of course, if true, that suggests that Sackboy’s next romp will be on PS3 rather than PS4, which makes sense considering the console is certain to become a ‘budget’ option over the coming years. Few franchises are more family oriented than LittleBigPlanet.
Naturally, Sony is refusing to comment on this, but it all sounds plausible to us. What do you reckon?
[source vg247.com, via thesixthaxis.com]
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You would be to think they would put it on PS4... oh well.
I hate to sound negative but... I don't see any of this potential news being a good thing for LBP. I do think a next gen LBP could have been a big hit, but keeping it on PS3 and delegating it to a different developer sounds like it could end up being a bit of a flop. It could be a rather sour ending note to a solid franchise.
Regardless of what happens I hope I'm wrong.
@ShogunRok Well, Media Molecule was never going to make it anyway. They say they're finished with the franchise. My guess is that Sumo Digital is working on the game because Tarsier was finishing up LBP Vita.
I'd imagine that LBP will come to PS4 a lot later, and Tarsier will be making it. All speculation, though.
@get2sammyb Well, that's true about Media Molecule. There's really just something about making LBP3 into a game that sticks to the PS3 a bit depressing. Perhaps the PS4 hype has gotten to me.
If they are making a new LBP game - which the world really shouldn't need after 2 - I'm guessing it's a spin-off like LBP Karting. Maybe a Sim City or Animal Crossing or Pikmin type game, something more open world without the 3 layers restriction.
I'ld pass on a straight up LBP 3.
I know it got bad reviews but I actually liked LBP Karting more than LBP 1 or 2.
I wouldn't mind this much. Well I don't know how well it'll go without Media Molecule, I did thing LBP Vita was the strongest game in the franchise, and more LittleBigPlanet isn't a bad thing.
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