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LittleBigPlanet 2 Officially Announced

Forget side-scrollers, let's make RPGs, shooters, racing games, and more.

For a game like LittleBigPlanet to make sense as a franchise, each new installment has to increase the amount of things you can create and tweak by an order of magnitude. Today's announcement of LittleBigPlanet 2 definitely looks like it's exactly that. Not only will all of the old content from the first game continue to work, but players will also be able to create entirely new kinds of games, with top-down racers, side-scrolling shooters, RPGs, and so on. Hopefully you'll be able to tweak the physics a bit to make everything feel a bit less floaty and playful. That ended up being the thing that slowly soured me on the original game. It was an amazing achievement, but even with all of the creativity being shown by the community's best minds, it all sort of ran together.

Here's a batch of shots, and there's a new trailer that's currently worming its way through our video compressor. All told, it looks kind of awesome. 
 

 
The game is due this Winter. 
  
  
LittleBigPlanet 2 Debut Trailer

Sackboy is back, boy!

Darghanon May 10, 2010 at noon
woot
mosdlon May 10, 2010 at noon
I bought the first one on launch and maybe completed 66% before moving on.  I need to replay that game.
CyleMooreon May 10, 2010 at noon
so close
OmegaPirateon May 10, 2010 at 12:01 p.m.
Also - mouse and keyboard support has been confirmed - honestly this is looking to be an awesome sequel, despite how sceptical i was about the sequel announcement!
shiggyon May 10, 2010 at 12:02 p.m.
This one could be the gem.  If they take all the criticism from the first game and actually improve those areas we could see one of the best titles on the console.
VoshiNovaon May 10, 2010 at 12:04 p.m.
cool cool
Creamypieson May 10, 2010 at 12:04 p.m.
Kinda surprised that Sony didn't save this announcement for E3.
BigChiefon May 10, 2010 at 12:04 p.m.
Looking pretty darn great! Excited to see just how all of these changes play out. Basically, all you could want from a sequel to LBP.
Xanderon May 10, 2010 at 12:07 p.m.
On my radar now.
JJOR64 is online on May 10, 2010 at 12:13 p.m.
I just watched the trailer and I'm excited now.  LBP is one of my favorite PS3 games and I can't wait to play more of it with all the new awesome additions.
FLStyleon May 10, 2010 at 12:15 p.m.
Done done and done again, pre-order, everything. The works, I'm looking forward to this.
Afroman269on May 10, 2010 at 12:17 p.m.
Never cared for creating stuff in the first so I'll still pass.
Snapstacleon May 10, 2010 at 12:18 p.m.
@OmegaPirate said:
" Also - mouse and keyboard support has been confirmed - "
What? Really? 
  
chilililion May 10, 2010 at 12:18 p.m.
@OmegaPirate said:
" Also - mouse and keyboard support has been confirmed - honestly this is looking to be an awesome sequel, despite how sceptical i was about the sequel announcement! "
WOW! If only they added this for RPGS and RTS the last thing that would make me quit PC gaming.
Ace829on May 10, 2010 at 12:19 p.m.
This may be my reason to get a PS3. I can create 2D shooters? (Hopefully,) 2D beat em ups? And RPGs? Sounds like a lot of fun.
Jeffsekaion May 10, 2010 at 12:20 p.m.
@creamypies said:
" Kinda surprised that Sony didn't save this announcement for E3. "
I agree
PeasForFeeson May 10, 2010 at 12:20 p.m.
@OmegaPirate said:
" Also - mouse and keyboard support has been confirmed - honestly this is looking to be an awesome sequel, despite how sceptical i was about the sequel announcement! "
Keyboard and Mouse, if that's true that's brilliant
Coleslaw893on May 10, 2010 at 12:23 p.m.
THIS WINTER?! Whaaa??? 
 
My wallet cries...
 
Anyway, I love LBP, I hope this is the one they support for at least 5 years.
OmegaPirateon May 10, 2010 at 12:27 p.m.
@PeasForFees: @Snapstacle: @chililili:  
 
http://ps3.nowgamer.com/news/3117/lbp2-to-support-mouse-and-keyboard  
 
Yup yup! great news! 
 
and yeah, the only game i remember supporting it was UT3 - and that did not last all that long online! 
Its a shame cos if games like Red alert 3 (which had a longer dev cycle on the ps3 anyway) supported mouse and keyboard, like an RTS should - it might be put to much more use!! 
Loknoon May 10, 2010 at 12:30 p.m.
I've heard the complaint about the jumping a lot, and its a real shame that was enough to disengage players. While I love the game, and I personally have mastered the physics-driven jumping, I can see why the fact that the locomotion was a bit loose would drive people away. Clearly a game with millions of levels needs to feel right. Looks like they plan to let players tweak the way the game feels, which may help resolve that. It may also mean that every LBP2 level will play slightly differently, and there will be no consistency, which could be worse than a little looseness. Time will tell how its received, but I'm stoked.

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LittleBigPlanet 2 takes the original concept of LittleBigPlanet and Sony's "Play, Create, Share" genre and drastically improves upon all elements by adding even more tools and a new story campaign.

US Release Date: Jan. 18, 2011

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