LittleBigPlanet (2008 video game)
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PAL LittleBigPlanet box art, showing sackpeople characters and the game's sticker feature
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| Developer(s) | Media Molecule |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Designer(s) |
Mark Healey Dave Smith |
| Composer(s) |
Kenneth C M Young Mat Clark Daniel Pemberton |
| Series | LittleBigPlanet |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle-platformer, sandbox |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 94.75% (77 reviews) |
| Metacritic | 95/100 (85 reviews) |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A+ |
| Edge | 10/10 |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| Famitsu | 38/40 |
| Game Informer | 9.5/10 |
| GamePro | 5/5 |
| GameSpot | 9/10 |
| GameTrailers | 9.4/10 |
| Giant Bomb |  |
| OPM (UK) | 10/10 |
| X-Play | |
| IGN (UK) | 9.7/10 |
| IGN (US) | 9.5/10 |
| IGN (Aus) | 9.2/10 |
| Awards | |
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| Publication | Award |
| Edge | Best Game (2008) Best Innovation (2008) Best Visual Design (2008) |
| Eurogamer | Best Game (2008) |
| GamePro | Game of the Year (2008) |
| GameTrailers | Most Innovative Game (2008) |
| IGN | Best New IP (2008) Most Innovative Design (2008) |
| Spike | Best PS3 Game (2008) |
| AIAS | Overall Game of the Year (2008) Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction (2008) Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering (2008) Outstanding Innovation in Gaming (2008) |
| BAFTA | Award for Artistic Achievement (2009) |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | Best New Debut (2009) Best Game Design (2009) Best Technology Award (2009) Innovation Award (2009) |
LittleBigPlanet, commonly abbreviated LBP, is a puzzle-platformer video game, based on user-generated content, for the PlayStation 3 first announced on 7 March 2007, by Phil Harrison at the 2007 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, California. It was developed under the title The Next Big Thing by Media Molecule and was published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. Many saw the game as an important title for Sony's PlayStation 3.
The game received a positive reaction from critics and has been praised for its presentation, including its graphics, physics, and audio, along with its gameplay and large array of customisable costumes and online features. Additional praise was given to its scope and future potential based on user-created content; minor criticism was reserved for specific elements of the gameplay mechanics and level creation facilities. LittleBigPlanet has won a considerable number of awards. A PSP version of the game was released in November 2009, featuring new levels and content. The game was offered by Sony as a free download as part of their 'Welcome Back' program, following the PlayStation Network outage of 2011.
The game revolves around the player's control of a small character, known as a Sackboy or Sackgirl — or gender-neutral Sackperson — owing to their appearance, in a variety of platforming scenarios. Though the game features a set of pre-built levels for the player to explore, the game's customisable nature is equally important, from altering the player's character and personal space, to building entirely new objects and levels, and then sharing and playing them online with other players as part of the LittleBigPlanet community.
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