However, Sackboy: A Big Adventure certainly seems to have more in common with the core franchise. LittleBigPlanet Racing released to middling reviews back in 2012 as an example of another kart racer that, while competent, couldn't quite compete with genre pillars like Mario Kart. It's not the first time that LittleBigPlanet has seen a spin-off. It will be interesting to see if loose creation tools are also included in the game, but at the moment details are thin on the ground - including a lack of a concrete release date.
In the LittleBigPlanet series there was always a core 2.5D story campaign for Sackboy and friends, but Sackboy: A Big Adventure seems to be a little more cohesive in nature, and even elements like boss battles have been added into the mix. Rather than creation-focused, Sackboy: A Big Adventure definitely seems to be more aimed at 3D platforming. The game was revealed as part of the Future of Gaming PS5 event, and the inaugural trailer can be seen below featuring multiplayer platforming action. Developed by Sumo Digital, who also handled LittleBigPlanet 3, Sackboy is getting the hero treatment courtesy of Sackboy: A Big Adventure. Thankfully, LittleBigPlanet is coming back. Related: Dreams Review: A Stellar And Enjoyable Creation Tool The game's Sackboy mascot became an icon for the PlayStation brand as a whole, and although franchise creators Media Molecule instead turned their attention to the more comprehensive building tool of Dreams, LittleBigPlanet has still remained close to the hearts of fans.
LittleBigPlanet was one of the standout series of the PS3 and PS4, providing a creation tool to users with an emphasis on cutesy, material worlds and light-hearted fun. LittleBigPlanet is making a welcome return, albeit in the form of a spin-off called Sackboy: A Big Adventure. Sackboy: A Big Adventure was released at the end of last year as a more straightforward co-op 3D platformer, albeit one without the creative elements that the franchise was built upon.The recent PS5 reveal event showcased a lot of new games, and one of these was the return of a button-eyed friend from years gone. While there hasn’t been a new mainline LittleBigPlanet series since LIttleBigPlanet 3 released in 2014, the series mascot has starred in a different kind of adventure. Of course, all of the original story mode levels will still be playable and purchased DLC will also work just fine if you were to boot up the PS3 games. Sackboy: A Big Adventure | LittleBigPlanet September 13, 2021 All of those levels will be lost to the sands of server room floor.Īny community content previously published to our server via LBP1/LBP2/LBP3 on PlayStation 3 will still be available on LittleBigPlanet 3 on PlayStation 4. However, LittleBigPlanet Vita is the odd one out, with that game’s creative tools and user content being kept separate.
It reached a tipping point in May, when hackers started to leverage their access to display custom error messages on players’ screens with transphobic messages, forcing Sony to take the servers offline while working on a fix. It’s entirely possible that the legacy code required for those older games and systems to maintain was an avenue that was being used to attack the servers, and that it would take too much effort than is worthwhile to go back and fix four games on two system with minimal online users.Īs noted in a follow up tweet, LBP3 on PS4 still has access to all the LBP1, LBP2 and LBP3 levels, thanks to the iterative way that MediaMolecule and the Sumo Digital expanded on the series’ creative tools. Perhaps what’s most disappointing is that it’s taken this long for Sony to find a solution. The LittleBigPlanet servers were hit by what was initially suspected to be a DDoS attack in March, with intermittent availability over the weeks that followed, as the team maintaining the game sought to implement security fixes. The statement reads, “We have no doubt that this news will come as a big disappointment to a lot of you, ultimately this is the best way to protect the LittleBigPlanet community and to help ensure that our online environment remains safe.”
Game Update 1.27 is now live for LittleBigPlanet 3 on PS4, which allows access to the over 10 million community levels that have been uploaded to the series servers since the first game released on PS3 back in 2008, but sadly no such update is coming to the generation old PS3 games in the series.