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Could Media Molecule Be Making LittleBigPlanet 3D with Morpheus?

Junkie Monkeys: We recently covered Media Molecule possibly making LittleBigPlanet 3, but could 3D VR support be on its way to the game? We gathered some new information as to why we believe that this is possible.

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-Foxtrot4448d ago

Hopefully you won't need Morpheus to get the best experience but if true I hope it will be called LittleBigPlanet 3D

Offering 3D worlds like a huge 3D platformer would take the series in a new, fresh and better direction.

Imagine creating your own 3D worlds...think of how many old school platformer levels will be recreated in LBP 3D. I can easily see someone recreating Princess Peaches Castle in Mario 64 if theres a lot of creating tools.

Treezy5044448d ago

That makes sense and it would be something that redefines LBP because we haven't been able to go full 3D yet, but we've seen it simulated in LBP2. I'm excited!

-Foxtrot4448d ago

It's the next logical step in my opinion if they want to keep it fresh, obviously they can include 2.5 levels but they really should make LBP into a massive platforming game now...like old school games such as Mario 64, Rayman 2 and Banjo Kazooie.

The amount of things they could add are huge.

I think I would create a massive tower level where you have to reach the top....each floor getting harder and harder. If you die you restart back at the beginning :)

Obviously thats wishful thinking but you get the point.

abzdine4448d ago

no i want a true LBP to play with my family.
i can only imagine myself using VR for SP games

GribbleGrunger4448d ago

What would be cool and pretty incredible is if you could create virtual models with the MOVE controller in a virtual world, and then walk through the world you'd created.

abzdine4448d ago

so make it a kind of next next next next gen Minecraft? :)

Rimeskeem4448d ago

It would be playstations Project Spark basically except it came first anyways

medman4448d ago

I'm going to be honest...this does not fill me with anticipation. I enjoy LBP with my family, and how exactly will that work out with VR? Now I realize it may be an option, but I sincerely hope early games will be all or nothing, as in you can only experience them if you purchase vr. I'm not buying four headsets so my family can game simultaneously. That is the one caveat I have at the moment with Morpheus. For single player, I'm all for it. I don't see how it would work for family type game experiences.

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kalbo144448d ago

for sure morpheus wont be affecting game development..well hopefully it wont

Sketchy_Galore4448d ago

Media molecule and the Lord of Dreams. Sounds like a good match.

psforward4448d ago

Went to a test group over a month ago and it was for LBP3. Looked awesome though I didn't see any 3D levels at the time. Sure they could add it though.

psforward4448d ago

How did I get a disagree for that? I'd tell more about what I saw but it appears someone doesn't want to hear it. These are my first posts on here btw. Long time lurker.

Kivespussi4448d ago (Edited 4448d ago )

"These are my first posts on here btw"

That's why no one believes you. And wouldn't believe otherwise either. And no one should since you testing LBP 3 sounds bullshit

The_Sneauxman4448d ago

I'm Yoshida's dog. Woof Woof!

dcj05244448d ago

Detailed description or it never happened.

psforward4448d ago (Edited 4448d ago )

During my focus group they showed us several videos of the game and asked us what we thought and what we wanted from a new LBP game. I'll tell the details I recall though it was over a month ago. 12 levels of depth to the screen, new playable characters with some of them being mountable by sackboy, focus on telling a better story, and the biggest one was that level building is only limited by size of your hard drive. That's all of the stuff I remember clearly besides seeing several options for cover art and choosing the ones we liked best.

We didn't get to play it, only watch video clips of it being played. Just thought some big LBP fans would appreciate the news, looking forward to playing it with the wife and kids when it comes out. I think they did say it's coming this year but not sure if that's right.

Stupid auto correct....

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Top 7 Best PS3 Platformers

A little-known game Puppeteer is on this list for the best PS3 platformers.

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gamerz461d ago

Little Big Planet, lol. No.

paddy95460d ago

LBP3 and rayman legends are the best here.

jznrpg460d ago

Puppeteer is really good. Nobody played it because it came out right before PS4 came out. When I went to pick up Puppeteer from GameStop some people were trading in their old consoles for PS4 preorder.

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LittleBigPlanet 3 Servers Are Officially Shut Down 'Indefinitely,' Sony Confirms

Sony has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet 3 servers on PlayStation 4 will remain offline “indefinitely” following troubles with the service from earlier this year.

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rlow1770d ago

Sad day, hopefully they’ll allow a third party server solution. Goes to show game preservation is an uphill battle.

blackblades770d ago

Sad day oh wait everyone that whining about it didn't play it or haven't played it in years and never was going back to it. Funny how people start to care when this happens but when it was actually up those same people didn't even pay attention to it.

rlow1770d ago (Edited 770d ago )

First, you don’t know who has or hasn’t played it. So that’s your assumption. Secondly, even if people haven’t played it in awhile, it’s still nostalgia. Those memories of sharing your creation and having fun playing other peoples creations. Third, no game out there is really like this or as iconic. Today if they made this they would nickel and dime the whole way through and it would launch broken.

Cacabunga770d ago

Reason why i really dislike online games.. they become unplayable over time.. LBP story mode is actually only a tutorial

_Decadent_Descent769d ago

How would you know who's played it or not? What about those who get into games years after their release? They can't now. Besides, and more importantly, this sets a bad precedent across the industry when it comes to game preservation and people's ability to enjoy what they've paid for.

blackblades769d ago (Edited 769d ago )

People still play it but not a lot probably a fee people and I know you 2 guys haven't played it in a long time. If the server was doing so good it wouldnt be shut down. As I said the same people that whine and cry saying bad things on Sony etc are the same ones that havent or stopped playing a certain game in years. Let me ask you guys straight up and y'all tell the truth have you guys played it recently and when you did for how long did you play it.

SonyStyled769d ago

@blackblades “ Let me ask you guys straight up and y'all tell the truth have you guys played it recently and when you did for how long did you play it.”

Whatever “straight up” and “y’all” is, I can tell you the “truth” to answer your question.

I’ve been playing LBP2 for the past 5 years, I have 10 levels to Ace in a row and a coupe more hours in create mode for platinum. I played LBP2 earlier today in crate mode.

It sucked when LBP 1 and 2 servers were closed on PS3, but all those creations were still playable on PS4 LBP3.

Every level creation since LBP1 can’t be played now

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CDbiggen769d ago (Edited 769d ago )

Just disappointing. I have such nostalgia for this game and the user levels from LBP 1&2 and I already was gutted when they were shut down but at least they were on LBP3, and now this means I can't ever revisit those creative worlds again. All because some trolls or whatever decided to exploit these games, of all games, for some reason.

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just_looken770d ago

What needs to be highlighted by this is that the series has had 4 main games then that go kart spin off yet sony let them all die.

There is 0 games like this on ps5 and to my knowledge 0 first party main kids games no tech demo crap

Sony purchased Media Molecule studio the ip then tossed it away letting it rot for over 7 years yet the community carried on until now were we have lost 16 years on all games of content along with no replacement.

Everyone goes on about ea killing studios but sony has killed way way more but its fine its sony they can do no wrong.

Before the sony blidboys track me down again go fire up your holy boxes all the dlc they tossed out all the trophies and all the user content needs a server side handshake that no longer works. Yes offline single player version 1.0 works but that is it.

Media Molecule was not cut i know but they only made LBP and dreams it was reported they just missed the chopping block
https://gamerant.com/little...

Do not forget the dreams game was tossed out 2020 but 3 years later support was pulled
https://www.digitaltrends.c...

All in all this is another failure at sony on a long long list in the past 10 years

Inverno770d ago

It's kind of hard to disagree when SONY has a history of abandoning many of their IPs. They killed Mod Nation and turnt it into LBP Karting because of brand recognition but left it to die too. They made their own Smash Bros only to rush the studio, and turn the game into an advert for recent release at the time and still let it die. They shut down PS Home for more or less the same reason, they left it to rott till it became too broken and exploited to bother fixing.

just_looken770d ago

This right here

Playstation home is what facebook is trying to make now but in vr that metaverse deal

Imagine if sony kept up ps home development

The death of playstation forums was also a huge loss

Demetrius769d ago

When they refused a days gone sequel and no acknowledgement of a infamous series remaster of those gems, I knew Sony slick abandons stuff, sure they still release good games but to an extent smh

u-bEttA-rUn770d ago

Their games were unable to attract the masses every game that came out the attachment grew smaller and smaller they advertise LBP for years the industry changed and then came fortnight... You want Sony to continue to support them which cost them money that they're not getting back from the studio.

DOMination-770d ago

Honestly, I think a well-designed LBP-style game would do better than ever in the current state of the industry.

People have short attention spans. Having something that is pick up, play a few levels and put down again is the experience the "masses" are after.

Keep it as a 2D platformer only with well-designed base levels, make it easy to build new levels and more importantly easy to access new content - personally I always found the way Forze Horizon 4&5 provide daily, weekly and monthly challenges via new content that they've built or handpicked from the community is a system that works great - and then stick it on mobile and PC with Steam Deck support.

Make it F2P with a one-off fee for the level editor (to stop people spamming crap onto the store) and have MTX for more characters, outfits etc. and there you have a live service game that Sony should be all over.

Do the same with a new Karting game and a 2D fighting/Smash Bros style engine and you have three bangers right there.

(I appreciate the N4G community will hate the idea of LBP being a live service game with MTX and I get that but I think if there's one game this model could work well for, it's this.. just imo)

anast770d ago (Edited 770d ago )

Astro's is similar.

Not enough people cared to play it, so they cut it.

Sony has never been a kid friendly console. This should be obvious. People go to Nintendo for this stuff.

DarkZane769d ago

All signs actually point to a new Astrobot game coming to PS5, so you'd be wrong.

anast769d ago

It's the game that came with the PS5

StoneTitan770d ago

Its on media molecule though. They did not want to continue LBP. Sony accepted that.
Sumo continued it. With a solala lbp3 and a great sackboy though.
Its not sonys fault. They dont want to force a studio to create a new LBP game.
But I would love a revival.

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Tacoboto770d ago

I feel bad for Media Molecule. For the ideas they have it seems they need a publisher that supports games like this and Dreams especially for as many players as possible.

DOMination-770d ago

Sony in the Andrew House era did support them massively though. They let them do their thing with LBP and spent millions marketing it. I remember one E3 they even used LBP to cover the boring parts of the presentation where they talk about sales figures etc.

And then they allowed MM to announce their game on the PS4 console announcement/showcase event and waited the entire generation for them to release it.

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Dead Space Isaac Clarke: Every Cameo in Other Games

Isaac Clarke of Dead Space fame has appeared in many games, both as a playable character and an Easter Egg. Have you played them all?