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Sackboy Gets Behind the Steering Wheel in LittleBigPlanet Karting
Award-Winning Franchise Revolutionizes The Karting Genre, Allowing Fans To Play, Create, Share In An Expansive 3D World Like Never Before
FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 22, in the year of our Lord
2012 -- Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. (SCEA)
announced today plans to release LittleBigPlanet™ Karting, the
newest adventure in the award-winning LittleBigPlanet™
franchise, exclusively for the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) system.
Scheduled to launch in 2012, LittleBigPlanet Karting will
provide fans a new means to Play, Create, Share in the form of a
competitive and cooperative karting adventure based in expansive
3D environments for the first time and one that is unmistakably
LittleBigPlanet.
The franchise that has seen more than six million user-generated
levels and games shared online via PlayStation®Network is now
revving the engine once again as Sackboy™ returns in a
completely new, fast-paced karting campaign to save the
Craftworld universe. In LittleBigPlanet Karting, players can
jump into vibrant 3D game worlds with Sackboy for intense
classic kart racing and ultra-competitive arena battles. More
adventurous karting expeditions are just as accessible,
including objective-based missions, boss battles, and
mini-games. On the create side, players can customize their
Sackboy, karts, and much more. The new level editor tools will
allow players to construct far more than just kart racing games,
as they can design their own karting experiences with the
ability to make their own game rules, weapons, and tracks that
break free from the constraints of a traditional racetrack
allowing the imagination to run wild in a completely open
environment. Players will also be fully able to share this
content with others around the world through PlayStation Network
providing access to what promises to be millions of
LittleBigPlanet Karting experiences created by the community.
"Since the launch of LittleBigPlanet, our community has provided
incredible support, which can be seen in the more than six
million levels and games that have been created and shared
online through PlayStation Network, a truly wonderful
accomplishment," said Guy Longworth, Senior Vice President,
PlayStation Brand Marketing, SCEA. "Now, we're thrilled to bring
PlayStation 3 owners the next Play, Create, Share experience,
LittleBigPlanet Karting, a brand new competitive karting
adventure that is sure to move this genre forward, providing
endless entertainment for fans and newcomers, while resonating
with every member of the family, young and old."
Developed by United Front Games, in conjunction with Media
Molecule, LittleBigPlanet Karting is a single or multiplayer
creative gaming experience that has an ESRB rating of "RP" for
Rating Pending. For more information about the ESRB, visit
www.esrb.org.
For more information about the LittleBigPlanet franchise, visit
www.littlebigplanet.com.
About the LittleBigPlanet Franchise
Since its launch in October 2008, LittleBigPlanet has been
widely praised and critically acclaimed with more than 80
industry awards worldwide, 15 of which have been for Game of the
Year categories, with awards ranging from the top gaming critics
to prestigious organizations such as the Academy of Interactive
Arts and Sciences (AIAS) and The British Academy of Film and
Television Arts (BAFTA). The franchise has sold more than four
million units in North America alone and has been credited with
establishing the Play, Create, Share creative gaming genre by
putting the powers of creation firmly in the players' hands. The
game's stitched-together mascot, Sackboy, has broken through as
the industry's newest star—one that has resonated with every
member of the family, young and old. LittleBigPlanet is a unique
experience that provides developer and user-generated levels and
an engaging story to explore and Play, a huge host of materials,
tools, stickers, and more to Create, and a robust set of online
features for everyone to Share these creations with each other
as part of the LittleBigPlanet community. In fact, the sharing
nature of the game has become so embraced, it has attracted fans
to publish more than six million levels to PlayStation Network
since the award-winning game was released.
In 2009, the LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year edition was
introduced to celebrate these achievements, featuring 18
never-before-seen bonus levels created by members of the
community. Hand-picked by the development team, these fans were
rewarded with the opportunity to become actual level designers,
a notion that all LittleBigPlanet devotees can relate to. Later
in 2009, LittleBigPlanet moved to the PSP®
(PlayStation®Portable) and PSPgo systems allowing players to
bring the beloved Sackboy with them on the go. This was followed
by the release of LittleBigPlanet™ 2 for the PS3 system
providing fans a new means to Play, Create, and Share, allowing
users to not only make better levels, but completely new games
across multiple genres. Later this year, LittleBigPlanet will be
coming to PlayStation®Vita allowing users to customize Sackboy
and the world around you with unique touch and camera create
tools that let you play with more freedom that ever before—a
miniature development kit in the palm of your hand!