LittleBigPlanet PSP

[Toxa]

[Shin-Ra]

Less bland bits than the previous release(s) but they could have just taken better screenshots.

[Shin-Ra]

The CREATE trailer's up for real now. Still amazes me what Cambridge Studio managed to transfer to PSP from physics, to textures, special effects and all the background detail.

Still unclear on the multiplayer side of things.

[AranhaHunter]

It's also unclear how (if) it'll interact with the PS3 version.

[Shin-Ra]

As I was starting to suspect, no multiplayer.

Sony has had to cut multiplayer out of LittleBigPlanet in order to get it to work on the PSP, but other than that the game's remarkably complete.

"The one thing we've lost is multiplayer. You've got full physics systems, you got full create mode, you've got all the aspects of LittleBigPlanet - you can upload, download, ad-hoc share with people - but we haven't got multiplayer," senior producer Mark Green told Eurogamer at gamescom today.

"It's a trade-off. The system is physically capable of doing multiplayer, but perhaps not with the full physics system. On the technical side of things you lose a third of the processing power or a third of the system memory just to do multiplayer at all. With those limitations we couldn't achieve it."

Multiplayer was kind of a big deal in the PS3 version, to say the least, so this is a definite blow. On the plus side, the game is, as Green says, fully featured otherwise, besides the use of two planes rather than three.

"The PS3 had those three planes you could move around on, but the first thing we asked Media Molecule was whether we could reduce that to two, and they were like, well, most of the levels we built can be played with two anyway, so that's not a problem," Green explained.

Green also said that he too wasn't a fan of the jump handling in the PS3 version, but that the team at Sony's Cambridge studio had improved on it for the PSP version.

[AranhaHunter]

That kinda kills the hype for me a bit.

One question though, how can you ad hoc if there's no multiplayer?

[Shin-Ra]

You're transferring content without being a Sackboy physically in a level with another Sackboy.

No MP doesn't affect me much as I'm in it for the new levels! Means no blasted 2-4x multiplayer-only bits too.

[Shin-Ra]

The full gamescom 12

[Goodintentions]

Agreed lack of multiplayer doesn't bother me at all. I only played multiayer where I had to

[Shin-Ra]

November release in Europe!:

Posted on 21 August by James Gallagher – Content Producer, SCEE
Sackboy Meets His Maker

Below is yet another video interview from the PlayStation booth at gamescom. I’m sat on a see-saw with Mark Green talking about Create mode, which is being shown fully for the first time.

A million points to our cameraman Pete for making it look as if he is being interviewed by Sackboy.

[Shin-Ra]

Jessica Rabbit?

[Shin-Ra]

Some new and some slightly before/after screenshots from the last lot:

[Xerios]

Originally Posted by Goodintentions

Agreed lack of multiplayer doesn't bother me at all. I only played multiayer where I had to

yup yup

is the psp the most mis-understood forum on the planet?

[Shin-Ra]

North American boxart is sweetness:

It’s official! On November 17th, 2009, you’ll be able to take Sackboy on a completely new adventure. LittleBigPlanet (PSP) hits the store shelves and now you’ll be able to Play, Create, Share…everywhere. (We know you know, but there may be others out there…) And with a little more than a month away until release, we’re excited to unveil the North American packaging, so you know what too look for.

More previews and stuff linked:

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/...o-box-edition/

[Shin-Ra]

LittleBigPlanet (PSP) Pre-order Announcement

As teased last week, we’re pleased to announce the official pre-order goodies for LittleBigPlanet (PSP). If you pre-order before November 17th, you’ll get a valuable pre-order voucher to redeem (via the PlayStation Store) for six costumes from some of your favorite PlayStation games, featuring:

• UNCHARTED 2’s Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer
• Killzone 2’s Helghast Officer and Tank costume
• MotorStorm’s Lucky Jack Flynn and Candy Buzzbomb

Pre-order now at any of the below participating US retailers:

• Amazon
• BestBuy
• GameCrazy
• GameStop

***If you’re in Canada, pre-order now at your local EB Games/GameStop, and online at Amazon.ca.

[cajmoyper]

What the frick?! What about those with a Go? Does it count if we preorder the card? I want the Drake one.

[Shin-Ra]

Comments reply (PSN download)

Don’t have the details yet, but we’ll have something special for you as well.

[mavrick3399]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

Comments reply (PSN download)

Thats good news hope download guys/girls get the chance to pre-order! it would be really lame if sony didnt do something for the peeps with a go!

edit- need to get a hang of the Quote function :P

[Toxa]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/li...-review?page=1

[AranhaHunter]

Nice score, and EG scores are usually very tough, especially on handheld games.