Here’s one that will make you feel ancient inside: LittleBigPlanet is now ten years old. The legendary PlayStation 3 exclusive first launched on 27th October, 2008 – it was actually due out a little earlier, but Sony famously had to recall all copies of the game in order to alter the audio in one of its included licensed songs.
The release would go on to garner multiple sequels, spin-offs, and basically become a merchandising cash cow. Sackboy, despite having not starred in a game since 2014’s LittleBigPlanet 3, very much remains a household name – and is still considered to be something of a PlayStation mascot today. He’s adorable, isn’t he?
Following the release of LittleBigPlanet 2 and Tearaway, series creator Media Molecule has been beavering away on the franchise’s spiritual successor Dreams, which takes many of the series' principles to the next level. It’ll be interesting to see whether the new game can garner the same kind of success and longevity.
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That's Sackboy there, that is. Wearing a birthday cake.
LBP was magical when it came out . I remember the months leading up to release , MM demoing the game and giving beta's to University students and seeing all the cool stuff people came up with
. For me LBP was one of the games that defined the PS3.
Happy 10th birthday, you sack of...boy.
Absolutely loved this game, easily one of my favourites.
They grow up so fast! In a few more years, he will be a Sackman...
Some lovely memories with the franchise. I own all of them (including the psp and psv games), though Tearaway on psv is still my favourite MM game.
Can't wait for Dreams!
cmon sony give us a full 3d lbp game ala smo
Congratulations LittleBigPlanet!
He’s a decent mascot, just like LBP planet is a decent game. Nothing more I felt like.
I platted that baby and what a game it was I loved it but I didn't get around to playing the next 2 of the series
LBP was such a big deal back in the day. I remember BBC'S news at 6 did a piece on it (BBC news only ever cover games when a new console comes out) they even said "it could be the game that lifts Sony's flagging PS3 console" how times change huh.
Also yes what on earth happened to LBP Hub? I always believed it just became LBP3 but apparently it was it's own separate thing.
@get2sammyb Don't forget he was in the Playroom, which probably was seen as a bigger deal back when they were planning on bundling a camera with every PS4. Which I don't care what anyone says all those early pics of the PS4 next to the camera and showing the light on every Dualshock means it was, for awhile st least, planned to be included. For the best it wasn't, but that was the plan.
Sackboy is my favorite Playstation mascot.
Cute & highly customization... Sony should've keep him like SEGA kept Sonic & Nintedo kept Mario
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