One of the jewels in the PS3 Christmas crown has been removed. LittleBigPlanet 2, the sequel to Media Molecule's critically revered platformer will now be released in Janaury. While the original game allowed players to design their own levels, the follow-up gives users the tools to create complete games, from shooters to RPGs.
A notice on the Media Molecule website explains:
LittleBigPlanet 2 is a crazy dream, a dream to allow players to make whatever kind of game they want, but also to play though a great adventure of drama and excitement, power-ups, and cinematics. But like all of the most ambitious ideas, it can be a considerable challenge to turn these dreams in to fun games. We've all been working like powered-up space ninjas and we're almost there, but because we love what we've made, and we love our little sack-friends, and most of all we love all our fans out there, we couldn't let you all get together until we knew we were giving you the best experience imaginable. Which is why we've taken the hard decision to delay the worldwide release of LittleBigPlanet 2, originally slated for later this year to January 2011
However, there was a silver-lining on the delay cloud. The note also promises that, "we are going to find a way to give more of you a taste of LBP2 prior to launch." Wether that means the game will be playable at some kind of event, or whether there will be a PSN demo remains to be seen.
