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GamePro: Will Media Molecule continue to release new levels?

Eric Fong: Yes, Media Molecule is continuing to add to the player experience with new levels, costumes, materials, and a host of other content.

How will you ensure that players find the best user-created levels?

There is a slew of metrics we monitor to help point players in the right direction, including how many people have “Hearted” a level and/or creator, how often a level is played, user comments, “tagging” etc. The cream will literally rise to the top as popular levels take up more real-estate in the game.

Would you consider adding an option to more radically shift the perspective of the camera, say for like a top-down shooter?

Not a present, but there are certainly creative ways you could do something similar with the current perspective.

Will “power-ups” or “weapons” ever be added?

In our opinion, the spirit of LittleBigPlanet was to “figure ways around obstacles” and less about blowing stuff up, though certainly a player can already create their own experience to include missile launchers and the like.

When will users be able to “sell” their creations for real money?

There are still a lot of details that need to be worked out, that’s pretty much all I can say at this point.

Media Molecule released the 1.03 patch for LittleBigPlanet. The online component of the game is not working as smoothly as expected, and this is another patch to improve it. LBP is not out worldwide yet, and this is already the 3rd update.

The Launch Spacesuit and this amazing Halloween Mask will be available from 11/6 to 11/9 on the PlayStation Store. Both these costumes are free!

There will be more SackBoy costumes, at $0.99 each. That’s a nice price, but there’s more… Premium SackBoy costumes will cost $1.99. That includes the Snake and Sephiroth costumes. Rare costumes will be limited editions and we don’t know their price yet.

If you want to collect these costumes, you can buy them in bundles of four and save some money. So, are you taking out your credit card already?

If you want to create your own SackBoy but don’t have the game yet, you can do what I just did. Go to My SackBoy and have some fun. You can even play with the little guy.

Nuno Markl is the portuguese voice actor for LittleBigPlanet. In this video he shows us how he prepared for the job.

From the LittleBigPlanet News Site:

The LittleBigPlanet servers have been experiencing significant problems throughout the past 24 hours affecting the online game experience. We are working round the clock on the solution to the current issues and we expect the service to improve very shortly.  

Offline Play and Create will still function properly during any disruption. Please accept our apologies for any frustration this may cause for the time being.

Due to popular demand, Media Molecule is transfering all the Beta user created levels into the full game. So, if you missed the Beta, here’s 10 levels that you must try as soon as you get LittleBigPlanet.

Hollow Bastion

God of War - Demon Skull

Super Mario Bros : Level 1-1

World of Colour

The Lost Temple

Little Big Colossus .v2

LittleBigPhantasy Part 1

Mad Mansion

Mooshywooshy

Tekno Fortress

Upon receiving your game, follow these instructions closely to download your new costume(s): 

1. Open an account on the PlayStation®Network (or use an existing account) on your PS3
2. From the PlayStationNetwork icon on the Xross Media Bar, select ‘Account Management’***
3. Enter ‘Redeem Codes’
4. Enter promotional code. Please note that the promotional code is case sensitive and must be entered exactly as displayed.

Once the promotional code has been entered correctly click continue. Once you accept the terms you will be taken to the download screen.

***NOTE: With the recent PlayStation Store updates, you can also redeem your voucher codes while in the PS Store.

It’s alive! Media Molecule turned the servers on and anyone lucky enough to have LittleBigPlanet can already enjoy the online functions of the game.

Have fun guys, millions (myself included) will join you very soon!