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Little Big Planet 3 Closed Beta Announced, Codes Given To Fansite Members

Today the LittleBigPlanet 3 fan community website LittleBigPlanet Central announced that a LittleBigPlanet 3 Private Beta is beginning next month. The website is also giving out a very small number of Beta access codes to its community members.

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paddy953554d ago

I just wish it was made by Tarsier rather than Sumodigital. Sumo is just a studio for hire. These are the plauge of the games industry :(. At least they hired people from the community. They should help the game from being uncreative and generic like all their previous games.

360ICE3554d ago

They're hardly the plague of the industry. I think you'd be surprised how many games are made with the help of contracters or by how many talented game studios also do contract work.

As for LBP, I think the formula is good, it'll probably do well in anyone's hand. So Media Molecule and Tarsier can keep doing what they want.

paddy953554d ago

LBP Karting was terrible to create in. It's not just a game. It's a platform for games. It's all about the tools. I fear they will be unpolished and half made like karting. MM cares about the community. The LBP3 trailer didn't even mention them unlike the LBP2 one.

360ICE3550d ago

@paddy95
First of all, LBP Karting was created by United Front Games, who made ModNation Racers, so I don't see how that's relevant. They're not a studio for hire, and for what it's worth, I thought LBP Karting and even more so ModNation Racers were good games.

A Platform for games was LBP2's motto. They're probably not gonna reuse the same tagline every time. LBP1 didn't use that motto. Also, I'd like to see LBP becoming more about Platforming games again. Mini-games in LBP2 were fun, but at the end of the day, you want to play LBP, not every other game.

SoapShoes3554d ago

Try harder, you aren't convincing anyone.

grassyknoll3554d ago

Sumo Digital made the LBP 2 DLC...

cruzngta3554d ago

Cant wait to get this game. Sony is all about diversity and we get so many great games from them.

luis_spartano3554d ago

I only hope that Sumo Digital make the motion controller OPTIONAL.

On every LBP game I always hated the fact that Sackboy's head move with DualShock/Vita movement. My Sackboy always looks up, and to make him look to the center of the screen, I need to hold the controller in a uncomfortable way.

I asked this many times to Media Molecule, but they never listened. And I'm not the only one who complain about this.

dcj05243554d ago

Oh? Never heard of that complaint till now. I just reset the head position when I need to.

PinkEye3554d ago

How do u reset the head/gyroscope position??

Kurisu3554d ago

When you use a non-Sony controller heads wobble all over the place xD

GribbleGrunger3554d ago

Just start the game in the same position you intend to play and the gyroscope will compensate for that angle.

Sgt_Slaughter3554d ago

Hope they give out codes to non-LBP community people, since it's best to have people from casual to hardcore LBP players giving input.

PaleMoonDeath3553d ago

Seems like only famous creators will get in, I make a profile just encase I'm wrong, would love to give it a go!

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Dead Space Isaac Clarke: Every Cameo in Other Games

Isaac Clarke of Dead Space fame has appeared in many games, both as a playable character and an Easter Egg. Have you played them all?

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An update on the LittleBigPlanet server and online services

Classic LittleBigPlanet servers are to be shut down permanently following hacks.
Sony’s drastic move comes after months of downtime for the older games.

darthv72947d ago

It was fun while it lasted. And some of the user created stuff was a blast to play with.

Snookies12947d ago

Whaaa-? That's crazy. Didn't expect it to be permanently shut down...

Teflon02947d ago

It's still up on PS4, they just shut down the PS3 end because hackers on PS3 can't be stopped and go on the game making announcements that can't be avoided without having to go back to all the old game codes and updating to remove the feature etc. It's one of those sad and garbage things where hackers ruined a good thing. I'm mostly sad about the Vita, I'm not sure if I have my music stages saved to my Vita, meaning they're gone forever if I didn't save them back to it. They were good too :(

Profchaos947d ago (Edited 947d ago )

Have to say I expected them to be permanently shut down problem would be in the underlying server architecture and possibly something like a depricated authentication protocol which has to be replaced that the PS3, PSP and vita can't support which is why they can't be securely restored on those consoles but the PS4 does support it.so lbp3 was restored on that.

Given the attackers were able to breach the server there was obviously a fear of lateral movement once inside their servers so I can't blame them for this and it makes sense despite the huge blow to the community millions of hours spent building that community.

Despite this blow I believe the millions of creations are going to be available via lbp3 and it's capability of backwards compatibility with user generated content so that's something to be thankful for still not a huge consolation to the many players who only own a older console but unfortunately that's the world we live in these games are old the older they get the more insecure the servers get which the company that make them.host them on and the more likely they need to be shut down.

MadLad947d ago (Edited 947d ago )

Feel bad for the people who dedicated so much time into this game.

Battlestar23947d ago

Nice edit to your troll comment.

MadLad947d ago (Edited 947d ago )

I reread the article, and changed it, to be as honest on the topic as possible.
Let's be real, it was an easy reaction to have considering their actions of late.

CaptainHenry916947d ago (Edited 947d ago )

He's been on a roll and it's comical 😁

RedDevils947d ago

This guy love stealth troll on playstation article as I see the pattern, but he doesn't want to admit that he's a MS fanboy.

Christopher947d ago

I am also sorry people enjoyed the online aspects of the game?

mikey15947d ago

TheRealTedCruz10h ago(Edited 10h ago)
Feel bad for the people who dedicated so much time into this game.***

I'm sorry for the PC fans port begging for Dreams to come to PC... You do realise that

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Little Big Planet 3 PS4 - PS Now PC gameplay
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LBP is on PS Now and PC right?? So less of the crocodile tears/crap when you stated PS Now was crap... Clue

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The man who earned a job by playing LittleBigPlanet
By GamesRadar Staff March 03, 2015
***“We've hired four people from the LBP community" reveals Alex Evans, co-founder of UK studio Media Molecule and creator of LittleBigPlanet. Including one lucky soul who dodged death to get a job on LBP2. Enter John Beech, or 'johnee' to his PSN friends. Two years ago John was a builder with absolutely no qualifications to speak of. But now? He's a full time designer at Media Molecule working on LittleBigPlanet 2, one of the most anticipated titles on PlayStation 3. This is his story.***

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Dreams players are being employed by game studios
DEVELOPERS INCLUDING MEDIA MOLECULE HAVE HIRED FROM THE COMMUNITY

NEWS
3RD MAR 2020 / 11:49 AM
Posted by
Tom Ivan***

The CREATIVE CONSOLE creates JOBS... What are they using to Sculpt??

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the failure that is the MOVE controller. lolol

John_McClane947d ago

Why would anyone disagree with your statement? I don't get get it.

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John_McClane946d ago

@mikey15 Actually my comment was for TheRealTedCruz. There is absolutely no good reason for all those disagree votes.

mikey15946d ago

John_McClane9h ago
@mikey15 Actually my comment was for TheRealTedCruz. There is absolutely no good reason for all those disagree votes.***

lol
of course there is.. He was stealth trolling stating all LBP contributors wasted their time making levels for LBP... I pointed out that some of the contributors for LBP + Dreams have actually got JOBs because of the CREATIVE console. Just like Gran Turismo fans

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***Team GT Academy Competing at the Nürburgring 24hr This Weekend with Kazunori Yamauchi
May 18, 2012 (updated Mar 13, 2016) · News Article
by Jordan Greer · 37 Comments***

If you are so clever, step up and show me where I was wrong, or keep schtum and we'll see what a hero "John Mclane" actually is. lol

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Battlestar23947d ago

Understandable they had to do this better to be safe then sorry. I just wish those right wing racists that hacked the servers and started posting homophobic slurs would get want they deserve a good few decades in prison.

Profchaos947d ago (Edited 947d ago )

That's the thing I guess if it wasn't them it would just be someone else and we would still be in this position regardless of their intent.

darthv72947d ago

What are you going on about?

Profchaos947d ago

The attackers breached and manipulated the servers to place abusive messages all over the game ccontent https://www.ruetir.com/2021...

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Should You Start Your Kids With Retro Or Modern Games?

BY JOHN SANTINA: Should you introduce your kids to the world of gaming with retro or modern games? Super Mario Bros. or New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe? The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past or Breath of the Wild? Does Timmy seem more like a Tetris kinda kid or a GTA Online kinda kid?

Being a parent is, without a doubt, the most rewarding life choice I have made on this planet (I’m equally proud of the life choices I have made on other planets, but we’ll talk about those another time). It fills me with joy to know that my legacy will live on through my scruffy little gamepad destroyers.

But, being a parent comes with responsibility. Our children need food, somewhere safe to live, not to mention lots of love, encouragement, attention, and someone to check for monsters under the bed.

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lonewolf101360d ago

Modern, retro games do not have the best controls/response a lot of the time. That's how I/we did it.

anonymousfan1359d ago

I think retro games are not as accessible... I hope to try 1 or 2 classic games with my kids though.

garos821360d ago

GTA vice city followed by Silent Hill 2. i want my kid to harden the f**k up cause the world aint a peach :)

CrimsonWing691360d ago

I’d start them with modern games. Definitely things like Mario 3, Mega Man, Contra, Castlevania, etc. whip ‘em into shape and have some appreciation for the old school.

Nacho_Z1359d ago

I'm going to fire up the SNES and try her with Mario World and Mario Kart, seems appropriate. She'd probably think it was funny beating me up on Streetfighter.

CWheatley1359d ago

Retro simply because the size of the controller is smaller and less buttons to navigate. The games don't matter as much because it's their first time experiencing video games. They don't know any better, unlike us gaming veterans 😉

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