Sony unveils cooperative platformer, LittleBigPlanet

[Lazybones]

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/07/sony-unveils-cooperative-platformer-littlebigplanet/

Game kinda looks neat!

[Mr. Analog]

Different...

[Darren Dirt]

Not just "different".

terrifyingly adorable

How...


Officially labeled as a "community-based" game, LittleBigPlanet is essentially a physics-based platformer, though such a description fails miserably at capturing the sheer amount of scrambling, swinging and holding-on-for-dear-life going on in the gameplay footage. Developed by Ragdoll Kung-Fu masters, Media Molecule...

SWEET! RK-F! WTG guys you cashed in on your brilliance!



Looks like hella fun...

PS: speaking of Second Life and pretty graphics and stuff:
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/07/crytek-engine-licensed-to-avatar-reality-inc-for-online-virtua

Crytek engine licensed to Avatar Reality, Inc. for online virtual world
Posted Mar 7th 2007 5:24PM by Ross Miller
Filed under: PC, Online, MMO, Business

Crytek's latest engine, CryENGINE2, will be licensed to upstart developer Avatar Reality, Inc. for use in a massively multiplayer virtual world, according to a press release from today.

The game, currently untitled, is best described as a Second Life on Mars. From the PR: "Set in Terraformed Mars, Avatar Reality's MMVW will allow players to live their fantasy lives by creating personalized characters, or avatars, in a beautiful environment."


See also their sorta-sequel to Far Cry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis (aMAZing screens so far...)

[Melbosa]

Here is a new trailer for LBP: http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/16434/PlayStation-3/LittleBigPlanet