LittleBigPlanet 2 Out This Year?

As we predicted reports are emerging this morning that LittleBigPlanet 2 will be released this year, and VG247 appear to have insider information from a ‘source’ claiming a 2010 release of a certain “LBP2″.

There isn’t a great deal of information to back up this rumour yet, but we do have a few theories of our own. The first clue for us came when Media Molecule was purchased by Sony, on the Official Blog Michael Denny, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Studios said “Media Molecule have exciting projects in the pipeline and we’re looking forward to sharing these with you in the not too distant future.”

The next theory is more common sense than a clue. It stands to reason that Sony would want to have some amazing launch games to release alongside their new motion controller and what game is more unique than LittleBigPlanet?

How the motion controller would actually fit into this game is shown below in an old tech demo from Japan, as you can see from the video the controller is used to move objects and there is no doubt that the new game would also include this feature as well as lots more innovative ideas.

With Sony showing the controller off at GDC, it may not be too long before we find out and while this is all rumour, it is a good one and we think it is one that will probably become true.