United Front Games (ModNation Racers) have been confirmed as the studio behind upcoming LittleBigPlanet Karting. The game has been rumoured for a few months now, but this is the first time it’s been seen outside of a select few.
“We’ve all seen that UFG has a wealth of racing experience and they’re also intimately familiar with LBP’s cornerstones of PLAY, CREATE, SHARE” said Media Molecule today. “With LBP’s powerful and diverse toolset in their capable hands, LittleBigPlanet Karting is sure to be an adventure that both LBP fans and kart racing fans alike will enjoy!”
“Our goal with LBP Karting has been fairly simple,” said the developers, “provide a fast-paced experience that captures the best of classic Karting gameplay, married with the unbridled creativity of LBP. This new adventure will be accessible to players of all ages and have all of the variety necessary to satisfy both the hardcore and more casual players.”
The game is set in an “entirely 3D world”, and will feature all the usual LBP elements like the toolbox. “Along with fan favorite racing and battle modes,” says the blog, “players will be able to modify the rules of the game itself to create completely new modes and challenges. All of this is wrapped up in a community experience that should have LBP fans feeling right at home.”
The game is locked for a 2012 release.
gazzagb
Looks good, although I’d of preferred it if MM were developing it too rather than just UFG.
Kivi95
Well MM is probably done with LBP serie.
gazzagb
Yeah, but the thing is I can’t see how different it will be compared to MNR which was developed again purely by UFG. I hope it’s not exactly the same, just with Sackboy and a few other LBP-style features.
Cutter.T
They are… Look on MediaMolecule.com
colmshan1990
Cutter, I looked.
They say UFG are developing, not Media Molecule.
nofi
UFG are developing this, not Mm.
stage1
Looks like this is shaping up to be a great game
skibadee
that looks really good.
lotrek
Looks like what I wanted MNR too be
Kivi95
BATTLE MODE, Good thing to see that here, one of the things I missed on Modnation Racers.
Bilbo_bobbins
I am all over this…..looks wicked. Perhaps could beat my fav Crash Racing too.
Jumping Monks
Looks like it could be quite a fun game, doubt I’ll be buying it mind you.
TSBonyman
Looks great, just hope the driving/handling is better than MNR.
Kennykazey
Four player split-screen (most likely), battlemode and a creation kit? Where do I sign?
Hopefully UFG have learnt from Modnation and got the number and lenght of load-screens down. And I don’t really mourn for the loss of Modnation, this seems to do the same things and more.
galgor
Looks good! But let’s just hope its load times are up to scratch & it plays better than MNR.