A new job listing on the LittleBigPlanet website suggests that Sony are at least looking into, if not already working on, an MMO based in the LBP universe.
So there I was, casually reading the latest of the regular LittleBigPlanet community updates on the PlayStation Blog when I noticed that Media Molecule (and the rest of the LBP studios – Double Eleven, United Front etc.) are hiring.
Reading through the listings, which include gameplay, tools and network positions – there’s not too much exciting, until you get to the page for Lead Community Manager.
Under the ‘requirements’ section is “a strong knowledge and passion for games, ideally to include social gaming and MMO’s”. Now sure, the LBP franchise is easily the most family-friendly in Sony’s stable (sorry Kratos!), but the existing entries are pretty solid and challenging platformers, not what you’d describe as “social games”.
And, while the series is pretty well-known for its online capabilities, you wouldn’t really describe any of the games so far as MMOs.
Now of course this could just be Sony looking for someone with a lot of experience dealing with creative and commited communities like the one that surrounds Media Molecule’s baby, but given the company’s recent experiments with console MMOs (in the form of Free Realms, DCUO and Home), and testing of the free-to-play waters (MAG, Killzone 3), it wouldn’t be too far-fetched to suggest some kind of ‘LittleBigUniverse’ project is brewing somewhere at the Worldwide Studios.
Looking for a community manager with MMO experience now suggests that such a project might already be pretty far along.
Roll on E3…
Kite
It would have been better if they had just tried to get a PS3 version of GW2!
Sympozium
G-POLICE!! \o/!
Oh Sony so need to do some new stuff. Colony Wars would be brilliant
MXZ
The image im getting is LittleBigPlanet in a 3D free roaming world rather then a 2D side scrolling one (Perhaps minecraft with a LBP style)
Plus this seems like a logical step, i mean now that LBPK is a thing we can clearly see that SackBoy can exist in a 3D realm and so can a lot (if not all) of the props from the other two games.
E3 is going to be amazing.
Kitch
I can’t see why Sackboy isn’t plastered ALL over the Playstation brand. He could have been iconic.
KeRaSh
The next step would be a LBP game with a full 3D environment. Then someone could recreate Mario 64 or Zelda a Link to the Past… :D