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Garvaos here, reporting live from Eurogamer 2009! After squeezing through the masses of gamers to try and get my pesky mitts on any game I could find. I took time out in the PSP Go lounge, where I found a demo of LittleBigPlanet PSP.

Now, I am quite new to the whole LittleBigPlanet experience, I mean I only got the game just under a month a go, and I fell in love with it. Having a go on the PSP game which is coming out November 17th was a great opportunity.

So what did the demo offer me in terms of gameplay? I had a bash through a story level that will feature in the game. The first thing I noticed about this is that the PSP version has not skipped out on level design, you get the same outstanding platform gameplay as you did from the first game, its just now on the mighty PSP not the PS3. The objectives are still the same, mainly getting to the end of the level and collecting prize bubbles along the way. Simple but effective gameplay that will have you glued to your PSP on the train… let’s just hope you don’t miss your train stop in the process.

Graphically it looks very good for the PSP – granted you won’t get the same ‘blow your face off’ graphics as you would get from the PS3 - but for a portable  game it really does shine. From what I have played there is no glitching and no screen tearing etc.

Now onto the important info. Yes, the stickers and custom costumes make a welcome return to LBP. Can’t really tell you if the level creation is any good as I didnt have any opportunity to play it, but I think it will make a watered down comeback - I mean c’mon this is a portable game we are talking about! Having all the level design would just take up the space of a whole portable game.

Even though I only had a taste of LPB PSP, I can safely say this is one to look out for this November. Stay tuned to Plus XP as my interview with Media Molecule will be posted up soon.

Garv.