To me, LittleBigPlanet is an amazing concept. The creators build a set of platform-game creating tools, and then use them to build a complex platforming title for all the family. That’s great – platforming games have been a long time staple of gaming, and are always good fun. But then, the creators did something that no-one had done before - they gave all the creation tools to the players themselves. This wasn’t some gimmicky system that allowed you to create a [...]
LittleBigPlanet was a huge success on the Playstation 3 – allowing for some of the most creative gamers to really dig deep into its core, producing some of the most amazing platforming levels you could think of. While the story mode was good, the real depth came in the form of its online modes – tagged with the simple brand – ‘Play. Create. Share’, there you could find some true artists, with some of the best user-generated content seen on [...]
Disclaimer: The interviews for Inside Look are the ideas of the Plus XP Team ONLY and are not the ideas of the creators and developers of the games. All characters interviewed in Inside Look remain the property of the video game developers and creators. Basically we are sorry if we took your characters guys, we promise we’ll give them back. The camera zooms in, Leon sits on a chair opposite Sackboy, who is waving frantically. Leon: “Welcome to Plus XP, [...]
Last night saw the release of the long-awaited Water feature in LittleBigPlanet, in the shape of the Pirates of the Caribbean level pack. As with the Metal Gear Solid level pack (which contained the Paintinator gun tool), it introduces a brand new gameplay element in the form of a brand-themed DLC level set. I downloaded it, equipped my best piratey gear and dove in. The levels are very loosely based on the popular Disney movies, revolving mainly around having to find a legendary ship which can [...]
Here are all the videos from last Weekends Eurogamer Expo. We have interviews with Valve, Ubisoft and Media Molecule. We also have gamers impressions of The New Super Mario Bros Wii and Aliens Vs Predator. So sit back and relax as you watch these highlights from Eurogamer 2009. Plus XP’s Garvaos speaks weapons and swimming on Assassins Creed 2. Guitar Girl 24 talks to Chet from Valve about upcoming sequel L4D2. ARGGHHHHH ZOMBIES! Garvaos takes a breather with media molucule [...]
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 [...]
