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A video from GDC09, showing the talk which Alex Evans and Mark Healey gave, has popped up on YouTube, giving some interesting insight in to the early development of LittleBigPlanet.
We won’t waffle on, check it out:
There are many interesting things in this video - like the Phil Harrison level patch, or the original sizes and shapes of the concept Sackboy designs. Also shown in the video is a Katamari Damacy costume - something which we can’t help but pray to eventually be released!
The Katamari costume ‘head’ can be seen here in this early screenshot, along with other costume items.
Via Mercury News and thanks to cya8a for sending in the Katamari costume screenshot.
Speaking at GDC, Alex Evans and Mark Healey have revealed that there will be plenty more to come for LittleBigPlanet, with Mark saying:
We still feel like we’re halfway through the development of LittleBigPlanet, to be honest
...which is a tasty reminder that the game is still expanding and will be offering even more to the community as time rolls on. If the game really is considered to be ‘halfway’ through development, we can all expect to see some pretty epic updates throughout 2009.
In the months since launch, we’ve been treated to regular free DLC, plus paid-for DLC like that big game changing premium content - the Metal Gear Solid pack. Improvements to the game via patches and updates have also been made regularly - and let’s not forget that the next big patch is due very soon. In fact, there’ll be news on Cornish Yarg later today.
The pair also gave some interesting insight in to the development of the game and the ways in which it has changed since its initial conception. We won’t repeat the article here though, because it’s already been splendidly written over on Eurogamer.
Whilst still hot from the excitement of that BAFTA award the other week, Media Molecule have just picked up 4 new awards for LittleBigPlanet at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
Hosted by the much loved developer Tim Schafer, the awards are judged by a panel of game creators and the award ceremony forms part of the GDC conference in San Francisco. LittleBigPlanet had 7 nominations (out of a total 10 categories) and has walked off with a healthy 4 awards. Congratulations Mm!
The complete list of GDC winners and nominations is as follows:
- Best New Debut: LittleBigPlanet
- Other nominees: Braid, Sins of a Solar Empire, World of Goo and Soul Bubbles
Best Audio:Dead Space
- Other nominees: L4D, MGS4, Gears of War 2
Best Game Design: LittleBigPlanet
- Other nominees: Fallout 3, L4D, Braid and Far Cry 2
Best Downloadable Game: World of Goo
- Other nominees: Braid, N+, PixelJunk Eden, Castle Crashers
Best Handheld Game: God of War: Chains of Olympus
- Other nominees: Patapon, Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, echochrome, The World Ends With You
Best Writing Award: Fallout 3
- Other nominees: Braid, MGS4, GTAIV and Far Cry 2
Best Technology Award: LittleBigPlanet
- Other nominees: Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead, GTAIV and Spore
Best Visual Art Award: Prince of Persia
- Other nominees: LittleBigPlanet, Gears of War 2, MGS4 and Fallout 3
Innovation Award: LittleBigPlanet
- Other nominees: Spore, World of Goo, Boom Blox, Braid
Game of the Year Award: Fallout 3
- Other nominees: Fable 2, LittleBigPlanet, Left 4 Dead, GTAIV
- Ambassador Award: Tommy Tallarico
- Pioneer Award: Harmonix’s Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy
- Life Time Acheivement Award: Hideo Kojima
More details about the awards on the official site.
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