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LittleBigPlanet (abbreviated to LBP and developed under the working title The Next Big Thing) is an upcoming puzzle platformer and world creation game for the PlayStation 3, first announced on March 7, 2007, by Phil Harrison at the 2007 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, California. It is being developed by Media Molecule, a British company founded in part by Rag Doll Kung Fu creator Mark Healey. The game is scheduled for a European release in September 2008 and a North American release in Fall 2008.

The unveiling of LittleBigPlanet at the GDC 2007 elicited numerous positive reactions. In his BBC News blog, technology editor Darren Waters wrote, "LittleBigPlanet is perhaps one of the most dazzling demos I've seen in the last 10 years." IGN described the game as "beautiful" and reports that "Even in the presence of Home, Sony's impressive new community software, LittleBigPlanet stole the show at Phil Harrison's Game 3.0 practice conference, and was the thing that everyone was talking about.". 1UP writes that "There are plenty of questions remaining about LittleBigPlanet ... but it's clear from the reaction to the game so far that it has already won over many fans, including our own Bryan 'Fragile EAgle' Intihar," and that "this could be something very special."[13] Slashdot Games editor Michael Zenke suggested that the game could be the PlayStation 3's killer application, saying, "if these elements are for real, this is the reason to buy PlayStation 3". Even Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo of America, praised the product, though he thought the Wii would have been a better platform choice for the game