Both brands have their uniqueness and identity. Then we had the chance to collaborate with Konami for the MGS pack. We have so many ideas and features and lists of tools, toys, and expansions that were on the backburner. The starting point, even before the collaboration for a huge brand like Metal Gear Solid, was to make sure everything we do adds a new element to the universe. We wanted to make sure we always give the LBP community more opportunities, dimensions, expressions, and abilities. KE: The major thing is this period of downloadable content and expansions on Little Big Planet all started by expanding the universe. How difficult was it adapting one to fit in the other? GS: MGS and LBP have unique visual styles. !Īfter getting some hands-on impressions of the new content, GameSpot spoke with Media Molecule cofounder and Little Big Planet art director Kareem Ettouney. Thrifty gamers can try out the new levels by playing cooperatively through them with someone who already owns the DLC, and user-created levels that feature the new content will also be playable by anyone. The projectile-spitting Paintinator lets players equip Sackboy with a paintball gun for some relatively family-friendly firepower.Īlthough players will need to purchase the level pack to create new worlds with the Metal Gear content and the Paintinator, they can still experience the new content for free. All that new content is featured in the pack's five new story levels and extra challenge level, which are also built around the biggest new addition to the game. The Metal Gear Solid Premium Level Pack also includes a costume (the Gurlokovich Soldier), as well as 72 new stickers, 12 materials, 10 decorations, 18 objects, background music tracks, and more. The $5.99 costume pack includes costumes for Solid Snake, Meryl Silverburgh, Raiden, and Screaming Mantis, although each outfit will be sold separately for $1.99. Set to launch on December 23, the downloadable content includes a variety of costumes to dress players up like characters from Konami's hit, as well as a handful of new levels and user-creation materials in a second pack. Liquid Ocelot wants to take over the Little Big world.

Developer Media Molecule is hoping to further spark that growth with the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4 downloadable-content packs for the PlayStation 3-exclusive platformer. With a host of user-created content available online, Little Big Planet gets a little bigger every day.

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