Sony Computer Entertainment announced today that it has acquired Media Molecule. The developer of the acclaimed LittleBigPlanet will become an official part of SCE Worldwide Studios.
“Since they burst onto the gaming scene, Media Molecule have proved to be a truly exciting and innovative studio, who have proved their world-class credentials with the creation of the incredible LittleBigPlanet,” said Shuhei Yoshida, President, SCE Worldwide Studios. “SCE WWS is all about creating ambitious, innovative and ground breaking games, traits that Media Molecule clearly have. To bring them into our family proves our dedication to creating fantastic new experiences that we believe will cement our position as industry leaders.”
The Surrey, England developer has received over 90 industry awards for their work on LittleBigPlanet. The popular PS3 title has also seen over two million user created levels by the community.
“Since Media Molecule’s inception, we’ve had a uniquely close relationship with Sony. Over the years they have consistently shown their dedication to Creative Gaming and Media Molecule, not only through their support of the company, but their willingness to take risks and embrace our often unusual approach and ideas,” said Alex Evans, co-founder of Media Molecule. “What we’ve achieved already with LittleBigPlanet has proved this to us and we’re excited by this new chapter of innovation and creative gaming, for all involved.”
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March 16, 2010
i was just at MIGS, I saw him speak. It was very interesting, though he lost a lot of people when he went in depth with the details of memory management. Only us programmers stayed real interested. It's a very cool tool, it should be very useful to other developers and I hope it does go out to them.
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