Media Molecule job listing for 'ground-breaking, AAA, PS3 title'

by Christopher Grant { Jun 23rd 2009 at 2:00PM }

LittleBigPlanet-developer Media Molecule is "expanding." Stop looking surprised! After winning more gee oh tee why awards for it's maiden voyage than they probably had room for in their small Guildford-based studio, it's expanding! But, if a "job listing" is to be believed, this expansion isn't limited to an awards wing – it's also hiring a "Gameplay Programmer."

This code wizard is expected to not only have 2+ years industry experience, but also to have "shipped a console game with an online component," an unsurprising requirement considering the studio's (admittedly singular) pedigree. The job listing states that MM is "working on a ground-breaking, AAA, PS3 title for Sony Computer Entertainment" – as much as we'd like to announce "LittleBigPlanet 2 totally confirmed" we're not convinced this description necessarily means a followup game. After all, with DLC still in production on LittleBigPlanet – which is a ground-breaking, AAA PS3 title for Sony Computer Entertainment – this could be related to maintaining LBP as a platform.

But, of course, it's working on other games – expanding the PS3 development team to maintain the already shipped LBP doesn't make sense ... and the job listing does say the applicant "will be expected to maintain and improve the existing code and data structures." Existing code? Data structures? Oh emm gee! LittleBigPlanet 2 totally confirmed!

[Via PS3center.net]

Tags: Media-Molecule, SCEE

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Storm Eagle @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:05PM

Damn. All I did was read the headline and Joystiq beat me to the punch:

"LittleBigPlanet 2 totally confirmed!"

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:05PM

Whatever it is, I hope it's actually fun and they don't just throw everything into a single "innovative" idea. Fun comes before innovation guys.

WREturns @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:14PM

LittleBigPlanet WAS fun!

Rowdehaj @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:15PM

LittleBigPlanet is fun.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:16PM

I found it to be horribly boring, and there was really no point to the game other than seeing what kind of stuff everyone else could put into it.

sony boy @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:22PM

there was no point in the original SMB, yet it was fun. LBP is the same. except with a HUGE level creator.

sonicspike41 @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:22PM

The pre-built levels were great, but even I gotta admit that after awhile the formula got old. They did manage to break up the monotony from time to time, and some of the user created maps are nice, but unless you have the time to go in and make an amazing original idea for a map, it ends up feeling the same again.

I'm glad they released weapons and other major updates with DLC though.

Storm Eagle @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:22PM

There's little stories that accompany each stage. People need rescuing, towns need saving, etc. That's the point of the single player game. There's high scores and time trials to beat. You can make your own levels and play levels others have created. How can you not get the point of the game?

Gilbert Tang @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:22PM

I adore LBP and find it a great deal of fun. It would be right up there with the greatest games of all time, too, if it weren't somewhat hampered by the accuracy of its own control scheme. In the meantime, it will have to settle for making at least a few top-50s.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:24PM

"there was no point in the original SMB, yet it was fun"

I agree, but that was 20 years ago. Games are a lot more than just 2d platforming through levels now.

Storm Eagle @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:36PM

I think the majority of people who own a Nintendo DS would disagree with you.

Bagels: Commander in Chief of the lolcat sarcasm alert force. @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:38PM

Ever-the-trolling Tmac is trolling.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:42PM

The internet: Where expressing an opinion that's not the most popular is considered trolling.

CTC XBL-supapaypamawio PSN-ctclaw @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:47PM

OMG TMAC IS SUCH A 360/WII FANBOY!

TheLionOfAzzalle @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:55PM

^^^^^^

Wow I agree with you....

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:59PM

You agree with me for the total opposite and wrong reasons. See, I have actually played the game for quite a good number of hours, tried making a level, and played many others and I just didn't like it.

You don't like it because it was a hyped PS3 game, but you haven't played it outside of a demo kiosk (and even then i have a hard time believing you) and you considered it a threat to the 360 so you lashed out at it. You do the same for all the big AAA ps3 exclusives, and there's a lot of them lately...which would explain why we see so much of you now.

CzAr @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:05PM

Even after all the awards LBP won, you still have more trophies for being a douche.

Longhorn of Myon [PSN: MariusElijah] @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:36PM

LBP is FUN all, for me is not about the levels but its the multiplayer that wins it for me, I can spend hours just pissing off people by putting stickers on them or killing them :)

pete @ Jun 23rd 2009 4:26PM

LittleBigPlanet is both insanely fun and probably the most fresh, innovative, and brilliant video game of this generation. If you have (1) a soul, and (2) friends, you cannot have more fun on the PS3 than with LBP.

James @ Jun 23rd 2009 5:26PM

Jesus H. Christ people, give tmac a break. Regardless of his past actions, don't jump down his throat if he isn't doing something flame-worthy. And as he said (and is right about), it's an opinion. Grow up.

And with that, I actually somewhat agree with tmac. The game WAS awesome, until you finish the story levels, play a little co-op, and then realize that creating a level that is even halfway decent takes a huge, huge time investment. There are a ton of really good user-created levels, but for a game that has to thrive on user-creation, LBP falls flat. It was a better idea than it was a game.

I like/d the game, but I don't think it's nearly as fun as people STILL hype it up to be. To each his own.

ohyeahcola @ Jun 23rd 2009 9:03PM

its good for about 15 hours of gameplay then gets boring

CGamble20 @ Jun 24th 2009 2:32AM

I got bored with single player as well, but after I started playing with 3 or 4 players on online user created levels, it changed everything. Some people are pretty creative!

Heavytoka @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:06PM

This has me intrigued, I wonder what the game is going to be...

Hashbrown Hunter (OneGiantCluster.blogspot.com) @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:47PM

This can be seen as one of four things:

1 - Expansion of development team to work on a new IP (possible)
2 - Sequel to LBP (doubt it)
3 - Expansion to LBP (think "Lost and Damned", not just typical DLC)
4- They needed one more guy for "Beer Pong Fridays".

BryanVP @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:06PM

If it's true then...
They should let sack boys walk in 3D now so you can have super mario 64 like levels and soccer and sports mini games. Also they should let you use sack boys as props or enemies instead of making them only real players.

Austaun @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:09PM

awesome sauce!!!

Storm Eagle @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:12PM

I believe you mean...

SAUCESOME!

j.howlett @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:12PM

call of fabric: modern sack boy. there is most likely a similarly named level

Storm Eagle @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:14PM

Oh, I know that one! That's the one where you have to rescue the Sack Girls from the sweatshops!

Protip: Collecting all the items in a stage gives you a happy ending!

sony boy @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:14PM

little big rag doll kungfu planet?

Sly @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:30PM

hopefully not...

Leobebes (BDF: Braid Defence Force) @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:20PM

Little Big Planet felt like a job.

Sorry I know this comment will piss some of you off, but I was disappointed with the game. The graphics were cute but I got tired of them after 10 hours of gameplay. Everything felt like a task. Acquiring the different level pieces was a frustrating experience, and after a while all the Molecule created levels felt the same except with a few creative aesthetic differences. All the user generated content and the rating system became self aggrandizing promotion for those who posted the comments.

In the end I felt it was the most overrated title for what has been a very promising collection of Playstation 3 exclusives.

End User @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:27PM

I know. That giant electric wheel of doom part felt so much like the stone snake temple part and the fly-the-hot-air-balloon-into-the-volcano part that I almost stabbed my eyes out from boredom.

BSprague @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:50PM

I totally agree with both of you. It was uncanny how similar the sumo wrestlers were to all three stages of the creator boss, it was like battling the same thing twice. And all of the hundreds of thousands of creative online levels that people have made, don't even bother, its just like playing the story levels over and over and over again. LittleBigCalculator, The Azure Palace, its all the same, don't even waste your time.

Storm Eagle @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:28PM

!POSTED!
**DO NOT FEED LION**

Gamin_Guru @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:32PM

you must be the new gen kids that buy every single fps made m i rite.
Enjoy your fps and leave the real games for the gamers

muir666 @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:38PM

Nope your wrong. I do like FPS's aswell as racers, RPG's etc... and iv been playing games since i was 5 (now 18) but i just didnt find this fun. Maybe because i don't have the patience to make my own level. tried and failed many times.

LordToastington @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:08PM

I'm relatively young (19) and I can't stand First Person Shooters.

WREturns @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:33PM

You and tmac should take the opportunity to bond over this!

Adam @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:37PM

I'd like to thank you for bringing such a constructive opinion to the conversation.

/sarcasm
//Have you ever considered the option of toning down your rampant fanboyism?

Evan @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:37PM

I hope they don't follow the lead of Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch, and drop the franchise that made them famous. It's fine to add another game to their portfolio, as long as they continue serving their LittleBigPlanet fans.

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:40PM

There's no need for a LBP 2 though. The first one has more than enough tools where people can make anything they want pretty much, and MM can release more stuff through DLC.

Making another one is just going to be like Valve making a L4D2, pointless and milking the franchise.

Lunastra78 (PSN: lunastra78) @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:21PM

Gotta agree with tmac on this. I'd rather see what else their insane creative minds can cook up.

Kodros @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:46PM

"I hope they don't follow the lead of Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch, and drop the franchise that made them famous."

You know, sometimes you have to move on. What made them famous is the creative minds behind the game. They both went in a new direction and look what happened, Uncharted and Infamous.

Mr Khan @ Jun 23rd 2009 3:56PM

It was too soon for Sucker Punch to move on from Sly, but i think Naughty Dog had properly exhausted Crash and Jak and Daxter by the time they moved ahead.

Now, what Insomniac needs to do is pick Spyro back up. Now.

Sly @ Jun 23rd 2009 9:02PM

i agree with khan. sly died young. luckily, there were 2 sly easter eggs in infamous, so not all is lost.

Sly @ Jun 23rd 2009 9:03PM

make that 3. the trophy "You're so Sly" is one too.

Enduros @ Jun 23rd 2009 2:39PM

Awwwww Sprinkles...... thats all you have? Come ON man!! I feel like you're not even trying here. Everyday I search Joystiq for more assinine and retarded comments by you and this is what I get? Pft. I'm very disapointed with you Sprinkles. You're having an off day today arn't you? If you're not going to put any effort into your posts, then I'm not going to read them and down vote them. You have sucked the joy out of my day man. Thanks alot.

Here...... let me give you a tasty tidbit to get your juices flowing.......

The PS3 is the GREATEST console ever and the 360 is nothing but trash to be pooped on cuz the games suck worse than a $2 whore.

There.... that should do it. Now.... GO GO GO SPRINKLES!!!!

*fires pistol into the air*