LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule sweep Develop Awards

We piled our accolades atop LittleBigPlanet back in January -- now, nearly six months later, the Develop Industry Excellence Awards are doing the same thing. LBP, and the minds at Media Molecule who created it, won all five awards they were nominated for: Best New Studio, Best Independent Developer, Best New IP and Achievements in Visual Arts and Technical Innovation.

Other big winners included Rockstar (both Leeds and North took home one award each) and Phil Harrison, who was bestowed the Development Legend Award, and finally given the Shinest Head in Europe Award. A full list of the winners is listed after the break.
CREATIVITY

Best New IP
LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)

Best Use of a Licence
Lego Batman (Traveller's Tales)

Visual Arts
LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)

Audio Accomplishment
Fable II (Lionhead)

Publishing Hero
Apple

TECHNOLOGY & SERVICES

Technical Innovation
LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)

Best Tools Provider
Autodesk

Best Engine
Unreal Engine 3 (Epic Games)

Recruitment Company
Amiqus

Services
Audiomotion

Creative Outsourcing
Side & Sidelines

STUDIOS

Best New Studio
Media Molecule

Best Handheld Games Studio
Rockstar Leeds

Business Development
Playfish

Best Independent Developer
Media Molecule

Best In-House Team
Rockstar North

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Development Legend
Phil Harrison

Lifetime Achievement Award
Jacqui Lyons

Grand Prix
Codemasters

Reader Comments (24)

they deserve it, in my opinion.

Great for them!!

Now, as for the level packs?

Haven't played it but conceptually it sounds awesome.

You should then. You can buy it for a pretty cheap price nowadays.

congrats to the winners. i love me some lbp.

WHat about Ratchet and Clank!? Thats boosh*t!!! Ill represent then!!!

R and C as Ironman and Wolverine!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/3716642799/

Badass pic Ashitaka!

Is that Forest Whittaker?

Too bad they never win awards for sales, OH SNAP!

I kid, I like LBP, it deserved to sell a lot more than it did.

Even though they are represented with allot of awards I feel the game is somewhat still under rated by gamers. Remember the BETA process, that was CRAZY ! I (heart) LBP !

LBP!!!!! YAY!!

Is that Forest Whitaker?

maybe we'll get some free stuff now?..........yea thought so

They do give stuff out for free. Maybe not lately, but they deserve/need to get some funds going for LBP2. I bough the MGS pack, best DLC add on as of yet! Also lots of people complain about the no level DLC. I ask though, " what other game lets you create a level and then share it with the world ? " 1 maybe 3, but enough of that "community levels aren't par with MM's", there's plenty of badass (home made?) ones out there. Trust me, some clever/creative people.

"they deserve/need to get some funds going for LBP2"

that's utter bulls**t...I'm sure they have more than enough money in the bank by now on sales of the game alone, not to mention the penny pinching from dlc.

and yes I've virtually bought everything on the store.
in my opinion they need to start taking a leaf out of criterion's book as a thank you to everyone.

the community has done more than enough to warrant more free things, and I'm not talking about some stupid costumes.

No.

Plz stop making us pay for things like 'the metal gear solid pack' in order to play most user created levels.

Awards well deserved!

What do you think about Modnationracers, am almost as excited by that as LBP

Why is forrest whittaker getting an award?

amazing how no matter how many awards and rave reviews that game receives, no one's buying it. that was one of the biggest letdowns last year if you asked me. they definitely deserved higher sales numbers than that.

Come back to us Phil, we miss your shiny head at Sony :'( .........no really come back

did you even read the post?

What does "IP" stand for as in Best New IP?

LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule sweep Develop Awards

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