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Marvel, Sony Announce LittleBigPlanet Deal

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Marvel Entertainment and Sony have announced a deal to create new content for LittleBigPlanet based on, you guessed it, famous Marvel Comics characters and comics.

The partnership was announced yesterday at Comic-Con in San Diego as part of a look at "the next generation of Marvel videogames." No details have been revealed but the discussion included concept art of Iron Man, Captain America and Wolverine costumes to illustrate one possible direction the partnership could take.

While we don't know what exactly to expect from this new relationship, it does open some intriguing possibilities for future crossovers. Will the release of new Marvel films result in official LittleBigPlanet crossovers? Could characters created specifically for LittleBigPlanet eventually find their way into a Marvel comic? (It's happened before, you know.) Perhaps a bit more ominously, is it possible that Sony will begin to clamp down on user-created levels that tie in, unofficially, with the Marvel Universe?

It's safe to say that some Marvel heroes are a lock to show up in the game, like Wolverine and Iron-Man, but I'm hoping for something a bit deeper. As a former fan of comics, I'm really looking forward to levels like "Cute-and-Cuddly Spider-Man Flies Into a Rage and Beats Soft-and-Fuzzy Sin Eater So Badly That He Cripples Him For Life." Yeah, that's the stuff that'll get me to buy a PS3.

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That Captain America is fairly epic.

lol they look pretty funny to me but that isn't much different from the original content. The Captain America does look pretty sweet though.

Is it weird that I thought that they were making a Little Big Planet movie?

Hmm.... *wonders if a Littlebigplanet version of the X-men intro is possible*

A guy can dream, can't he?

Finger's crossed for LittleBigPunisher...

Oh this is so very win. While I'm more of a DC Comics girl myself, any crossover between comic book characters and the most amazing game to ever hit the next-gen consoles (Little Big Planet, that is, and don't try to defy me on that) is made of complete and utter, indisputable win.

Feh, wake me when they have a Stilt-Man Sackboy

or Deadpool

"Sony will begin to clamp down on user-created levels"

A crackdown on Marvel IP user-generated content within LBP seems unlikely. Partnering with LBP for a crossover means fully embracing fan content. LBP had some hiccups last November with IP issues, but settled into a policy of IP crossover being a green light for fan content.

I love how Captain America's "A" is taped on, haha.

Captain America and Iron Man look cool, I hate how Wolverine looks, though.

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I love how Captain America's "A" is taped on, haha.

With silver duct tape, no less, haha. Awesome.

Get me a final fantasy pack and i'll be happy,
Maybe Bioshock too.

haha, this could actually be allot of fun.

 
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