PlayStation has announced that the online servers for LittleBigPlanet 3 have officially gone offline indefinitely. The announcement comes a few months after the company temporary took it offline because of technical issues. This means that access to player creations over the last sixteen years are no longer available.
The LittleBigPlanet franchise initially began in 2008 with the release of the original game on the PlayStation 3. Over the years, the game would receive several spinoffs, sequels, and even a 3D-platformer titled Sackboy: A Big Adventure. In the original LittleBigPlanet and its sequels, LittleBigPlanet 2 and 3, players could create levels and even entire games. With LittleBigPlanet 3‘s servers now offline, every level that anyone has ever created for the series is now gone.
LittleBigPlanet 3 Servers Go Offline, Access to Player Creations No Longer Available
According to a recent blog post from Sony, LittleBigPlanet 3‘s servers have been taken offline indefinitely. The announcement comes three months after they took the servers down temporarily due to technical issues. The decision has now been made permanent. Sony states the following about the decision:
User generated content (UGC) stored locally on your PS4 will remain available. Any new UGC you create can be played on your PS4 but not shared. Offline features such as the campaign will remain playable.
Join Sackboy and his amazing team of new friends on a wild adventure across a mysterious, unexplored world packed with endless surprises.
Play with all of the brilliantly unique talents of OddSock, Swoop and Toggle as the newcomers work together with Sackboy to solve puzzles and explore the creativity-powered planet Bunkum. You can also dip into endless creativity: grab hold of a sack of brand new tools to quickly and easily design your very own games and levels.
Lastly, LittleBigPlanet 3 is available now on the PlayStation 4. The most recent entry in the series, Sackboy: A Big Adventure, is available on both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
