Sony buys Media Molecule

Published: 12:51PM GMT 03 March 2010

Sony has paid for Media Molecule, the games college of music at the back of the critically acclaimed "LittleBigPlanet"

Sony has paid for Media Molecule, the British diversion developer at the back of LittleBigPlanet for an undisclosed fee. The understanding equates to that Media Molecule, that is formed in Surrey, will turn piece of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios.

LittleBigPlanet, that allows players to set up their own diversion levels and share them with alternative gamers, has been a vicious success, winning dozens of awards and offered millions of copies. The college of music grown games usually for Sony"s PlayStation range of consoles, and did not have titles for competing platforms.

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"Since they detonate onto the gaming scene, Media Molecule have valid to be a indeed sparkling and innovative studio," pronounced Shuhei Yoshida, boss of Sony"s diversion studios. "To move them in to the family proves the loyalty to formulating illusory new practice that we hold will concrete the on all sides as industry leaders."

Media Molecule voiced the headlines on the website, underneath a blog post entitled "We"re removing married!"

"After a windstorm romance, and one pleasing kid together, we are immensely vehement to make known the rendezvous to the prolonged tenure most appropriate crony and hold up partner, Sony Computer Entertainment!," pronounced the studio.

"Since Media Molecule"s inception, we"ve had a singly close attribute with Sony. Over the years they have consistently shown their loyalty to beautiful gaming and Media Molecule, not usually by their await of the company, but their eagerness to take risks and welcome the mostly surprising proceed and ideas," pronounced Alex Evans, co-founder of Media Molecule.

"What we"ve completed already with LittleBigPlanet has valid this to us and we"re vehement by this new section of creation and beautiful gaming, for all involved."

Sony"s Worldwide Studios is comprised of some-more than fifteen diversion growth studios in Japan, the US, the UK and the Netherlands.