LittleBigPlanet is Officially DEAD... | LBP3 Server Shutdown Announced 

Today is a sad day. Rest in Peace LittleBigPlanet. A HUGE thanks to @SwouseMouse for making this video's thumbnail

Rip Survive Jeff The Killer

After hyping Sackboy up as one of the most "recognized/beloved characters in media" they just nuke the source material??? Whats the point in playing big games anymore? Big corps don't care about their games, smaller corps don't care. The only people who care anymore is the fanbase who have been wanting mere acknowledgement for several months. What a waste.

we will miss you LittleBigPlanet.

LBP isnt dead as Dr. Hiriluk once said "A man dies when he is forgotten!" We'll keep it alive by remembering it!

I can't believe it's actually gone. I had to just sit down and silently cry as I've processed it. I've spent 13 years playing the franchise and it's my favorite video game franchise of all time. This was a massive portion of my Childhood, and It feels like the remaining bit of my Childhood is permanently gone as I've fully grown up now.

Rip LittleBigPlanet 3. I just had to sit down for a minute when I saw the tweet about the servers being offline permanently. I only ever played online levels, not really create any. But it does suck that this happened.

They did it again!? No warning, followed by several months of false hope. What a disgusting move. I dont care that it was going to happen eventually, they couldve given us a week, OR EVEN A DAY, to download my favorite levels from my childhood

LittleBigPlanet OST - Left Bank Two hitting harder than usual now

I swear that purple ps5 controller on media molecules website better mean something

This is such a shame, I loved LittleBigPlanet 3. It wasn't the best in the series, but it was still fun at it's core!

the end of an era…we will all miss you✊✊✊

LBP is why I am even the person I am today. I came in with just wanting to do whatever I wanted in a sandbox, but got more than just that. I gained skill creating, a confidence boost, friends and so than I can list here. I don't know where'd I'd be if it wasn't for this series. Absolutely a series that deserves much more credit than it has gotten.

The Japanese version ended its service several years ago, but now it's time to say goodbye for real. Thank you.Little Big Planet、 Thank you. Zackboy （日本語版は既に数年前からサービスが終了してしまいましたが、本当のお別れが来てしまいました…ありがとうリトルビッグプラネット、ありがとうリビッツ君。）

Ouch. LBP was my first ever game, it's sad it had to die like this

My PlayStation 4 no longer has a purpose anymore.

i can't even describe the loss here man, it feels like losing a family member, this series means so much to me and i'm heartbroken to see it gone

Very upset that they’ve decided to not just make it read-only. I wish I could go through my hearted levels again

RIP LBP3 2008-2024 “It was our childhood game for about almost 16 years until the hackers decided to ruin our experience. May our childhood rest in peace for such an amazing game”.

I desperately hope LBP4 gets announced In the next State of Play. And considering MM are making another game I feel like it's LBP4, and yeah it's hopeful thinking but knowing that Dreams was a financial flop, LBP4 Is likely. Probably being pressured by Sony to, there's no way they'll be able to make a new IP after Dreams.

I was absolutely devasted when I found out about the news. The servers may be gone forever, but the memories won't. ❤

RIP to my childhood game, I'll miss all those wacky horror levels and co-op hide & seek. Can't forget about the Mortal Kombat levels and the shark bomb survival Jeff the Killer funny levels, those will be missed despite how oddly specific they were.

I sat down and listened to Orb of Dreamer while watching the sunset to mourn the loss. I'm very glad we have custom community servers to keep the Imagisphere alive, but it's very heartbreaking to see this game get left in the dust and to be put down with a whimper.

We can only hope for an LBP4 😢

It's a sad day, I'm soo glad I decided to replay lbp 3 Best levels a Lil before the server shutdown, thank you soo much for everything LBP

I was a relatively popular yet cringey game creator on LBP (Yuridude4 just incase any of you recognise me) and hearing this makes me sadder than ever before. Sackboy a big adventure is a bunch of crap. It’s supposed to be a sandbox, not a platformer. R.I.P Little Big Planet. You will not be forgotten.

Well this is depressing

Even if the games are dead, the game will live on through its community, And as a wise man once said “if you stay in sonic house rpg, you turn into sonic himself”

damn, this shit hit hard. I think its fitting that the last level I played was the original Jeff the killer level reupload.

(I know it's a lot to read but I promise it's IMPORTANT and very good news, so for everyone seeing this, PLEASE READ the next part, because I need this message to reach as many people as possible to spread the word.) Attention all LBP players, you don't know me. I know that you're sad. I know that you're all angry, or upset and that you feel let down by Sumo and Sony for not protecting the community, which is why we, the players took it into our own hands to do so. I know you feel like you've now lost your home away from home, am I right? Believe me, I know. For a long time, LBP was also my home away from home. I met almost all of my closest friends there. I've found love there. I've found my life's true calling there in the form of making music, and I started getting into graphic design. However, I have incredible news to bring to you all. We have finally found and identified the modder responsible. Now for those who are lost and haven't heard the details of the matter, let's go over what we do know. The person behind it was a user named "Chilly-bath95". That same person is more known by other PSN usernames, such as his recent account "Senestal", and he is most known by his OG LBP2 account, "Eragoy". He also has many other accounts, but that's irrelevant right now. Recently, we have acquired his real name (which is Jonah), his information, his address, and many other incriminating pieces of evidence against him, and I need you all to just trust me on this, and spread the word about him wherever you can, so that we can protect the remnants of the community, the things and people we hold very dear to our hearts, from him, and people like him. The power of the LittleBigPlanet community has and always WILL be that we have power and strength in numbers, and strength in our unity as a community. Right now, we need to display that strength and show him and anyone else who threatens the safety of both the remaining private servers and the community no mercy, we must show them that we are NOT afraid of them, and show them that they will not prevail in breaking us down, because these kinds of people take delight in causing misery to others and having control and power. By simply being sad, we're giving awful people like that the very thing they desire. We need to instead rise, and display that strength in unity against people who target the servers like Jonah. Listen, guys, it's up to us. If we don't stand up to him and do something about him and people LIKE him, NO ONE will and then people like him will think they can act with impunity and do what they want with no legal consequences. But rest assured, we can now rejoice, my fellow LittleBigPlanetians, fellow Sackboys, and Sackgirls, the hunt for the person responsible for the false PSN ban exploits is over. This is it we've found the real-life Negativitron. Evil now has a face and a name. And that name is Jonah Easterling. And don't fret, his face will be revealed too. Until next time, folks. 👌🏻👌🏻👍🏻

Man, I'm still taking this in... I loved this series so much and now it's dead... Rest in peace Sackboy...

Now I see why people think 2024 is the worst year in human history.

Now that lbp 3 shutdown, the game has unobtainable trophies that involves doing activities in the community.

We love you forever Little big planet.

Wait, that's it? There's no big fanfare or anything, it's just slowly being whisked away into a whimper and then followed by silence.

R.I.P. LittleBigPlanet. Press "F" to pay respects... 😔

this made me shed a tear. when I heard they were shut down for good I had like a flashback playing lbp1 2 and 3, the friends I had made and more. honestly so unbelievably sad

The wait for restiched begins

End of an era...

LBP Union posted on Twitter, that the resource servers are still up, meaning all levels and pictures are still on a server. Maybe for the next game?

Man... its so over...

Goodbye LittleBigPlanet, a game that made not just my childhood but millions of childhoods. Rest in peace LittleBigPlanet, you will be missed. R.I.P LittleBigPlanet 2008-2024.

Man I was so sad when I got on top play Neon Dimension too see that I couldn’t connect to the servers, later realizing it was shutdown

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT nononono.. no... WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT 😭😭

And with that, a chapter of my life has finally closed. I will miss you, LittleBigPlanet. You defined my childhood, and it hurts to see you gone, but we must move on. It’s simply unfortunate that you don’t know what you take for granted until it’s gone. To the Sonic house RPG player’s, that poor kid who always tried to play with me who literally couldn’t read, the random players who let me capture and upload their most bizarre moments, and the actual chill players: it’s been an honor. May we one day meet again.

I played this game since 2017, and I'm shocked and saddened that the servers of my childhood game is over, this game was my inspiration to make a lot of stuff. I didn't really join online alot but, if it wasn't for this game, I would of not be able to create the things I made in my head. LBP3 Helped me create what i had in my mind to bring my ideas to life I'm so grateful for this game being apart of my childhood Rest in Peace LBP.

I just came back after not playing for years when I was younger. Well, sadly, it is over now. I am sad to see this because I wanted to play it again and relive memories but I can't. Rest in Peace LittleBigPlanet. #RIPLittlebigplanet

Well this may be the end for LBP but it opens the door for new games to adopt and pay homage to their legacy, here's hoping *Restitched* will come along and recapture the creativity and love that LBP had inspired in all of us! Also couldn't agree more with that TF2 comparison, it only makes me think why do all my favourite games attract the most miserable people lol

We will miss you Sackboy, Sackbot, Newton, Ugly purse face lady,announcer, Bird, Oddsock , chonk and smonk and everyone else our hope is no longer going to be here with you gone just like Matthew Patthew being gone we can't allow this to happen but its gonna happen down from the bottom of our help our buddys were always there for us rest in peace Its just wrong man ouugh ouugh ouugh

This game was a big part of my childhood, I remember staying up at night looking at the moon as I played lbp online levels I really liked the scary levels It's been fun... LBP I will always love you ❤

It's a shame that I don't own a PS4 because this was next on my chopping block to experience since I heard it's a weaker one after 2 and I remember watching videos for creations and I had a blast watching those.

Oh great! Now what am I gonna do with my upcoming creations I’m doing for my videos and everyone to watch and play? Now this means the levels I’ve published so far are now dead💀. How can they do this to us? 😢

Ironically enough TF2 actually just made great progress with bot purging just a day before this video uploaded

Sony: “Well… LBP is *not* a 3rd-person over-the-shoulder ‘cinematic’ open-world game with a bow and arrow made by narcissistic hipsters in San Francisco, so it simply had to go” RIP LittleBigPlanet, your only fault was not being absorbed into the homogenized Sony exclusive basket

That's really a shame. LBP was a big part of my childhood, especially LBP3. I've only ever played 1 & 3, but I liked to watch LBP2 videos on YT when I was little. Everything has to end, but it always sucks when it happens.

it feels surreal bcus i was literally talking to my friends about how community levels have kept me playing lbp still, and then i found out last night that i can’t do that anymore, that’s crazy. idk how to feel :(

this game was cool to me, i remmeber watching videos of it when i was young, sadly though, i never had a playstation and im already too late to be able to play it

This game was such a big part of my childhood.... Hurts a lot 💔

can you still play the story mode of the game on ps4? I used to play the game a lot but my brother deleted it back in 2023 some time and now i cant find it in the online stores anywhere would i have to buy it at gamestop?

Oh man, I still remember getting stoked from watching the ads for the original LBP before it came out. I never got that much into it, but it's still sad to see it go. RIP

what do u expect, they'd rather develop a ps6 with no games

Guys it’s okay they are releasing lbp4 tomorrow 😂 right…😢

I know I'm late but this has really eaten me up, I love this series and me and my gf just started playing so we play together and so I can re live the old days but that's gone. I shouldn't be crying over a game but it is truly a symbol of my youth and innocence. I will forever cherish the memories of this game. Rest in peace little big planet.....

It's very sad. I was working on a primative survival game on lbp3. Had a good set up. RIP

Here marks close to 20 years of this avid community and our beloved creations up to this moment. I started playing LBP back in 2010, and it became my favorite series of all time. I hope that Sumo or (highly unlikely) MM will step forward and bring a new, genuine installment to the table. . . but I won't cross my fingers. I'm so glad we still have people archiving and preserving the experience, and I think we still have a lot to be optimistic about amongst the sad faces. Thank you to everyone who's pushed out some amazing and timeless stuff over the years, and those who are still fighting to keep the energy flowing!

Theres nothing else ahead. I have nothing left to live for.

Wow, what are the odds. Here I've been thinking that maybe I should download lbp 3 so I can preserve some community levela before it shuts down. It's nice that they gave us a date before hand...

LittleBigPlanet was my childhood when I was a kid I always wanted to play this certain game I could still look back to my past self and still think about how much fun I had as a kid but now that I heard that it's gone a piece of memories Fades away

so long and thanks for all the fish o7

Well i dont need this anymore. *throws littlebigplanet 3 package into a garbage can*

This was my favorite franchise, the one that gave me the best memories with my siblings, the friends I made online, and the fun I've had. Thank you, Little Bit Planet, for everything... ❤️

Growing up with this game is the reason I became a product designer. The love for materials, shapes, creating stuff with mechanical components, living my life in a creative way.. This game will always be a part of me and I will brig those moments forever in my broken heart

Well, this sucks a lot but just like anything & everything that happens in existence, doesn't last forever, & today it was LBP. All the memories playing this game for about 16 years & for everyone else now exists in our head, (& in the backup servers).

why can't anything good happen anymore.

Rip, I only got to play LBP1. I was going to play LBP3 and Dreams when PS5 came out, but covid meant I needed to save money and everything was out of stock. I should have just gotten a PS4 lol.

Any plans on checking out Restitched when it comes out, considering it's basically a spiritual successor to LBP?

This is depressing. LBP was and will be our Childhood. #saveLBP

LBP fans have been depressed for years and this was the final nail in the coffin

Just makes me so sad that kids today will never get to experience what we got to. Getting to play every lbp in their primes was the best childhood for me. Remember the day vividly on my birthday when I got LBP Karting every game that came out was a hit for me. Little Big Planet goes down as my #1 favorite game in my heart ❤️

Will RPCS3 and whatever the PS4 equivalent is be feasible for online hosting with the games?

Don't be sad that it ended, be happy from the memories we made🫡

I am very saddened by this news. We had lbp 2, but we didn't have the console, we burrowed one from relatives, recently we were gifted a ps4pro by some other relatives. I was thinking about getting lbp3 to enjoy community levels... I do thank you for the info on an alternative, but at the moment I do not have a good enough pc or laptop to enjoy lbp community levels with.

I am devastated to hear this news, I met most of my friends on LBP3 and I created my psn acc just to play community levels but custom servers exist for the older titles, I feel like Sony could have dealt with this better considering how much advertising Sackboy and winning 5th most iconic game character on something, I will miss you LittleBigPlanet, but all good things must come to an end 😐💌🙏

This while the current videogames industry sucks. Fuck

Dude this game literally was my childhood and it means so much to me I knew this day was definitely coming any time soon but seeing this amazing game die like this is so unfortunate

That is SO tragic. That game was huge in my family when I was little. Me and my sibling would play that game together all of the time. I can't believe such thing happened!

Well, where do we go from here?

I played this game when I was younger and still do this just makes me sad All the memories All the friends I’ve made from lbp All the creativity The community servers The pod surfing Everything…. Thank you all

That is so sad, this game and its online community was my whole life when I was a tween. About a year ago my boyfriend and I tried lbp 3 for the first time. I hadn't played since lbp 2 came out. We went online, found my old user and played all the levels I made and published as a kid. I'm glad we got the chance to do that before it was too late, it was so nostalgic and hilarious and gave my boyfriend a chance to meet the child I used to be. I wish I could have done it again in 15 years with my future kids. But everything comes to an end. RIP LBP, you will always have a special place in my heart ❤

Hey, I just wanted to inform you about the LBP3 PS4 servers. They've been shut down INDEFINITELY, not PERMANENTLY. If it were shut down PERMANENTLY (Like it was with LBP PS3 servers), the Official LBP Twitter account would have included that information in its tweet, which didn't happen. The issue is more complicated than it seemed, estimated time for patching it is unknown. we are working hard on bringing it back online. Stay Tuned.

A lame and disapointing ending tbh

oh my child hood I feel like crying. I just put in lbp3 in my PS4 hoping to play some community games just to find out that it's shut down again but permanently 😭😔 this franchise held memories and tons of memories

It's a shame I never bought a PS4 and since Little Big Planet 3 was next up my chopping block to experience after I hear it's a weaker entry after LBP2 and I remember watching videos with likes of 8Bittheater (who's surprising still uploading LBP3 today until you know) and I had a blast with those.

:(

I... What? LBP is.. its over??? Its really over???? NO, WHAT??? WHAT THE FUCK DUDE. NO NO NO MY CHILDHOOD IS GONE FOR GOOD???? THIS ISNT FAIR MAN WHAT THE FUCK I DON'T HAVE WORDS FOR THIS SHIT THIS IS THE WORST NEWS TO GET :(( I SHOULDNT HAVE TO USE FAN SERVERS TO JUST ENJOY THIS GAME. WHY SONY??? WHY DO YOU KEEP LETTING GOOD THINGS DIE???? IM. UGHGHHHHHH

Does this mean we can't play the campaign anymore? And what about splitscreen?

This game was my forefront of nostalgic memories as a kid, 2-3 was almost like my hometown, before Roblox was mainstream and it was still the wild west of the internet. It's the first I've ever grieved a game and I don't think I'm alone in that, I still remember so many of the people I talked too with my shitty bluetooth earpeice. Except for the revival servers akin to Toontown or Club Penguin... This is goodbye gang. Greatful for the wonderful memories we did get to have. ♥️

Good thing for beacon lighthouse servers for rpcs3, all the lbp games except karting have servers now and there’s a way to get all the dlc outfits and everything, I had a blast on it last night it just feels like good old lbp

TF2 gets updates at times or maybe I just haven’t allowed it to update since the last time idk lmao

They said it was shutdown indefinetly, that means that in the future it might come back