Eurogamer goes LBP mad

It seems that the internet has gone LittleBigPlanet mad, with tons of new info emerging today, so lets get down to business.

Voice and Viedo Functionality:

Media Molecule boss David Smith has stated that LittleBigPlanet will feature in-game voice chat and Playstation Eye functionality;

"I can tell you we have VOIP. It's really useful when you're making a level with a friend who happens to be in a different country. It fits really nicely into the game,"

Smith also commented on other features that the game will incorporate, saying that in the future the team would like to add new new features to the game after its launch.

"There's some more cool stuff about this that I'm not going to go into right now. We are using the camera for some of the creative features of the game. It's a pretty powerful way of getting new content into the LBP world.

"We have a big wish list of things that we'd like to add after the initial launch of the game. Making videos of theatre plays and stunts is definitely on the list. Whether we add the feature or not is partially up to you guys. How much do you want it? Tell us!" he added.

Running speeds:

Smith has also revealed that the game will run in 30 Frames per second and at 720p, meaning a proper High definition experience for those who care and a hopefully a decent frame rate throughout the game.

"The game uses a lot filmic techniques like depth of field and motion blur, so this fits the game pretty well."

Smith has also been talking about Hard drive installs, with more and more games taking up hard drive space with installing this is becoming more and more important every day.

"We haven't finalised the details on this."

However, he did go on to add, "The game is designed to be fairly lightweight, to make the sharing of new content easier. Our levels squidge down into really tiny files, which means that when the community makes new ones, they'll download quickly.

"The HD install is perhaps around a gig. Perhaps more or less. It's not finalised yet."

Beta:

Smith, again talking to Eurogamer has stated that the game is currently being Beta tested, saying that he hopes to get the playstation community and fans in on the action soon.

"A beta trial is really important for us to make a game like this. We already have trials in progress! It should gradually grow to include more people," Smith said.

"The beta is starting off in a very controlled way, but will hopefully open up to lots more people. We aren't at a stage yet to know what direction we need to go with this. Personally, I'd love the beta to have as many people as possible, but we need to wait and see."

Sound track:

Smith has finally revealed some information on the sound track the game will feature, saying that they have snapped up music from The Go! Team and Battles and put it in LittleBigPlanet.

"I can confirm that we've licensed music by The Go! Team and Battles as featured in some of our trailers," Smith told Eurogamer in a live text interview.

"The game has lots of other awesome licensed music which is not just a feature of LittleBigPlanet's Story mode, but is available to you to use in create mode (assuming you have collected a given track's music object).

"Even more exciting is the interactive music system which allows you to musically score your levels as you see fit by placing down interactive music objects at key points in your level where you want the music to change," he added.

LittleBigPlanet is set to launch this October.

Sources: Eurogamer 1, 2, 3, 4