Media Molecule
From LittleBigPlanet Wiki
Media Molecule is a game development studio based in Guildford, United Kingdom. The studio was founded in January 2006 by former employees of Lionhead Studios and Criterion Games.
The company is working on LittleBigPlanet which was announced and demoed at the Game Developers Conference in 2007.
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[edit] Articles about Media Molecule and LittleBigPlanet
- "Media Molecule's praise for PS3" from developmag.com
- "GDC: Media Molecule talks LittleBigPlanet" from gamesindustry.biz
- "LittleBigPlanet's Media Molecule" from qj.net
- "GDC 07: Making Media Molecule" from gamespot.com
[edit] A Short History of Media Molecule
According to Alex Evens, David Smith presented the original prototype for LittleBigPlanet, which was then dubbed "Yellowhead", back in January 2006. He then worked with Alex, Mark, Kareem, and Chris to form a company to develop it into a full title.
There then followed a lot of knocking on doors. At some point Nintendo decides that they would like to do business with MM, but holds off actually making any agreements, possibly to starve them out a bit, and is left empty-handed when SONY steps up and makes a deal.
They then recruited Mags (an accountant?), Francis, Siobhan, Jonny, Anton, and Rex, and around this time moved into a new office in Guildford, which they painted in colours relating to the original Yellowhead prototype (pink, yellow, and blue.)
From this point on the development of the game began in earnest, and they pretty much disappear into the void, until the Game Developer Conference of 2007, when they emerged from hermitude to present their much acclaimed demo of LittleBigPlanet.
