Run SackBoy! Run! Coming to PS Vita, Mobile Devices

Hello, PlayStation.Blog! I’m Tom O’Connor, Senior Producer in the LittleBigPlanet Production team at Sony XDev Europe.

As well as putting the finishing touches to LittleBigPlanet 3 on PS4 and PS3, we have also been busy working on a brand new handcrafted (and handheld) mini-adventure. Run Sackboy! Run! is a free-to-play, platform-survival game built exclusively for PS Vita and mobile devices, in which you can earn exclusive costumes for LBP3.

The Negativitron (that big nasty vacuum cleaner who sucks up all the creativity) is back, wreaking havoc on Craftworld and nipping at the heels of our very own Sackboy! Using simple tap and swipe gestures, you’ll speed through three iconic worlds from the LittleBigPlanet series — The Gardens, The Canyons, and Avalonia — evading danger for as long you can. Anyone can enjoy the game, but as Sackboy charges along at top speed, you’re going to need super-quick reactions to keep him on course and out of trouble.

Collect as many bubbles as you can as you speed through Craftworld, and then use your bubbles to buy special costumes and upgrades. Each of the costumes in the game have built in score multipliers, meaning you don’t only look snazzy but you can get higher scores too. You can challenge your friends using the game’s built-in social feature and scoreboards. There’s loads of power-ups too, including a Jet Pack, Shield, and Magnet, plus my personal favorite: the Glider. You also have a mission ladder system, meaning there are always new objectives and challenges each time you play.

There are tons of stickers to collect too, and an in-game Sticker Book to keep them all nice and tidy. As you complete collections of stickers you will unlock special rewards. You will not want to miss out on the exclusive costumes for LittleBigPlanet 3 which you will be able to gad about in when the game is released later this year on PS4 and PS3.

The game is scheduled for release in October this year, and will be available on PS Vita, iOS, and Android. We can’t wait to tell you more about the game soon.

Source: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/09/04/run-sackboy-run-coming-to-ps-vita-mobile-devices/

That looks pretty cool. I might get it for Android.

That looks really cool, but again not Vita exclusive?
That's sad...

The Vita can't catch a break. Even when the first party games aren't on the PS3 and PS4, they're still not exclusive to the Vita.

RealGamingExpert said: That looks really cool, but again not Vita exclusive? That's sad...

At least it's acutally playable on the Vita this time.

Leadified said: RealGamingExpert said: That looks really cool, but again not Vita exclusive? That's sad... At least it's acutally playable on the Vita this time.

Haha yeah we had a few that were mobile exclusive before.

Anyway I might give it a go because why not right, looks decent enough

This is like that knack app they launch, but with deeper gameplay, its way to expand the game (although as a stand-alone does give people a chance to kill time as little portable game), but now they are launching it for Vita too.
When Rockstar did that mobile app for GTA-V and launch it also on Vita I didn't read anyone saying "poor Vita" because it didn't make sense... Same here.

what no windows phone?
would have been too funny to click on that xbox symbol and see SackBoy

Playstation runners are never really good, though this looks promising. Alas so was the ratchet and clank runner but that was horrible.

It is obvious why Sony is releasing this on mobile. Get as many people be close again with the LBP brand so that a purchase of the new game (and hopefully a PS4) will happpen.