Little Big Planet wins big at D.I.C.E.

to people sayin lbp only sold 1 million, thats wrong, its ova 2 million now

halo_wars86 youre just a sad fanboy. Im 26 years old. I play LBP every evening with my wife, the game is extremely addicting and creative. Even my friends that only play FPS and fighting games appreciate the genius behind LBP; your comments about being a kiddie game are so retarded. And you want to know how I figured out that youre an xbot, because only fanboys care about SALES!!!! Sales /= Quality

it's great to see LBP getting some recognition...definetly my GOTY last year, amazing game

Seriously, MGS4 only for Best Original Sound? It definitely deserved character, graphics awards.

Im glad LBP won the awards and received the recognition. Sure it didn't sell the most, but sometimes it's not always about sales, but about gameplay, style, innovation, visuals, sound, etc. I'm surprised that MGS4 didn't take it however, because it had all of that as well, but then again it would be weird if LBP won most of the awards and then not winning GOTY. MGS4 I thought should've won more. Also, for those that say LBP is just a kids game, if you've ever played or seen what levels people come up with, you know a little kid did not make that. Sure sackboy is cute and what not but the levels themselves are rather complex and many people out there took a lot of time to create sweet levels that are works of art.

LBP ftw!

Ok, I’m going to try to make this short as possible. There were so many great games in 2008, but only 4 stood out of the pack - and actually deserved the game of the year award. Those 4 are: Grand Theft Auto 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Fallout 3 and Little Big Planet. I own all 4. Beat them all. I have 100% in gta 4, the platinum trophy for fallout 3, all levels aced in lbp, you name it. I have played these games enough to know what I’m talking about. That being said, I think Little Big Planet is the best of the four. Little Big Planet gets so many things right on the first try - it’s just ingenious. From the casual to the most hardcore, old or young, you will find something for you in this game. If you have played the game you know what I’m talking about; and if you haven’t, then let me tell you that you are missing out on not only the best game of 2008 but the best game this current generation has to offer. I am really glad and thankful that D.I.C.E. had the balls not only to recognize, but also to properly award Little Big Planet for all its accomplishments. Because it seems like every other major website/magazine/award show is afraid of being ridicule (I’m guessing?) for giving the goty award to a “kiddy” game. I wish they’d grow some balls, get over that bs and do what’s right - not what’s cool or what will be accepted by the majority or a certain group of people. Every single award lbp got is well deserved. Little Big Planet IS that good. If you haven’t played the game, again, you are missing out on what in my opinion is the best game of this console generation.

Oh wow, R2 gets nominated for visuals (which weren't that great), but not online play??? Who was in charge of nominating??? :?

Gears 2 got nominated for online play? I heard it was nothing but a big glitch-fest....at least Resistance 2, a game which it was compared to quite a bit, didn't have the same type of online issues that Gears 2 had/has.

Orcarina of Time was a kids game ???? LOL, Took me ages to do the water temple, pissed off now, seems it would be easy to a 3 year old!!!

Grats LBP! I would have liked to see MGS4 win more, but at least it won something, Grats to Sony, overall they are the big winner at D.I.C.E

wow they really liked little big planet a lot

I agree with most, but LBP is, in my opinion CRAP. And it's lackluster sales performance would show that I'm not the only person to think that. I bought into the hype and got it day 1, now I play it less than my PSP games.

A precursory glance over the list makes me think these guys know what they're talking about... with games like LBP, Left 4 Dead and Fallout 3 cleaning up... games like NHL 09, Rock Band 2, Dead Space and Super Smash Bros getting deserved nods and GTA IV getting the honor of just being nominated that it deserves.

OMG someone said LBP only sold 1 million. Well its not about sales, its about achievement and LBP was thankfully under appreaciated and its for the smart to enjoy and if you miss out then good for you. Just because you thought something like Gears 2, or Fallout 3 deserves to win just means there is more fanboys. What do you mean LBP won because of fanboys if not many PS3 owners bought it? Hopefully more people will go play LBP because it never seized to amaze me. Sales never have to do with something winning the Oscar, look at The Dark Knight.

@castalos: Oh yeah, Sins of a Solar Empire blew RA3 out of the water in terms of strategy. I loved RA3, and Endwar, but what they gave in accessiblity they gave up in strategic complexity. SSE was a true strategy stroke of genius. Valkyria Chronicles was a better game than both, but SSE wins in terms of pure strategy.

And the Oscars goes to LBP great job! MGS4 was my personal favorite, but LBP spoke innovation.

Oh, and Jay Mohr is not funny.

MGS4 is the big loser, wow. Everybody thought that it would clean up, but even though acknowledged, that's clearly not how the creator thought the night would wind up. He has got to be seething! LBP was a waste of my $60,... boring. I tried, I really tried, but my patients for little cute things has vanished with age.

While it was not my personal favourite, LBP was one hell of a game. Given that a lot of these awards touch on some form of innovation, LBP was kind of a shoe in. Prince of Persia definitely deserved the artwork win, if you play it with the flow intended the whole game is basically a visual treat. One huge miss however: Where was Valkyria Chronicles? I've never seen such an amazingly good game be so totally overlooked. Even Psychonauts got more underground recognition. Still, it's good to see that Fallout 3 got recognition for its story, but even though GoW 2 wasn't a quantum leap in terms of gameplay, it still was a better game than a LOT of others.. but against Dead Space, LBP, Fallout 3, and LBP, a straight sequel never had a chance.

Oh well. Too bad the game is a bore.

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LBP wins the most? W00T!!!

Yup. Little Big Planet and MGS4 were the reasons my Xbox remained un-repaired this year. Definitely well deserved. I can't remember how many hours I sat down creating my own levels...great game. I still need to pick up Fallout 3. I disagree with the Prince of Persia pick for animation...It's just cell shading which set it apart. MGS4 had way better animation, smoother frame rate and more detail..just my opinion

w00t! LittleBigPlanet, Rock Band 2, and MGS4 all won awards! I'm satisfied. And if you 360 players tried it out, you'll see that it's more than a kiddy game. A lot more.

@ JMD wow saying that sony payed for awards 1. microsoft payed $50 mil for GTA DLC exclusivity 2. Microsoft also payed for fallout 3 DLC 3. LBP and MGS4 are both PS3 exclusives way to have a very xbox biased point of veiw bud, you "fanboy" is showing fallout 3 got the awards it deserved, with less things to do than fallout 1 and 2 it didn't deserve all of the awards that everyone is saying it should've you beat the game once and you get too bored of it to play it again. MSG4 should have won awards i think everyone here should agree to that, if not than you need to buy the game before claiming, "OMG OMG LBP FTW GOTY" Really?

no offence against lbp but best visuals animation and desgin is metal gear soild 4 for sure

No way does that game win game of the year. thats rediculous.

its only sold just over 1 mill . this is not good enough for game of the year. only fanboys are happy since its sony .hypocrites, go buy the game first. (every1 other than fanboys KNOWS LBP is a kiddy game)

Little Big Planet is an excellent game. Halo War 86 shows how ignorance works. comparing and slamming the game without even playing it? uh, yeah. Anyway, it is a game that just keeps on giving and in the end is worth more than its $60.00 price tag. Great Work Media Molecule!

MM did a wonderful job and deserves those awards :) Was a little sad that C:OoE didn't get any awards, but at least it got nomiated ^^

There were a lot of great games in 2008 which stood out as a banner year for developers. LBP was an unique gaming experience and broke the mold in the game gender. Lots of great nominees and hope that 2009 turns out as well.

BS. MGS4 deserves some of the awards as well, like best animation for example.

Good job on LBP mm :) Made a different, but unique game, and successful obviously :P

YES my copy of LBP comes tommorow, alright!! but I can't believe Naruto The Broken Bond was nominated over Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm

LBP! LBP! LBP! LBP! LBP! LBP! LBP! LBP! How many awards does it really need!? Geez! I mean, it was a really cool, fun game. I payed full price for it. But.... GEEZ! How many awards does it need?

I dont agree with the strategy game given to RA3 though... all others were much better in terms of depth, feel and gameplay... RA3 was a major disappointment and certainly didnt deserve that award...

Go LBP, best game I have ever played, other than MGS4

DAMN! MGS4 only won 1 award... but kudos to MM for making LBP. One of the best platformers this gen

Well deserved.

I like Little Big Planet, but ever since my little sister became obsessed with it and started playing it every waking hour of the day I've started to lose interest...

I'm not at all too upset LBP took a lot of these awards, it deserved a good amount of recognition, sure it wasn't the kind of game I play hour after hour, day after day, week after week, but it has a charm about it that goes unmatch, I thought it was deserving of the OVERALL, GOTY, DIRECTION, FAMILY, and INNOVATION awards, though I thought the visual should have gone to Dead Space or MGS4 since they were nominated for a lot and didn't win enough, and even though I didn't like MGS4 I have to admit the visual design of the game was excellent

halo_wars86... "no its a kids game. i will never play this game." Super Mario Galaxy was a kids game, Orcarina of Time was a kids game. Some of the best games ever made were orientated towards a very broad audience, and though I agree that Fallout 3 and MGS 4 are excellent games, don't you think they've garnered plenty enough credit in the dozens of other award ceremonies?

'Grats, LBP! You rock! Brawl FINALLY won an award from somewhere (it's about time)! My only complaints are the lack of MGS4 awards and The World Ends with You not even being nominated for best handheld game.

I agree with most of these except for Dead Space winning Action Game of the Year. That was some pretty heavy competition and, mostly due to my personal tastes of course, I think every one of the other games should have beat it. But definately grats to Little Big Planet...I don't own a PS3 but that game made me wish I did :)

@ShirkDawg - "These awards are a joke. Lost Odyssey isn't even up there for best story? Get out of here. That game also had some of the best art in '08." Lost Odyssey was waaaay to much cutscene and no gameplay, it's been a typical problem with next gen JRPGs these days, I'd say the same thing of MGS4 too but MGS4 was important piece of ammo in the console wars, Lost Odyssey was also a piece of that "exclusive" dialogue but Lost Odyssey was never flagship in the console war as much as MGS4 was, if Lost Odyssey would have gotten no recognition it wouldn't have hurt the X360 in the slightest, if MGS4 had failed top notch recognition it would have flattened the PS3's growth until Christmas, I'm probably going to get unanimously thumbed down for saying so but the only reason I think MGS4 got the recognition it did was in fear that criticism of the game would cause the passion of the fanboy wars to kill subscriptions to publications that didn't give it a great review, hell, review critics would have probably gotten death threats, wouldn't be that far out of the realm of possibility since people were issuing death threats against poor Kojima when he announced he'd have less of a part in the creation of MGS4, which reversed itself after said death threats... oh god, I'm gonna get a death threat aren't I :o

LBP deserved these awards. It's an awesome, innovative game.

"Thoroughly, thoroughly deserved for LBP - it's an excellent game" no its a kids game. i will never play this game. i cant believe lbp beat mgs4 and fallout in game of the year seriously this is BS. even the sales of lbp was not all great compare to mgs4 and fallout 3.

WOW, i am surprised. LBP with so many awards? Its insane, i smell that sony paid well for this awards. I dont belive this. I was expecting that MGS4 would get most of the awards... Not that kid game. How well....

Thoroughly, thoroughly deserved for LBP - it's an excellent game. Great to see L4D in a few categories too.... I only just got that game and it's both blown me away and terrified me over the last few nights(!)