Sackboy finally reaches the end of the road as Sony announces LittleBigPlanet 3 and all its DLC are being delisted

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Halloween marks the beloved series' digital death day

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LittleBigPlanet 3 and all its paid downloadable content is being delisted later this year, publisher PlayStation Studios has announced.

"After 10 years of playing, creating and sharing content in LittleBigPlanet 3, the game and our entire range of LittleBigPlanet DLC will be removed from the PlayStation Store on October 31 2024," the series' social media account tweeted yesterday. "Anyone that currently owns or purchases LittleBigPlanet 3 or any DLC before it is delisted for sale will still be able to access their purchased games and content after its removal."

"This is a friendly heads-up that if anyone in the community or any newcomers still wish to own a digital copy of LittleBigPlanet 3 or any LittleBigPlanet DLC currently available for purchase - this is your last chance to do so!" 

Physical LittleBigPlanet 3 copies should still work after its Halloween digital death day - it'll just exist without the servers made to share and see other's sometimes-wonderful creations, or the various DLC from developer Media Molecule. LittleBigPlanet 3's digital removal is also another reminder of why discs are crucial for game preservation, especially with the PS5 Pro and its add-on disc drive inbound.

Other upcoming PS5 games could never replace Sackboy's empty grin, but maybe they'll help fill the void.

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.