LittleBigPlanet 2's "crazy dream" delays, now out January 2011

The team know it's "disappointing news" for fans but their studio takes "enormous pride" in their games, so they decided to push it back from fall this year.

"LittleBigPlanet 2 is a crazy dream, a dream to allow players to make whatever kind of game they want, but also to play though a great adventure of drama and excitement, power-ups, and cinematics," began Media Molecule's delay announcement.

"But like all of the most ambitious ideas, it can be a considerable challenge to turn these dreams in to fun games."

"We’ve all been working like powered-up space ninjas and we’re almost there, but because we love what we’ve made, and we love our little sack-friends, and most of all we love all our fans out there, we couldn’t let you all get together until we knew we were giving you the best experience imaginable."

"Which is why we’ve taken the hard decision to delay the worldwide release of LittleBigPlanet 2, originally slated for later this year to January 2011."

"We know this will come as disappointing news for all you LittleBigPlanet fans, and believe us, we are disappointed too," continued the studio team.

"We are a tight-knit team and we take enormous pride in our work, so to raise the bar we’ve set with the original LittleBigPlanet, a game that has been so embraced by all, we’ve agreed to allow ourselves a bit more time to deliver the experience that our great fans and community deserve. We are truly sorry, but hope you understand that we have to build the best possible game, as it is the foundation of our community."

LittleBigPlanet 2 releases exclusively on PS3 January 2011. It was originally slated for a November 16th retail date in the US, with no European release mentioned until now.