interactive entertainment industry computer & video games interactive entertainment founded 2006 headquarters guildford surrey united kingdom key people mark healey creative director alex evans technical director siobhan reddy studio director rex crowle designer products littlebigplanet 2008 11 dreams services video game development owner sony number of employees 50 1 parent sie worldwide studios website official website media molecule is a british video game developer based in guildford in surrey . the studio was founded on 4 january 2006 2 by former lionhead studios employees mark healey alex evans david smith and kareem ettouney 3 before starting the company the founders from lionhead studios worked together on healey s independent game rag doll kung fu while still at lionhead . 4 on 2 march 2010 sony computer entertainment announced that it had acquired media molecule . 5 contents 1 history 2 projects 3 games developed 3.1 game collaborations 4 awards 4.1 wins 4.2 nominations 5 references 6 external links history edit media molecule is a development studio based in guildford united kingdom . they are owned by sony computer entertainment . the studio was founded in january 2006 by former lionhead employees alex evans mark healy dave smith and kareem ettouney . the team developed rag doll kung fu the first third party title made available on steam in their spare time whilst still working at lionhead . evans describes the company s formation as a combination of the boost from rag doll some new ideas bubbling in his head and the new wave of consoles around the corner . renowned for their small size they are a close knit group of but 25 developers with an only 9 coders . evans says that their size is an arbitrary constraint they placed themselves . the company had with partnered with sony computer entertainment europe after pitching an early littlebigplanet forbearer known as craftworld . this concept led to sony funding the development of littlebigplanet . it was announced on 2 march 2010 that sony computer entertainment had purchased media molecule . projects edit the studio s first game was the playstation 3 title littlebigplanet which was announced and demonstrated at the game developers conference 2007 . the plan was always to produce a chart topping game but to keep the size of the company as small as possible so as to keep a tight rein on costs . evans in particular was keen to avoid what he calls the cycle of debt . it was chiefly this concern that led the founders to consider user generated content . 6 littlebigplanet s best selling point became its set of level creation tools and the ability to publish that content on the internet . every time you boot up there are more levels to play says evans . media molecule won the studio of the year award at the spike video game awards 2008 . littlebigplanet scored a 95 on metacritic . 7 the game also won numerous game of the year awards leading to a game of the year edition a year later . media molecule also worked with sce studio cambridge in the development of littlebigplanet for the playstation portable which was released in 2009 . the playstation 3 sequel to littlebigplanet littlebigplanet 2 was released in january 2011 . as of june 2012 media molecule have opened up new job opportunities for work on new intellectual properties ... even more ambitious ... than littlebigplanet 8 sparking rumours of new games from the company . at the sony press conference at gamescom 2012 media molecule announced tearaway for ps vita . 9 whilst talking to press at gamescom it was revealed that media molecule were also working on a second unannounced title we re working on a second project right now and that s very much in an r & d phase said mark healey to eurogamer . 10 at 2013 s playstation meeting the playstation 4 was unveiled . media molecule was shown during the event to be working on new technology for the playstation 4 involving the playstation move allowing players to create 3d objects and animate them with motion controlled input . at the sony press conference at e3 2015 this project was later revealed to be dreams . games developed edit game title year released platform littlebigplanet 2008 playstation 3 littlebigplanet 2 2011 tearaway 2013 playstation vita tearaway unfolded 2015 playstation 4 dreams 11 tba playstation 4 alongside tarsier studios . game collaborations edit in addition to the games above media molecule is also credited as a contributor or co developer on numerous other littlebigplanet titles . game title release platform developer littlebigplanet 2009 playstation portable sce cambridge studio 12 13 sackboy s prehistoric moves 2010 playstation 3 xdev ; supermassive games littlebigplanet ps vita 2012 playstation vita double eleven ; tarsier studios littlebigplanet karting 2012 playstation 3 united front games 14 littlebigplanet 3 15 2014 playstation 3 playstation 4 sumo digital 16 awards edit wins edit 2008 winner spike video game awards for studio of the year 2009 winner develop award for best independent developer 2009 winner develop award for best new studio 2011 winner develop award for in house studio of the year nominations edit 2009 nominated golden joystick awards uk developer of the year references edit working at media molecule . media molecule . retrieved 18 may 2015 . simons iain 2007 . http www.gamasutra.com view feature 3046 book excerpt inside game design . php chapter url missing title help . inside game design . laurence king published 27 september 2007 . isbn 978 1 85669 532 9 . retrieved 14 december 2007 . media molecule sign exclusive deal with sony computer entertainment europe . media molecule . 21 september 2006 . archived from the original pdf on 6 september 2012 . retrieved 14 december 2007 . the company was founded in january this year by alex evans mark healey dave smith and kareem ettouney . boyer brandon 10 november 2006 . q & a the organic chemistry of media molecule . gamasutra . cmp technology . retrieved 14 december 2007 . sony computer entertainment acquires media molecule studios pdf . 2 march 2010 . retrieved 27 january 2011 . media molecule . director.co.uk . retrieved 27 january 2011 . littlebigplanet for playstation 3 reviews ratings credits and more at metacritic . metacritic.com . 27 october 2008 . retrieved 27 january 2011 . jobs media molecule we make games . 28 june 2012 . retrieved 29 june 2012 . announcing our next game tearaway . 14 august 2012 . retrieved 14 august 2012 . media molecule working on second project . 16 august 2012 . retrieved 16 august 2012 . playstation on twitter . twitter . retrieved 18 may 2015 . brian crecente 24 february 2009 . littlebigplanet rock band assassin s creed coming to psp . kotaku . miller greg 24 february 2009 . megaton major franchises assault psp . ign . retrieved 25 february 2009 . littlebigplanet karting is coming to ps3 . playstation.blog . retrieved 18 may 2015 . holmes mike 26 june 2014 . media molecule involved with littlebigplanet 3 . gamereactor . retrieved 26 june 2014 . wawro alex 10 june 2014 . littlebigplanet 3 is coming but not from media molecule . gamasutra . retrieved 10 june 2014 . external links edit official website media molecule company profile from mobygames v t e media molecule littlebigplanet series littlebigplanet ps3 littlebigplanet psp 2 ps vita karting 3 tearaway series tearaway unfolded other games dreams people mark healey alex evans siobhan reddy rex crowle kenneth c m young v t e sony primary businesses sony corporation electronics & holding of the sony group sony entertainment sony interactive entertainment playstation sony pictures entertainment sony music entertainment sony atv music publishing sony financial holdings sony life sony bank sony assurance sony lifecare technologies and brands alpha betacam blu ray bravia cd cell cyber shot dash dream machine dvd felica handycam hdcam hdcam sr locationfree memory stick minidisc minidv mylo playstation reader 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