LittleBigPlanet 2 has been released today and it’s a day that many Train2Game students have been waiting for.

The good news for those Train2Game students looking forward to the game is that, as the Train2Game Blog reported earlier this month, LittleBigPlanet 2 has got very high review scores with a lot of 9s and 10s.

While LittleBigPlanet 2 is a fun game in its own right, Train2Game students will be most interested community creation aspect of LittleBigPlanet 2 which allows them to not only let their creative juices flow by creating new levels, but also entirely new games.

We’ve seen plenty of examples of great community created levels during the beta test including reimagining’s of Portal, Flower, Wolvenstein and Dogfight. There will no doubt also be plenty of excellent and unique community created levels that all LittleBigPlanet 2 players will get the opportunity to try out if they choose to do so.

Not only that,  but Media Molecule do hire aspiring game developers who’ve used the community tools to make outstanding levels. It’s something that any Train2Game student who builds LittleBigPlanet 2 levels will be aspiring to achieve too!

John Beech is now a Level Designer at Media Molecule, after first having his community design work spotted by the studio.  Until then he was a self employed builder.

At the Learning Without Frontiers Event in London, Media Molecule revealed that they’ve already hired five people who’ve made outstanding levels using the LittleBigPlanet creation tools. Studio art director Kareem Ettouney also said that Media Molecule is open to hiring more community developers.

Hence this is the reason why a Train2Game student looking for something to practice their skills with could do very well out of using LittleBigPlanet 2.

LittleBigPlanet 2 is now available for the PlayStation 3, and of course any Train2Game students who own that particular console!

For another example of how Train2Game student community development could lead to good things, see yesterdays Train2Game blog post about the Starcraft II modder offered a job by a Games Development studio.

So Train2Game, are you getting LittleBigPlanet 2 today?  Have you actually already bought it? And do you think you’ll be trying your hand and creating community levels?

As usual, leave your thoughts here on the Train2Game blog or on the Train2Game forum.

[Source for LWF event: Develop Online]