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We have had a fantastic response to our post about Quality Assurance (QA) roles here at Mm. Thank- you!

We have had to update the job spec to include location & availability requirements, so please have a read before you apply

Contract Quality Assurance (QA) role

6 Month UK based contract

Requirements :

• You must be available in 2 weeks to start a full time 6 month contract on site in our studio which is based in Guildford, United Kingdom.
• You must be over 18 to apply
• You must be permitted to work in the UK
• You must attach an up to date CV and cover letter which highlights why you are perfect for the job!

The successful candidate will:

• Carry out visual and participative checks on LittleBigPlanet for quality bugs
• Log all identified bugs through our system

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Competent games player.
• Strong knowledge of computer games across multiple platforms.
• Educated to G.C.S.E grade ‘C’ or higher in English.
• Basic knowledge of database, spreadsheet and word processor applications.

To apply, email CV’s to jobs@mediamolecule.com

Thanks!

Contract Tester (6 Month Contract)The successful candidate will:

• Carry out visual and participative checks on LittleBigPlanet for quality bugs
• Log all identified bugs through our system

Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• Competent games player.
• Strong knowledge of computer games across multiple platforms.
• Educated to G.C.S.E grade ‘C’ or higher in English.
• Basic knowledge of database, spreadsheet and word processor applications.

To apply, email CV’s to jobs@mediamolecule.com

Thanks!

Welcome to the first edition of LittleBigLetters! I have selected 3 letters to share today, all tackling the most asked questions. If you would like your letter to appear please send me, Siobhan, an email : letters@mediamolecule.com

First up Mm would really like to thank everyone for all of the really great encouragement. Making games is great, interesting and creative but as with all creative projects there are stressful days!! These letters help to keep us feeling really motivated and remind us that it’s all about community, so thank you very much!

Beta Trials?

Hello,

My name is Adrian, and I’ve been following the development of Little Big Planet very closely the past couple months and I was just wondering when the beta would become available, and how I could become a tester.

Thanks for your time,

Adrian

Mm>> Hello Adrian, Thanks a lot for your letter.

We have received a lot of emails asking about how to sign up to our beta trials. We can’t announce anything about these yet, but will post onto our blog when the time has come Sorry for not being able to be more informative, but I promise that all will become clear over time. If you want to sign up to Sony’s beta trial program, the lovely Richard Cole has suggested I direct you to this thread : http://community.eu.playstation.com/showthread.php?t=34218

Release Date

This morning I came across an article on IGN that mentioned that the studio was pushing for a September release for Little Big Planet in the UK. My wife and I have really been looking forward to the game, and I’m wondering if you have an ETA for when we might see it here in Canada.

Thanks a lot - and have a good one,

Jon

Mm>> Sony announced at CES that we are pushing for September/Fall 08! We are incredibly flattered by the letters we have recieved that have expressed disapoinment but we are committed to making a game that is high quality and delivers on the ambition of LittleBigPlanet and that takes time! Needless to say, the team here at Mm are all working really hard and there is some very cool stuff happening here, all of which is very exciting and will be unvieled as it’s ready

What’s the awesome music?!

Hey Mm, I think the game is great, I was just wondering what the music is called from the TGS 07 trailer, I love it. Thanks, Mike.

MM >> A frequent question in our inbox is “What is that music track in your videos?!”. For the most part we’ve been using Get It Together by The Go Team, from their album Thunder, Lightning, Strike. It’s a perfect fit for the high level concepts of fun and playfulness that we’ve tried to put across in our videos thus far. Get It Together will feature in the game and you’ll be able to use it in your levels if you so wish!

We recieve lots of emails from people asking questions about Mm or LittleBigPlanet, specially around the time of events like CES. I try to respond to most but we are very busy making the game at the moment, so please forgive me for not getting to them all promptly! But here is an idea!! As lots of the letters cover similar topics (such as questions about features, working here at Mm, videos that they have seen etc) from now on we are going to use the power of the blog by having a monthly letter/response update. We will start it on the blog and the first update will come this week, once I have chosen some letters and received permission from the senders to publish them! So, please check back soon and there will be some more news from Mm xxx

LBP has been a roller coaster of excitement for us, ever since it was unveiled a little less than a year ago at GDC in March 07. Since then, the anticipation and excitement online took us all by surprise - but is the *best* kind of compliment you could ever by payed as a game developer. Pete, one of our producers at SCEE loves to say ‘it’s the best kind of problem to have!’ when he hears me stressing out over the pressure. And he’s right! But it does mean that whenever a show comes around - in this case, CES in Vegas, where Pete, Leo and Kyle from SCE[E|A] (amongst others) are valiantly demoing the latest LBP build - literally makes me want to hide in a corner, behind a sofa, and peek out at someone else’s internet browser from time to time.

It seems to be going over well, hurrah hurrah, what what, as Bertie Wooster would say (obviously all brits sound like him) and there are lots of little tidbits in the footage that is sure to trickle out that I’m sure longtime LBP fans will enjoy. I really enjoyed reading the posts on the recent kotaku posting - the level of enthusiasm and excitement is really cool and very motivating. Frightning, yes. Not always right. But awesome. Thanks people. Right, back to work…