LittleBigPlanet 3 had its servers offline since January 2024 when it was thought to be temporary, but now it looks to be long-term. Sony has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet 3’s servers on PlayStation 4 are offline indefinitely and players will not be able to access their creations. The reason for the sudden shutdown was due to ongoing technical issues.

Here is the official statement from PlayStation:

Due to ongoing technical issues which resulted in the LittleBigPlanet 3 servers for PS4 being taken offline temporarily in January 2024, the decision has been made to keep the servers offline indefinitely. All online services including access to other players’ creations for LittleBigPlanet 3 are no longer available. User generated content (UGC) stored locally on your PS4 will remain available. Any new UGC you create can be played on your PS4 but not shared. Offline features such as the campaign will remain playable.

It has already been 10 years since the release of LittleBigPlanet 3 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 so the timing of this may not be too surprising after all. In 2021, servers for LittleBigPlanet 3 on PlayStation 3 were shut down along with the earlier games in the series as well.