text: LBP.me, the community web portal for LittleBigPlanet that allowed players to search for community levels, was launched in December 2010. Following the 2011 PlayStation Network outage, Sony offered two free selections out of five games as part of the "Welcome Back" campaign for 30 days, one of which was LittleBigPlanet. In July 2016, all LittleBigPlanet servers shut down in Japan, though they remained online outside of Japan besides LittleBigPlanet Karting and LittleBigPlanet PSP. LBP.me was shut down in November 2020. In March 2021, all the servers in the LittleBigPlanet franchise shut down. Although the cited reason was "technical issues", many players believed it was because of a DDOS attack. Although, the servers were briefly taken back online in May 2021, they were taken down again because of DDOS attacks, harassment, and hate speech. The servers were permanently closed in 13 September 2021 after months of issues, with the exception of the PlayStation 4 port of LittleBigPlanet 3, which shut down in January 2024.
  Downloadable content
  Over the years, LittleBigPlanet and the franchise it spawned has gathered a large amount of DLC. Most of them was based on third-party media, which in the first game were typically PlayStation games and "longstanding transmedia properties" like Disney. In general, there were two types of DLC, costume packs and level kits. Categories of costume packs include "Seasonal & Limited Time", regular, and licensed. Seasonal & Limited Time costumes are free, while regular and licensed costumes require payment. The DLC in the first game were made compatible with other games in the franchise in August 2012. The first level kit was the Festive Level Pack, which contained Christmas-related objects and stickers. It was available from 18 December 20088 January 2009.