It has been a while since the LittleBigPlanet launch, and although we've seen some great user-created content and some spiffy downloadable costumes, new levels from the Media Molecule staff have yet to hit the game. The company made it clear that more official levels would be on the way after release, and word has it that a "significant patch" will be bringing some of these new levels "very soon."

Associate producer Eric Fong dished the dirt on the forthcoming update over at the official PlayStation Blog. "New levels have been in the works for a while (but require a lot of testing/fixing/balancing)," Fong told readers. "We working on a fairly significant patch. Hope to have an update for everyone soon. Keep checking back. Finally giving up some ground to commenters, Fong confirmed that the patch would be coming "VERY soon… biting my tongue soon."

Admittedly, the loss of user-created levels due to copyright infringement took a bit of the wind out of LittleBigPlanet's sails. Content creators had looked to imitate some of the finer points of pop culture and came up with some great ideas, but many of those levels have been removed from the game. And though there are still plenty of worthwhile original levels, it does feel like the community was stung a bit by the moderation blow. Hopefully some new official levels will pump creativity back into the creators.