Students land place on PlayStation project
Auckland, 26 October 2012: Media Design School teamed up with Sony Computer Entertainment New Zealand to offer game development students the
chance of a lifetime and the result was nothing short of phenomenal.
Sony challenged students to develop a Kiwiana-themed level for the new LittleBigPlanet game on PlayStation®Vita. Up for grabs was the opportunity for the winning team to work on a project with PlayStation.
Working in teams, students developed levels using hardware supplied by Sony and presented their ideas to Director of
Sales and Marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment David Hine and Senior Product Manager Krister Robinson.
The Sony team were so impressed by the students that they offered four students the opportunity to join the team and
work alongside PlayStation on LittleBigPlanet activities. Martin Ponichtera, Ben Carnell, Matthew Bowen and Tian-Hua Chai also got the chance to appear on the U Live
television show to demonstrate their levels.
“I was very impressed with the standard of entries for the Media Design School students. The enthusiasm and hard work
they put in to creating their levels on LittleBigPlanet on the PlayStation®Vita was outstanding,” said David Hine, Director of Sales and Marketing at Sony Computer
Entertainment.
“The creativity and artistry showed the students are developing strong game creation skills. They used a range of
different functions to show what LittleBigPlanet can do on the PlayStation®Vita and managed to bring a unique Kiwi flavour to each level.”
In addition, the overall winning team of Ponichtera and Carnell scooped a PlayStation®Vita each along with a bundle of
PlayStation games.
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