LittleBigPlanet Karting is an arcade kart racing game developed by United Front Games and released in 2012 for PlayStation 3, featuring the familiar Sackboy and Sackgirl characters from the LittleBigPlanet series. The game blends standard kart racing with an extensive suite of creation tools that allow players to build custom tracks, design their own power-ups, and personalize their karts. The construction system is designed to be accessible while offering considerable depth, enabling highly unconventional race environments and weapons. Multiplayer is supported both locally through split-screen and online via PlayStation Network, and the game includes a range of challenges alongside a community hub where player-created courses can be shared and discovered. Because the content pool expands continuously through community contributions, the available tracks are effectively unlimited. The overall tone is absurdist and playful, consistent with the broader LittleBigPlanet franchise.
The game takes place immediately after the events of LittleBigPlanet 2. The Story Mode features Sackboy racing against The Hoard, who are planning to steal the Craftverse's prizes for "no reason other than to hoard them." Players begin the story mode by hopping into a cart which had been crashed by a member of The Hoard, and takes off after them to reclaim the stolen prizes. Sackboy races through many places ransacked by the hoard. The Sackbots aid him in his quest. The adventure begins with the Queen asking Sackboy to clear the Hoard from LittleBigPlanet. Afterward, Sackboy travels to a tropical beach-like planet called Monster Islands, where a local named Ray the Turtle asks for help locating the legendary Huge Monster. By the time they find her, they discover that the Hoard have stolen her egg, so Sackboy must take it back. The Hoard also attempt to steal "brainergy" and pastries from Victoria's Laboratory (now a separate planet).
