If you’re a fan of Sony’s first installment in their “Play. Create. Share” line of games, you’ll likely be interested in the fact that LittleBigPlanet is receiving a special Game of the Year Edition next month.  I’ll explain what is included in that package in a moment, but first off, let me tell you about my experience with LBP.  I was fortunate enough to get into the beta, and I absolutely loved it.  I played it solid for about two weeks before the beta ended.  In the midst of the beta, I went and pre-ordered it.  In fact, I didn’t just pre-order it at one location, I did so at both GameStop and Best Buy, only to get the special outfit for my Sackboy, which was different depending on where you pre-order.

Ok, long story short (I know, I know, you think its too long already), I bought it, played for a couple more weeks solid, then stopped dead in my tracks.  While the developer-created levels were fun, once that was done…the game lost of bit of its charm.  Building your own levels was tedious and took tremendous dedication.  Myself, I’m a lazy ass, so that eventually got on my nerves.  I had to micromanage and perfect every last piece of my level or else something would undoubtedly not work correctly.  Then, I had to test it over and over again.  Not my cup of tea.  So, I stopped playing.

But, if you’re one of the Sackboy fans who are still chugging along with this innovative title and are willing to throw down $60 come September 8, you’ll be getting a lot of goodies on the disc (unfortunately, some may be content you’ve already purchased from the PSN, but such is the way of GotY edition titles).  Hit the jump for details.

Here’s what you get in the LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year Edition:

• The full, original game.
• 18 bonus levels created by players, which Media Molecule has tasked to design specifically for the GotY Edition.
• 7 content packs from the PlayStation Store – this would be the content that is already available for anyone to purchase and will most likely be stuff LBP aficionados already have, but you never know.  (Here’s a list: Animal Costumes, History Costumes, History Pack, Metal Gear Solid Costumes, Metal Gear Solid Pack, Monsters Costumes, Monsters Pack.)
• There will be a limited amount of LBP: GotY Edition boxes with a beta code for the second “Play. Create. Share.” title – ModNation Racers – which Sony hopes to launch sometime next year.

That’s definitely a good value for those who want to jump into the LBP experience, but it doesn’t sound like its worth the $60 for someone who already has the game and some or all of that included content.  Although, it might be worth it just for the ModNation Racers beta code.  Look for the LBP: GotY Edition on store shelves in just about three weeks.