Little Big Planet 3 on the way?

A third Little Big Planet game is in the works, according to a new report at VG247. The site has been informed that British studio Sumo Digital (Dead Space Ignition, Nike+ Kinect Training) has been at work on the third entry in the series for "well over a year."

Platforms for Little Big Planet 3 are unknown, and a Sony representative was not immediately available to comment.

Sumo Digital has worked on the Little Big Planet franchise before. The studio created Little Big Planet 2's cross-controller patch, which allows gamers to use a PlayStation Vita to control the main game on the PlayStation 3.

If Little Big Planet 3 is indeed real, it would be the sixth entry in the series. The franchise was born in 2008 on the PS3, with a PSP entry landing in 2009. Little Big Planet 2 came to the PS3 in 2011, while Little Big Planet Vita and Little Big Planet Karting both launched last year.