The Vita version of LittleBigPlanet finally has a release date. Touch-screen playing, creating, and sharing will be available come September 25th.

Sony Europe's Tom O'Connor says that the franchise's new developers--Double Eleven and Tarsier Studios--have put their "own stamp" on the game, which "helps differentiate it from previous LBP games and create something special." We thought the game was pretty special when we played it at E3.

Pre-orders of the game will receive two free DLC packs: the Knights of Old and the BioShock Pack, which in total adds six costumes into the game (including Little Sister and Big Daddy).

Here's a video of the game in action, courtesy of the PlayStation.Blog: