Update: The report below contradicts Sony's official PlayStation Blog, which says that "levels created here will be available for consumers at launch of the full title."

Both the Sony report and Little Big Madness's interview were posted today. Shacknews is investigating the matter.

Original Story: LittleBigPlanet, the customizable platformer from MediaMolecule sporting 10,000 beta users and over 1,000 user-created levels, will lose all the levels made during the beta process and the full retail release of the game will start from a clean slate.

"Everything is lost!" cried fan site Little Big Madness after interviewing producer Leo Cubbin. Cubbin suggested that some of the best levels may be converted over into the retail release of the game, but--in the words of the site--"they can't convert everything."

LittleBigPlanet will hit stores--sans levels created in beta--October 21 exclusively on PlayStation 3. Until then, users looking to create a masterpiece may want to stick to planning on paper.