A massive sweep of layoffs has actually shaken different Sony first-party workshops today, consisting of Naughty Dog, Guerilla Games, and Insomniac. Another target is Firesprite Games, the UK workshop behind The Playroom games and The Persistence, and an added casualty from that workshop is apparently a brand-new Twisted Metal title.
According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, Firesprite had a Twisted Metal game in the jobs that has actually currently been terminated. He records that the game was a live-service title was extremely early in advancement, so it was not yet formally greenlit. You can review his complete record here.
NEW: As component of today’s mass discharge, Sony has actually terminated a Twisted Metal live-service game that remained in advancement at UK-based workshop Firesprite, Bloomberg has actually discovered.
Firesprite will certainly additionally give up an undefined variety of individuals. https://t.co/pvCDsS7yxe
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) February 27, 2024
Twisted Metal was PlayStation’s initial front runner collection, introducing a number of months after the PS1 was launched in North America in the loss of 1995. The collection consists of 8 sequels/spin-offs, the last of which continues to be the 2012 reboot for PS3. Peacock’s well-received live-action series contends the very least maintained the collection to life and is obtaining a 2nd period.
The variety of discharges to strike Firespirte is presently unidentified. Sony acquired Firesprite in 2021, where it assisted co-develop Horizon Call of the Mountain with Guerrilla Games. 900 workers have actually been given up throughout numerous Sony 1st-party workshops in different division. Blood & Truth developers London Studio has actually been closed down completely. PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst has actually pointed out overgrowth as the factor for the discharges, which the author has actually analyzed its profile of future jobs to identify which ones will certainly stop manufacturing. It would certainly show up that whatever this Twisted Metal task would certainly have been, it’s amongst numerous titles obtaining the axe.
[Source: Bloomberg]
