BlackBuzzard
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Well atleast Media Molecule didnt get any cuts.
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Evolution Studios, Guerrilla Cambridge & SCE London Studio hit by layoffs
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Miles Quaritch
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Someone get on Spencer so he can reach out to ex-Evo devs and create a new PGR dev.
So if Evo were to be shuttered, that would probably be the death of the arcade racer...dark days ahead.
So if Evo were to be shuttered, that would probably be the death of the arcade racer...dark days ahead.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Who said anything about the teams not making ps4 titles?
If anything, this is the result of a dying platform, where you'll get a few token releases, (ps3) and a dead one (vita).
nullpoynter
Member
Ummm, what are you talking about? The PS4 most definitely has AF. If a game is not using it it is the developer's fault. This has been mentioned several times. A Sony developer confirmed this. Search the forum and you should find it.
Ugh..... my head hurts...
I hope that was sarcasm....
BlackBuzzard
Banned
So you are saying everything is canceled and we should all welcome our indie overlords?
Nightengale
Member
He's being sarcastic.
DriveClub development 'not affected' by Evolution layoffs
http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/drive...ment_not_affected_by_evolution_layoffs_2.html
Such a stupid joke and piss poor timing.
We'd still have Playground Games. And the yearly Need for Speed release (whatever that's worth)
Any update here?
How many lines can we erase here right now?
edit edit edit ignore it all, read demonite's post.
Bored and lazy. Very fitting.
Ugh the list keeps shrinking.
Any update here?
How many lines can we erase here right now?
Thats a lot of games that begin with either A, B or C.
boredandlazy
Member
It was a direct reference to a post the OP made in another thread.
True, and I apologize. I'll edit now.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
What's interesting is, that this list is seemingly alphabetically ordered. So Crash Bandicoot is possible (hell, a lot in the A-D range is possible), Jak & Daxter is impossible. Also, probably more interesting: Ratchet & Clank and Resistance are ruled out, too.Any update here?
How many lines can we erase here right now?
Aquamarine
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What is up with Sony lately? I know it's probably business-as-usual, but still...we've been getting a ton of bad press recently about Sony staff leaving / projects getting shut down...
Jack Tretton resigns, the excellent Amy Hennig resigns, SSM project cancelled, two projects cancelled here and studios get shuffled about with layoffs, DriveClub delayed again and again...it gets a bit concerning after a while, you know? Just what IS going on at WWS, guys?
Jack Tretton resigns, the excellent Amy Hennig resigns, SSM project cancelled, two projects cancelled here and studios get shuffled about with layoffs, DriveClub delayed again and again...it gets a bit concerning after a while, you know? Just what IS going on at WWS, guys?
I should stop posting in this topic since I don't want to put myself at risk lol
/signing out
Be safe
, thanks.BlackBuzzard
Banned
Warhawk 2 also possible.
Nightengale
Member
Hmm... I guess this implies that Cambridge wasn't working on a PS4 title of its own ( or yet to start ), but probably only just making maps for Shadow Fall.
Hard to imagine that a layoff at what is already a small team not killing off any PS4 project they have.
TechnicPuppet
Nothing! I said nothing!
Sad times for the games industry, definitely looking like a contraction at Sony.
Hope everyone affected finds a new job.
Hope everyone affected finds a new job.
Resistance is dead, but we will get a new Ratchet, possibly next year to tie in with the movie.
digoutyoursoul
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All the best to those losing their jobs
It's a bit concerning the amount of lay offs, people leaving Sony at the moment. Doesn't look good from the outside.
It's a bit concerning the amount of lay offs, people leaving Sony at the moment. Doesn't look good from the outside.
That is, assuming the next R&C game doesn't have a different title.
I mean, for all we know it could be 'Defenders Of The Galaxy: Ratchet & Clank'
I can't think of a silly innuendo title, sadly.
Edit: In the same way as the first skylanders was called 'Skylanders: Spyro's Advenutre'
Interestingly, there's space for another game beginning with 'S' in that list. Could a certain raccoon be returning?
Kenshin001
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I wonder how long they will last. Tearaway was a big flop on Vita and there must be some pressure to be cost effective. Wouldn't be surprised if the core leave to form their own studio effectively shutting the studio down. They could probably be very succesful as a multiplat developer.
I really don't understand laying off Evolution staff. You'd think it would be all hands on deck to get DriveClub out the door.
dragonbane
Member
Lol. Thanks. Kinda mistaken there.
Nice observation...
BTW, seems Driveclub isn't affected - since Rushy retweeted the same posted by videogamer.
1. New generation
2. Studios with lackluster output (last years / gen) getting a "reboot"
See SCE Japan Studio.
We had this discussion in every "layoff" thread in the past. Somehow, we have to repeat this every time.
Yeah, Stig's game and a London Studio project.
It's a waste of time really as its not like Sony is ever going to tell us what projects were cancelled, why they were cancelled, etc.
At this point if a project was shot and killed then there is a good chance that it probably sucked. Just because Ubisoft has 6 guys making a rock for their annual Ass Creed does not mean every studio needs that kind of bloat.
Sucks for the Devs though, I hope they all land on their feet.
Nightengale
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It makes me wonder how things would've looked if GAF was this big and the media was as broad as it is now back in early PS3 days.
Naughty Dog's 'reboot' as a studio nearly killed them as they transitioned from Jak to Uncharted, with people leaving every week.
Defenders of Uranus: Ratchet and Clank.
Sorted.
Also that list totally leaves space for Colony Wars.
what? sony as a whole is in a lot of financial trouble despite the ps4 doing well. and with nintendo its the other way round, the wii u might not be selling very well but nintendo isnt in the kind of trouble sony is
Well, the "over 30 games in production, 20 in first year" does sound a bit over-ambitious. It's not surprising if a few gets cancelled as some projects don't really seem to be going anywhere and others perhaps become redundant (i.e. does Sony need another third person shooter from some team when they've already got Uncharted 4, The Order and even possibly planning Last of Us 2? ). Sony did this during PS3's first year as well. They launched a new console and had started all kinds of new projects before launch and were even demonstrating some of them (Eight Days, The Getaway PS3, that one Eyetoy-game IIRC), only to cancel quite a few of them in the end.
Similarly, Microsoft did really well with Xbox 360, but they cancelled a lot of games (including many from Rare) & shut down studios.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Nintendo is more financially stable than Sony is
Ha, I should have thought of that one. Well played.
dragonbane
Member
MM is small as shit and LBP was very successful. They will be fine. That Tearaway was a critical success is all that matters for a Vita title.