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[Marcel]

The Drive Club developers believe they are in a fight with Satan.

Drive Angry Club starring Nicolas Cage?

 

[Totobeni]

seems like DriveClub is a complete disaster. no way a director will leave his project half way or before release if things were going smoothly.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

This clearly isn't working out, time to scrap this DriveClub stuff and give the people what they really want on the PS4.

 

[Putty]

Col chose to leave, was his own choice, not anyone else's. He left in Feb.

 

[RPGamer92]

This is very disappointing. I love my racing games. I should've bought a Xbox One first, instead of a PS4. I would at least have Forza 5. Get your poop together Phony!!!!

Dat post history

 

[DemonNite]

welp

 

[RoKKeR]

^^^ Well done.

This is very disappointing. I love my racing games. I should've bought a Xbox One first, instead of a PS4. I would at least have Forza 5. Get your poop together Phony!!!!

Seriously?

 

[1.21Gigawatts]

Hard times at Sony just when I start enjoying my PS4; It's all my fault.

I think of the big three Sony has by far the easiest times right now.

 

[Fox Mulder]

What's with Sony and games in development hell?

 

[jonabbey]

This clearly isn't working out, time to scrap this DriveClub stuff and give the people what they really want on the PS4.

Yes, please.

 

[jaypah]

Double post. Blame WP8.

 

[Mlatador]

Rodgers left the studio in February to form indie startup Big Red Switch Games, a development studio that he says is working on "some cool game concepts".

Nice! Leaving the burden of AAA game development behind and joining the prosperous Indiegame-Market is a great move! ^_^

 

[everyday math]

welp

:'(

 

[TheJollyCorner]

Naughty Dog, SSM, Evolution, GG:C, SCEL. For a console selling well and studios that do well I did not expect this shitstorm.

It's not like the studios are shutting down. That would be cause for true concern, IMO.

These studios are being trimmed, likely new hiring will start soon (if not already). Teams change, personnel shift around, this isn't new in the business world. Sure, people like Stig (SSM) and Amy (ND) are flashy news stories, likely with a lot more moving parts going on than the general public will ever know, but I definitely don't get the impression that the "sky is falling"... not yet, at least.

 

[Ape]

Well, Sony still has Cerny. As much of a Meme he's become online he's actually really talented.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Nah. I actually want this game to come out.

MotorStorm: Apocalypse came out in March 2011 at the rate Evolution going it has taken over 3 years and still no new game from them .
It also not going to sell anywhere near GT numbers.

 

[tringworldso]

The child is grown, the dream is gone

I have become comfortably numb.

 

[Marcel]

Dat post history

Dat's quite a post history he's got dere

 

[Miles Quaritch]

.

Gone for a while?

Game Director
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

November 2012 – March 2014 (1 year 5 months) Evolution Studios, Runcorn

Game Director on Driveclub at Sony/Evolution Studios.

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/col-rodgers/3/86b/b95

 

[mangochutney]

So he left in Feb and they are just reporting this now?

Gotta compound the bad news with more bad news!

Or more likely is they did some Googling on the back of the lay offs and noticed he had left but no site had picked up on it.

I already knew this info, so nothing new for me and I didn't cry about it at the time, but when it comes off the back of news, even though this pre-dates it, of lay offs at the studio it does make you go 'hmmmm'.

Maybe he knew it was coming and got out the better way, or he left because he got annoyed with changes that were required from the up-abovers when it got delayed etc and disagreed with new direction, orrrr the game is done, majority of what he is needed for it done time to pack it up and live stress-free as an indie?

 

[Boke1879]

Sony really needs to come out and speak up about certain things. Honestly the only news we've been getting is layoffs and people leaving.

Sony has been slow on the OS updates compared to their competition and it seems they are waiting until E3 for anything.

 

[megalowho]

So.. wonder how far along Polyphony Digital is with their next racing game.

 

[Dahaka]

wait, who was the guy that introduced DriveClub #DRIVECLUB at the Sony Event back in Feb. 2013?

Loved that guy's passion. .

It was probably a Duke Nukem Forever type of passion!

 

[ILoveBish]

Whoever this is, they are brilliant.

 

[Guymelef]

Maybe that confirms my theory.
Evolution Studios is going to die after DriveClub release (If it happens)...

 

[NullPointer]

Well, Sony still has Cerny. As much of a Meme he's become online he's actually really talented.

#KNACKCLUB

Always bold. Always uppercase. Always jump-spinning.

 

[Adam_Roman]

So now there's two new smaller game studios called Big Red Switch (where this guy went to) and Big Red Button (the people making the new Sonic game). That's not gonna get confusing or anything.

 

[Mlatador]

Well, Sony still has Cerny. As much of a Meme he's become online he's actually really talented.

Knack says otherwise. The guy is overrated as hell.

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

A month after he left they announced Drive Club was going back to the drawing board

Ahh, that was the timing. I knew they were around the same time.

This is normal when a game enters its final phase before release right?

So...release in May/June?

Is it? Serious question.

 

[Ric Flair]

So is Sony in really that bad of shape? Is the recent PS4 success not enough?

 

[Salex_]

Naughty Dog, SSM, Evolution, GG:C, SCEL. For a console selling well and studios that do well I did not expect this shitstorm.

You know those their studios are still hiring, right? Yes, even SSM.

 

[Cthulhu_Steev]

I wouldn't be surprised if he was fired. Sony reviewed where Driveclub was at and they weren't happy with the direction of the game.

Left a month ago. Started a new company. Nothing to do with the lay-offs =

Driveclub cancelled!

 

[bebop242]

This clearly isn't working out, time to scrap this DriveClub stuff and give the people what they really want on the PS4.

I don't remember that in any Wipeout game.

 

[Rosur]

Seems like #DRIVECLUB will be this Gens The Last Guardian...

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Jeese, what is going on over there?

 

[IncandescentPrecept]

@omek90 @NaughtyGods @elcuco786 @VideoGamerCom @Rushy33 Definitely not canceled. And he's been gone for a while.

Good to hear. Not sure why people assume that the game is cancelled just because 1 person left/was fired.

 

[Neuromancer]

Well, Sony still has Cerny. As much of a Meme he's become online he's actually really talented.

Sure but he's too busy working on Knack 2 to be able to help every wayward Sony studio.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

I went from "oh, its just restructuring guys, no biggie" to "what in the actual fuck is going on?".

 

[KoopaTheCasual]

So is Sony in really that bad of shape? Is the recent PS4 success not enough?

This has nothing to do with layoffs.

 

[Marcel]

Sure but he's too busy producing Shenmue 3 to be able to help every wayward Sony studio.

Fixed that for you.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Is it? Serious question.

It's not unusual for some people to leave when a game finishes development. Not always, but it does happen. The guy recently leaving Sucker Punch is just one recent example...

 

[IncandescentPrecept]

I went from "oh, its just restructuring guys, no biggie" to "what in the actual fuck is going on?".

All that because 1 person left a couple of months back?

 

[yon61]

So is Sony in really that bad of shape? Is the recent PS4 success not enough?

Not even close to being out of trouble, could argue that it is still getting worse. The console market won't save them, too little in the way of profit margins.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

So he left in Feb and they are just reporting this now?

His LinkedIn says he left this month.

 

[AstroNut325]

This game is definitely getting Last Guardianed.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

All that because 1 person left a couple of months back?

This plus the layoffs. Im not screaming doom or anything, im remaining optimistic. I just want to know what the fuck is going on.

Edit: He left a few months back but im just finding this out now.

 

[Chill Penguin]

Now i wouldn't be surprised if they went "back to the drawing board" in the literal sense. The complete radio silence from November through March was a serious red flag. I was hyped for this game, but now i'm not even sure what to think.

 

[NullPointer]

So.. wonder how far along Polyphony Digital is with their next racing game.

They aren't far enough with their current racing game.

 

[Omnistalgic]

So this means Driveclub is basically finished...

Or Driveclub is basically dead...

 

[RoboPlato]

How did we not hear about this until now?