Yesterday, Sony announced it was laying off 900 people from its gaming division worldwide, shutting down its London studio team and canceling unspecified projects. Over the next hours, it was confirmed that some members of Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog or Guerrilla Games had also lost their jobs.
This has raised concerns about projects being developed. According to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, in the trash can after The Last of Us Online finished another multi-user project. Layoffs in the studio Fire Sprite because it was supposed to lead to the cancellation of the new one twisted metal. According to the creators of Horizon: Call of the Mountain for PlayStation VR2, explosive racing should have been in the early stages of development. They were due to move here in 2022 after disappointing results from Lucid Games, creators of the failed PS5 racer Destruction All-Star. But, as it turned out, not everything went according to plan with Firesprite.
Last year’s series may have played a role in the decision to cancel Twisted Metal. There wasn’t that much interest in him. Firesprite’s second game is the mysterious Project Heartbreak.
Then there were speculations about cancellation Horizon Online. Guerrilla Games will say goodbye to almost 40 of its 400 employees, sources tell the Dutch newspaper AD. But Schreyer he refused concerns about the cancellation of the standalone multiplayer game set in a post-apocalyptic world, which was confirmed in late 2022. Horizon Online is still planned, and another single-player story starring Aloy is in development. Multiplayer boasts new characters and a unique, stylized look.
Horizon Forbidden West is the second installment, released on PS4 and PS5 in February/February 2022 and sold 8.4 million by April/April 2023. The full version will be released on PC soon.
Source :Indian TV
