A live-service Twisted Metal game has reportedly been cancelled as Sony laid off 900 employees from PlayStation.
Sony announced yesterday that the company has decided to lay off 900 PlayStation employees, around 8% of the company’s global workforce. The mass layoff resulted in Sony closing down the PlayStation Studios in London and impacted studios in other regions. One of the PlayStation studios impacted was Firesprite, a UK-based studio in Liverpool where an unspecified number of people will be laid off.
It was later revealed that a new live-service Twisted Metal game was being developed at Firesprite, which was reportedly cancelled because of the layoffs. A reboot of Twisted Metal was under development in 2022 at Firesprite, having moved from the original developer Lucid Games.
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Live Service Twisted Metal Game Cancelled
Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier first reported that the live service Twisted Metal project was reportedly cancelled after PlayStation decided to lay off employees globally. The reboot has been in active development since 2022 at the Firesprite studio in Liverpool. Since the layoff impacted all major PlayStation studios, Firesprite will cut off some of the employees, resulting in the project being cancelled.
Although the news of the live service Twisted Metal game being cancelled was reported by Bloomberg, Sony did not confirm anything. However, the Twisted Metal game was still in the early development stages and would’ve taken a few more years to finish.
The layoffs also include job losses at Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, and Insomniac, as well as the complete shutdown of the London Studio. It was also reported that The Last of Us Factions, another live service game under development at Naughty Dog has also been cancelled.
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