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Twisted Metal Live Service Title Cancelled Amid Firesprite Layoffs – Rumor
27.02.2024 - 17:25 / gamingbolt.com / Jason Schreier / Hermen Hulst / Sony
With the news surrounding PlayStation laying off 900 employees, the rumored Twisted Metal title from Firesprite is also seemingly dead. Following his initial report on the layoffs, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier tweeted that Sony has cancelled a live service Twisted Metal title that Firesprite was developing.
The studio will see an “unspecified number” of employees laid off, which PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst confirmed alongside layoffs for Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog and Guerrilla Games. Though there was word recently about Twisted Metal, suggesting an imminent release, a source told Schreier that it was in early development and not yet greenlit.
The nextTwisted Metal has been rumored since 2021, with Destruction AllStars studio Lucid Games reportedly at the helm. Its development would allegedly switch to Firesprite with job ads last year hinting at it further.
In addition to layoffs at the above studios, SIE London Studio will be shut down entirely. The studio worked on Blood and Truth for PlayStation VR and was recently working on a live-service PS5 title.
NEW: As part of today's mass layoff, Sony has canceled a Twisted Metal live-service game that was in development at UK-based studio Firesprite, Bloomberg has learned.
Firesprite will also lay off an unspecified number of people. https://t.co/pvCDsS7yxe
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) <a href=«https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1762503092593999913?ref_src=» https:>February 27, 2024
Despite some recent scuttlebutt suggesting that Twisted Metal was close to release, the game was in early development and wasn't yet greenlit, per source
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) <a href=«https://twitter.com/jasonschreier/status/1762504673901130008?ref_src=» https:>February 27, 2024
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