British games developer Evolution Studios have become the latest studio to be closed after being bought by a major publisher. Sony bought the studio and sister studio, Bigbig Studios, in 2007. Evolution made driving games for PlayStation 2, 3, 4 and Vita, including Driveclub and a line of WRC and MotorStorm games. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-03-22-sony-confirms-closure-of-evolution-studio Anyone dumpster diving in Cheshire?
Really sad to hear this. I'm such a big fan of the MotorStorm series... I haven't played Driveclub as much as i wanted, but the game was being constantly updated and getting lot of praise. The game's engine is fantastic and was being upgraded as well. I would be a shame for it not be used in other games. I do think it's a very bad move from Sony, just like when they closed Studio Liverpool / Psygnosis. Hopefully it won't take long for the talented people from Evolution to join another studio. Polyphony Digital for example, could really use their help.
10 days ago Sony held a job fair for laid-off Lionhead employees. Wonder if they will have one for these studios? http://www.playstationlifestyle.net...sing-sony-hosting-job-fair-to-those-affected/ https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/4bkgwu/thanks_turn_10_for_saving_console_space_from_a/
I wish.. Only Publisher around here is EA..I don't think they're going down any time soon. It's a shame about Evolution though.
This is really unfortunate news coming from Sony. Personally I never played any of the studio's games, as I'm not a big racer fan. However I will say, on the launch of the ps3, there were only two games that *almost* compelled me enough to buy the system. One was Resistance, and the other was Motorstorm. They sure knew how to make a damn good looking launch title.
My friend's brother worked at BigBig, remember him being really proud of Pursuit Force when the PSP first came out, I thought it was very cool if a little hectic for me. He worked on a lot of the background scenery for some of the TOCA games if memory serves.