Mehdi at Press Start Australia got to play Sunset Overdrive's CoOp mode at Gamescom. Read his preview here.
Insomniac has confirmed that a PS5 port for 2014's Sunset Overdrive is not currently planned due to a focus on Marvel's Wolverine.
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(well, they're likely also working with Nixxes for the inevitable Spider-Man 2 PC port as well)
This is new…it pretty much confirms it can happen eventually.
I thought Microsoft had publishing rights or something
“It is important to note that Xbox owns the publishing rights to Sunset Overdrive.
Therefore, a PS5 port would need to be approved by Microsoft.”
I said this eight days ago and got disagrees.
Does it still hold up in 2024?
We've still got a few months to go, but October marks the 10-year anniversary of this Insomniac Games title, with the developer having since moved on to work on the Marvel's Spider-Man games for PlayStation. It was assumed that Sunset Overdrive might make its way to other platforms eventually, but that hasn't happened as of yet.
So beloved that it sold so well that there's a sequel and Insomniac never had the opportunity to go back to Sony to develop games exclusively for Sony.
Not beloved enough for Xbox owners to buy it apparently, Xbox was the worst possible audience for that game.
Insomniac: “We went with Microsoft because we want to own the IP so it’s ours”
Microsoft: *owns publishing rights preventing the studio to re-release the original game, make a remaster, remake, any DLC, massive expansions and multiple sequels on other platforms*
The logic is just…I never got it
Owning the IP was Insomniacs main defence when they announced they were making a game exclusively for MS and yet they’ve ended up “owning” an IP they can’t do anything with.
If they went with Sony like normal you might have seen a sequel by now.
Sadly this may never get the proper fps update it deserves on XB (or even PS) but I now play it on steam and it definitely feels better at 60fps than it did at 30. Its a fast paced game... you need that 60fps in this one.
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“Sunset Overdrive funny enough felt
more like a PlayStation game than
an Xbox game considering the
familiar ground, but it looks like
Microsoft has scored an awesome
exclusive with Sunset Overdrive,
that in my opinion will be well worth
the purchase upon release.”
Oct 30th it is then...nice
So far it seems the gamescom previews of Fh2 ,Ori and SO have been quite positive
. Also the author talks about this build been a lot more polished than the last one he played. Nice work insomniacs
With Forza Horizon2, Ori, Sunset Overdrive, Halo Mcc and DC spotlight i think the xbox one is set for a great holliday.
Good to see another positive review about the game , i hope it rocks.
“Sunset Overdrive funny enough felt
more like a PlayStation game"
thats why this game is attracting alot of xbox one owners.
There is something about this game that I'm not that keen on but I can't work out what it is. I think it might be down to the fact that it seems to steal a lot of things from other games (grinding, silly weaponary etc). I'm trying hard not to let it bother me as it looks great and would be a nice change from all the normal grey shooters (as they state in the article).
My struggle:
This + Ori = entices me to buy a X1, both look amazing and seem like fun games.
But... Sunset OD does look a lot like other games, as Budobear stated. The grinding movement is similar to Infamous SS, the guns are similar to Ratchet and Clank (same dev I know but I'm not wrong for wanting more "branching")... there are others.
I struggle with how basically I can sum up Sunset by saying "it's a third person action/adventure/open world/super hero game, you've seen these things before but this game is CRAZY AND ZANY AND OUT OF CONTROLLLLL!!!"
(sorry, that's how I read every preview, it has those types of words describing it)