Long lost PS4 game Rime back on track with new publishing deal, going multi-platform

Rime is coming, and not just to PS4. Rime is set to be published by Grey Box, the publisher arm of Six Foot responsible for Grey Goo and Dreadnought. According to a press release, Rime “will debut on gaming platforms in 2017”.

[Vasto]

Awesome, game looked really good.

[uth11]

The fake footage trailers looked awesome! Unfortunately the real game is in development hell and I doubt it will ever see the light of day

[Erik7357]

I think it will but I will be shocked if it looks any close to what they showed in the trailers

[mark_parch]

if it turns out like the fake footage then it could do well.

[ULTp0ltergeist]

Exactly, now that's it's out of Sony's control. Now they can launch sooner on PC and other platforms.

[MurDocINC]

Yea, screw Rime and let's Prey for the Gods.

[lelo2play]

I'm surprised Sony let this game go... unless there weren't very confident about the game.

[rainslacker]

Game seemed like it was in some sort of development hell, although the specifics weren't really known. Once the confirmation came out that the first reveal was all pre-rendered CGI, it kind of made it seem this game wasn't really that far along. My guess is Sony pulled out because it wasn't moving along at an appropriate pace, or the devs just couldn't get it to work with the budget that was allocated by Sony, or in the worst case scenario, early parts of the game just weren't that good. Sony exercised it's option to back out for unknown reasons, but if the game was going along well, they wouldn't likely back out, since the game looked like it had potential, and games like this often make a nice home for themselves on the PS consoles.

[Rimeskeem]

Apparently when they tried it out a few months ago they said it was boring and there was nothing special about the game.

My name was never actually meant to be about Rime XD

[TheCommentator]

Rime has a new scheme to go multiplatform now, but time will tell if they fix their issues or not (see what I did there? ;P).

[rdgneoz3]

There was info written a while ago about it. That the original trailer was all cgi and they weren't able to come close to being done by the time the were dropped. Also, the chairwoman is the head guys wife and she has 0 background in game development, and is a public notary... Most devs from their previous game have left. The reason it has continued is by getting funds from the Spanish government (think Schilling screwing over the Rhode island government).

[ninsigma]

Me too. They usually go for this sort of thing. To me, something seems seriously wrong. Look at the amount of time they gave tlg. As much as I hate to say it because I was so hyped for this game, I don't think this one will turn out as good as I hoped.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

Well yea.....

[rezzah]

I dont care, as long as it is released.

[SaveFerris]

Nice to see that the game is still going. Sony wouldn't have pulled out of the deal without good reason, but at least this means gamers on all platforms may be able to enjoy it.

[EpicSandwich]

I can't wait for this

[TheVigilanteCode]

Weren't these the guys who were ripping off SONY claiming that they were still in development for a long time, and eventually cried them a river when SONY pulled the plug on the project?

If I remember correctly even Microsoft dumped this project at one point in time and Spencer talked about it later. I can see why both SONY & MS distancing themselves away from this IP now.

[MasterCornholio]

Microsoft supported this project first?

Can I have a link please?

I would really like to read about that kind of thing.

@Code

Thank you.

[TheVigilanteCode]

The game was pitched to Microsoft first and it got rejected. SONY picked it up, along with the ownership of the IP if it were completed/released, later. It's the reason this studio got back it's IP rights from SONY, after presumably some monetary settlements in dev costs that SONY paid for.

http://gearnuke.com/phil-sp...

[Vitalogy]

So apparently the game has been having lots of developing problems yet developers grew greedy and thought it was best to go multi platform hence them buying the game's rights back from sony I guess. Well, you know what they say, don't spit the plate that feeds you, sony won't give these guys another chance.

[uth11]

from the stories I heard it's not so much greed as incompetence. The trailers were all CG, and the actual game is currently nothing like them

[ThatGuyDart]

Was excited for this game until I heard these devs tried to rip off Sony. Now it's past it's prime and I couldn't care less.

[XXanderXX]

Very coool

[Moe-Gunz]

Nah I'm staying away from this. Sony giving back an IP is unheard of.

[Sevir]

It's not the first time, Remember Me was once called Adrift by Developer Dontnod, when it was called Adrift Sony was the publisher, in fact Sony placed them under mentor ship with Quantic Dreams, since Dontnod is a French Developer... however creative differences cause Sony to split with Dontnod and so Capcom picked up the game, Dontnod changed the Game Name from Adrift to Remember Me and the game when multi platform..

[IIFloodyII]

Also happened with LA Noire, it's why Agent was going to be a PS3 exclusive.

[Moe-Gunz]

Didn't mean to imply that it NEVER happened. Just that it's extremely rare.

[quent]

Good news for "everyone", but hopfully the game doesn't skip a whole console cycle with its development problems.

[s45gr32]

Ooh, another game to my wishlist now that is going multiplatform

[KillZallthebeast]

Lol sony dropping support for it says everything. The game must just kind of been bad.

[XXanderXX]

Driveclub bad or 1886 bad cause even with the bad they both turned out somewhat decent.

@KillZallthebeast here's hoping it turns out to be a great game in the end for all involved .

[KillZallthebeast]

Hard to say since no one has seen anything about this game other than a cgi trailer. Sony has backed games that are very sub par so for them to just give up on it can't bode well

[hells_supernova]

Fingers crossed this game turns out but from what I have heard the management team behind this game are a bunch of crooks.

It is a shame cause this looked amazing

[TheOptimist]

Looked boring from the beginning. What is this friendship of games with minimal gameplay and the consoles.

[TWB]

Staying skeptical until we see some actual, clear as day, gameplay.

[Relientk77]

I hope its good

[rezzah]

sweet