The blend of action and strategy will come exclusively to the PlayStation 3, just like Warhawk. The release date however, isn't exactly defined, but will be sometime in 2012.
Junkie Monkeys: Every now and then we hear about developers who are truly appreciative of fan support. Certain developers will even go the extra mile to give something back to the fans. LightBox Interactive recently did something great for fans in support of Warhawk Day.
That's really nice of them to include international regions, too! I filled out my form, here's hoping I get one.
I thought lightbox wasn't around anymore. Does that mean we may get a proper sequel instead of that disappointing Starhawk
Remake warhawk - keep it mostly the same. New maps, prettier graphics and take out normal flight. Pro flight ftw :D
Warhawk HD and Starhawk HD please!!!
Also, bring back motion controlled flight. Easily the best implementation of the sixaxis.
Ian Fisher writes: With the next-gen PlayStation console possibly being shown off later this month, Sony is obviously gearing up for a console launch within the next year and are of course they’re doing things that are required when spending truckloads of cash: trimming a bit of fat. Issuing lay-offs or making certain studios redundant is never a nice thing, but in the world of business it’s required to ease up the pressure one may feel upon their purse strings. Even then, the continued parting of ways Sony is doing with key 2nd party studios, the latest of which is SuperBot Entertainment, is distressing for various reasons.
I think Sony got themselves into an unfortunate situation in regards to PS3 hardware pricing and adoption rate not being as quick as they perhaps wanted.
While I am against the fact that Sony had shutdown studios like Liverpool and have ended partnerships with studios like SuperBot, I can understand if its because they have decided to properly consolidate the games they will be making.
Hopefully things turn out much better with the PS4. Cant wait to see its unveiling.
If the games dont do well after sony publishes them, they get cut.. Thats the way it goes.. Not to say the games they made were bad but they didnt do too well in sales or didnt live up to sonys expectations.. Nx gen is going to cost way too much to risk publishing 1/2 assed games so they will keep the strong ones like Naughtydog, studio japan, Santa Monica, etc & probably divide those into other teams & hire new talent to work with them
That was way too boring to read very far. They took way too many words to say anything. It could have been a quarter the size. You don't need to write a book to get your point across. I have no idea what the point is though since I stopped reading.
SuperBot isn't much of a loss since they'have only ever created one game, and it isn't selling as expected.
Insomniac made their own choice, and it is well known that Sony tried to purchase them, but they want to do their own thing....bad move on Insomniac's part.
Eat Sleep Play isn't much of a loss with having only developed Calling All Cars and a couple of Twisted metal games.
Lighthouse Interactive made a couple of good multiplayer games, but the single player for Starhawk wasn't all that good, so they have nobody but themselves to blame for turning to the mobile phone market.
Zipper Interactive was my favorite studio during the PS2 days, but the people running the studio didn't listen to the fans, and ultimately screwed up one of the most popular franchises on the PS2....SOCOM. These guy were a bunch of morons and deserved to get shut down.
Sony Liverpool was just an unproductive studio, so ...whatever.
The best game developers in the entire industry are:
- Naughty Dog
- Polyphony Digital
- Sony Santa Monica
- Guerrilla Games
- Guerrilla Cambridge
- Sony Bend
- Sucker Punch
- Media Molecule
- Evolution Studios
- Team Ico
- Sony Online Entertainment
I'm sorry, what was this article written for again? What a waste of time lol
Sony have BIG name studios as it is...I never heard of Super Massive games before PS All Stars was announced, and Sony Liverpool only really made the Wipeout series this gen...
Sony Liverpool (formerly Psygnosis) were famed for the F1 series on PS1 too...
I will miss 'Wipeout' though...fond memories ;(
After the massive layoff at LightBox Interactive, the team behind Starhawk, SRN is looking to help the team find new work and their asking the gaming community to share this story.
Damn...LBI fired 24 of 32 workers. Its good to see someone helping the folks out. I hope they find some great places to work at.
A shame this had to happen. It's never good when someone loses a job no matter where you work. LBI really cared about their community and for the company to go down so young is unfortunate. Best of luck to all of them.