KnackChap Posted January 29, 2010 Report Share Posted January 29, 2010 Sony to restructure Liverpool studio Sony Computer Entertainment has revealed that it is in the process of restructuring its Liverpool studio following "project prioritisation" by the Worldwide Studios division. No details have been released on the number of posts affected, but GamesIndustry.biz understands that the company will look to relocate staff to other studios where possible - but that some redundancies may be necessary. It is thought that discussions with staff have taken place today - the full public statement is as follows: "It has been decided that production on a number of projects within Studio Liverpool will cease immediately due to project prioritisation. Our North West Studio Group has been and will continue to be a vital cog in the WWS family, with a history of producing genre defining games such as MotorStorm, WipEout, Formula 1 and WRC and this decision will have no impact of the role that the North West Studio Group will play in the future of all PlayStation platforms." http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sony...iverpool-studio One of the oldest SCE studios and the pillars of the PSX launch is no more. sad day for the PS brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 That's sad. No more WipEout? Any idea what they were working on that could be canned as a result of this? peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstation Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 That's sad. No more WipEout? Any idea what they were working on that could be canned as a result of this? peace Are they crazy....Sony you better not stop wipeout development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93bullets Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 nahi my first psp game was wipout and my first ps3 game was a motorstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Motorstorm is by Evolution, which is not affected here. Only Studio Liverpool is. The reason Motorstorm is mentioned is Evolution and Studio Liverpool were part of the SCE North West Studio Group (some internal studio structure, I guess). I'm assuming Liverpool employees will be moved to the other studios in the group. peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 is that the studio that made getaway ?? sad news none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playstation Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 is that the studio that made getaway ?? sad news none the less. getaway was team soho. waise uska bhi koi khabar nahi.woh bhi band hogaya kya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 ^^ oh, ok. I just assumed that liverpool = england = getway. also the fact that there has been no news regarding it for ages. OT but i would really like to see a reincarnation of Getway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 SCE has many studios in the UK - London (includes Soho), Cambridge, Liverpool, Evolution, BigBig peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93bullets Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 Motorstorm is by Evolution, which is not affected here. Only Studio Liverpool is. The reason Motorstorm is mentioned is Evolution and Studio Liverpool were part of the SCE North West Studio Group (some internal studio structure, I guess). I'm assuming Liverpool employees will be moved to the other studios in the group.peace but still wipeout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HundredProofSam Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 There were some reports a while back of Liverpool being merged with Evolution, so hopefully this isn't the end of WipEout peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 so what are they prioritizing on for restricting one of their own studios? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentassassin Posted January 30, 2010 Report Share Posted January 30, 2010 they cant stop wipeout...its the best sci fi racer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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