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[Bartski]

Firesprite is an Independent game developer founded in 2012. Co-creators of #WipEout, #PlayroomVR. #StarCitizen development partner.

Welcoming Firesprite to the PlayStation Studios Family

The next addition to PlayStation Studios is a creative, ambitious team from Liverpool.

blog.playstation.com

After a number of years closely collaborating on several games together, including The Playroom (PS4) and The Playroom VR (PS VR), I couldn't be more delighted to welcome Firesprite to the PlayStation Studios family as our 14th studio! Quite a few members of Firesprite come from SIE's Studio Liverpool and we're thrilled to welcome them back.

Firesprite is a creative and ambitious studio that is exceptional at building incredible experiences that truly showcase the potential of our hardware. The team's technical and creative capabilities will be paramount to growing our stellar catalogue of exclusive games, and I think you'll be excited for what's to come.

https://twitter.com/FirespriteGames

PlayStation Studios is all about the “quality and the uniqueness of the gaming experiences”, says Hulst

PlayStation Studios head talks on the expansion of the development family

www.gamesradar.com

"It's all about the quality and the uniqueness of the gaming experiences. The fact that they're surprising... yes, maybe to the outside world, but maybe not to the people that have been working in it, that have seen Firesprite grow, and seen them add talent, and being able to attract the best talent in the industry, which speaks to a really strong and very inclusive and very welcoming culture."

Why PlayStation is buying Firesprite, one of the UK's fastest growing studios

PlayStation is making its third acquisition of the summer by purchasing UK-based Firesprite.

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[reksveks]

Nice buy, keeps them making vr games and out of the hands of Facebook

 

[Castef]

Sony, Sony closes Studio Liverpool.
The Studio Liverpool people found Firesprite.
Sony buys Firesprite.

Mmmh...

 

[MikeM]

Awesome. So a real Astrobot game will come? I loved the game that came with the PS5.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

good luck I suppose!

 

[baphomet]

Cool, now make another Wipeout

 

[AGRacing]

Sony, Sony closes Studio Liverpool.
The Studio Liverpool people found Firesprite.
Sony buys Firesprite.

Mmmh...

It's a trap!!!

 

[SlimySnake]

Sony, Sony closes Studio Liverpool.
The Studio Liverpool people found Firesprite.
Sony buys Firesprite.

Mmmh...

Life imitating art.

 

[dotnotbot]

Megaton

 

[custardbun01]

Earth shaking move there Sony.

 

[Captain Toad]

good luck I suppose!

Their games are listed in the OP.

 

[reksveks]

Cool, now make another Wipeout

Lucid games I would predict

 

[Elbow Identity Shallow]

 

[Andodalf]

Good move, PSVR 2 needs a strong launch.

 

[Defrop]

Firesprite is an Independent game developer founded in 2012. Co-creators of #WipEout, #PlayroomVR. #StarCitizen development partner.

Welcoming Firesprite to the PlayStation Studios Family

The next addition to PlayStation Studios is a creative, ambitious team from Liverpool.

blog.playstation.com

https://twitter.com/FirespriteGames

Despite the decades-long legacy and friendship, Hulst was keen to remind us that Firesprite is still a relatively young studio. And that part of the excitement around the acquisition is the ability to nurture this team into becoming one of PlayStation's major studios, sitting side-by-side with the likes of Naughty Dog, Santa Monica and Guerrilla Games.

Why PlayStation is buying Firesprite, one of the UK's fastest growing studios

PlayStation is making its third acquisition of the summer by purchasing UK-based Firesprite.

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[kuncol02]

Sony, Sony closes Studio Liverpool.
The Studio Liverpool people found Firesprite.
Sony buys Firesprite.

Mmmh...

Will it end like story of Désilets and Ubisoft? See it yourself in next episode.
[h3][/h3]

 

[Elios83]

So basically Studio Liverpool is back and with 250 people on board:

Why PlayStation is buying Firesprite, one of the UK's fastest growing studios

PlayStation is making its third acquisition of the summer by purchasing UK-based Firesprite.

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[baphomet]

Lucid games I would predict

These are the people who created and developed Wipeout.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

New Sony is going ham on multiplayer.

 

[RoadHazard]

Cool, now make another Wipeout

This seems to pretty obviously be intended as a VR studio. But sure, Wipeout VR I guess... (The PS4 version of HD is VR compatible, right?)

 

[yurinka]

Great news! Now put these guys to make a new Wipeout, please! Some of these guys did work on Wipeout before!

Give me a PSVR2 friendly (but playable on tv too) Wipeout Alpha Collection, remaking the first Wipeout games into a single game that would merge all their (remade) ships, tracks, and campaigns with remade extra Pure and Pulse tracks that weren't included back in Omega Collection.

And a Wipeout Omega Collection remaster to make it compatible with PSVR2 and supporting the PS5 features and controls (haptic feedback, 3D audio, adaptative triggers, new PSVR2 controllers, etc).

Lucid games I would predict

Please don't. Give it to talented people instead. Now they have original Wipeout devs back with Firesprite, they're the best candidates. And if not give it to R8 Games, another studio with ex-wipeout people, and the ones who make the best Wipeout spiritual successor (Pacer).

Sony, Sony closes Studio Liverpool.
The Studio Liverpool people found Firesprite.
Sony buys Firesprite.

Mmmh...

There was a different Sony leadership back then, Hermen didn't close Liverpool. And even if there are former Studio Liverpool members, Firesprite doesn't include a lot of people who was there and I assume it has a lot of new people. So have points in common, but they are very different stuff.

 

[MasterCornholio]

Why PlayStation is buying Firesprite, one of the UK's fastest growing studios

PlayStation is making its third acquisition of the summer by purchasing UK-based Firesprite.

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

[Punished Miku]

I can't say I was ever into Wipeout, or anything they've put out since. But they always had nice graphics. Also not convinced on the VR offerings so far, so I haven't tried those.

This doesn't really effect me much, but hopefully they put out something cool.

 

[Bartski]

Wipeout VR for PSVR2 launch? Yes, please.

 

[RoboFu]

Quick someone call Jason to go investigate its diversity and culture!!

 

[Pedro Motta]

 

[blastprocessor]

Congrats for buying back Sony Liverpool

 

[Bryank75]

Wow big moves from Sony..... Xbox better lookout.

That Zenimax acquisition looks small potatoes now, eh?

Cannot wait for the mobile and GAAS future of PlayStation /S

(Hermen and Jim are the biggest fucking idiots I've ever seen run a company)

 

[Gameplaylover]

For the guys that had to google them up like me:

The Playroom	2013	PlayStation 4 with PlayStation Camera
Run Sackboy! Run!	2014	PlayStation Vita, Android, iOS
The Playroom VR	2016	PlayStation 4 with PlayStation VR
Air Force Special Ops: Nightfall	2017	PlayStation 4 with PlayStation VR
The Persistence VR	2018	PlayStation 4 with PlayStation VR
The Persistence	2020	PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows

Firesprite - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[AJUMP23]

What did they do on Star Citizen.....besides not release anything?

 

[roosnam1980]

sony should rename them PSYGNOSIS

 

[Kokoloko85]

Cool now bluepoint and Kojima

 

[AJUMP23]

Wow big moves from Sony..... Xbox better lookout.

That Zenimax acquisition looks small potatoes now, eh?

Cannot wait for the mobile and GAAS future of PlayStation /S

(Hermen and Jim are the biggest fucking idiots I've ever seen run a company)

I'm glad I quoted your post, because I thought this was a pretty bad take until I did.

 

[reksveks]

These are the people who created and developed Wipeout.

I know but they have basically been a vr machine for a while. It's all a guess at this point and they could equally switch to Wipeout. It could be Wipeout in VR equally.

 

[Team Andromeda]

Poor SONY, Just hasn't got to billions needed to take on MS purchases

 

[iHaunter]

good luck I suppose!

Firesprite

 

[Fake]

Another company to help ND with the Remake of TLOUS just like Bend Studios.

 

[ethomaz]

Nice buy.
It is a big studio with the roots on Sony Liverpool.

I hope they focus on PSVR2 titles... imagine WipEout PSVR2.

 

[reksveks]

Life imitating art.

I think it might be time for a Silicon Valley marathon.

 

[Plantoid]

Didn't they close this studio before?

Anyways, big acquisitions happening on the blue side, beware

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Naughty Dog got their new support studio.

Spoiler

In case it isn't obvious, that's a joke

 

[Bryank75]

Microsoft shop at Harrods and Sony shop at the Pound store it seems.

 

[Burythelight]

Ms only waste

Poor SONY, Just hasn't got to billions needed to take on MS purchases

Good ms only waste money left and right.

 

[Whitecrow]

Naughty Dog got their new support studio.

Spoiler

In case it isn't obvious, that's a joke

Dont joke too much... you never know...

 

[[Sigma]]

I guess I should really say "Welcome back".

 

[GymWolf]

I prefer regular sprite but ok.

 

[NahaNago]

 

[SLB1904]

Another one gif

 

[KAL2006]

Firesprite
Firewalk
Haven
Naughty Dog Multiplayer Team
Guerilla Games Team 2
Deviation
Polyphony


That's a ton of multiplayer studios playing games. I don't mind multiplayer if it's like Wipeout, Gran Turismo of even a fighting games. But out of the above atleast 4 are shooters which I'm not a fan of personally.

 

[TidusYuna]

New Wipeout Confirmed?