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Report: Cancelled Twisted Metal Live Service Title Was a Battle Royale, Featuring Out of Vehicle Combat in Third-Person

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Report: Cancelled Twisted Metal Live Service Title Was a Battle Royale, Featuring Out of Vehicle Combat in Third-Person

The cancelled Twisted Metal game was a live service battle royale, which allowed for third-person out-of-vehicle combat per screenshots.
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Key Takeaways​

  • The Twisted Metal game, internally known as Project Copper, was reportedly a battle royale, a departure from the franchise's traditional vehicular combat.
  • Gameplay involved third-person shooting mechanics alongside vehicular combat, with the objective being 'to be the last one standing.'
  • The game was being developed in Unreal Engine 5 and included mechanics like earning credits to avoid elimination.
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It’s well known that PlayStation has been on a losing streak with a long list of recently canceled titles, shutting down many projects from its developers after internal restructurings, a list mostly composed of live service games.

One of these canceled live service titles was a game based on Twisted Metal, a classic PlayStation franchise that would have been revived by developer Firesprite with a focus on this multiplayer game model. According to a Bloomberg report last year, the game was canceled after layoffs impacted Firesprite as part of a large restructuring within Sony.

Other reports indicate that the game was intended to tie in with the TV adaptation released on Peacock. However, no more details emerged about what we would seen in the game. The good news is that thanks to the website of a former Firesprite employee, we can learn more small details that give us an idea of what it would have been, along with early development images.
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This information comes from the website of someone who worked on the game as a UI programmer. According to a provided description, the game was internally known as Project Copper, and although it is not explicitly stated, it is suggested that the game was a battle royale. This information might be confusing because Twisted Metal is known for purely vehicular combat. Still, it makes sense if we remember the intentions of linking the game to the TV series, where the drivers take an equally relevant role.
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Gamer79

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Gamer79 said:
Not with "out of the car combat"
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Yes of course . But there were recognizable characters in the twisted mersl
Universe . Especially in TM2 . So something could have worked out if the out of car is something minimal like going to building to collect something to help you escape the arena or fix parts of your car from all damages it got etc

Like the idea of twisted metal battle royal is basically what the game is since the first game. Kill everyone and be the only survival. It could work in solo and team based battle royal with other players.
 
Punished Miku

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It was "great."


It was "great."


It was "great."

 
StreetsofBeige

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If I'm reading it right, a BR game based on TM + on foot shooting + car battling seems like a cool idea.

Kind of like Starhawk but in a TM setting (minus the air combat).
 
Twinblade

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mitch1971 said:
No. Just no. That's like the next GT allowing you to walk around the track. It's a vehicle game through and through. Didn't Driver 2 do that, and it seemed pointless?
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I agree, I have no idea why they would think of such a thing, it's TWISTED METAL, a car combat game. I guess they would just do the lobby an open world I guess, but you can't kill other players, maybe that could work I guess.
 
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onQ123

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Twisted Metal actually would work with out of car combat because the characters became a big part of the game & now the show is focused on the characters. This would have reached more people than the old Twisted Metal games.


Twisted Metal should most definitely take the Grand Theft Auto route
 
Mibu no ookami

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This is what happens when you have new studios try and take over old games and don't understand the franchise. Everyone who asks for old franchises to be brought back should be aware of this.

Twisted Metal 2 sold almost 2 million copies. To ignore that there was something within the gameplay loop that interested people is the height of incompetence.
 
March Climber

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  • Sony announces a ton of live service projects years ago
  • Everyone expecting more Killzone, Socom, MAG, Resistance, Warhawk/Starhawk, Twisted Metal, Helldivers, Wipeout, etc.
  • Only Helldivers is given a modern live service title
  • Sony ignores the rest of their PS3 legacy
  • They instead decide to use almost none of their established multiplayer I.P. for any of their new projects
  • They instead try to mold their single player studios into live service studios
  • Bungie takes a bullet to try and save Insomniac, SSM, and ND, tells them to stay the hell away
  • TLOU Online 2 cancelled
  • Spiderman multiplayer cancelled
  • God of War multiplayer cancelled
  • Helldivers succeeds
  • First new live service I.P. Concord Flops
  • Due to that one flop, they cancel most of their other live service projects except the Horizon MMO, Marathon, and Fairgame$
  • Fairgame$ looks like someone took the scraps of Sega's Hyenas game to publish it under Sony, now delayed
  • Marathon and Bungie have concerning news every few months
  • Horizon MMO nowhere to be seen
  • Now new report: cancelled Twisted Metal BR game revealed before it even had a chance to be pitched to audiences.
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Madflavor

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I was actually thinking the other day about Twisted Metal, and how bizarre it is we don't have a new game. Sony has really mishandled this IP. A well made Twisted Metal game would be so hot right.
 
Stuart360

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It actually sounds cool if they had huge maps with like 100 players or something.
You could do it where everyone starts in a car, and then when the car is destroyed you are on foot until you die or win.
 
Men_in_Boxes

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Thoughts Men_in_Boxes Men_in_Boxes ?
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The description is too vague to take much away from it. I still think Naraka Bladepoints success says there's meat left on the Battle Royale bone but they really need to do something unique to gain traction. Fortnite did this a few seasons ago, which was basically their car combat season...



I will say, as my thoughts on GAAS evolve, I do think it's wiser to stay away from the juggernauts in the space. These big games have too much gravity and resources for a new competitor to nestle in underneath them. That said, long form progression is the future of multiplayer. A Battle Royale, in it's basic form, doesn't lend itself to that. Marathon, Horizon Online, and (I suspect) Fairgame$, will have that in spades.
 
salva

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I dunno, sounds shit either way.
Just give me a new twisted metal on arena based maps.
It's crazy there hasn't been a new entry in the series for so long - to me it's the #1 PlayStation IP
 
MiguelItUp

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They REALLY need to remember what made Twisted Metal, Twisted Metal. The cars and the characters that drove them. You didn't get out of the car, you didn't change vehicles, etc. Their car told and story and they drove it.

I really don't understand what's so hard to understand about that. They could try playing around stuff in different modes maybe if it works, but at its core, it should be that.

A battle royale Twisted Metal could definitely work, but out of car? Wtf? Lmao. Again, maybe in different modes or something, but not core gameplay IMO.

We just need a new Twisted Metal, and one that isn't anything like that last one. Just reboot Black, or make a sequel to Black in that style and vibe, boom, done.
 
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bitbydeath

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Men_in_Boxes said:
The description is too vague to take much away from it. I still think Naraka Bladepoints success says there's meat left on the Battle Royale bone but they really need to do something unique to gain traction. Fortnite did this a few seasons ago, which was basically their car combat season...



I will say, as my thoughts on GAAS evolve, I do think it's wiser to stay away from the juggernauts in the space. These big games have too much gravity and resources for a new competitor to nestle in underneath them. That said, long form progression is the future of multiplayer. A Battle Royale, in it's basic form, doesn't lend itself to that. Marathon, Horizon Online, and (I suspect) Fairgame$, will have that in spades.
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Fortnite has a bank heist season on right now.
 
Dr Cowley

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Well I cant show of my top surgery scars from inside the car can I? Gotta be able to 'ghost ride the whip' or 'hit the griddy' or ... I dont know, some other dumb shit designed by a cali based fucktard
 
Bumblebeetuna

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Fucking gross. Stupid ass Sony.

Man Twisted Metal 2013 (?) was so fucking good. Just incredible gameplay even if it had some questionable design moves. A shame the online was so broken.

Edit, 2012
 
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