By Hugh Langley
Sony has announced that it is closing Evolution Studios, the developer of Driveclub and the MotorStorm series.
It’s more bad news for the industry, coming just days after Microsoft announced it’s to shut Fable developer Lionhead.
Evolution studios saw significant layoffs in 2015 following Driveclub’s rocky launch, but today’s announcement is a surprise nonetheless. Evolution was still working on a PlayStation VR version of Driveclub very recently – and even showed it off at GDC 2016.
A statement regarding the closure, sent from Sony, reads:
“Regular reviews take place throughout SCE Worldwide Studios, ensuring that the resources that we have in such a competitive landscape can create and produce high quality, innovative and commercially viable projects.
“As part of this process we have reviewed and assessed all current projects and plans for the short and medium term and have decided to make some changes to the European studios structure. As a result, it has been decided that Evolution Studio will close.
“It is regrettable that this decision will lead to compulsory redundancies. We accept that this decision will mean that we risk losing high calibre staff but by focusing on other Studios that already have exciting new projects in development we believe we will …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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