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Title: Sony shuts down Evolution Studios
Post by: ignition365 on March 22, 2016, 11:19:06 am

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-03-22-sony-confirms-closure-of-evolution-studio

The studio that brought you DriveClub, World Rally Championship, and Motorstorm has been shut down.

I never got to play this game as the PS+ version either never released or I missed it.  I tried to buy it in a sale recently, but the store wouldn't offer their own sale price.

Title: Re: Sony shuts down Evolution Studios
Post by: weirdfeline on March 23, 2016, 06:30:55 am

They released the PS Plus version, it's no longer available though. The full game has a ton of content.

Title: Re: Sony shuts down Evolution Studios
Post by: gf78 on March 23, 2016, 09:02:46 am

It's a shame, but I couldn't say I didn't see it coming with the absolutely botched launch of the game.  Everything that could go wrong pretty much did go wrong.  The end product we have today is really great, but the damage was done.  When a primarily online-focused racer has absolutely broken online functionality, you are screwed.  The free PS Plus version was nearly a year late (don't quote me on the timeframe) and was only available for a short time when it finally did limp it's way to the store. 

I'll miss Evolution as I loved DriveClub, the MotorStorm series and the original WRC on the PS2. 

Title: Re: Sony shuts down Evolution Studios
Post by: turom on March 23, 2016, 12:31:18 pm

That's really a shame since Driveclub is a great game, one of the best arcade racers I've played in a long time.

Title: Re: Sony shuts down Evolution Studios
Post by: matimo on March 23, 2016, 08:16:44 pm

It's a shame to see see them close, but to completely honest im not really into racing games to begin with. :l i hope they get positions elsewhere in the company.

Title: Re: Sony shuts down Evolution Studios
Post by: weirdfeline on March 24, 2016, 05:36:59 am

Sony just announced a new studio that's making mobile games.

Title: Re: Sony shuts down Evolution Studios
Post by: gf78 on March 25, 2016, 09:05:00 am

Quote from: weirdfeline on March 24, 2016, 05:36:59 am

Sony just announced a new studio that's making mobile games.

I read that.  It's not a big deal though, since Sony has made mobile games for quite some time now.  Several of their franchises have mobile or mini games like LittleBigPlanet, Sly Cooper, etc.