Sony stops work on Eight Days and The Getaway

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...nd-the-getaway

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it has stopped
production on two PlayStation 3 titles that were in development at the Sony
London Studio - Eight Days and The Getaway.

A statement from the Corporation read as follows: "It has been agreed that
production of both Eight Days and The Getaway will cease immediately due to
the redistribution of resources and budget.

"This decision was made following an internal review of all games and it was
deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party titles
coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be
reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion.

"Worldwide Studios has a reputation for innovative and entertaining games,
with titles such as LittleBigPlanet, SingStar,Buzz, EyeToy and Eye of
Judgement, and will continue to push the boundaries on all PlayStation
platforms."

The move follows shortly after the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida as the head
of Sony Worldwide Studios, replacing previous company icon Phil Harrison,
who departed to take up the role of president at the re-imagined Atari.

Eight Days was first announced at E3 in 2006 with a trailer showing a
mixture of what appears to be in-game action and cinematic footage,
involving a shoot-out at a remote truck-stop in the Arizona desert.

The Guardian reported just a few weeks ago that the title was "just ramping
up to full production," suggesting that the decision was taken only recently
to terminate the title.

The Getaway, which was due to receive full attention once Eight Days had
been released, was apparently still in the early stages of development.

Sony London Studios was previously responsible for the fantastically
successful SingStar and EyeToy franchises. There has been no indication that
the decision would result in any redundancies.

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

On Jun 4, 10:52 am, "The Binzer" wrote:
Ok step right up folks, place your bets, it's the Blig Merk Wheel of Excuses
Game.
Place a bet on which excuse Blig Merk will give when responding to the
cancellation of these two
AAA EXCLUSIVE PS3 titles that have been ****CANNED after being promoted with
slick
pre-rendered or canned real-time demos at E3.

1. Sony Doesn't need The Getaway anymore with the success of GTA4 and the
upcoming Saints Row
2. Eight Days was never really going to be a big title in their lineup,
that's why you didn't see more about it
3. LOL at the XBOT FANBITCHES falling over themselves to laugh at this news
when the XFLOP THREE****TY has only Gears of War 2 to crow about
4. Nobody cared about The GETAWAY or EIGHT DAYS except you SNIVELING XBOTS
anyhow
5. METAL GEAR, HOME, and LITTLE BIG PLANET are the Trifecta of the PS3 this
year, NOTHING else really matters.

Winners get a zipfile full of filters and killfiles custom tailored to
removing the diarreah that comes out of bliggy's 5 year old brain.

"Shill" wrote in message

news:lxz1k.6209$gc5.83@pd7urf2no...

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...t-days-and-the...

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it has stopped
production on two PlayStation 3 titles that were in development at the
Sony London Studio - Eight Days and The Getaway.

A statement from the Corporation read as follows: "It has been agreed that
production of both Eight Days and The Getaway will cease immediately due
to the redistribution of resources and budget.

"This decision was made following an internal review of all games and it
was deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party
titles coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be
reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion.

"Worldwide Studios has a reputation for innovative and entertaining games,
with titles such as LittleBigPlanet, SingStar,Buzz, EyeToy and Eye of
Judgement, and will continue to push the boundaries on all PlayStation
platforms."

The move follows shortly after the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida as the
head of Sony Worldwide Studios, replacing previous company icon Phil
Harrison, who departed to take up the role of president at the re-imagined
Atari.

Eight Days was first announced at E3 in 2006 with a trailer showing a
mixture of what appears to be in-game action and cinematic footage,
involving a shoot-out at a remote truck-stop in the Arizona desert.

The Guardian reported just a few weeks ago that the title was "just
ramping up to full production," suggesting that the decision was taken
only recently to terminate the title.

The Getaway, which was due to receive full attention once Eight Days had
been released, was apparently still in the early stages of development.

Sony London Studios was previously responsible for the fantastically
successful SingStar and EyeToy franchises. There has been no indication
that the decision would result in any redundancies.

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

1) WTF does any of this have to do with the TWO Xbox groups it was
posted to or the astronomy group you cross-posting douche

2) Games get canceled all the time. Crappy games get canceled even
more frequently. Who the hell cares about either of these games? If
you check Gamespot or other gaming sites that track "anticipation
factor" or "heat" in terms of upcoming game popularity, these aren't
even on the radar.

3) Being a dumb ass in response to a dumb ass or to provoke a dumb ass
still makes you a dumb ass.

The Binzer wrote:
Ok step right up folks, place your bets, it's the Blig Merk Wheel of
Excuses Game.
Place a bet on which excuse Blig Merk will give when responding to the
cancellation of these two
AAA EXCLUSIVE PS3 titles that have been ****CANNED after being promoted
with slick
pre-rendered or canned real-time demos at E3.


Well to be far I don't think PS3 owners, much less Blig Merk were on the
edge of their seats about either of these games. Particularly The
Getaway, the previous games in that series pretty much speak for themselves.

--
NiGHTS/Nightcrawler [mWo]
I feel asleep!

"If Gods so ****in' perfect why'd he **** up on you?"

Shill wrote:

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

wow, this is really going to impact on my xbox!
--
Paul (We won't die of devotion)
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

Paul Heslop wrote:
Shill wrote:

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

wow, this is really going to impact on my xbox!

Well at least it'll help with your interest in astronomy.

--
NiGHTS/Nightcrawler [mWo]
I feel asleep!

"If Gods so ****in' perfect why'd he **** up on you?"

NiGHTS wrote:

Paul Heslop wrote:
Shill wrote:

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

wow, this is really going to impact on my xbox!

Well at least it'll help with your interest in astronomy.

--
NiGHTS/Nightcrawler [mWo]
I feel asleep!

"If Gods so ****in' perfect why'd he **** up on you?"

heh, I think there's one relevant group in that bunch

--
Paul (We won't die of devotion)
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

3) Being a dumb ass in response to a dumb ass or to provoke a dumb ass
still makes you a dumb ass.

You're so right about that...

"Shill" wrote in message
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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...nd-the-getaway

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that it has stopped
production on two PlayStation 3 titles that were in development at the
Sony London Studio - Eight Days and The Getaway.

A statement from the Corporation read as follows: "It has been agreed that
production of both Eight Days and The Getaway will cease immediately due
to the redistribution of resources and budget.

"This decision was made following an internal review of all games and it
was deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party
titles coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be
reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion.

"Worldwide Studios has a reputation for innovative and entertaining games,
with titles such as LittleBigPlanet, SingStar,Buzz, EyeToy and Eye of
Judgement, and will continue to push the boundaries on all PlayStation
platforms."

The move follows shortly after the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida as the
head of Sony Worldwide Studios, replacing previous company icon Phil
Harrison, who departed to take up the role of president at the re-imagined
Atari.

Eight Days was first announced at E3 in 2006 with a trailer showing a
mixture of what appears to be in-game action and cinematic footage,
involving a shoot-out at a remote truck-stop in the Arizona desert.

The Guardian reported just a few weeks ago that the title was "just
ramping up to full production," suggesting that the decision was taken
only recently to terminate the title.

The Getaway, which was due to receive full attention once Eight Days had
been released, was apparently still in the early stages of development.

Sony London Studios was previously responsible for the fantastically
successful SingStar and EyeToy franchises. There has been no indication
that the decision would result in any redundancies.

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

Mmm. Do *any* game manufacturers have a decent space flight sim/
shoot 'em up, in the wings?
As far as I can see, all we have had in the last 15 years that actually
had 'playability' was the old X-Wing/Tie Fighter Star Wars series and the
(excellent) I-War (Independence War.) I'm sure I've tried a few others
in the last decade, but they must have been rather less than memorable..
'Nicking cars and slaughtering slightly realistic looking soldiers/people' -
type
games are 10-a-penny. Maybe that's what the average game player
aspires to these days though? Ah well, I suppose I'll put my fifty quid
towards that SII filter, instead.
--
Rob

On Jun 4, 9:37 am, "Shill" wrote:

UPDATE: It has now been confirmed that these projects have been shelved
permanently, and work is not scheduled to restart at a later date.

Another one -

Heavenly Sword II - "Not economically viable".

Sony's official word is "You can't say we canceled a game we never
announced! NYAH!"

- Jordan

http://kotaku.com/5017126/heavenly-s...-theory-moving

Chalk this up as pure rumor for now.

An inside UK source tells us that Heavenly Sword 2 has been canned by
Sony Computer Entertainment of Europe. The game was axed after months
in development because it is no longer seen as commercially viable,
our source tells us.

The news came during an emergency meeting set up for the Sony
Cambridge team which was working on the game.

On a side note, Ninja Theory, who have already said they weren't
working on the sequel to their Playstation 3 exclusive, have grown
increasingly bitter about their treatment at Sony's hands, our source
tells us. I'm told that the development studio, which once had offices
in the same building as Sony Cambridge, have started packing up to
move to a new location.

I guess when they said they wanted to move away from Sony and get into
multi-platform development they weren't kidding.

If true, this marks the third major project, counting Eight Days and
Getaway 3, that has been canned by SCEE. Is the Europe arm of Sony in
trouble? No clue, but we've asked for comment.