Getaway, Eight Days were halfway there News
PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese
Sony London producer Nicolas Doucet has revealed that PS3 games The Getaway 3 and Eight Days were in the second-half of development and not binned at all.
We were told last summer that work had stopped so budget could be re-allocated and resources re-manoeuvred, and that both projects were only at pre-production stage.
Doucet suggests otherwise.
"I would not say they were abandoned, just put aside. Much work had been done. The studio just wanted to focus on its strengths, EyeToy and SingStar. Given the potential of EyePet, priorities have been changed, but it is not a 'death' of other projects. Ultimately, this decision has benefited everyone," he told Gamekult (via VG247).
"I think they were in the middle, they reached the second half. They had a plan, everything was ready...
"Most importantly, projects The Getaway and Eight Days are still there, so no, there has not really been any remorse or anything," added Doucet.
EyePet and SingStar Motown are Sony London's most recent creations. When asked what will be next, Doucet smiled and said the studio had another, unrelated game up its sleeve.
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el_pollo_diablo
05/10/09 @ 14:39
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I'd actually quite like to pay a (decent version) of The Getaway.
The first one was bobbins, but there was something cool about driving around a UK location in a game like that. |
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Doctor_What
05/10/09 @ 14:53
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Really? I could've sworn there was a 'In memory of 8 Days' Facebook group for the developers.
I can't really blame Sony - do you make a high budget third person action game, or do you focus on pumping out the relatively cheap, massively popular, and very long-tail SingStar games? |
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tachometer
05/10/09 @ 15:12
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I'd pay money for a sequal to Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando but it aint gonna happen
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tachometer is right. We'll never see a Commando 2. However on this grey Monday, we can revisit it and let off some steam :)
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The first Getaway had some cliched dialogue, bad acting, heavily flawed maps (Liverpool Street and Fenchurch Street are the same road?) and some truly awful controls, but.. there was a certain special something about it, and I enjoyed playing it through right until the end.
Done right (ie. not how it was before) on PS3 and this could be really, really good. Sorry - would be really good. |
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Triggerhappytel
05/10/09 @ 17:57
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I would love them to finish Eight Days. I liked the concept and the footage out there looks pretty not bad. Likewise, I wanted to like The Getaway but it was just a bit shonky and rough all in all. Would like to see another with more focus on the driving and less on the gammy on-foot playing.
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Vertical Stand
05/10/09 @ 19:29
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Have to agree Eight Days looks promising, slap on the Pursuit Force title and finish it off, voila - Eight Day Pursuit Force :)
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RobotRocker
05/10/09 @ 21:22
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I guess for the sake of quality they were shot through the heart
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