PlayStation's London Studio Is Working on a Co-Op Action Game Set in a Fantasy UK - IGN

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Oct 27, 2022 5:20 pm

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Oct 27, 2022 5:19 pm

PlayStation’s London Studio, known for its enactment connected peripheral games similar EyeToy and Wonderbook, is moving connected an untitled co-op crippled acceptable successful a phantasy mentation of its location city.

In a lengthy interrogation with GameIndustry.biz, Co-Studio Head Stuart Whyte explained the workplace is arrogant of its experimental past moving with peripherals and virtual reality, but wanted to research caller challenges for its upcoming project.

“We decidedly wanted to effort thing a small spot different, and I deliberation this caller task truly channels our 'brave' worth and allows america to propulsion ourselves connected the 'curious' front, too,” Whyte says. “It's an breathtaking future, it truly is."

Co-studio caput Tara Saunders says the phantasy crippled is being developed specifically for PlayStation 5, and volition see themes of "bringing fantasical and magical elements and intersecting that with acquainted worlds," specified arsenic its phantasy mentation of London.

London Studio clarified it's not making different VR game, but is inactive utilizing immoderate tools from its erstwhile VR work, specified arsenic its interior Soho Engine, during development.

The studio’s astir caller game, Blood and Truth, was released for the PlayStation VR successful 2019, which IGN’s review described arsenic “a large illustration of what PSVR tin execute with a fun, engrossing blockbuster story.” Prior to this, London Studio besides released PlayStation VR Worlds, which launched alongside the virtual world headset successful 2016. But it sounds similar the workplace is leaving extracurricular peripherals down for the clip being with this caller project.

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