Sony close Studio Liverpool

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Kresnik said:

Reflections (a.k.a. Ubisoft Reflections) made Destruction Derby.  Sony owns the IP (since the game was published by Psygnosis who were wholly owned by Sony at the time).  So a new Destruction Derby could well be made, but not by Studio Liverpool.

I'd say Cambridge Studio would be the next to go.  In fact, I'm surprised it wasn't them instead of Studio Liverpool.  They've both had equally poor outputs this generation but Psygnosis had the heritage and the more established IP (WipEout).  

I'd say that they'll probably be shut after Killzone Mercenary but we'll see.  

Thanks for the info.

I'd always thought Evolution would have been well suited to tackle the project of revitalizing the IP. They had the crash physics and a strong backbone with racing games to give it a go. Seriously, a destruction derby in HD would be so awesome. I hope it happens in the future, both of the old games are hovering around the million mark in sales, so it's not like it's completely out of the question, perhaps even just a smaller project along the veins of a PSN release.

You may well be right about Cambridge. Cambridge has been a workhorse for Sony for other projects though, including Killzone 2, Heavenly Sword, Eyetoy and Home,  so they may well be an essential asset in terms of being available to assist with the development of other projects.