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teigaga on 02 December 2012
Andrespetmonkey said:
PullusPardus said:

Sony bend is doing that Uncharted Poker game that was rumored/leaked, instead of making Syphon Filter or something worthwhile.
don't get your hopes up, they should stop making games, and start marketing them, they released so many this year, and they bombed.

not saying that I care they bomb or anything, I just care that I enjoy the games screw publishers and their money, but if I see it from their view, its better that way.

That uncharted card game is probably only being developed by a few people at Bend, and certainly hasn't been in development for a year lol.

I'm sure they're doing another GA-like uncharted, or another game of that caliber

lol, thank you! Its not supposed to be a killer app or anything (hence them announcing it a few weeks before its release), they're definitely working on another bigger project.



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Kresnik on 02 December 2012
M.U.G.E.N said:

ps: Just saw that Tarsier is also hiring! :D Guess they are already working on the next vita game


I hope Tarsier get some backing to finally finish 'The City of Metronome'.

Regardless, Sony would do well to put them on another Vita project.  They have them on a multi-title exclusivity deal I think and they did a bang-up job with LBP Vita.  Maybe give them another IP to work on perhaps?



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M.U.G.E.N on 02 December 2012
Kresnik said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

ps: Just saw that Tarsier is also hiring! :D Guess they are already working on the next vita game


I hope Tarsier get some backing to finally finish 'The City of Metronome'.

Regardless, Sony would do well to put them on another Vita project.  They have them on a multi-title exclusivity deal I think and they did a bang-up job with LBP Vita.  Maybe give them another IP to work on perhaps?


I'm sure they are. The question is if it's a new IP or a LBP. I hope it's something different. 

Another thing I am wondering is why sony hasn't put up a studio like XSeed for the west. A small team, just focused on localization efforts. Make them work on like 1-2 projects a year. 



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Kresnik on 02 December 2012
M.U.G.E.N said:

I'm sure they are. The question is if it's a new IP or a LBP. I hope it's something different. 

Another thing I am wondering is why sony hasn't put up a studio like XSeed for the west. A small team, just focused on localization efforts. Make them work on like 1-2 projects a year. 


I don't think there's really a need for another LBP on Vita.  Treat them like Mario, 1 per console, LBPV will have legs a long way into the future imo.  And besides:

- LBP1 -> LBP PSP (both platform games with creation tools).

- LBP2 -> LBP Vita (both platforms for games).

- ???

Think we'd need another home console entry first, and there's not gonna be another one of those for a while.

I was thinking more something else that they could develop.  Idk, like an Infamous or something.  Saying that though, Sony generally tend to keep their outsourced games on the same continent (i.e. Ready at Dawn doing God of War, Bend doing Uncharted (USA); Tasier doing LBP Vita, Cambridge doing Killzone (Europe)).  I don't really see any other European franchise to pick up, so maybe we'll have something new!

What I'd love to see more than anything, though, is someone pick up 'Eight Days':

I wish they'd take some projects off SCE London so they could finish it :(



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maverick40 on 02 December 2012
PullusPardus said:

Sony bend is doing that Uncharted Poker game that was rumored/leaked, instead of making Syphon Filter or something worthwhile.
don't get your hopes up, they should stop making games, and start marketing them, they released so many this year, and they bombed.

not saying that I care they bomb or anything, I just care that I enjoy the games screw publishers and their money, but if I see it from their view, its better that way.

Wrong, the game was created by Bend but is being developed by One Loop Games.



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M.U.G.E.N on 02 December 2012
Kresnik said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

I'm sure they are. The question is if it's a new IP or a LBP. I hope it's something different. 

Another thing I am wondering is why sony hasn't put up a studio like XSeed for the west. A small team, just focused on localization efforts. Make them work on like 1-2 projects a year. 


I don't think there's really a need for another LBP on Vita.  Treat them like Mario, 1 per console, LBPV will have legs a long way into the future imo.  And besides:

- LBP1 -> LBP PSP (both platform games with creation tools).

- LBP2 -> LBP Vita (both platforms for games).

- ???

Think we'd need another home console entry first, and there's not gonna be another one of those for a while.

I was thinking more something else that they could develop.  Idk, like an Infamous or something.  Saying that though, Sony generally tend to keep their outsourced games on the same continent (i.e. Ready at Dawn doing God of War, Bend doing Uncharted (USA); Tasier doing LBP Vita, Cambridge doing Killzone (Europe)).  I don't really see any other European franchise to pick up, so maybe we'll have something new!

What I'd love to see more than anything, though, is someone pick up 'Eight Days':

I wish they'd take some projects off SCE London so they could finish it :(


indeed. 8 days has so much potential. I have watched that video like 20 times I think lol

Tarsier are a talented bunch and they use actual fans in game development which is a very smart thing to do. I hope they bring a new IP. Sony has actually, and I think they don't get enough credit for this, have tried to push a lot of new IPs from the get go of the system. So hopefully they will keep this going. It will pay off in the long run.



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RafaelOrix on 02 December 2012
Kresnik said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

ps: Just saw that Tarsier is also hiring! :D Guess they are already working on the next vita game


I hope Tarsier get some backing to finally finish 'The City of Metronome'.

Regardless, Sony would do well to put them on another Vita project.  They have them on a multi-title exclusivity deal I think and they did a bang-up job with LBP Vita.  Maybe give them another IP to work on perhaps?

Since they did a very good job on LBP PS Vita, would love to see them doing a whole new IP exclusive for the system.

OT:Perhaps this new San Francisco Studio will be more like SCEE XDEV (or not, since Sony Santa Monica kinda does that). I would love to see Sony Bend doing a new IP or Retribution 2 ='( Plus, Sucker Punch doing an episodic game of inFamous for PS Vita.



M.U.G.E.N on 02 December 2012
RafaelOrix said:
Kresnik said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

ps: Just saw that Tarsier is also hiring! :D Guess they are already working on the next vita game


I hope Tarsier get some backing to finally finish 'The City of Metronome'.

Regardless, Sony would do well to put them on another Vita project.  They have them on a multi-title exclusivity deal I think and they did a bang-up job with LBP Vita.  Maybe give them another IP to work on perhaps?

Since they did a very good job on LBP PS Vita, would love to see them doing a whole new IP exclusive for the system.

OT:Perhaps this new San Francisco Studio will be more like SCEE XDEV (or not, since Sony Santa Monica kinda does that). I would love to see Sony Bend doing a new IP or Retribution 2 ='( Plus, Sucker Punch doing an episodic game of inFamous for PS Vita.

damn infamous on the go would be godly



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RafaelOrix on 02 December 2012
M.U.G.E.N said:
RafaelOrix said:
Kresnik said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

ps: Just saw that Tarsier is also hiring! :D Guess they are already working on the next vita game


I hope Tarsier get some backing to finally finish 'The City of Metronome'.

Regardless, Sony would do well to put them on another Vita project.  They have them on a multi-title exclusivity deal I think and they did a bang-up job with LBP Vita.  Maybe give them another IP to work on perhaps?

Since they did a very good job on LBP PS Vita, would love to see them doing a whole new IP exclusive for the system.

OT:Perhaps this new San Francisco Studio will be more like SCEE XDEV (or not, since Sony Santa Monica kinda does that). I would love to see Sony Bend doing a new IP or Retribution 2 ='( Plus, Sucker Punch doing an episodic game of inFamous for PS Vita.

damn infamous on the go would be godly

i wntz!1! I think we are going to see it soon, releasing in 2013 :)



M.U.G.E.N on 02 December 2012
RafaelOrix said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

damn infamous on the go would be godly

i wntz!1! I think we are going to see it soon, releasing in 2013 :)


Would be sweet. I am actually hoping that like with ND and GG etc sony will push more more dual team developers. That way more vita game output from first party. So yeah hopefully suckerpunch is working on both a vita and a ps4 game.



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