The creators of motorstorm series (evolution )has merged with the creator of wipeout series to deliver better/more innovative games under one  management.

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Sony's head of Worldwide Studios in Europe, Michael Denny, has revealed to GamesIndustry.biz the company's plans for working with internal and external studios in the future.

As all internal studios work more closely with each other, eventually Wipeout team Sony Liverpool and MotorStorm developer Evolution will merge under one roof, following the adoption of a single management structure across the two Northern teams.

And when it comes to working with external studios, Sony plans to keep supporting new start-ups in the industry, with Denny stating that enthusiasm of new teams leads to greater innovation.

"Our policy is to work with the best talent and use the best practices because that's the way to make the best quality games," said Denny in an exclusive interview published today.

Recent collaborations with independent studios include Crash Commando from Epos Game Studio in Sweden, and Finland's Housemarque for Super Stardust.

"I don't think there are many other studio set-ups that take on what is a high risk, by looking at new studios and new IPs," offered Denny. "But it's something that we passionately believe in, we have to innovate and we have to try new things, and more often than not new studios help us do that.

"Sometimes the entrepreneurial spirit of new start-ups is infectious and they can come up with some great new concepts. And we have a track record of bringing that through, although we're always going to keep that balanced approach in our production."

The balanced approach means that all internal studios now also have their own concepting divisions, enabling them to generate new ideas as well as continuing to work on some of Sony's strongest franchises.

While Evolution studios is working on new MotorStorm projects, it's also likely to create new IP in the future, as it bonds further with the racing team at Sony Liverpool.

"Evolution and our Liverpool Studio have now merged in terms of management structure and using combined resources. Liverpool had great success this year with Wipeout HD and they also helped on MotorStorm as well," revealed Denny.

"Each studio has its own internal concepting group which will always be looking at new opportunities and new IPs, and we'll continue to extend and innovate within our existing franchises as well."

The two studios are to merge completely in the future, but that's not the only example of internal collaboration within Sony studios.

Now that MMO specialist Sony Online Entertainment has come under the leadership of the Sony Computer Entertainment group, it's expected that the US team will share technology and possibly even help create online multiplayer titles with European studios.

"We are working with them and clearly their expertise is great to have now within the group," said Denny of the team behind EverQuest and The Agency.

"Some of their titles are coming to PlayStation 3, and in other areas we're exploring how we can learn from them as well. Those are very exciting developments."

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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...lp-us-innovate

Smart.

Makes more sense to have them both under one roof.

I think it's a very good read.Hopefully they ll deliver better /new products now which is a win for us .

Good news for Sony!
I wonder if this is part of the "restructuring divisions" bit of their plan to save some money, and judging by whats in the article, we're going to see more of this as time goes on.
One studio is cheaper to run than two, after all.

lool,,,bahh then they were just 10 min away from one another.

this means better graphics and physics for their games though as evolution ahs nailed physocs and liverpool has nailed graphics(the article says evolution has its own group and liverpool has its own group to come up with new IPs)

A kick ass racing game with intense physics is only natural.

Makes sense, especially as they are racers, I wonder how big they are. I think they should buy Insomniac and combine them with ND so they can share tech and work together to the extent that ND can make a game every year (or just expand ND)

Anyway, how big will they be now, because I know the Liverpool and Cambridge are about 100 each, but I don't know how big Evolution is.

Also, does it say what brand they will release under, or will they maintain their own brands?

Hopefully this will allow another WipEout and Motorstorm this year

Awesome.

Liverpool Studio should help Evolution with their quality. In particular, making the controls at least SLIGHTLY responsive. I swear, WipEout HD has the most responsive controls I've seen in a racing game, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift has the least.

So does this mean we'll be recieving Motorout or WipEStorm?    Or maybe even Motorwipe or Stormout? 

water based motorstorm with intense physics and graphics.

1080p/60FPS Motorstorm. You know you want it.