The rumored revival is apparently in new hands
TheTwistedMetalreboot reportedly in development at Lucid Games now seems to be going to another studio.VGC reportsthat Sony has given the keys of theTwisted Metalreboot to a different developer.
VGC, whichalso reportedon the vehicular combat series’ revival last year, says Sony is moving development to one of its first-party studios in Europe. Though their sources didn’t provide a reason, one suggested that a poor response toDestruction AllStarscould have been a factor.
Neither Sony nor Lucid commented on the matter to VGC, and no new studio has been named. Keeping in mind that theTwisted Metalreboot hasonly been reported onfor the time being, that isn’t too much of a surprise.
Considering there’s aTwisted MetalTV series on the wayand the reboot would reportedly be coinciding with it, that’s a bit of pressure on whoever’s at the wheel now. Sony did just make a number of acquisitions over the last year, though it’s unclear whether any of them would be possibly taking over.
As for Lucid, I was actually interested in a potential new project from the team.Destruction AllStarshad its faults, but Lucid seems like the right team for the job in terms of car combat. Hopefully the team is moving on to a new project.
I’m still curious about what a modernTwisted Metallooks like, since vehicular combat games haven’t really been around much these days. Considering whatRocket Leaguedid for cars and soccer, though, maybe aTwisted Metalreboot could do alright. We’ll see what happens as more news emerges about the project.
