Q-Games, the studio behind The Tomorrow Children, has announced it now owns the rights to the obscure online co-op game.
The PlayStation 4 title recently reached its five-year anniversary, although the game itself was shut down only a year after its launch. Sony has held the rights to the IP ever since, but in an unusual deal, the rights now reside with the developer:
"In a historical move by Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Tomorrow Children is home again," the statement reads. Perhaps the most interesting part of the announcement is that the team "will bring back [The Tomorrow Children] in the future". It seems the studio is wasting no time now that the IP is in its hands. In a blog post on the developer's website, it's stated the team is "working hard to rebuild" the game and "bring it back to its loving fans". Q-Games founder and president Dylan Cuthbert comments further, saying he's "tweaking and re-working parts of the game every week" and that the team is making "quite a few changes for the better".
We recently spoke with him about the game and its journey, which is well worth a read given this new context. In it, he talks about changes he would make if releasing the game now, as well as his vision for a potential follow-up.
You can sign up for the game's newsletter through here if you're interested in learning more. Are you excited for the return of The Tomorrow Children? Work together in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com, via q-games.com]
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They should of kept it secret for a huge state of play reveal š¤£
This is so rad. I remember the idea sounding very unique, but I never tried it as it was a free to play game. Glad to see they are working on making this a true paid experience now.
Congrats to Q games and good on Sony to sell back the IP, at a hopefully reasonable price.
It's cool that they got the IP back but The Tomorrow Children wasn't very good.
@Jayslow execution wasnāt very good, the game was a little meh
I loved the art style of the game but gameplay wise... it wasn't very good and a huge time sink for very little progress from what I recall.
Glad they're going to bring it back and change things, just hope they do massive changes to the gameplay.
Touchwood anyone?
Best season for sure
I was very surprised to see this as a "Just Announced" PS4 title on the PlayStation store today.
I was so pumped for this when it came out that I actually bought a booster pack. It was visually great but he gameplay was poor and there was no community. It could certainly do with a reworking, and I'll probably give it another try.
If they can rework it into something a little less tedious and more interesting I'd be very keen to try it again! It's great they got their IP back though, I guess.
This was a really weird experiment that didnāt quite pan out; glad they got a second chance. So many devs donāt.
This is interesting. I liked the game back when it came out and even played it with friends for a bit. If they do a re-release I would definitely be interested.
Just what absolutely nobody asked for.
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