One of the newest additions to Sony's PS Studios group is Firesprite. The developer is PlayStation's largest first-party studio in the UK, easily dwarfing Media Molecule and London Studio, but we still haven't learned a huge amount about it. That's where this new video, which aims to profile the 10-year-old studio, comes in.
As stated in the vid, the team is currently best known for its rogue-like horror game, The Persistence. However, its current project is PSVR2's flagship game Horizon Call of the Mountain, which it's producing in tandem with Guerrilla Games. As development manager Daniel Jones mentions, there are multiple projects in the pipeline. "The stuff that we have in development at the moment is unbelievable, and it really is because of the people who are working here, which are gonna make these absolutely world-beating games."
He adds that it was the pedigree of the staff that attracted him to Firesprite in the first place. "It still kind of blows my mind when I look around and see people who have worked on my childhood games," he says.
Managing director Graeme Ankers talks about the studio's open culture: "Everyone can talk, and everyone can contribute," he says, adding the team is set up around the idea that "Every Sprite has a voice".
It's not going to answer all your burning questions, but it's a neat video. Hopefully Sony spotlights its other teams in a similar way. We're excited to see Firesprite's first major release with Horizon Call of the Mountain, which should look great in PSVR2 owing to its experience with virtual reality.
[source youtube.com]
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Cool to put some character to the studio. Looking forward to seeing what they can do, not just with Horizon but beyond as they bed in as a PS Studio.
As a rogue like fan, I wanted to love The Persistence, but just couldn't. It had some good ideas, but was a bit too much of a grind, even for me.
It showed promise, though. And I'm sure their support and expertise in the VR space is what got them acquired, but I hope it doesn't mean they only end up doing VR titles for PS brands. I want to see what they can do in the horror/action and rogue like spaces. Clearly they have a love for the genres.
I'd love a good size first party studio dedicated to new IPs and experiences.
The Persistance was absolutely fantastic, such an addictive and underrated title. The work the studio did on that, plus there former history as Psygnosis, has me very excited for Horizon VR.
I saw a city landscape, maybe twisted metal?
They sound like they have a lot of things in development
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