Tag: Sunset Overdrive
News Insomniac: 'Nothing Really Stopping Us' Working on Sunset Overdrive
Director wants to make sequel
Will Marvel's Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart team Insomniac Games ever return to the Sunset Overdrive IP it kickstarted on Xbox One? Director Marcus Smith was posed the question in GQ Magazine as part of
News Insomniac Games Renews Trademark for Xbox Exclusive Sunset Overdrive
Sunrise, sunset
Sunset Overdrive was always one of Microsoft's most interesting exclusives during the Xbox One era. Developed by Insomniac Games while it was still independent, it's a highly stylised open world action game that became something of a cult hit. Of course, as mentioned, the studio was brought into Sony's ranks following its excellent...
News The Suicide Squad Trailer Has Fans Thinking About Sunset Overdrive
PS4 port, when?
Perhaps the most surprising aspect of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League so far is how colourful the world of Metropolis is. After a dark and gritty reboot movie a couple of years back, fans were probably expecting Rocksteady to follow a similar path with an experience devoid of jokes and colours you'd typically see make up the...
News Sunset Overdrive Is Now Owned by PlayStation, Sony Confirms
Xbox One exclusive now PlayStation property
As previously expected, Sony now owns the Sunset Overdrive brand. Despite the game first launching as an Xbox One exclusive, Insomniac Games famously retained the rights to the intellectual property. PlayStation has since purchased the Marvel’s Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank developer, but
News Does Sony Now Own Xbox Exclusive Series Sunset Overdrive?
Seems so
There’s a curious quirk to Sony’s acquisition of Marvel’s Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games: it now owns the Sunset Overdrive intellectual property. Well, we obviously don’t have the legal paperwork in front of us, but that appears to be the case after the Burbank-based developer infamously retained ownership of the oft-discussed...
News Insomniac Wants to Find a Publisher for a Sunset Overdrive Sequel
What do you reckon, Sony?
In many ways, Spider-Man will likely end up being the spiritual successor to Insomniac Games’ well-liked Xbox One exclusive Sunset Overdrive, as it’s being made by much of the same team and is similarly all about open world traversal. But that hasn’t stopped the Burbank-based studio from signalling that it’s...
News Sunset Overdrive Could Grind Again on PS4
Fizzy
There was a little period towards the tail of the PlayStation 3 era and the beginning of the PlayStation 4 generation where it felt like Insomniac Games had parted ways with Sony for good: Sunset Overdrive was announced as an Xbox One exclusive, the studio formed a tight relationship with Oculus, and no one seemed to want to show Ratchet &...
Talking Point Why Sony's Right to Retain the Franchises It Funds
Crash course
Insomniac Games announced its soda-based sandbox excursion Sunset Overdrive to an explosion of goodwill this week. The colourful Xbox One exclusive harks back to the Dreamcast era, boasting oversaturated skylines and some decidedly SEGA gameplay mechanics. Sporting a system that sees your firepower increase as you combo tricks, it looks...
