PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale developer SuperBot Entertainment is punching together a new intellectual property, according to the studio’s director of operations David Yang. In a statement issued to EDGE, the company admitted that it has “substantially shrunk” since it ended its relationship with platform holder Sony, but that it continues to exist in a smaller guise.
The Californian outfit constructed PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in partnership with Sony Santa Monica, but was cut loose in February after it became apparent that the mascot mash-up had not sold as well as expected. After a slew of layoffs, some rumours suggested that the company had been closed, but according to Yang, that was never the case.
“We have substantially shrunk down our operations but are still going strong while we work on a new IP,” he told the website.
There’s no word on which platforms the studio is currently coveting, but given the trajectory of the industry at the moment, we wouldn’t be surprised if it was targeting smartphones. We recently pondered what went wrong with PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, after the title’s strong critical reception led to some scandalously low sales numbers.
[source edge-online.com]
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Good to hear the studio won't be closing down. I blame Sony for not letting the game have more time in the oven as well as failing to properly market the title. There's a reason why smash bros has long development times.
Good thing they are still around. But still, I hope someone else steps to make a sequel or something. This game really needs one.
I maintain my belief that the online beta's messed up their sales pretty badly...it cost them at LEAST two reservations (me and my brother) because it was not a good representation of the full product. I bought it later, cheaper, after I was convinced by external sources that there was actually fun to be had with it.
I hope the company does well with whatever they're doing now, and more importantly I hope they learn from past mistakes.
"Strong critical reception" is a bit of a stretch. Besides Playstation fans, there weren't too many people that really cared for it.
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