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Guerrilla Games is moving to a new building, hopes to increase employees to 400 from 250
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look at the lineup they pushed out and look at what they still have ahead.
who in their right mind says this?
It's time for a Killzone Online (or a better name).
- GaaS model;
- Maybe F2P with MxT?;
- Playable in both first and third person view;
- Gameplay-wise, the most close possible to Killzone 2 MP.
- Remake the most famous maps of the whole franchise in the newest version of the Decima Engine;
- Bring back all the classic modes (Bodycount, Assassination and etc)
- Add a Battle Royale mode (of course);
- Add a 4 to 8 players coop horde mode;
- Add playable vehicles on new maps.
- GaaS model;
- Maybe F2P with MxT?;
- Playable in both first and third person view;
- Gameplay-wise, the most close possible to Killzone 2 MP.
- Remake the most famous maps of the whole franchise in the newest version of the Decima Engine;
- Bring back all the classic modes (Bodycount, Assassination and etc)
- Add a Battle Royale mode (of course);
- Add a 4 to 8 players coop horde mode;
- Add playable vehicles on new maps.
Sony is smart. I think they're paying close attention to their competition and realize that in the coming years, with all other things being equal, first party software will be the deciding factor that determines where a lot of potential customers will game. On this front, Sony has decided to expand their proven studios to not only further create new, and exceptional products/content but this also enables them to retain talent by being able to reward more people and advance their careers. This keeps them happy and fulfilled, while also serving the dual purpose of them to managing and cultivating the talent of others who could one day be given a more senior position.
Not trying to take your shine but I'd rather Guerrilla, if they were willing to return to the Killzone franchise, set it during the 1st exostellar war and focus more on a civil war taking place on Helghan being fueled by an ISA operative. This operative would be player designed much like a Soulsborne character. Objectives would be given via a planetside handler and could be approached from a multitude of ways. I guess the ultimate goal of the game in my mind is to destabilize the regime internally to where they're fighting a war on two fronts and to turn the inhabitants of Helgan against the empire and somehow assassinate the Autarch in the state of tumult engulfing the planet, giving way for the ISA to install a person of their choosing...who'd turn out to be Visari who in time grew disgusted with the exploitation of Helgan and launches the 2nd Exostellar War that you see in KZ1/2/3.
I'm not what direction they should go in terms of camera perspective but I wouldn't be opposed to either honestly. MP would have Warzone and individual modes that make up warzone in addition to the main draw...Battle Royale and all the MTX that you mentioned but it'd all be cosmetic.
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There have been discussions in the Sony first-party thread and others about if Sony should buy more studios to counter MS' E3 announcement
I still don't see them having that many people working on one game, it just seems like they'd want to increase their ROI by developing multiple titles.
Maybe they are working on the elusive Sony's AAA JRPG? lol
Anyway, I hope it's a new IP rather than Killzone.
Anyway, I hope it's a new IP rather than Killzone.
Don't listen to the Reset Era scuttlebutt, Sony's head is very much still in the game and they know what they're doing. They've been saying for a couple of years now that a key business objective moving forward is to strengthen their already exceptional first-party output.
Two games concurrently is something which won't happen, not full production anyway. But I assume it has all got to do with turnaround, Horizon from conception to completion was 7 years. That is fucking crazy, GOW also took 5 years etc. Sony will want their studios to make games faster and one way to do that is increasing manpower. Definitely think Horizon 2 is going to be huge in scope, including the Siege director being there to take care of MP and co-op for Horizon 2.
A separate co-op mode including horde and one with missions, where you go hunting for huge monsters or build factions a bit like TLOU? Yes please.
A separate co-op mode including horde and one with missions, where you go hunting for huge monsters or build factions a bit like TLOU? Yes please.
It's not that crazy because they put the project on hold while they made Shadow Fall. Horizon wasn't actually in production for 7 years.
GG said in the article, it will enable them to make games faster, not more games at there slower pace.
Horizon 2 with co-op and seamless multiplayer (optional of course) would be awesome. I wouldn't mind it at all if I could just be traveling through the world of Horizon 2 and randomly encounter another player fighting a Thunderjaw.
I want all of this to be true so badly.
Simon Larouche also worked on Splinter Cell: Blacklist's multiplayer and Watch Dogs 2's AI, so I wouldn't say competitive FPS's are where his expertise is.
Having said that, I'm putting my money on him directing a separate co-op mode for Horizon 2. I think it makes a lot of sense considering co-op was in the original Horizon pitch, it fits perfectly with Horizon's mechanics and world and Guerrilla have way too much experience with multiplayer to completely abandon it.
Nope, Japan Studio is larger, though they're split up between numerous teams.
It's certainly fair to praise other platform holders for increasing focus on first party. But yeah, it's curious to see the whole "resting on their laurels" thing when we were just shown 4 first party games that will more than likely be 8-10/10 quality exclusives over the next two years lol.
Growing NaughtyDog, Guerilla Games, Sony Santa Monica and Sucker Punch into even bigger studios makes more sense than outright buying new studios. Its hard to get studio management and culture right, so investing in studios were thats already nailed down seems like a smarter thing to do.
Also, I think if Death Stranding turns out well they might as well buy KojiPro. They have a very good relationship, the studio is already using the Decima Engine and actively working on it, too. It would be a logical step.
I'm so hyped for the possibilities. I wonder if they'll work aerial travel.
Do we know how big Polyphony Digital is? I imagine pretty big? I would love it if they could develop an arcade racer. Become big enough to work on Gran Turismo, and another IP. With Evolution gone, it's time.
It's Simon Larouche, and he was also responsible for level layouts as a Senior Designer on Killzone 2. He last worked with GG from 2006-2009, leaving right after Killzone 2's release.
Before we get all "Ooo new IP!", them staffing up further for Horizon 2 could very well an attempt at curbing a strong need for outsourcing which happens a ton in AAA dev and is costly.
Time for a reboot!!
Man would i love a 4k remaster of 2 and 3 though. And 2s MP mode
Unless they are adding multiplayer. But I believe its a second project.
They do need a bit of an expansion even if it's not full on AAA games and just more $40 games. Most of these games that sony's released and are releasing have taken 5+ years to make, even if they can drop that to 3 that can still leave some considerable gaps in their lineup. The first couple years of this gen were really barren and quality was iffy with the few sony games that did come out.
Would love to see this expansion of resources devoted to a new IP developed alongside a Horizon sequel.
That E3 stage announcement was greatly designed PR more than it was a great expansion of their first party.
I would say that of those 5 only the newly formed AAA studio The Initiative is an impactful expansion to MS's first party and that is countered (to use your language, because it's not created as a counter to MS) by the rumoured new Sony studio in San Diego.
2 of the acquisitions were studios that were already exclusively working on Xbox games, so they are not an expansion.
The remaining 2 are just a small (Compulsion) and a medium (Ninja Theory) sized studio and even when you add all 5 to MS's portfolio Sony still has more first party studios and much more proven, established studios.
I don't think they need to - MS didn't get many 'new' studios, others were already effectively '2nd party' and closely partnered with them.
This move feels more like Sony looking at reinforcing one of their first party studios and turning it into a flagship like ND. And with the increase they should have the capacity to be working on two games at a time.
That was my first thought as well. Horizon 2 and Killzone Reboot. Do it!