Sony buys Motorstorm developer, sequel coming

by Justin McElroy { Sep 20th 2007 at 1:20PM }

It was clear how proud Sony was of Motorstorm even before the game launched on the PS3. It shouldn't come as much of a surprised to you then that Sony has purchased Evolution Studios, the developer behind the game, and its subsidiary Bigbig Studios, which you may know from Pursuit Force.

As part of the announcement, Evolution revealed they were working on a sequel to Motorstorm (may we suggest Motorstorm 2: Motorstormier?). Unfortunately, Bigbig, the studio with the more awesome name, has already beat them to the most awesome game title: Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice coming this fall to PSP and PS2.

Tags: motorstorm, motorstorm2, pursuitforce, sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mr Slavio @ Sep 20th 2007 1:27PM

I guess Sony isn't above buying developers afterall.

Phranctoast @ Sep 20th 2007 1:39PM

what ever made you believe Sony never bought developers studios? Part of the reason that Sony has the most first party games is due to all the studios they bought.

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 20th 2007 1:49PM

"... what ever made you believe Sony never bought developers studios?"

'cause Sony said that they dont.

Brandon @ Sep 20th 2007 1:50PM

Actually, they said they don't buy EXCLUSIVES, not developers.

Gamer98 @ Sep 20th 2007 1:31PM

Good move buy crappy developers.

Shagittarius @ Sep 20th 2007 1:34PM

and your contribution to society is?

Brian @ Sep 20th 2007 1:37PM

Yeah why would Sony want a company who makes well-reviewed and technically impressive games?

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 20th 2007 1:37PM

Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice.

But I like that game :|,also is like crackdown except Pursuit Force is actually Fun...I kid crackdown is cool but Pursuit Force is simply awesome,I wonder why there isn't a Pursuit Force game in the PS3.

Anonim @ Sep 20th 2007 1:39PM

I propose another "name that sequel" contest

Motornado!
Motoricane!

Shagittarius @ Sep 20th 2007 1:41PM

How about a cart racer: Motordrizzle

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 20th 2007 1:47PM

Motorstorm:The Full Game

or

Motorstorm Instincts GO!!!: Predator:The Lost Vengance:Stairway to the destinated duel:world Championship 2008:Game of the year Edition.

Konny @ Sep 20th 2007 1:43PM

I hope they let you play your own audio tracks from mp3s.. i couldnt stand the metal shit grind they had in the first one.

hotnutz @ Sep 21st 2007 3:32PM

Wow, so you don't like loud and energetic music when you are playing highly intense racing games? Maybe some mozart or twangy country music is more your speed.

umm....hello??? @ Sep 20th 2007 1:44PM

NOTE TO SONY:
for MS2, how about like what you did for WarHawk?
SPLIT SCREEN MP, LOCAL LAN MP
MORE TRACKS, LESS LOADING TIME

your stupid mistakes on the original MS cost you lots of money (or at least $60 from me, anyway).

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 20th 2007 1:49PM

Add more tracks,more vehicles maybe Motorcycles? ability to play songs from the Hard drive.

Ordeith @ Sep 20th 2007 2:43PM

So you basically want it to be a 360 game.

Brandon @ Sep 20th 2007 1:53PM

I loved motorstorm, So its nice to know its pretty much guaranteed to have sequels. With sony's funding, and the engine and basic mechanics already in place, it should make the next one easier to produce, and have more features. After all, the first one was being developed before the system's specs were final.

Too @ Sep 20th 2007 1:57PM

They may have to buy this developer. Sales have been good, but not spectacular. I'm sure initial development costs were high. The fault lies with Sony not having a large enough installed base of PS3s, which is the result of the PS3 being too expensive.

In the past, everyone developed for Sony because of the huge installed base. Now you have developers that have already commited to developing for the PS3 that I'm sure are concerned about their return on investment.

ThornedVenom @ Sep 20th 2007 3:42PM

Was it really that bad for a launch game on a very little-accessible system?

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Sep 20th 2007 2:01PM

Might I suggest for the sequel that it actuall STROMs motors from the sky?
I'd also like the soundtrack to be nothing but 'It's Raining Men' by The Weathergirls.

This is my 1000th post...on this screen name, at least. So I don't feel like I feel like I totally wasted it by making a Motorstorm 2 joke, let me proclaim:
• I like bullet points
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That is all. You may return to your regularly scheduled routines.

Crono (NDF - French Taunting from Holy Grail Ring) @ Sep 20th 2007 2:12PM

I didn't realize it, but I'm up over 2500.

I is a joystiq nurd.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 20th 2007 2:22PM

I'm in 1002 now Huh.

I thought this stuff was done when you hit 10,000 I mean anyone can hit 1000.

ThornedVenom @ Sep 20th 2007 3:43PM

Congrats, yet I still can't see her nipple. XD

Mr Slavio @ Sep 20th 2007 2:02PM

Yeah, Tretton's actual quote was that they don't buy "exclusivity", and SDF can argue that this is completely different but it's pretty much splitting hairs.

Fanboys give Microsoft shit all the time for buying devs. At least now the hypocrisy is tangible.

creid @ Sep 20th 2007 2:10PM

Different. Buying a studio is making those developers part of the company. Buying "exclusives" is essentially a bribe telling some 3rd party to forget about that PS3 version you were thinking about.

Mr Slavio @ Sep 20th 2007 2:57PM

It's only different in the fact that it's like paying for multiple exclusives instead of just one.

Hypocrits.

Vidikron (FU) @ Sep 20th 2007 3:09PM

Except in this case Motorstorm was already exclusive. So claiming they bought "exclusivity" doesn't work. Either way, that was a stupid statement from Sony, BUT I'm seeing plenty of equally stupid statements about that quote in reference to this purchase. It's truly amusing.

Mr Slavio @ Sep 20th 2007 4:05PM

Right, so all those game they haven't made yet were also going to be Sony exclusives? Speaking of stupid statements...your table is ready.

Vidikron (FU) @ Sep 20th 2007 6:07PM

LOL... games they haven't made yet. The bottom line is they bought the developer. The previous statement was referring to paying a 3rd party to make a title exclusive, this has nothing to do with that. But, hey, keep being an idiot.

NeoAngelicPrince @ Sep 20th 2007 2:18PM

Wait so next gen NOW includes buying exclusives since sony has approved this action?

Ska Oreo @ Sep 20th 2007 2:31PM

That's the case. But as long as they do it with honor, it's totally ok.

Akamaru @ Sep 20th 2007 2:34PM

NO. Please go level up on your crompehension. They bought the whole damn studio. Buying an exclusive means you just make sure that particular game doesn't come out for another platform. Buying a studio means you have them make other games only for your platform.

megaStryke @ Sep 20th 2007 2:36PM

Yeah, it's like a campaign advert!

"I'm Kaz Hirai, President of SCE, and I approve this message."

Spartacus @ Sep 20th 2007 3:33PM

Akamaru,

Maybe you should level up your implicational thinking.

Why did Sony buy the studio? Because they wanted to ensure that Motorstorm 2 (and possibly other games down the road) was a PS3 exclusive. Why did they need to buy the studio? Probably because Motorstorm didn't make enough money on Sony's platform to entice the devs to make another exclusive commitment, so rather than Sony losing a decent game (and some face), they just bought out the company.