New data has come to gentle about initiatives from Sony’s Firesprite studio that by no means materialized, together with a Breaking Bad online game.
MP1st reported that Firesprite was engaged on a Breaking Bad VR sport for PlayStation VR in 2017 and 2018. The sport was stated to be extra akin to an “expertise,” just like 2017’s Stranger Things: The VR Experience.
In response to the report, the Breaking Bad sport would have taken gamers to well-known locations from the TV present, together with Walter White’s yard with its pool the place many notable story moments from the series took place. One other location would have been the New Mexico desert, the place Walt and Jesse took half in lots of depraved deeds, together with cooking meth and killing individuals.
It appears like this might be the PlayStation VR sport that Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan referenced in 2022. On the time, he stated his writers got here up with “three or 4 tales for various video video games,” one among which was a VR title for PlayStation VR. Nonetheless, none of them ever materialized as a result of Gilligan stated he was unwilling to compromise on high quality.
He additionally talked about how “making a online game is rattling laborious,” saying it is a prolonged and costly course of. The VR mission particularly was difficult, he stated, as a result of this sport was making an attempt to “break new floor with VR,” he stated.
Breaking Bad was produced by Sony Footage TV, so there would have been synergy between the TV present and PlayStation, which is owned by Sony.
MP1st additionally reported on an unannounced Firesprite sport developed between 2018 and 2020 that was a brand new IP within the sci-fi horror style. Artwork for the sport discovered by MP1st gave off Dead Space vibes, however this sport by no means materialized.
One other sport from Firesprite that by no means got here out was a rumored Twisted Steel battle royale sport, which was apparently canceled.
Firesprite’s newest sport was 2023’s PSVR sport Horizon Name of the Mountain. The studio was helping Cloud Imperium Video games on the Theaters of Struggle mode for the long-in-development area sim Star Citizen, however not anymore.