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MotorStorm Dev Says Sony Saved It From Apocalypse
MotorStorm Apocalypse definitely wasn't a bad game, but it faced a lot of trouble previous entries in the racing series didn't. Pushed back due to bad timing with the natural disaster in Japan and up against problematic PlayStation Network service, the decks were stacked against Apocalypse. According to the head of developer Evolution Studios, the team only survived because of Sony's support.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Evolution Studios group game director Matt Southern lamented, "Racing has had a very tough time, even without extraordinary circumstances like the ones we went through." Luckily for the group, Southern says that Sony "defended us and protected us and allowed us to experiment."
According to Southern, following the stormy release of MotorStorm Apocalypse, the team at Evolution was split into three groups: one working on DLC for Apocalypse, one working on the recently announced MotorStorm RC for PSN and Vita, and one brainstorming new ideas. Southern says that they still have some work to do but "things are turning around."
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