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Sony Interactive Entertainment has trademarked "Soho Engine" in Europe
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Soho is a district of London. Team Soho took their name from the place and haven't existed for 18 years.
And it was one of the best looking games on the PS2. Breathtaking for its time.
Yeah, but seeing as Team Soho were merged into London Studio, it's definitely possible it could be a reference.
Also, it's interesting to note that the Team Soho branding was present on The Getaway: Black Monday, even though the game was released 2 years after they were merged into London Studio, it may make a return in some form if The Getaway does indeed come back.
I was more thinking about the Decima engine as an alternative to UE4, as it's geared towards open world development and is apparently flexible enough to be used by both Guerrilla Games and Kojima Productions.
Their 1st party developer probably contributed to ps4 UE4 development is probably one of the reason. Similar to gears 4 and 5 with UE4.
With Europe running a lot of things Playstation, I wouldn't be surprised about a new getaway game or a game inspired by it. Seems like an easy way to have a open world modern day title while letting it keep its own spin
Probably because it wasn't a good game. Got shat on by the critics at the time. It had those early bullshots that got everyone hyped for PS2 launch and then after its endless delays and development hell, it had the unfortunate task of having to follow up after GTA3 which was in a whole different league.
I don't see why Sony would want to bring it back now, regardless the team that worked on it is no longer at Soho/London Studio.
Is "Soho is a reference to Team Soho" just speculation? Or confirmed anywhere?
Team Soho haven't been a thing for 20 years and certainly haven't made anything to do with the Getaway for a long time. London Studio are still, AFAIK, based in Soho. I'd probably guess that the engine is named after the place that the studio is located rather than jump straight to 'omg it's the getaway'.
Team Soho haven't been a thing for 20 years and certainly haven't made anything to do with the Getaway for a long time. London Studio are still, AFAIK, based in Soho. I'd probably guess that the engine is named after the place that the studio is located rather than jump straight to 'omg it's the getaway'.
I can't see it being The Getaway. Even if London Studio are making some open-world city game, it seems to make more sense to just make something new instead of a new game in that series. The last one came out 17 years ago. It's not like a SOCOM or Twisted Metal, where a new entry would mean something in terms of providing a unique experience.
It could be a a reference to the various places called Soho or it could be short for something else
Sony Hobo engine anyone?
Yeah im thinking it's this. London Studio has been working with UE4 I believe, so it's possible they've been making their own engine, probably with a VR focus
I would definitely buy a modern Getaway game, or any British gangster game. I've just got Blood and Truth, yet to play it, but it's next in line after Doom 3 VR.
I remember seeing this screenshot in magazines and thinking games will never look any better. Of course it was an absolute bullshot.
Haha I remember these very well too, it was mind blowing.
I think thats prob why they are trademarking prob an engineer geared towards VR maybe.
Not sure this has anything to do with the original Team Soho which was shutdown nearly 20 years ago.
Soho is one of the central neighbours in London and where Sony Europe has its headquarter.
It's a very generic name.
That said, I'd be all in for a Getaway reboot.
I know there's probably some benefits and familiarity in building your own engine and having it made for a specific purpose, but is there really any need to make another game engine rather than use one from another part of PS Studios, like for instance Guerrilla, Naughty Dog, Insomniac (the Spidey engine!), or even use Unreal Engine, given Sony has recently invested hundreds of millions more into Epic Games.
I would like there to be more games in the 'GTA-like' genre (does this particular sub-genre even have a name?!) but I found the original Getaway game to be pretty bad. It was ambitious and had some interesting ideas but wasn't very user-friendly (for example there's no map and you have to use the indicators to navigate -- however if these get smashed you're screwed for finding your way around!) and the whole thing felt quite clunky compared with GTA. That being said, if Sony is prepared for the massive expense to try again I would be very interested to see the results.
I think job ads for Sony London Studio have indicated that it won't be a VR game this time.
If we're doing a PS2 title wishlist, I'd probably hope for a new Drakan game. I adored The Ancients' Gates and it really didn't seem to be very successful sadly.
This is my guess as well.
Something akin to PhyreEngine that was created to help small developers/japanese developers to make PS3 games ( also multiplatforms important to say ) but this time for PSVR and VR in general.
It all comes down to their purpose on this.
PhyreEngine worked well for them and many partners even with Sony studios having their own engines and other commercial engines in the market.
If it´s something to make VR development easier/more accessible it´s more than welcome !
I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms