Nuova IP per PS Vita dal team di Sega Rally 3

[Schubert]

Sega has told CVG that its newly-announced UK studio is already hard at work on a PlayStation Vita game that is based on new IP and uses "all of the console's features".

As revealed this morning, Sega has opened a studio that has been born out of its secret Technology Group in the West Midlands. The venture is being headed up by former Sega Racing Studios chief and 16-year industry veteran Chris Southall.

The studio's first title will be an action-adventure game, and is set to launch in late 2012.

"The Sega Technology Group is an internal set of people that we actually set up with six of the brightest minds from Sega's Racing Studio," Gary Dunn, VP of product development for Sega West told CVG. "One of their key tasks is to get onto new technology quickly to help the rest of the group. For instance, they made a relatively early PS3 game on 360. That experience was brought to bear helping our other studios around the globe for optimising for next-gen consoles.

"It's not just tech, it's artists and designers too, who provide product support around the globe. That group has been working at the forefront of technology. You name the new hardware - 3DS, Vita, Wii U, Kinect - its first experience in the Sega Corporation in that group, certainly in the Western world."

Dunn explained that the new Solihull studio was set up after Sega's publishing team saw one particularly clever prototype arrive out of the Technology Group.

"The Solihull studio doesn't mean the end of the tech group," he clarified. "Far from it - they'll feed off each other naturally high levels of innovation."

Dunn told us that the new Vita game - which Sega confirmed this morning was an action-adventure title - is only currently in pre-production.

"It's not a racing game, I can tell you that," added Dunn. "It's currently being developed on PlayStation Vita - but whether that's it's only platform will remain to be seen.

"What really impressed us was the way it uses the Vita's feature set - I genuinely couldn't put it into a current genre because of the way it uses all them. It's totally original."

That's quite a few features: Vita boasts touch-sensitivity on its back and front, twin analogue sticks, a gyroscope and cameras. Dunn confirmed that game wasn't based on a licence or an existing Sega franchise, and was a "completely new IP".

Sega is on a recruitment drive at the new West Midlands studio, and is hoping to have a team of 15 in place to work on the new title.

"In its first phase, we're looking for 15 game developers in total in the new studio - that's on top of the six from the Technology Group, who will fall back into there," explained Dunn. "We want people who can take brand new hardware and start prototyping, so as well as some fresh faces, we want lots of experienced people who are going to populate that idea.

"We're super-exited about this. When you look at the very nature of where this studio's been born and how they've been doing prototypes on the latest and greatest hardware. It's thrilling, to be honest.

"It won't be easy to find the right people, as despite some high-profile recent closures and redundancies, demand for the top developers still outweighs supply. But we've got a fantastic talent pool in Britain, so we're very optimistic."

The new studio is currently taking applications for a number of positions via the Sega UK website.

News: Secret Sega game 'uses all PS Vita features', is original IP - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

[Toshihiro90]

Speriamo che sia qualcosa di bello

[sharkone]

Son molto contento in quanto ho sempre trovata ingiusta la chiusura del Sega Racing Studio. Spero sia un'occasione per riprendere anche Stormchaser:
Sega World Italia: Archivio Rumors

E' anche vero che prima tocca vedere come sarà questo gioco per capire il livello del nuovo team.

[Wiizpig]

was an action-adventure title

Stavo giusto per chiedere, perché fosse stato un racing sarei partito prevenuto, ma così è molto intrigante.
Sperando sia meno action e più adventure.

[stobbArt]

peccato sia per Vita

[Wiizpig]

Messaggio inviato da stobbArt

peccato sia per Vita

Quello è scontato

Però vabbé nuovo IP Sega cazzi mazzi, sempre positivo, da tenere d'occhio.
E' già tanto che non sia per PShitP, conoscendo i geni del marketing di Sega.

[sharkone]

Comunicato ufficiale:

Recruitment Drive in Full Swing for UK Based Team

LONDON – (June 17th, 2011) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. is building a new product development team based in the West Midlands area of the UK. . The boutique studio is SEGA’s third UK based development group and is set up to focus its production resources exclusively for next generation platforms. The team currently has a project underway due for release late 2012 which is a unique action adventure experience.

“I am genuinely excited about the prospect of opening another studio at SEGA, particularly one co-located with our Technology Group,” commented Gary Dunn, Senior Vice President of Production. “We have seen some great and truly innovative prototypes coming out of the designers, artists and tech staff that form our Technology Group, and we fully intend to keep innovation at the heart of the new studio by keeping close links with the Technology Group who will ensure that this happens.”

Headed up by Chris Southall, who has over 16 years technical, design and production experience of triple A games, the team will be focusing on new platforms and high quality innovative games. The new studio is open and presently taking applications for a number of positions, for more information email jobs@sega.co.uk or go to www.sega.co.uk/corporate/careers.

Quindi confermata data e genere.

[City Hunter]

Finalmente cominciano a ricreare qualche team interno.

Il sega crack team erano pesone in gamba, molte conversioni le hanno tirate su in tempi record, vedremo però come se la caveranno nello sviluppare roba nuova.

[klaw12321]

se la meritano una seconda chance dopo il "flop" ingustificato di sr3 .

[City Hunter]

Hardlight Studio, il nuovo team di sviluppo UK di Sega | Sega World Italia

Pare che il team si chiamerà Hardlight

[sharkone]

Il nome mi piace

Son gente in gamba vedremo sto nuovo ip se sarà qualcosa di serio come il genere in teoria fa pensare.

[Toshihiro90]

Messaggio inviato da sharkone

Il nome mi piace

Son gente in gamba vedremo sto nuovo ip se sarà qualcosa di serio come il genere in teoria fa pensare.

Sono d'accordo