Roughly a month ago now, fans were swiftly brought to reality when Sony subsidiary Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the acquisition of Marvel’s Spider-Man developer Insomniac Games. While the company previously denounced the chances of a large studio purchase prior to the recent acquiring of the California-based team, the PlayStation publisher really came out of the blue with the announcement even more.
While many players did expect to see this happen at some point in the coming future when reflecting on the developer’s catalogue of PlayStation exclusive titles, it was a more worrying story for fans on Microsoft’s platform. That is primarily due to the fact Insomniac Games would no longer have a foreseeable future when it comes to the development of a Sunset Overdrive sequel since the follow-up would be unique to the Xbox library.
However, at the time of reporting the developer’s acquisition, word was that ownership of the IP was split between Microsoft and Insomniac, leaving the property untouched from PlayStation to potentially make another installment if deciding to do so. Now, according to a recent interview with President of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida, he clarifies that PlayStation has possession of all IPs under Insomniac Games, that including Sunset Overdrive.
Speaking with Japanese publication Inside Games, Yoshida shares that Sony Interactive Entertainment is in current ownership of Insomniac Games library in its entirety.
“SIE holds the rights to past work from Insomniac Games,” Yoshida explains. When asked of potential ports for the studio’s previous work, he states “I am looking forward to future titles.”
Although it is now officially declared that Sunset Overdrive is in the hands of Sony & PlayStation, the use of the IP does not seem to be a primary focus derived from Yoshida’s response. Even brushing upon a potential PlayStation 4 port did not look to be a concern with the property’s new owner.
Did you play Sunset Overdrive back during its launch?
Sunset Overdrive is out now for Xbox One and PC.
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