VR developer Firesprite making AAA narrative driven horror game

metro.co.uk:

A job ad at Sony’s new Liverpool studio suggests that Firesprite will not solely be making VR games, as they reveal another new project.

When Sony bought Liverpudlian developer Firesprite last year the assumption was that it was because of their expertise with VR, but while they are making a Horizon Forbidden West spin-off their other rumoured projects seem to be ordinary non-VR titles.

A new job ad on the company’s website is looking for a ‘Narrative Director to join our development team for a AAA narrative driven horror-adventure game in Unreal 5’.

The job ad not only makes no mention of VR (which you’d imagine would be an important detail to share) but also doesn’t appear to be a live service title, despite Sony recently indicating that this would be a focus for its first party studios.

There’s no indication of whether the game is a new IP or part of an existing franchise, but previously Firesprite was rumoured to be working on a new Twisted Metal game.

That’s never been confirmed but Firesprite’s job listings also include numerous roles for what’s referred to as a ‘multiplayer action’ game, with one role in particular being for ‘Senior Designer – Vehicle Handling’.

That definitely adds credence to the Twisted Metal rumours, but it’s not impossible that the new horror game may in fact be a Twisted Metal spin-off, given the multiplayer games have an extensive lore that could be drawn on.

Whether Firesprite is making a Twisted Metal game or not that’s at least three major new projects (Horizon, the horror game, and the multiplayer action game) they’ve taken on in the last few months, suggesting they’re quickly becoming one of Sony’s most important studios.

Not only that but, as the job ads imply, they’re rapidly increasing in