Eight Days and The Getaway 3 are not dropped

During an interview with a french media, a member of Sony London talks about the games Eight Days and TG3. The two aren't dead but in stand-by. Good news it seems that they are 50% over

2 videos for ED on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/v/RDOZvKWXDP4
http://www.youtube.com/v/9eSoOZFyTmI

[PirateThom]

Numerous people, including myself, called this.

[spongeboob]

When i read the initial report on these 2 games it clearly stated that they where being put on hold no being canceled. The cancellation of these games was pure media speculation. Anyways i am glad that they are both back on track and they will both be day 1 buys for me.

[Greywulf]

2011 just got better... lol.

[callahan09]

I looked into the article and it cites an interview by GameSpot, but I went to GameSpot and can't find this interview?

[Jigga69]

callahan09 > That's not gamespot but gamekult actually. This is a mistake by the translate thing. http://www.play3-live.com/n...

[jut420]

Very happy both games are not canceled. Eight Days' tech demo showed one of the most impressive cover systems I've ever seen. Also, I'm a big fan of The Getaway series, so this is great news. I still have both the PS2 Getaway titles in my collection.

[DaTruth]

The media wanted to pretend they were dropped so they could get back to making "PS3 has no games" articles!

[Sarcasm]

Well people do have to understand, Sony HAVE to think years ahead especially how they keep claiming 10 year lifecycles. And it shows. Come on, do peoeple really think that Sony will just sit around and scratch their chests like Nintendo does? No. They HAVE to keep pumping out exclusives to keep people interested.

So hopefully the Getaway and Eight Days will eventually come to fruition.

[ZipSpeed09]

EPICNESS IS COMING!

[ZipSpeed09]

The Playstation 3: The Epic System of Games

[Nathaniel_Drake]

Yeah I knew those games weren't cancelled

[badz149]

but this just means more exclusives are coming! keep it up Sony, you're continuously sucking my wallet dry but I love it!

[Prototype]

It's interesting how if something got pushed back or on hold its automatically put into "Vaporware" even if the company keeps the comments to 0. It's to the point where unless someone says yes/no people will believe rumours over common sense.

Those games better be worth the wait...

But I remember The Getaway it was the first PS2 game I remember that threw the F bomb (boy I was shocked but happy).

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

Just keep bringing them AAA exclusives Sony, and you will always have my money. Eight Days and Getaway will surely be day one for me.

[Saigon]

I remember fighting with Joystiq.com because they swore up and down it was cancelled...well it looks like i got my revenge...

[rockleex]

Including reviving video games! O_O

[Consoldtobots]

yeah I remember those days very clearly, it was mainly the 360 fanboys on here that went into a circle jerk because their mantra at the time was that the PS3 was a "dying system" to which Sony was only "months away" from pulling the plug on.

silly wabbits ignorance is for fanboys.

[SolidAhmed]

these projects are needed for the future

[Kain81]

...but no one believed me...

[wxer]

"Eight Days and The Getaway 3 are not dropped"

SAY WAHHHHHHHHHHHAT ???

so those cool games are still coming out ??

Eight Days on uncharted's engine would be EPIC
That game already looks EPIC

lol
as i said before
when you own a PS3 is like when you are in a candy store

[chisox100]

it would be awesome if they brought them back and had them use the motion control

[kaveti6616]

There could be head tracking for the cover system in 8 days, where the player could move their head to see around walls and stuff.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

I think Sony want these games to look better than Uncharted 2 or any other game on the market for that matter hence why they've been put on hold so they can utilise the PS3 to higher degree.

[-EvoAnubis-]

Great news! Kinda what I thought, but it's good to have it confirmed. Eight Days looked really good, and it've been a shame to not be able to play that.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

Is it me or does the prototype gameplay of this game look like the trailer shown way back in 06?

Seriously! the gameplay graphics and that trailer shown seem to have the exact same graphics which gives me this funny feeling that what we all saw back in 06 was all real-time.

If it was then WOW GO PS3!

[lh_swe]

You don't think they released that now did you, I believe if it's being worked on it'll look much better when it actually comes out, that is of course referring to the second vid not the first, if they do indeed manage to replicate those kinds of situations in game then I'm very excited, very excited indeed.

[Pwee]

Want Getaway 3!!!

Lets just hope there not too far off.

[dragonyght]

hells ya every e3 i cross my fingers on those game being shown

make it happen sony!!!

[labaronx]

can we assume after eyepet is released, these games will go back into production???

[PirateThom]

When these games were announced, Sony London were under pressure to get Home up and running. Now Home is running and is being updated regularly and EyePet is closing up, they're in need of a new, full time, project.

Eight Days first, I hope.

[labaronx]

maybe well see eight days at E3 2010

[heyheyhey]

doubtful... they'll probably just make another casual title or app, it's what they do.. it's why Eight Days and Getway 3 were halted/cancelled whatever, SCE London are casual game specialists.. nothing wrong with that, they're good at what they do

that said, this news is (if true) promising and hopefully SCE London does decide to stray from their norm just one more time and finish up Eight Days

[Disccordia]

SCE London is a big studio (Sony's largest I think), so I'm sure they can have small teams handling singstar etc., a team for Home and another team working on a major project. The reason why these games were halted in the first place was because Sony wanted to move some staff over the help out Guerilla with their engine. Now it's completed, I wouldn't be surprised if that engine powered these games.

[nolifeking]

The Getaway was a mediocre title to begin with (Black Sunday anyone) and Uncharted has gone above and beyond what 8 Days may have done. If these games are still in development, I really don't think they'll have the same impact as they may have had when they were first announced.

[artgamer]

pff... party pooper

[kaveti6616]

You could say that, but then I could say that the technology that Naughty Dog is pushing in Uncharted 2 might be used for The Getaway 3 and 8 Days. If the games were not put on hold back in 2006, then they probably would not have had as much potential to be awesome, but now that Sony London has the time to take on these projects, they can implement the tech that the ICE team has been working on for the PS3, and make the games a visually stunning, awesome experience.

That's the beauty of Sony first party teams. Even though Uncharted 2 looks great, I bet some other developer from Sony will find a way to make a better experience. Naughty Dog shared their game coding techniques with all the first party devs for Sony. What makes you think that The Getaway won't have anything from it?

[Pwee]

Nah getaway was great! Twas FTW!

[Tripl3seis]

I have a feeling that this games will show up on e3 next year.

[kingboy]

yup! most likely amongst the next batch of Sony exclusives

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

I WANT!!! ;-P I thought 1 and 2 were good anyway!!! ;)

+ Driving around LONDAAAAN(London) ;-D in HD sounds good to me;)

Hmm...what about Driving around 'PS3 HD' London at night in the Rain with your Music off your PS3's Hard drive, say maybe some Drum&Bass??? ;-P
(I sound like a BoyRacer!!!) ;-D

[Saaking]

MORE AAAA exclusives! ONly on PlayStation 3. It only does everything.

[Aquarius]

Xbreaks3fixme. It only burns everything!!!

[W S K]

if those news are true...
then good times are ahead!

i´m pumped to see what eight days will bring to the table!!!

[Grandreaper9999]

Check out that video below. It looked pretty polished for the time it was created.. Maybe they'll put that cover system in the next Getaway game.

[Grandreaper9999]

If you guys ever watched the Eight Days footage, and the animations video, you can see that the cover-based animations look second to none. They even outdid Uncharted by the looks of it.

Here's a simple question, but it's kind of been siting on my brain since I saw the videos.. Since Gears is often seen as the cover system pioneer of the current gen, does anyone know if the Eight Days stuff was done before Gears? Like I'm pretty sure that cg demo they showed years back was out before Gears was out, but I'm not too sure about the animation reel that was released afterward.

By the looks of it, Eight Days and Uncharted would have been in direct competition with each other due to gameplay similarities. My theory is that Uncharted was to be completed first, and then established as a flagship IP for the PS3. I think that's why they held back Eight Days, to focus on variety first. Hopefully a game will rise from that reel I watched, it was absolutely gorgeous. I think they'll give Uncharted a break, and ND will do a Jak game or something while Eight Days drops (Here's hoping). The MP in U2 should hold people's attention for a while.

[nolifeking]

I just have to say gears did not "pioneer" a stop and pop gameplay mechanic. Winback was a very archaic first attempt and it was truly refined by Kill.switch. All Gears did was made it famous by adding copious amounts of blood and a chainsaw.

[Grandreaper9999]

Ohh.. I KNOW about Winback and Kill.switch (try explaining that to rabid Gears fans, they'll never listen when you say those two names). I did say "current gen" as well, but yeah. It didn't invent cover-based gameplay by any means. I just meant like for this gen, was cover-based gameplay THIS awesome before Gears was introduced?

[supremacy]

have a point there, naughty dog for as much as i like uncharted has to go back and do a jak n daxter game, ps3 even though has lots of variety, needs more because that's how i like it.

i want getaway 3, this has always been sony's GTA the only difference has been obviously the getaway had a more story driven, and a bit of realism than gta did, which is why gta has been bigger in many areas.

now with new hardware i believe the playing field could be level if not overtaken.

heck the first getaway was a favorite. in my opinion they should bring this back.

thinking about all this, Sony has so many franchises it isn't even funny when you sit back and think about it, plus they are always creating new ones.

who would have thunk i would like infamous as much as i do now?

if they were to by a major 3rd party publisher today i think the competition would be sh!tting themselves now.

syphon filter
the legend of dragoon
wild arms
twisted metal
omega boost
sly
jak n daxter
rogue galaxy
dark cloud
jet moto
cool boarders

and so many more....

[Grandreaper9999]

Dude I'd kill for a new Twisted Metal game, or a new Coolboarders. As long as it was as close to Coolboarders 2 as possible. I wasn't really feeling the other coolboarders games after 2.

Legend of Dragoon's gonna get a remake petition, you watch. Timing-based RPG combat, with more smoother battle transitions would be oh so silly. My heart would explode from excitement. Simple.

[mistajeff]

Headhunter had a cover system too, and I guess technically MGS2 and Splinter Cell did as well

[saint_john_paul_ii]

YES!!!!111 EIGHT DAYS IS STILL ALIVE!!!! ITS ALIVE!!!

now bring back EYEDENTIFY Back from the Dead Sony!!!

[kaveti6616]

Oh, ok. I was just thrown off by the numerous statements from Sony that they had canceled production of these two titles. :/

8 days looks great. And the Getaway 3 looked good too, but reviews of the first two Getaways indicated, at least for me, that it's not a AAA title.

[nolifeking]

Given my disagrees these games were better than I remember and 8 Days really has a shot at being the better game when compared to uncharted 2. I guess a few cg movies and tech work that doesn't involve anything else that makes a game goes along way.

[Grandreaper9999]

The original was a breath of fresh air, and hard as a motherf**ker (I found). It lacked a bit of the fun GTA style antics, but was really enjoyable in its own right. It was also one of the first games I ever heard the F-word freely used within a console game.

[BlackIceJoe]

Great news because I really liked what I saw of Eight Days. It looked like to me it could have been a really fun split-screen co-op game. So I am happy to hear Eight Days will still see the light of day. Either the game is a late 2010 game or early 2011. So I can't wait to play the game with a buddy.

[mistajeff]

EEEEEEEE!!! *pees pants like a little girl who just got the pony she always wanted*

[nolifeking]

But all this really just seems to be a bit of a circle jerk, insofar as these two games would just be another two games to add to the the PS3's already impressive line-up of exclusive games. I guess the possibility of quality or lack thereof is totally irrelevant.

[supremacy]

the way i see it?

Sony is like a guy with a big deck of cards in its hands, each of these cards represent a franchise some of them new some of them old.

and what i like about all this is that they are always aiming for something fresh and new.

each generation they bring it.

i mean thus far..
from launch to now ive been exposed to the likes of...

The eye of judgment
Lair
Motorstorm
Heavenly sword
Folklore
White knight chronicles
Uncharted
Resistance
Littlebigplanet
Demon souls
Eyepet
Afrika
Infamous

Flower
Fatprincess
Echochrome
Flow
Calling all cars

and soon....

MAG
Mod nation racer
Agent
The agency
Heavy rain

and many more....many more...so yeah my purchase has been worthwhile thus far.

[NickyFinn]

teh father of playstation likes dnb bubbles for him then
also SONY GIVE ME THE GETAWAY 3 NOAW!!!!!!

[Ninjamonkey82]

A smile from ear to ear develops :D

[nolifeking]

but I don't think it was made just so people could celebrate upcoming mediocrity.

[Consoldtobots]

*goes into emperor palpatines voice"

goooooood gooooood I can feel the hate flow through you, now unleash your inner fanboy and strike down your credibility and join me in darkness.

seriously dude the hate is all too obvious. OR is it really fear?

[PopEmUp]

Hate, Fear and Jealousy. What can you say eh? :P

[stonecold3]

if they do come out i want eyeidentify and hoping sony is bringing that game out still some people have stated that eyeidentify has been axed and hope its not true

[TheSmoothCriminal]

I have been waiting for this sense launch, Eight Days is the one i'm most excited for and I feel that once eye pets is done then they will move forward with these projects.

[pippoppow]

What little was shown reeked of pure amazing. The action and fluid motion of characters promised a really nice experience. They need to work on this game first. Winter 2011 release would be nice. Should give them plenty of time to release the game they want.

[Bathyj]

This is the perfect time for an "I told you so."

[HelghanEmperor]

I would love to see them put them back into development

[deb]

I LOVER THESE GAMES!!!!!!! IM VERY HAPPY FOR THIS NEWS!

[xc7x]

they just lost 'em in a garbage can :-/

[BlackToothGrin]

Maybe these two projects were a little too ambitious 2 years ago. Now that the hardware is hitting its stride they have the breathing room to start funding these bad boys. The action in 8 Days looks smooth although after seeing Uncharted 1 and 2 its not as mind blowing as was way back when.

By the way....were these exclusive to the PS3???

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

Uncharted only does about 50% of what the cover system in this game does hence why I think it was put on hold to give Uncharted some breathing space or it could be that they want to make the gameplay look and feel like as though you aren't controlling the character, in other words really smooth game mechanics that rivals everything on the market.

Sony are know to that.

[TABSF]

if true best news this year

[PHIL1017]

360 can't touch two special exclusive games from ps3 because its owned by SONY! so long, 360 suckers!

[Sizzon]

that game is gonna be so epic and so much fun, just watched the trailer from 2006 on youtube, god I remember back in like 2 years watching that trailer.

[Karum]

A new Getaway game made solely for the PS3 would be awesome. I just hope they put the resource and time into crafting it on a top class PS3 engine and make the game everything it can be in terms of graphics, physics, lighting and gameplay.

[bushgreen]

too bad the lead animator has left for rockstar north so u will see the good animations in gta next or agent or something.

[diego750]

DA*MN!!! I WANT THE GETAWAY 3 FOR SURE.