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PS3’s The Getaway, Eight Days Have Not Been Abandoned

6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Sony’s decision to put in-development PlayStation 3 games The Getaway and Eight Days on ice—partly to dedicate more effort to EyePet, partly due to one game’s lack of online features—was a downer. But there’s some good news. More »
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SCEE: We’re Dedicated To Our First Party Studios, No Problems Here

3:40AM Leigh Alexander | Following a rumour this morning that Heavenly Sword 2 had gotten the ax, possibly priming developer Ninja Theory for a break away from Sony Europe, Kotaku checked in with SCEE to see if the studio could be undergoing a change of strategy – or whether it might be facing some issues. After all, if what our inside source said about HS 2 is true, then it’d be the third project to get the kibosh recently, after Eight Days and Getaway 3. More »

Why Did Sony Cancel Eight Days?

12:40PM Michael McWhertor | When new Sony Computer Entertainment Studios boss man Shuhei Yoshida brought the axe down on The Getaway and Eight Days, we just assumed it was because they never really existed anyway. Oh sure, they existed in some form as PlayStation 3 titles, but we just assumed they were both cute CG mock ups that helped to pad PS3 “sizzle” trailers. More »
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Eight Days And Getaway 3 No Longer Going Concerns

12:20AM Mike Fahey | Remember late this past April when we warned you that PlayStation 3 titles The Getaway 3 and Eight Days, first showcased during the early preview days of the console, wouldn’t be seeing the light of day for a while? According to a statement released today by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, that while is now officially a never as production ceases on both titles. More »

Eight Days & Getaway 3 Will Be A While

9:30PM Luke Plunkett | When first trotting out the PS3 for a public look-see in 05/06, two “games” Sony showed off were Eight Days and Getaway 3. Hope you weren’t expecting them any time soon (or honestly believed what you saw was real in any way), because The Guardian have been told by Sony London that Eight Days has only just entered full production, and that Getaway 3 is in pre-production, and will only kick it up a notch when Eight Days is finished. Seeing how well-received the first two Getaway games were, I don’t know how they hope to keep our expectations in check for that long. Inside Sony’s secret powerhouse [The Guardian] More »