When SCE Studio Liverpool (or Sony Liverpool) closed its doors it was a sad day for British game development. What once was Psygnosis, responsible for the iconic Wipeout was no more. But as is often the case something new comes in its place and some core members of the team went on to found Firesprite - and in fact they helped Studio Japan with the development PS4 launch software The Playroom. IGN revealed in a story:
"[Firesprite] came about organically, but we all had a shared vision," the new studio's Managing Director, Graeme Ankers. "The founding team met up socially after Studio Liverpool and we talked about all the things we had achieved over the years, the platform launches, the variety of games, going back to [the] Psygnosis days and through to F1 and WipEout. We knew we wanted to carry on making great games."
What the future holds for Firesprite is unknown. Currently they employ 20 people, 15 of which were part of Studio Liverpool, and while they naturally have close ties to Sony they are an independent studio and could potentially release their first proper project on any platform.