Housemarque makes spiritual successor to Super Stardust

Untitled game confirmed for PlayStation 4 as well as a second PS4 project.
Text: Bengt Lemne
Published 2013-05-23

Today Finnish developers Housemarque (Super Stardust, Outland, Dead Nation) announced plans for PlayStation 4. First of all, they will bring a spiritual successor to Super Stardust to the platform, but there is also a second game in the work for PS4.

"We are super excited to be working on Sony's next-gen hardware," said Housemarque's CEO Ilari Kuittinen. "The platform's performances are enabling us to do things that wouldn't be possible otherwise and we truly believe that better technology can lead to better gameplay. The more tools and resources we have at our disposal, the better. Think of Super Stardust HD: at the time, PlayStation 3 gave us the opportunity to populate the game with thousands of interactive objects and implement the game's famous ‘spherical gameplay'. Today, we can take advantage of the architecture of PlayStation 4 to create incredible visuals with direct impact on the way the new game feels."

Housemarque added the following statement to the press release indicating that we may see more of these two PS4 titles at E3 and/or Gamescom, and that they are being developed exclusively for PS4:

"Following a long-standing tradition of partnerships with Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Europe, Housemarque is currently busy with the above-mentioned title along with another unannounced PS4 project. More information on both games will be released in the upcoming months."

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