Back it March, Sony announced that they decided to shut down Evolution Studios, developer of the recent DriveClub and titles like MotorStorm. They did so citing redundancies and their future plans. Evolution Studios was to close in April. Here we are, mere weeks before that closure, and Codemasters has stepped up to save Evolution. Codemasters is a developer and publisher, and they...
Evolution Studios, the team behind some of PlayStation’s most memorable racers, is closing, Sony has confirmed. This isn’t a huge surprise. Their latest title, Driveclub had been troubled since launch. It was heavily delayed, and its online services were unusable for weeks after it hit shelves. The free to play version took many months to release, and wasn’t available for very long....
Are you still playing Driveclub? I wouldn’t be surprised, because very few games get the kind of post-release treatment that Evolution Studios’ PlayStation 4 exclusive racer has received. The game missed its console launch release window and slipped to October 2014, experiencing a rough launch that left the game unplayable for weeks and kept the promised free PlayStation Plus version...
Driveclub had a really rough launch. Few games, though, have been as well-supported by a developer after launch as Evolution Studios’ social racer. Released for PlayStation 4 over a year ago, the game will be receiving new content into 2016. The latest update has the game receiving multiplayer private lobbies, a new tour pack with new events and trophies, and a new expansion for the...
Sony announced today as part of their Paris Games Show event that Driveclub, their PlayStation 4 exclusive arcade racer, will see the addition of motorcycles to the game. The motorcycle pack can either be purchased as downloadable content for the existing title or as its own separate pack, if you don’t own Driveclub and just want to see how bikes play and look. The pack includes a new...
After a lot of delays, the promised PlayStation Plus edition of DriveClub was released on June 25, 2015. This version essentially took a slice of the game and made it free for all PlayStation Plus subscribers. After roughly four months in its available state, the PlayStation Plus version of DriveClub is being removed. All hail digital distribution! The news comes from the bottom of...
Driveclub has, according to game director Paul Rustchynsky of developer Evolution Studios, sold over 2 million copies. Not bad for a game with as troubled a launch as Driveclub experienced. That number was hit before the game’s free PlayStation Plus edition released in June, as well. The game has had a weird path. During development, it was announce that the game would launch with a...
It’s taken a lot longer than Sony had promised, but the DriveClub PlayStation Plus Edition is finally launching for the PlayStation 4. Originally, this freebie was supposed to highlight the launch of its console but performance issues held it back until Evolution Studios was able to work them out. Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida addressed fans with its launch, apologizing...
Evolution Studios is set to roll out what it’s calling “major updates” to the DriveClub servers today. They will, apparently, “improve performance and stability for all aspects of online play” for the game. The word comes from the studio’s official Facebook page for DriveClub. It’s in that update that they outline the timeline for the update. The servers will be unavailable from 11am...
With the game creation stage just about over as far as DriveClub is concerned, Sony has hit Evolution Studios with a round of layoffs as it turns toward making the game a service. That is, the content is made, and now the actual process of keeping it playable and growing the community is the focus. As such, Evolution has suffered layoffs, though there’s been no inclination regarding...