'Overname Sucker Punch zal weinig effect hebben'

Zoals gisteren al werd vermeld, is Sucker Punch overgenomen door Sony. Mede-oprichter van Sucker Punch Chris Zimmermans heeft aangegeven dat de overname de dagelijkse werkzaamheden niet veel zal gaan beïnvloeden. Sucker Punch is het meest bekend van inFAMOUS en het vervolg daarop.

"I don't think it will have much of an effect on our day-to-day operations.

Everyone that's been here for the past dozen years is still here; we still have the same goals in mind. We're still working on the same things. So the day-to-day isn't going to change, I think. We're expecting this is going to put us in a position where we can continue to work on innovative genre-defining content.

That's kind of why we're doing this. And we've been in that position before, and we think we're going to continue to be in that position."

Alhoewel mensen Sucker Punch vooral zullen kennen van inFAMOUS, zal een kleine groep hen ook kennen van Sly Cooper. De nieuwste game in de Cooper-reeks wordt echter niet gemaakt door Sucker Punch maar Zanzaru Games. Zimmerman denkt niet dat de stijl veel zal veranderen.

"After Sly 3 was done, we started working on InFamous. And it took us a long time because we were part of the process with Sony of looking for studios that might be able to take over the Sly Cooper franchise. And it wasn't until Sony made contact with Sanzaru that we knew that we've found the right fit.

They were super, super passionate about Sly Cooper. You could tell that they really got it. They knew what made it special and had their own ideas about where it ought to go. And for us that's super exciting. It's really neat to make the video games and know how many millions of people play them and enjoy them."