Details of the canceled live-service Twisted Metal game have landed on the internet, depicting a project that would have taken the series in a different direction from what fans have grown used to. Twisted Metal seemed perfectly set up for a triumphant return, with its TV series doing well and a reboot game in the pipeline, but now that that game has been canceled, it may be much longer until the series is back in full force.
Many fans were excited by rumors of a possible Twisted Metal comeback. Reviving the series might have been a step forward for gamers who have been asking for PlayStation to rely more on its catalog of classic games to appeal to longtime fans. Regardless, the rumored reboot was canceled, and the series has remained in limbo. However, some information about the game has appeared online.
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Per a report from VGC, more details about the recently canceled Twisted Metal reboot have surfaced, elucidating gamers on what it might have been like to play. The newly updated CV of a developer who worked as a lead UI programmer at PlayStation-owned Firesprite studio shows a game called Project Copper. Although the developer does not explicitly mention Twisted Metal, there are not many other titles that this could have been, since their work history matches the rumored game’s dev cycle, and the details of the project seem to align with the franchise.
Project Copper is described as a third-person vehicular action combat game based on a classic PlayStation IP. This shelved game had third-person shooter mechanics and was seemingly a battle royale title, with the stated objective of ending up as “the last one standing.” The CV contained four blurred pictures labeled “UNDER NDA,” with two showing off what vehicle-based combat looks like, matching the framing and atmosphere of previous Twisted Metal entries, and the other pictures showing the player in a much more vulnerable state while on foot, ducking and covering from armed enemies.
There’s strong competition in the battle royale genre, and Project Copper entering the space would have been a stretch from the traditional formula of the Twisted Metal series. Regardless, it fell in line with the plans that Sony previously had for this generation, greenlighting a dozen live service games. Unfortunately for Twisted Metal fans, this game was among the half of the batch that got cut, as Sony seems to be shifting gears following the failure of Concord. What happens next with the series is unknown, but some are still hoping that Twisted Metal eventually gets another chance to shine.
- Released
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November 5, 1995
- ESRB
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T For Teen due to Animated Violence
- Developer(s)
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Sony Interactive Studios America, SingleTrac
- Publisher(s)
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Sony Computer Entertainment