Sony cancels Twisted Metal live-service game due to industry-wide layoffs, impacting Liverpool-based developer Firesprite.

Sony cancels early-stage Twisted Metal live-service game due to industry-wide layoffs affecting PlayStation; Liverpool-based developer Firesprite hit hard. Cancellation follows recent resurgence of interest in the franchise due to Peacock TV series. Despite layoffs and project cancellations affecting Guerrilla Games, Horizon online game development continues.