Some doubts were indeed thrust into the minds of PS4 fans after Sony decided to lay off a large chunk of its staff from Evolution Studios, apart from some folks over at Guerrilla Cambridge and Sony London Studio. But they have now been removed by the publisher with a clarification that the upcoming racer will be released this year itself, and that the progress of its development is going ‘spectacular’ at the moment.
Sony confirmed to Eurogamer through a statement that development of Driveclub is ‘going from strength to strength.’ It has also mentioned that the layoffs haven’t in any way affected the progress of Driveclub. More importantly, the company has declared that it will be releasing crucial details about the game including its release and trailers in the coming weeks.
A single-player as well as an online racer, Driveclub was announced during the PS4 reveal conference back in February last year. It was expected to be a launch title for the console, but Sony said in October that it has been delayed into 2014. Here’s a list of all the upcoming PS4 games and the time frames of their possible releases.
We’ll have more on Driveclub when additional details about it are out.