Former PlayStation govt Shuhei Yoshida revealed a VR adaptation of Leaping Flash was in early improvement earlier than being cancelled.
Talking to VGC, Shuhei Yoshida – the Sony Interactive Leisure (SIE) veteran who served as President of SIE Worldwide Studios (now PlayStation Studios) between 2008 till 2019 earlier than leaving the corporate earlier this 12 months – shared the information in an upcoming interview. Earlier than Sony explored trendy licensing offers, Yoshida knowledgeable VGC that the corporate had beforehand thought-about licensing dormant franchises for VR diversifications.
Requested about which franchises have been thought-about for PlayStation VR, Yoshida confirmed an adaptation of the 1995 1st particular person platformer Leaping Flash by Actual and Extremely was within the “very early” phases of improvement. Whereas he did not verify which developer was engaged on this sport or when this was cancelled, he suggested VGC that, “some builders wished to license Leaping Flash to develop it into part of their new VR sport.”
Although Leaping Flash VR did not get any additional, Yoshida factors out one sport that did get by way of is Fantavision 202X, which rebooted the 2000 puzzle sport from the now-defunct PlayStation Japan Studio. This grew to become considered one of 2023’s PlayStation VR2 launch video games earlier than later receiving a Steam launch. Developed by Cosmo Machia, this included non-obligatory VR assist on each platforms.
After retiring from Sony again in January, Yoshida has remained an advocate for PlayStation VR2. Whereas he beforehand apologized for being “improper” about Sony’s newest headset in a Kinda Humorous interview, he continued by expressing his love for Synapse and Earlier than Your Eyes. Since then, he is just lately been seen at Summer time Recreation Fest with nDreams to assist its upcoming sport, Attain.
