Twisted Metal Director Not Thrilled over Rumors of 2023 Sequel/Reboot

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Tom Henderson, the leaker who’s best known for his Battlefield 2042 leaks, shared an image on Twitter yesterday that has convinced some PlayStation gamers into believing that Sony might be planning a new Twisted Metal game for release in 2023.



While the news is wonderful for long-time fans who have been eagerly awaiting a new installment in the classic vehicular-combat franchise (the last Twisted Metal game was released nearly a decade ago in 2012), one of the series’ key contributors hasn’t taken the possibility of its existence too well.



David Jaffe, the notable game designer who directed and designed practically all of the Twisted Metal games since the series’ inception in 1995, reacted negatively to the rumors in a pay-walled video yesterday, suggesting that they weren’t true. Or, at least, that’s what Jaffe wants to believe, as the industry...

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[Niner51]

I enjoyed the first and the second ones, but the rest not so much.

 

[SeymourGore]

The second one was the highlight for me (and that whole car combat genre). I remember there was a 'spiritual successor' car combat game released for the PS1 (can't remember the name of it) that was decent - but the TM sequels afterwards on PS1 I couldn't get into. Never tried any of the later entries either.

 

[MadMummy76]

I was never a fan of the series, played one of the games, I don't even know which one, probably the first. And it was meh at best.