Sony's Twisted Metal could have lived again as a live-service game if the publisher hadn't changed course.

Brand new images of Sony's canceled Twisted Metal game have popped up online, hinting that developer Firesprite was making a live service that blended the series' signature vehicular combat with battle royale mechanics.

Thanks to the portfolio of a lead UI programmer who worked at Firesprite, one of many Sony-owned studios hit by layoffs in 2024, we know that the Twisted Metal game the studio was working on was "a 3rd person vehicular action combat game" that had "3rd person shooter mechanics wrapped with 3rd person vehicle combat with the objective of being the last one standing.

A former developer on PS5's cancelled Twisted Metal game has revealed several new details, as well as some early images.

The Twisted Metal reboot cancelled at Firesprite Studios was reportedly a battle royale game featuring third-person combat.

The cancelled Twisted Metal game was a live service battle royale, which allowed for third-person out-of-vehicle combat per screenshots.

According to details from a programmer who worked on it, the new Twisted Metal game would've been a third-person battle royale with vehicular combat.

The cancelled Twisted Metal live-service PS5 game from Firesprite was a Battle Royale experience that featured "third-person shooter mechanics wrapped with third-person vehicle combat with the objective of being the last one standing",

Details about the canceled Twisted Metal reboot surface online, giving gamers insight into what direction the franchise may have been headed.

The unannounced Twisted Metal reboot was apparently a battle royale game that sounds an awful lot like Sony's other failed vehicular combat game Destruction All Stars. Alongside layoffs that affected roughly 900 employees last year,