Twisted Metal game in development by Destruction AllStars developer — report By Kes Eylers-Stephenson, 30 Sep 2021 FollowtopicsRumourKes Eylers-Stephenson A new report by VGC claims that a new Twisted Metal game is in development by Lucid games, the team that brought you the PS5 exclusive car combat game Destruction AllStars.A single source told VGC — so take this with a pinch of salt — that Lucid Games were being tested by Sony during the development of Destruction AllStars. This has now opened the doors to a new, free-to-play Twisted Metal game that would be released to coincide with the new 2023 Twisted Metal TV show, led by Altered Carbon and MCU star Anthony Mackie. While Lucid Games did assist the development of Need for Speed: Payback prior to Destruction AllStars, apparently making them a prime candidate for the car-combat arena game, both games are hardly the cream of the racing crop. Indeed, the latter is struggling for an online player base to the extent it is having to drop in AI-controlled players into online games.Former Twisted Metal director David Jaffe stated that Lucid would be unlikely candidates after Tom Henderson leaked a new game in the franchise earlier this year. That leak had the exact same detail — a 2023 release window — as the VGC report. It is also worth noting that Lucid games are based in Liverpool, exactly where the new PlayStation Studios acquisition Firesprite is housed. This might be a coincidence, and likely is, but at the very least it would mean that Firesprite could easily help Sony and Lucid games manage the project. Do you want more Twisted Metal? Burn some rubber in the comments below!Rumour Written by Kes Eylers-StephensonEditor-in-Chief Kes is our resident expert in PlayStation and Sony news. He writes about PS5 games like The Witcher IV, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and Kingdom Come Deliverance II using experience from years of PlayStation gaming. He also covers PS Plus news and some of the best PS5 games — Uncharted, God of War, and The Last of Us — before an evening swim.