
Its Spider-Man series has been a huge success, with a sequel very much set up, and Ratchet and Clank continues to charm. Insomniac's recent success with other games could be the only thing in the way of a Sunset Overdrive 2. Members of the studio haven't been shy about wanting to return to the idea in the years since. Despite a positive reception – including a 9/10 review from IGN – a sequel never materialised, a decision that Insomniac put firmly at Microsoft's door.

“Since you have so many more permutations of ways to handle threats or navigate spaces than you did before, it feels a lot more personal and customizable, like you had really solved that problem, which makes all the gameplay that much more satisfying." Sunset Overdrive was an anarchic, comedic open-world game released in 2014.

“What we found with developing Sunset Overdrive, and one of the things I think worked really well in Spider-Man, is giving the player a bigger move set to tackle their challenges than is strictly necessary,” Rift Apart director Mike Daly said to IGN.

Those games are tied to the subscription and are only available to play while it is active, but players can unsubscribe and then resubscribe and regain access to their Plus library.Play It's perhaps no surprise that some of the Insomniac team wants to return to Sunset Overdrive, as it's still an influence on the studio's newer games. Games With Gold follows in the footsteps of Sony’s PlayStation Plus, which gives subscribers six new games each month. An Xbox Live Gold subscription is required to play video games online on any Xbox game console.Īlso Read: Xbox One to Drop Price for a Limited Time The games must be added to players’ accounts during the specified windows, and from there they will be tied to the account forever, even if the owner stops subscribing to Xbox Live. Microsoft’s “Games With Gold” is a promotion that allows subscribers to the Xbox platform’s Xbox Live Gold to download a selection of games at no extra charge each month.
