After DriveClub, Tethered is a completely different game!

Evolution Studios had to fire employees in March 2015, which event turned for the worse a year later when Sony closed the developer team down entirely. Those who did not join Codemasters ended up forming a new group called Secret Sorcery with only fifteen (!) people working here. The devs are focusing on virtual reality.

Tethered will require PlayStation VR, so we can say that the devs haven’t strayed far from Sony. The game will be a combination of strategy, puzzle, and tower defense, and it visually is inspired Studio Ghibli. The official description follows:

„With the break of dawn, you awaken to find your Heavenly Archipelago ransacked by a plague of nocturnal creatures. As a Spirit Guardian, you must return balance to your islands by seeking out precious Spirit Energy – an ancient life-force that will eradicate this blight for good. Using daylight as your shield and wielding awesome elemental influence, nurture your flock – The Peeps – and build up their settlement for the night ahead. And when darkness envelopes your kingdom, ensure their survival against waves of ravenous scavengers hell-bent on consuming all that lies in their path. Only the first rays of daylight will banish these dark-loving denizens back to the Island’s underbelly – offering new hope and a chance to lick your wounds, rebuild and resume your quest for restoration. Without your guidance, your peeps will surely perish and without them, you cannot hope to rid your lands of evil.”

We didn’t expect this to happen after WRC, MotorStorm, and DriveClub. Tethered is going to be a PlayStation VR launch title.