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[Hide] (725.5KB, 1920x1080) Reverse Sources: Ape Escape revival in the works from Sonic Mania team
<The studio behind Sonic Mania and Penny’s Big Breakaway will reportedly helm PlayStation’s Ape Escape revival
https://web.archive.org/web/20261007144942/https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-ape-escape-revival-in-the-works-from-sonic-mania-team/
>That’s according to veteran journalist Jeff Gerstmann, which matches what VGC has heard from our own sources. The game is reportedly in development at Evening Star, the team behind the much-loved Sonic Mania, which would later form Evening Star and develop Penny’s Big Breakaway. Gerstmann’s claim follows social media reports linking Evening Star with the PlayStation franchise.
>Speaking on his podcast, The Jeff Gerstmann show, Gerstmann said, “So yeah, some other folks have kind of said that they also heard that Ape Escape is being made. “I don’t think this game is close to being out or anything like that, but I guess it’s been almost a year since we started talking about Ape Escape.
>“Who is making it? That’s a good question. My understanding is that it’s an external studio. You know, because people were immediately like, ‘Oh, Team Asobi (Astro Bot) is making it.’ My understanding is that an external team has been working on that. “What do they make… Penny’s Big Breakaway. Evening Star. I heard that they were working on it.”
<Sony is looking to license dormant franchises
>VGC has heard from multiple sources that Ape Escape isn’t the only PlayStation franchise Sony is looking to revive via licensing to smaller third-party studios. Sony previously experimented with this when it licensed the Everybody’s Golf franchise to Bandai Namco for 2025’s Everybody’s Golf: Hot Shots. Sony Interactive Entertainment is also reportedly planning to revive the Killzone series, with a new remaster or remake currently in the early stages of development.
Sega Is Resurrecting 'House Of The Dead' In Arcades Using VR
<Sega's arcade division has teased a new entry in the House of the Dead series.
https://web.archive.org/web/20261007151723/https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/sega-is-resurrecting-house-of-the-dead-in-arcades-using-vr
>As spotted by Arcade Heroes, Sega Amusements posted a 30-second teaser for a new game to be announced at the upcoming IAAPA 2026, which takes place in November. The gothic trailer showed two guns that, according to Arcade Heroes, were also used in the 2022 coin-op VR Agent, a collaboration between Sega and 3MindWave. The site also says it has confirmed the game will use VR tech.
>Arcade Heroes did some more digging and found that Sega Amusements’ official website has a page for House of the Dead Reawakened. The site also notes that Attractions Magazine has referenced the game's title and stated that it will be running on Unreal Engine 5.
>The same magazine notes that the game will include "a miniature themed façade", complete with an "85-inch display functioning as its front door and two 43-inch vertical displays serving as shuttered windows." Sega's light gun series kicked off all the way back in 1997. Since then, it has received four arcade sequels, with the most recent entry being 2018's House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn.