RicaneliteRumor: Twisted Metal 5?
Hold your horses, Twisted Metal fans.
The image of a clown face-shaped mushroom cloud rising over a barren landscape set off years of pent up emotions on NeoGAF, yesterday. With a PlayStation 3 logo in the lower right corner of the art, fans began to speculate that the black-and-white image signaled Sweet Tooth's return.
It looks like those fans are going to have to keep hoping.
The image originated on the portfolio website of Frederik Samuel, who dabbles in the advertising, graphic and webpage design. Although the entire site was down this morning, a Google search of the originWhen reached by phone this morning, Taroux said the image was one of many from a general Sony campaign.
"The idea of a clown is not linked to one game," he said. "It's an explosion of fun."
Taroux said Sony didn't request the cloud be in any specific shape.
Alex Armour, a public relations specialist for Sony Computer Entertainment America, had not seen the ad in question this morning but did have an answer for Twisted Metal fans wondering if a new version of the franchise was headed their way.
"No," Armour said. "We don't have anything in the works at this time."al address and a click of the "Cached" button brought up the blog that launched a thousands message board posts. Although the image was removed, the site did let on that the project was a product of TBWA, Paris and Art Director Philippe Taroux.
