The Getaway 3
A detailed digital London appeared in Sony demonstrations, but the next Getaway never became a game the public could buy.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- public demo or preview
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A planned PlayStation 3 continuation of Sony's London-set crime series.
London Studio used the project to model recognisable streets with new lighting and traffic technology, presenting it as a major return for The Getaway.
Existence timeline
London Studio begins a PlayStation 3 follow-up to its crime series.
Sony shows a real-time Piccadilly Circus environment.
Updated footage demonstrates traffic, crowds and city lighting.
Sony stops active work during a portfolio review.
Developers say the concept was set aside; it never returns to production.
Why it ended
Sony halted the production alongside Eight Days in 2008 and redirected staff to projects judged more strategically useful.
Last confirmed trace
Public technology demonstrations, screenshots and interviews retain fragments of its reconstructed London.
What it left behind
The surviving footage documents a period when photorealistic city replicas were treated as proof of a new console generation.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to public_demo_or_preview under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.