on september 13, 2018, insomniac games said they wanted to make a sequel to "sunset overdrive". however, because the rights to the intellectual property is owned by insomniac, they would need to find a new publisher. in august 2019, insomniac games was bought by sony interactive entertainment. sie worldwide studios chairman shawn layden said that "sunset overdrive 2" is not important for sony and insomniac.