Sony Shuts Down Bluepoint Games, Makers Of Demon’s Souls – WGB

Schrier goes on to say that 70 people will be affected by the closure of the studio, which Sony bought in 2021 after a prolonged relationship through which BluePoint made a number of PlayStation-exclusive remasters/remakes, together with Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Assortment and a remake of Shadow of the Colossus.

Sony themselves has confirmed the closure in a press release. The studio will formally shut its doorways subsequent month.

The group was hailed as a sensible buy by Sony in 2021, because it had constructed a robust popularity as each a help studio (they labored on God of Battle: Ragnarok) and as masters of resurrecting older video games.

Nonetheless, we discovered late final yr that it had additionally apparently been tasked with making a God of War live-service spin-off, going in opposition to all the things the group was good at and constructed round. That undertaking was cancelled, seemingly leaving Bluepoint with nothing to do.

“The studio then spent the final yr pitching and making an attempt to find out what it will do subsequent,” mentioned Schreier.

The transfer is even weirder when you think about the timing: Sony Santa Monica just announced a remake of the original God of War trilogy, the form of undertaking that Bluepoint would have been excellent for. As an alternative, the sport might be developed in-house and with accomplice studios.

At this level, we have no idea Sony’s reasoning behind their resolution. Presumably, it comes down purely to cash and being a sufferer of Sony’s heavy push into live-service territory.

I assume Sony is now calmy loading one other bullet so it will possibly proceed to shoot itself within the different foot, too.