Sony acquires Demon's Souls remake developer Bluepoint Games
Bluepoint Games is the newest addition to PlayStation Studios.
Sony and Microsoft have been in a sort of arms race, as the two major companies have been purchasing studios left and right, building up their roster of original and exclusive talent. The PlayStation creator is the latest to add another noteworthy name to its arsenal, as Sony has officially acquired Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the Demon’s Souls remake.
Sony announced its acquisition of Bluepoint Games in a post to the PlayStation Blog on September 30, 2021. Bluepoint has collaborated with Sony several times in the past, and now, it’s an official part of the PlayStation Studios family. In the post, head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst spoke more to the acquisition.
President of Bluepoint Games Marco Thrush also shared a statement, in which he said the following:
Most recently, Bluepoint Games developed the Demon’s Souls remake that launched as a PS5 exclusive, to much acclaim from fans and critics. Before that, the studio worked on the PS4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus, as well as the collection of Uncharted remasters packaged as the Nathan Drake Collection. Sony hasn’t indicated if Bluepoint will continue to work on remakes and remasters of beloved games, or if it would be given the reins to its own original project.
Bluepoint Games is the latest developer to join PlayStation Studios, as Firesprite Games was acquired just earlier this month. In order to keep up with the latest business moves of Sony Interactive Entertainment, be sure to stick with us right here on Shacknews.
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replyDonovan Erskine posted a new article, Sony acquires Demon's Souls remake developer Bluepoint Games
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Sony officially acquires Bluepoint Games (Demons Souls / Shadow of the Colossus remasters) under the PlayStation Studio banner
https://blog.playstation.com/2021/09/30/welcoming-bluepoint-games-to-the-playstation-studios-family/-
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Also, with this news, Bluepoint is working on a wholly original game targeting PS5 release.
https://www.gamesradar.com/bluepoint-is-working-on-an-original-ps5-game-now-its-owned-by-playstation/ -
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Usually not, the one that comes to mind is Studio Liverpool (formerly Psygnosis), the team whose last works were Wipeout HD & 2048.
And it's not that they ruined them, it's that they flat out murdered them when they were still doing fucking excellent work. And they knew those games were still viable as they re-packaged and re-released their stuff on the PS4 with other developers via the Omega Collection :( -
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It will turn out to be more organizational, considering the rumors circulating that Sony is going to be opening a new Japanese studio with industry vets).
If what’s going on in England is any indication, they also seem willing to cut internal studios loose,let them get back to basics on their own then after they’ve shown they can operate to modern production standards, bring them back in and buy them back with their own studio branding attached. -
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He might turn up again soon. Bluepoint is now working on multiple new original titles:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/09/30/sony-playstation-bluepoint-acquisition/
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Nobody going to scream about how acquiring studios kills the consumer experience? lol.
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I think in this case it’s pretty obvious they’d never have been able to start making their own games without the full support of a major publisher.
If there’s anything to complain about, it’s that the third party publishers are struggling too much to be capable of working with a team like this to their needs and standards.
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