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Welcome to OT40 of the Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Studios Thread.
If you notice some mistakes or outdated informations on the OT, feel free to reach out to me.
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The Studio was founded 1984 by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin as an independent developer.
Naughty Dog started their PlayStation Partnership with the iconic Crash Bandicoot title in 1996.
Acquired by Sony in 2001, Naughty Dog became one of the most respected and highly rated Studios in the Gaming Industry with GOTY Blockbusters like Uncharted or The Last of Us.​

ProjectsDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
The Last of Us RemakeReleased 2022
TLOU Part 2 Director's CutConfirmed2024
New IPRumor
TLOU Part 3Rumor
New UnchartedRumor



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Santa Monica Studios are the creators of the beloved God of War Franchise.
The studio was founded in 1999 by Allan Becker and was located in Santa Monica, California, until relocating to Playa Vista in 2014.​
ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
God of War RagnarokEric WilliamsReleased2022
New IP/Second ProjectCory BarlogConfirmed
God of War Ragnarok ValhallaBruno Velazquez, Mihir ShethReleased2023



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Founded in 1997, Sucker Punch Production was an independent development studio who has worked on iconic PlayStation Franchises like Sly Cooper or Infamous before they were acquired in 2011.
With Ghost of Tsushima, they are currently handling the next big PlayStation IP​

ProjectsDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
Ghost of Tsushima SequelNate Fox, Jason ConellRumour



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Formerly known as Blank, Berlyn and Co. and Eidetic, which was founded in 1993, they were aqcuired by Sony in 2000 and renamed into SIE Bend Studio.
The Studio behind the Syphon Filter franchise, finally made their comeback to home console games with the release of Days Gone in 2019. They are currently working on a new IP for the PlayStation 5​

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
New Open World IPConfirmed



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The San Diego Studio has a long history with sportsgames from NBA to Karting titles.
They are the developers of the long-standing MLB The Show franchise​

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease
MLB The ShowChris GillConfirmedAnnually



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In 1994 Ted Price founded the Gaming Studio Xtreme Software, which was renamed into Insomniac Games a year later.
Over the coming years Insomniac became the biggest External Partner to SIE, creating franchises like Spyro, Ratchet and Clank, Resistance and the record breaking Spiderman games. On August 2019, SIE announced the Acquisition of Insomniac Games and made them part of their Playstation Studios​

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
Spider-Man Miles MoralesRyan SmithReleased2020
Ratchet and Clank: Rift ApartMarcus Smith, Mike DalyReleased2021
Marvel's Spider-Man 2Bryan Intihar, Ryan SmithConfirmed2023
Marvel's WolverineBrian Horton, Cameron ChristianConfirmed2024-2025
Venom ProjectRumor
Marvel's Spider-Man 3Rumor
New Ratchet and ClankRumor



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Founded in 2006, Bluepoint Games is a video game developer known for their high quality remasters and remakes of Playstation Games like God of War, Shadow of the Collosus and their latest success -> Demon's Souls.
After joining the PlayStation Studios Family in 2021, Bluepoint announced that they are working on their first original game.​

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
Demon's Souls RemakeGavin MooreReleased2020
First original projectConfirmed



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On March 2021, the new game development studio Haven was founded by industry veteran Jade Raymond.
Haven's vision is to create multiplayer experiences that brings gamers together in positive and meaningful ways.

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
Fairgame$Confirmed2024-2026



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Firewalk Studios is a video game development studio that was founded in 2018. The studio is based in Bellevue (WA) and is comprised of industry veterans who have worked on popular video game franchises such as "Destiny," "Halo," and "Mass Effect."

In April 2021, it was announced that Firewalk Studios had entered into a partnership with Sony Interactive Entertainment to create a new original multiplayer game for the PlayStation 5 console. This partnership includes the acquisition of Firewalk Studios by Sony, making the studio a part of the PlayStation Studios family.​

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
ConcordConfirmed2024



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Guerrilla Games is a Dutch first party developer founded in 2000 as Lost Boys Games. The european powerhouse studio and creator of the Killzone Franchise was acquired by Sony in 2005, following the release of Shellshock: 'Nam 67.
In the last generation they released their ambitious new open world title: Horizon Zero Dawn & also created their new Decima Engine, which they shared with Kojima Productions.​

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
Horizon Forbidden West Mathijs de JongeReleased2021
Horizon Burning Shores
Mathijs de Jonge
Released
2023
Horizon Online/MP ProjectSimon LaroucheRumor
Horizon (VR)Firesprite Collaboration
Released
2023



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Media Molecule, the flagschip team of creativity and originality among PlayStation, is a british Studio formed in 2006
by former Lionhead employees. After their big success with Little Big Planet on the PS3, they became part of the Sony Family in 2010. In 2020 they released their game creation system and service, called Dreams, which they plan to support over the coming years.​

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
DreamsMark HealeyReleased2020 (2023 End of Support)
New ProjectConfirmed



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Founded in July 1995 by Ilari Kuittinen and Harri Tikkanen, Housemarque is the oldest active developer in Finland and based in Helsinki. Combining their arcade experience of the past with Action Games, Housemarque is one of the dark horses of the PlayStation Family since their acquisition in 2021.​

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
ReturnalHarry KruegerReleased2021
New IPConfirmed



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Firesprite was formed in 2012 by previous members of Studio Liverpool. Over the years the team was heavily expanding and helping out on Playstation Projects like Playroom or Run Sackboy.
As of September 2021 Firesprite has joined the Playstation Studios, with several projects on the pipeline.​

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
Horizon Call of the MountainAlex Barnes
Released
2023
Dark Narrative AdventureRumor
Twisted Metal



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Founded in 1998, Polyphony Digital is the first party studio behind the Gran Turismo games, one of the biggest gaming franchises in the world with over 80 million sales as of 2018.
They were originally a development group within Sony Computer Entertainment known as Polys Entertainment, but after the success of Gran Turismo in Japan, they were granted greater autonomy and their name changed to Polyphony Digital.​
ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
Gran Turismo 7Kazunori YamauchiOngoingMarch 2022



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Team Asobi was originally formed in 2012 as part of Japan Studio, but after their closure, Asobi was formally spun off into a independent studio within PlayStation. They gained attention with their Astro Games on PS VR and PlayStation 5.
The Studio is focusing on creativity, humor and advanced gameplay within their games.​
ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
3D Action GameNicolas DoucetRumor



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Visual Arts Services Group, a multi-award winning team responsible for the cinematic performances and animations in premier Sony PlayStation franchises like Uncharted, The Last of Us, Spider-Man, and other iconic series.
The VASG team is always at the cutting edge of technology and partners with the industry's best minds and companies.


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XDev, established in 2000 and based in Liverpool, collaborates with independent development studios to publish content for PlayStation platforms. They are working as a mini publisher inside Sony Interactive Entertainment, with their own budget and in search for fitting third party studios to work on first party games. In addition to funding projects, XDev offers production, project management and game design support. Recently published XDev Games were Returnal, Destruction All Stars or Sackboy's Big Adventure.
Since 2020 Xdev is expanding into the Asian/Japanese Market looking for producers.


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Valkyrie Entertainment is a video game development studio based in Seattle. Since 2002, they have worked mostly as a support studio with other game developers and publishers on games like God of War, Halo Infinite or Forza Motorsport
They are currently helping out on God of War Ragnarok. Wether they will develop their own games in the future is unclear at this point.


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Nixxes Software is a dutch game developer from Utrecht, founded in 1999. The studio is specialised in porting games to additional platforms like the PC. Prior to their acquisition by SIE in 2021, they were mostly working with Square Enix on ports like Deus Ex, Tomb Raider or Avengers. With PlayStation bringing more of their first party games to PC, Nixxes will undoubtedly play an important role.






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San Diego Studio:

Guerrilla Games:

Bend Studio:

Media Molecule:

Insomniac Games:

Team Asobi:

Polyphony Digital:

Sucker Punch Production:

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This Part of the OT is focusing on subsidiaries inside Sony Interactive Entertainment, like PlayStation Productions or Bungie.
Alongside that, you will find an overview of support studios or potential partnerships with third party.

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Originally based in Chicago (Illinois), Bungie concentrated on Macintosh games during its early years and created two successful video game franchises called Marathon and Myth.
In the year 2000 they were acquired by Microsoft and Bungie went on to create the
Halo Franchise (Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Reach) for the Xbox.
On October 5, 2007, Bungie announced that it had split from Microsoft and became a privately held independent company, while Microsoft retained ownership of the Halo franchise.
After that they signed a 10 year deal with Activision, creating another big franchise with Destiny.

As of July 2022 Bungie is part of Sony Interactive Entertainment.

ProjectDirectorStatus/SourceRelease Date
Destiny 2: The Witch QueenJoe BlackburnConfirmed2022
Destiny 2: LightfallJoe BlackburnConfirmed2023
Destiny 2: The Final ShapeConfirmed2023
MarathonConfirmed
New IPRumor



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Sony Interactive Entertainment launched PlayStation Productions in 2019, led by Asad Qizilbash, with a focus on adapting the company's video game franchises into films and television shows. An emphasis was placed on coordination between the film and television departments at Sony Pictures with the video game development studios at PlayStation Studios.

ProjectFormat DirectorMain CastRelease RatingBox Office
UnchartedMovieRuben FleischerTom Holland, Mark WahlbergFebruary 202241%/90%402 Million USD
The Last of UsTV Show (HBO)Craig Mazin, Neil DruckmannPedro Pascal,
Bella Ramsey
202396%/89%avg. 30 million viewers
Ghost of TsushimaMovieChad Stahelski
Twisted MetalTV Show
(Peacock)
Rhett Reese,
Paul Wernick
HorizonTV Show
(Netflix)
Steve Blackmann,
Michelle Lovretta
Days Gone MovieSam Heughan,
Sheldon Turner
Gravity RushMovieAnna Maestro,
Emily Jerome
God of War
TV Show (Amazon)
Rafe Judkins, Cory Barlog
Gran Turismo
Movie
Neil BlomkampArchie Madekwe,
Orlando Bloom,
David Harbour
August 202365%/98%116 Million USD




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In 2021 PlayStation announced the acquisition of the Evolution Championship Series, AKA EVO, the largest fighting game tournament in the world. Evo co-founders Tony and Tom Cannon will remain at Evo as key advisors and the tournament will continue to stay open to all platforms.



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On August 2022 PlayStation established their PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, which will operate independently from the console division. As part of their mobile initiative they acquired Savage Studios as the first official team inside PlayStation Studios Mobile.​

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This section is dealing with the collaborations of Sony and Third Party Studios/Publishers, that vary in different forms of exclusivity and may build the foundation of future first party games.
there are different forms of partnerships mentioned in this section:

1st party collaboration = Sony published Games developed by Third Party Studios. Sony has the IP ownership over these
games -> e.g Bloodborne, Death Stranding, Heavy Rain.

2nd party collaboration = Sony is helping out with the Publishing and development of these Games. No IP ownership compared to first Party Games -> e.g Stellarblade, Rise of Ronin, Lost Soul Aside

3rd party collaboration = third party studio is working on a third party exclusive for PlayStation (time exclusivity, funding support, marketing - Sony doesn't own these IP's) -> e.g Kena, Sifu, Final Fantasy VII Remake



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Be interesting to see how long this thread lasts, assuming we get any sort of confirmation from Xbox...

But in the mean time - yay for Helldivers this week! Ive still barely scratched Yakuza 8s surface. Then there's Persona. And Granblue. And FFVII, and ...
 

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Ah new thread smell. Just checked if Factions 2 is gone from the naughty dog section and yep it is gone. At least it is closure.
 
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So, Helldivers is getting some amazing early impressions. I really hope they paid some streamers to play the game, I think the combination of humour+fun gameplay+random moments can really make this game go viral.
 

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Pretty spectacular month, I've got Granblue, Star Rail 2.0, Helldivers 2, and of course, REBIRTH. Gotta get in on some of that foam-o too. Can't keep up with all these games!
 
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