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Quote from: ethomaz on Mar 27, 2015, 08:50 PM
Money :P

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 16, 2015, 10:13 PMSomewhat updated, I forgot everything.

Quote from: Xevross on Jun 16, 2015, 10:40 PMDreams!

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Sep 20, 2015, 11:20 PMAt least 4 studios that we don't know what they are doing.  

Quote from: NotBananaKing on Sep 21, 2015, 08:39 AMdo you guys wonder if guerrilla Cambridge is doing a killzone game? they did say they are working on a "big franchise" in a job listing. maybe they have two teams?

Quote from: darkknightkryta on Sep 21, 2015, 03:21 PMI think Cambridge might have become like Santa Monica, but in Europe.  They might just be helping everyone else while doing a side project.

Quote from: NotBananaKing on Sep 21, 2015, 08:39 AMdo you guys wonder if guerrilla Cambridge is doing a killzone game? they did say they are working on a "big franchise" in a job listing. maybe they have two teams?

Quote from: darkknightkryta on Sep 21, 2015, 03:21 PMI think Cambridge might have become like Santa Monica, but in Europe.  They might just be helping everyone else while doing a side project.

Quote from: Legend on Sep 23, 2015, 03:22 AMEither Cambridge is making Killzone, or Killzone is dead.

They were repurposed into a sister studio for Guerilla just to take over the franchise. Vita game flopped sales wise but was still an awesome game. Had a better meta than Shadow Fall. Plus since Resistance is dead, Killzone is Sony's only FPS. Definitely deserves at least one more entry.

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QuoteOriginally Posted by JuanLatino
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 thanks for the updates man, will change it ! i guess after UC 4 launched, the number will get reduced again

 

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 Number of employees through Linkedin Total Naughty Dog employees: 288https://www.linkedin.com/company/naughty-dog (https://www.linkedin.com/company/naughty-dog)
 Total Guerrilla Games employees: 278https://www.linkedin.com/company/guerrilla-games (https://www.linkedin.com/company/guerrilla-games)
Total Quantic Dream employees: 167https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantic-dream (https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantic-dream)
Total Sucker Punch employees: 97https://www.linkedin.com/company/suc...ch-productions (https://www.linkedin.com/company/sucker-punch-productions)
 Total Evolution Studios employees: 70https://www.linkedin.com/company/evolution-studios (https://www.linkedin.com/company/evolution-studios)
 Total Media Molecule employees: 53https://www.linkedin.com/company/media-molecule (https://www.linkedin.com/company/media-molecule)
 Sony Santa Monica is difficult as they don't have a linkedin page so I searched all Playstation employees in the Greater Los Angeles area and there were 218
Japenese tend not to use linkedin as much so didn't bother with Japan Studio etc.

 

I guess I'll do a full update of this Naughty Dog: 306https://www.linkedin.com/company/136...0-ovw-curr_pos (https://www.linkedin.com/company/13609?trk=prof-0-ovw-curr_pos)
Guerrilla Games: 280https://www.linkedin.com/company/guerrilla-games (https://www.linkedin.com/company/guerrilla-games)
 Quantic Dream: 174https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantic-dream (https://www.linkedin.com/company/quantic-dream)
Sucker Punch: 99https://www.linkedin.com/company/suc...ch-productions (https://www.linkedin.com/company/sucker-punch-productions)
Evolution Studios: 67https://www.linkedin.com/company/evolution-studios (https://www.linkedin.com/company/evolution-studios)
Media Molecule: 54https://www.linkedin.com/company/media-molecule (https://www.linkedin.com/company/media-molecule)
 

Quote from: Aura7541 on Nov 14, 2015, 02:42 AMNaughty Dog definitely has another game in works. It's likely a new IP because TLOU is Druckmann's masterpiece and he likely wants to be in charge of TLOU 2.

Quote from: darkknightkryta on Nov 14, 2015, 06:20 PMdang Quantic Dream....  Poor Sucker Punch :(

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Nov 14, 2015, 06:49 PMWhy poor Sucker Punch?  From the sounds of it, they have grown quite a bit from infamous.  (60 employees after SS.)

Quote from: darkknightkryta on Nov 14, 2015, 07:05 PMQuantic Dream is eating up 170 people for what is probably going to be a point and click adventure and only made Sony two titles.  Sucker Punch has been making games since the PS2 days for Sony yet only have 60 people.  Why is Quantic Dream getting a studio that large okayed?  Not saying Sucker Punch has been asking for more people mind you, but I think they could use some more resources.

Quote from: darkknightkryta on Nov 14, 2015, 07:05 PMQuantic Dream is eating up 170 people for what is probably going to be a point and click adventure and only made Sony two titles.  Sucker Punch has been making games since the PS2 days for Sony yet only have 60 people.  Why is Quantic Dream getting a studio that large okayed?  Not saying Sucker Punch has been asking for more people mind you, but I think they could use some more resources.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Nov 14, 2015, 07:15 PMQD doesn't have to get their studio okayed?  They aren't owned by Sony or anyone.  They can get as big as they want and they can last as long as they can afford.  

Sucker Punch is at the mercy of Sony.  
Other things to consider: SP might not want so many people.  May not have the space to accomdate people.  Have different needs, like more artists, less programmers.  While QD may need a lot of both.  

Plus since Sonys not doing amazing, they may just be bringing in profits and investing on other areas, whereas QD can and is free to invest in itself.  

Quote from: Legend on Nov 14, 2015, 07:15 PMlol point and click

Quote from: DerNebel on Nov 14, 2015, 07:49 PMDidn't Sucker Punch say that they wanted to stay a one game at a time studio (something I think is a bummer, I'd like all first party studios to be 2 game studios at least)? But I do find it interesting how much Sucker Punch has already grown again, makes it kinda weird that all those people were let go in the first place. Still, if they are going open world then they'll need more people, I've only played Infamous 1 and watched large parts of Second Son on Youtube, but huge problems of those imo are that their open worlds just don't feel very interesting and don't give you that much to do.

Infamous is one franchise that I've thought about quite a few things that would to me make the games a lot better and I think also more successful before, but all of them would require manpower and a budget that up to this point the studio has not gotten I think.

Quote from: NotBananaKing on Dec 08, 2016, 01:39 PMso after not announcing anything this year, and most likely going to announce their game at E3 2017, with an early 2018 release at the earliest. i think sucker punch has moved on from infamous. i think they are either making a new IP, or a Marvel game (thats most likely Iron Man). by early 2018 it would have been 4 years since Infamous Second Son. they already had released on PS4 and had an engine ready on it.

Quote from: DerNebel on Dec 08, 2016, 01:53 PMI don't think Sucker Punch is making a licensed game, Spider-Man is exclusive but I think Marvel will want most of their games to be multiplats.

Quote from: NotBananaKing on Dec 08, 2016, 02:16 PMhonestly i hope they arent. but with Spiderman being announced Marvel did say they want the best studios working on their games, and they are taking a new approach for their games. i think partnering up with Sony, a dominant force in the gaming industry and a publisher with great relations with third party devs, could be a big part of that strategy. specially if sony was open to it.

basically they would use Sonys experience and connections to make the games, make good quality ones, and market and publish them. at least for the short term to establish their presence in the gaming industry to a similar (but obviously not as dominant) as they are in the movie industry.

Quote from: Kerotan on Dec 08, 2016, 03:45 PM3 things to say.  

1. I'm really curious about Sucker Punch.  Second Son sold really well and was well received but I think the best thing for the franchise would be a rest.  The studio should make either a new IP or a licensed game.  If they got their hands on something like Iron Man or Superman it would be huge for them and Sony.

2. Cambridge.  I'm also really interested on this.  Their Killzone Mercenary game was possibly the best mobile console shooter ever.  Exceptional.  That should be ported to ps4 for starters.  But would I like them working on a new Ip?  I'm not so sure.  They're not really established enough yet.  I'd prefer them taking the safer option and doing killzone again.  That way the series stays alive and it will probably sell 2m+ so it would be profitable.  And I'd trust them to make a better killzone then guerilla anyway. If it's successful,  let them move onto a new Ip.  

3. God of War and The last of us 2. If you asked me when I thought these would release I'd say God of war March 2018 and TLOU2 summer 2018. But it just seems too close together for 2 mega exclusives.  We know Sony don't like releasing them before the holidays because consumers wait for BF and expect to get everything discounted.  It devalues your product.  I just can't see either releasing in December though.  And I can't really see either being ready next year anyway.  

So will Sony really release both first half of 2018? God of War end of February.  TLOU2 4 months later in June?  Would be a killer start to the year.  They'd all sell extremely well at full price and then they can get their discounted sales on BF and the holidays when enough time has passed. Probably makes the most sense revenue wise from Sony.

End of February/March is busy for games but GOW would have no problems selling.  June and the summer are usually very quiet so TLOU2 would get maximum coverage and with the hype would be insane.  It would sell a lot then with nothing to overshadow it or compete.  


Those are my thoughts.  Anybody agree or disagree?

Quote from: Kerotan on Dec 08, 2016, 03:45 PM3 things to say. 

1. I'm really curious about Sucker Punch.  Second Son sold really well and was well received but I think the best thing for the franchise would be a rest.  The studio should make either a new IP or a licensed game.  If they got their hands on something like Iron Man or Superman it would be huge for them and Sony.

2. Cambridge.  I'm also really interested on this.  Their Killzone Mercenary game was possibly the best mobile console shooter ever.  Exceptional.  That should be ported to ps4 for starters.  But would I like them working on a new Ip?  I'm not so sure.  They're not really established enough yet.  I'd prefer them taking the safer option and doing killzone again.  That way the series stays alive and it will probably sell 2m+ so it would be profitable.  And I'd trust them to make a better killzone then guerilla anyway. If it's successful,  let them move onto a new Ip. 

3. God of War and The last of us 2. If you asked me when I thought these would release I'd say God of war March 2018 and TLOU2 summer 2018. But it just seems too close together for 2 mega exclusives. We know Sony don't like releasing them before the holidays because consumers wait for BF and expect to get everything discounted.  It devalues your product.  I just can't see either releasing in December though.  And I can't really see either being ready next year anyway. 

So will Sony really release both first half of 2018? God of War end of February.  TLOU2 4 months later in June?  Would be a killer start to the year.  They'd all sell extremely well at full price and then they can get their discounted sales on BF and the holidays when enough time has passed. Probably makes the most sense revenue wise from Sony.

End of February/March is busy for games but GOW would have no problems selling.  June and the summer are usually very quiet so TLOU2 would get maximum coverage and with the hype would be insane.  It would sell a lot then with nothing to overshadow it or compete. 


Those are my thoughts.  Anybody agree or disagree?

Quote from: Kerotan on Dec 08, 2016, 03:45 PMThose are my thoughts.  Anybody agree or disagree?

Quote from: DerNebel on Dec 08, 2016, 03:56 PMI most definitely don't agree with the bolded. I really, really think that people need to stop acting like there is some tactical plan behind Sony not releasing their games in the holidays, they simply aren't able to get them out on time.

Oh and about Cambridge, with them I'm currently worried that they might get closed by Sony since Rigs seems to have done so poorly even for a VR game.

Quote from: NotBananaKing on Dec 08, 2016, 03:47 PMthey did that in 2013. with GOW:A in March and TLoU in June.

Quote from: Raven on Dec 08, 2016, 04:37 PMDoubt Cambridge is going away after RIGS. As far as I know, they didn't experience any immediate layoffs after their VR game released, unlike London Studio. RIGS had better critical reception than most VR titles it seems. There really aren't any titles that sold gangbusters from what I've heard and it wouldn't be fair in the least bit to blame them for not achieving sales that really no one has. Pretty hard to sell well when the highest selling big VR device, Sony's own, has only moved a couple hundred thousand.

Developing for VR is also a different beast and most studios are brand new at it. If Sony had any expectations of immediate greatness from anyone making VR games, they were purposefully stacking the deck against them.

As pointed out, Cambridge made a better Killzone game in Mercenary than Guerrilla did with Shadowfall. I also thought I heard that only a small team within Cambridge made RIGS while the rest worked on DLC for Shadowfall and began work on a game from "a multimillion selling franchise".

We'll probably find out within the next 12 months what's going on with them, but I wouldn't worry. London Studio is way more likely to get the axe, and rightfully so I feel.

Quote from: Kerotan on Dec 08, 2016, 04:42 PMWell then history may well just repeat itself.  Man just imagine.

God of War March
TLOU2 June
Death Stranding October

Plus they'd obviously have a few other smaller exclusives.  Man that trio would be an absolute killer line up.

@above
That multi million franchise they're working on could be killzone couldn't it?  Unless they specifically said a different one.

Quote from: Raven on Dec 08, 2016, 05:03 PMIt's likely Killzone. Back in Summer 2014 they were recruiting for "forthcoming projects for a high profile, multi-million selling franchise". Sony isn't likely to give up on their most successful FPS. Since GG has its hands full with Horizon and assisting Kojima Productions, and since Cambridge proved it can outperform GG on its own franchise, it seems like a no-brainer that they're working on Killzone for now.

Quote from: Legend on Dec 08, 2016, 04:16 PMYup Mercenary was great! An HD port to PS4 would be awesome! I was in the top 500 best players or something back on Vita, but that's not too impressive when no one played it.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 19, 2017, 11:01 PMUpdated the OP.  

Kinda made me sad.  

Quote from: Legend on Oct 20, 2017, 02:50 AMFrom studios being closed, or their games being disappointing?

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 20, 2017, 10:31 AMStudios closing and how little we know of what most are doing now.

And how SP still hasn't made a game.  

Quote from: Legend on Oct 20, 2017, 01:52 PMHas any dev besides Killzone+Horizon and Knack guys released two games this gen even?

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 20, 2017, 10:31 AMStudios closing and how little we know of what most are doing now.

And how SP still hasn't made a game.  

Quote from: DerNebel on Oct 20, 2017, 02:26 PMBut SP has made a PS4 game.  ;D

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 20, 2017, 02:38 PMStill hasn't made a game (since infamous). It's been years! 

Quote from: Horizon on Oct 21, 2017, 09:18 PMAt least Japan Studio are more productive which means they can be less reliant on other studios. Oh and btw I expect the next Horizon to be out in early 2020. Guerrilla are a big and very efficient studio who have everything set up to enable to follow up with a killer sequel to Horizon.

Quote from: Legend on Feb 05, 2018, 08:53 PMI was going through using this info to try to predict when PS5 would release, but what I realised was that PS4 sucked with first party exclusives for the first few years. Killzone, Knack, Infamous, Uncharted 4, and MLB games were their only first party exclusives till 2016. Bloodborne was their only big exclusive in 2015 and it wasn't fully first party.

So hopefully the jump to PS5 doesn't slow Sony down again. It's awesome how strong their first party is feeling and it'd suck to go into another drought.

Quote from: Legend on Feb 05, 2018, 08:53 PMI was going through using this info to try to predict when PS5 would release, but what I realised was that PS4 sucked with first party exclusives for the first few years. Killzone, Knack, Infamous, Uncharted 4, and MLB games were their only first party exclusives till 2016. Bloodborne was their only big exclusive in 2015 and it wasn't fully first party.

So hopefully the jump to PS5 doesn't slow Sony down again. It's awesome how strong their first party is feeling and it'd suck to go into another drought.

Quote from: Xevross on Feb 05, 2018, 09:00 PMYeah it seems like this year and next year are the next big cycle for Sony games. Since games are taking 3-4 years + now, this means these companies can be perfectly ready for some titles early in PS5's life. It'll be Guerrilla, ND and Sucker Punch who will be late to the party as they release games late on PS4.

Quote from: DerNebel on Feb 05, 2018, 09:05 PMI've been saying for years that Sony supported the PS3 for way too long, I can think of at least a 3 late PS3 games that imo would have been better suited as early PS4 titles.

Quote from: Legend on Feb 05, 2018, 09:21 PMIs Horizon 2 rumored for PS4? I figure it'd be a pretty good candidate for a next gen launch title.

And yeah if PS5 transition doesn't slow down development too much, a 2021 could be pretty solid. Anything earlier and it'd really help to have 2nd/3rd party help to fill in the gaps.



It's a tough call. Send out the old system with a bang so people have more confidence in the new system and its future, or abandon the old and push the new. Switch was the opposite of PS4 and both strategies seem to be viable.

I mean sure TLOU as a PS4 launch exclusive would have been incredible but the system was selling out anyway.

Quote from: DerNebel on Feb 05, 2018, 09:05 PMI've been saying for years that Sony supported the PS3 for way too long, I can think of at least a 3 late PS3 games that imo would have been better suited as early PS4 titles.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Feb 10, 2018, 06:46 PMMade some changes to the OP.  
Updated with some history.  Hopefully it doesn't look too awful.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 12, 2018, 03:13 AMUpdated.  

Quote from: kitler53 on Jun 12, 2018, 02:14 PMlooking at that list i think sony needs to create a few more studios to compensate for painfully long development cycles.

Quote from: kitler53 on Jun 12, 2018, 02:14 PMlooking at that list i think sony needs to create a few more studios to compensate for painfully long development cycles.

QuoteWelcome to the fourth (actually third) Sony First Party Thread!

 (some informations/studio descriptions are missing - those will be adjusted over the day)

Sony Interactive Entertainment America
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   Probably the most famous Studio among SIE, known for constanly delivering high quality blockbuster titles, such as Uncharted or The Last of Us.
 The Studio was founded 1984 by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin as an independent developer, starting their Playstation Partnership with the iconic Crash Bandicoot title in 1996.
 In 2001 they were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment and in the coming years and generations Naughty Dog became one of the most respected and highly rated Studios in the Gaming Industry.
 Naughty Dog is home to the ICE Team, one of Sony's World Wide Studios central technology groups.
 The ICE Team focuses on creating core graphics technologies for Sony's worldwide first party published titles, including low level game engine components, graphics processing pipelines, supporting tools, and graphics profiling and debugging tools.

Studio Size: 200~350 (incl. ICE Team)
 Location: California
 Key People: Evan Wells (President) - Neil Druckman (Vice President)
 Director(s): Anthony Newman - Kurt Margeneau - Neil Druckmann
 Writer(s): Josh Sherr - Haley Gross
 Lead Designer(s): Emilia Schatz - Richard Cambier

Upcoming Project: The Last Of Us Part 2 (2019/20)  Click to expand...  

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   Sony Santa Monica, also known as the God of War Studio, was established in 1999
 While developing the highly acclaimed God of War Games, they were also serving as a support studio for external developers working on First Party Games.
 In 2014 the Studio moved from Santa Monica to a new facility in Playa Vista, Los Angeles

Studio Size: 200~300
 Location: California
 Key People: Shannon Studstill (Head of the Studio) Cory Barlog (Director)

Upcoming Project:  Click to expand...  

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   founded in 1997 Sucker Punch was an independent development studio which has worked solely with Sony Interactive Entertainment since 2000. In 2011 they were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment
 Sucker Punch is best known for the Sly Cooper and inFAMOUS series. In 2018 the Studio moved to a new facility, most likely due their team expansion.

Studio Size: 150+
 Location: Washington
 Key People:

Upcoming Project: Ghost of Tsushima (2019/2020)  Click to expand...  

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   Formely known as Blank, Berlyn and Co. and Eidetic, which was founded in 1993, they were aqcuired by SIE in 2000 and renamed into
 Bend Studio and became known as the Team behind the Syphon Filter Franchise. During the Playstation 3 Generation they were mainly working on handheld games
 for the PSP and PSVITA. With their new IP Days Gone, they are finally making their big comeback into the Home Console business

Studio Size: 100~150
 Location: Oregon
 Key People: John Garvin (Director) Jeff Ross (Director)

Upcoming Project: Days Gone (April 2019)  Click to expand...  

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   SIE San Diego was established in 2001. The Studio has a long history with sportsgames from NBA to Karting Games. Currently they are delivering the yearly MLB Games.

Studio Size:
 Location: San Diego, California
 Key People:

Upcoming Project: MLB The Show 19 (2019)  Click to expand...  

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   Established in 2014, Pixelopus is one of the new SIE Studios of this generation. With Entwined they relesead their first game in the same year  Click to expand...      Studio Size: San Mateo, California
 Location: California
 Key People:
Upcoming Project: Concrete Genie (2019)  Click to expand...  

Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
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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 SCE in 2005 following the release of Shellshock: 'Nam 67.
 In the current Generation they released their ambitious new RPG Title Horizon Zero Dawn & also created their new Decima Engine, which they share with Kojima Productions.
 The Team will move to a new five floor office in 2019, planning to expand their team up to 400 People.  Click to expand...      Studio Size: ~400
 Location: Amsterdam
 Key People: Herman Hulst (Director
Upcoming Project:  Click to expand...  

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   Media Molecule, The Flagschip Studio of creativity and originality among SIE 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.  Click to expand...      Studio Size:
 Location: Guildford, Surrey
 Key People:
 Upcoming Project: Dreams (2019)  Click to expand...  

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   SIE London Studio is one of the oldest First Party Studios, established in 1993.
 The Studio was formed in 2002 by the merger of Studio Camden and Team Soho.
 They are currently responsible for VR Games
 SIE London Studio developed a virtual reality (VR) rendering technology, called the LSSDK engine, which supports PlayStation 4 and PC  Click to expand...      Studio Size:
 Location: London
 Key People:
 Upcoming Project: Blood and Truth (VR) (2019)  Click to expand...  

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   Not officially revealed yet, Manchester Studio, formerly known as North West Studio, is one of Sony's newest developers.
 Based on the job descriptions regarding the Studio, they are working on a high profile VR Game.  Click to expand...      Studio Size:
 Location: London
 Key People:
 Upcoming Project:  Click to expand...  

Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia

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   Founded in 1998 Polyphoni Digital is the First Party Studio behind the Gran Turismo Games, the most successful Playstation Franchise.
 Originally a development group within Sony Computer Entertainment known as Polys Entertainment, after the success of Gran Turismo in Japan, they were granted greater autonomy and their name changed to Polyphony Digital.  Click to expand...      Studio Size: ~
 Location: Tokyo, Japan
 Key People: Kazunori Yamauchi (President)

Upcoming Project:  Click to expand...  

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   SIE Japan Studio was founded in 1993 in Tokyo and is one of the biggest First Party Studios of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
 Most well known for a wide variety of Genres & Games like ApeEscape, Loco Roco, Shadow of the Collosus or Astro Bot, they are also functioning as a Publisher and support Studio to external Teams, leading to Projects like Bloodborne, Demon Souls or White Knight Chronicles.  Click to expand...      Studio Size: ~
 Location: Tokyo, Japan
 Key People: Allan Becker (President)

Upcoming Project:  Click to expand...  

External Partners
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 Upcoming Project: Death Stranding (2019/20)  Click to expand...  

In Development​

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• Monkey King Hero is back (Hexadrive) - Release 2019 (China & West) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGTnuEIhH0g)
• MediEvil (Other Ocean) - Release 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Dj520a3Og)
• WILD (WildSheep Studio) - Release TBA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcSXWfG0Tp4)
• ERICA (Flavourworks) - Release TBA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-61v6qIsJyo)
• Everybody's Golf VR (Clap Hanz) - Release 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI_Iiw8VgtI)

Former Partners & Possible Collaborations​

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Quote from: Legend on Jan 01, 2019, 06:56 PMNow that it is 2019, I'm ready to hype up next gen.

Horizon 2 a launch title? Hurt Killzone shadowfall so the devs might not want to do that again.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment America
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QuoteProbably the most famous Studio among SIE, known for constanly delivering high quality blockbuster titles, such as Uncharted or The Last of Us.
 The Studio was founded 1984 by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin as an independent developer, starting their PlayStation Partnership with the iconic Crash Bandicoot title in 1996.
 In 2001 they were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment and in the coming years and generations Naughty Dog became one of the most respected and highly rated Studios in the Gaming Industry.
 Naughty Dog is home to the ICE Team, one of Sony's World Wide Studios central technology groups.
 The ICE Team focuses on creating core graphics technologies for Sony's worldwide first party published titles, including low level game engine components, graphics processing pipelines, supporting tools, and graphics profiling and debugging tools.

Studio Information
 Studio Size: 500 + (https://www.linkedin.com/company/naughty-dog/) (incl. ICE Team)
Location: California
Key People: Evan Wells (President) - Neil Druckman (Vice President)
Director(s): Anthony Newman - Kurt Margeneau - Neil Druckmann
Writer(s): Josh Sherr - Haley Gross
Lead Designer(s): Emilia Schatz - Richard Cambier

Upcoming Project
The Last Of Us Part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPNiIeKMHyg) (2020)


PlayStation History

• Crash Bandicoot (1996)
• Crash Bandicoot 2 (1997)
• Crash Bandicoot 3 (1998)
• Crash Team Racing (1999)
• Jak and Daxter (2001)
• Jak II (2003)
• Jak 3 (2004)
• Jak X (2005)
• Uncharted (2007)
• Uncharted 2 (2009)
• Uncharted 3 (2011)
• The Last of Us (2013)
• The Last of Us Remastered (2014)
• Uncharted 4 (2016)
• Uncharted Lost Legacy (2017)

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QuoteSony Santa Monica, also known as the God of War Studio, was established in 1999.
 While developing the highly acclaimed God of War Games, they were also serving as a support studio for external developers working on First Party Games.
 In 2014 the Studio moved from Santa Monica to a new facility in Playa Vista, Los Angeles

Studio Information
 Studio Size: 200~300
Location: California
Key People: Shannon Studstill (Head of the Studio) Cory Barlog (Director)

Upcoming Project

PlayStation History

• Kinetica (2001)
• God of War (2005)
• God of War II (2007)
• God of War III (2010)
• God of War Ascension (2013)
• God of War (2018)

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Quotefounded in 1997 Sucker Punch was an independent development studio who has worked solely with Sony Interactive Entertainment since 2000. In 2011 they were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment.
 Sucker Punch is best known for the Sly Cooper and inFAMOUS series. In 2018 the Studio moved to a new facility, most likely due their team expansion.

Studio Information
 Studio Size: 150+
Location: Washington
Key People: Nate Fox (Creative Director)

Upcoming Project
Ghost of Tsushima  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAvzeopPC8)(2019/2020)

PlayStation History

• Sly Racoon (2002)
• Sly 2: Band of Thieves (2004)
• Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (2005)
• Infamous (2009)
• The Sly Collection (2010)
• Infamous 2 (2011)
• Infamous: Festival of Blood (2011)
• Infamous: Second Son (2014)
• Infamous: First Ligh (2014)

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QuoteFormely known as Blank, Berlyn and Co. and Eidetic, which was founded in 1993, they were aqcuired by SIE in 2000 and renamed into
 Bend Studio became known as the Team behind the Syphon Filter Franchise. During the PlayStation 3 Generation they were mainly working on handheld games for the PSP and PSVITA. With their new IP Days Gone, they are finally making their big comeback into the Home Console business

Studio Information
Studio Size: 130+
Location: Oregon
Key People: John Garvin (Director) Jeff Ross (Director)

Upcoming Project

 PlayStation History

• Bubsy 3D (1996)
• Syphon Filter (1999)
• Syphon Filter 2 (2000)
• Syphon Filter 3 (2001)
• Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (2004)
• Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (2006)
• Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (2007)
• Resistance: Retribution (2009)
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2011)
• Uncharted: Fight for Fortune (2012)
• Days Gone (2019)

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QuoteSIE San Diego was established in 2001. The Studio has a long history with sportsgames from NBA to Karting titles. Currently they are delivering the yearly MLB Games.

Studio Information
Studio Size:
 Location: San Diego, California
Key People:

Upcoming Project


PlayStation History

• The Mark of Kri
• NBA 2005
• NBA '06: featuring the Life Vol. 1
• MLB 06: The Show
• NBA '07: featuring the Life Vol. 2
• MLB 07: The Show
• NBA '08: Games of the Week
• Pain
• High Velocity Bowling
• MLB 08: The Show
• NBA 09: The Inside
• MLB 09: The Show
• NBA 10: The Inside
• Pinball Heroes
• MLB 10: The Show
• ModNation Racers
• Sports Champions
• MLB 11: The Show
• ModNation Racers: Road Trip
• MLB 12: The Show
• MLB 13: The Show
• MLB 14: The Show
• MLB 15: The Show
• MLB The Show 16
• Kill Strain
• MLB The Show 17
• MLB The Show 18
• MLB The Show 19

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QuoteIn 1994 Ted Price founded the Gaming Studio Xtreme Software, which was renamed into Insomniac Games a year later.
 Over the past 20 years Insomniac became the biggest External Partner to SIE contributing to Franchises like Spyro, Ratchet and Clank, Resistance and the newly released Spiderman Game. In August 2019 SIE announced the Acquisition of Insomniac Games and made them Part of their Worldwide Studios.

Studio Information
Studio Size: ~310
Location: Burbank, California (First Studio) North Carolina (Second Studio) (NA)
Key People: Ted Price (President) Bryan Intihar (Director) Brian Allgeier (Director)

Upcoming Project

 PlayStation History

• Spyro the Dragon (1998)
• Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999)
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000)
• Ratchet & Clank (2002)
• Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (2003)
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (2004)
• Ratchet: Deadlocked (2005)
• Resistance: Fall of Man (2006)
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (2007)
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (2009)
• Resistance 2 (2009)
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (2009)
• Resistance 3 (2011)
• Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (2011)
• Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault (2012)
• Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus (2013)
• Ratchet & Clank (2016)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)

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QuoteEstablished in 2014, Pixelopus is one of the new SIE Studios of this generation. With Entwined they relesead their first game in the same year
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: 14-18
Location: San Mateo, California
Key People: Dominic Robilliard (Creative Director), Jeff Sangalli (Art Director)

Upcoming Project


 Playstation History:

• Entwined (2014)
• Concrete Genie (2019)

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Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
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QuoteGuerrilla 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 SCE in 2005 following the release of Shellshock: 'Nam 67.
 In the current Generation they released their ambitious new RPG Title Horizon Zero Dawn & also created their new Decima Engine, which they share with Kojima Productions.
 The Team will move to a new five floor office in 2019, planning to expand their team up to 400 People
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: 300-400
Location: Amsterdam
Key People: Herman Hulst (Director), John Gonzales (Narrative Director), Mathis de Jonge (Director), Jan-Bart van Beek (Lead Artist)

Upcoming Project

 PlayStation History

• Shellshock: Nam '67 (2004)
• Killzone (2004)
• Killzone Liberation (2006)
• Killzone 2 (2009)
• Killzone 3 (2011)
• Killzone Mercenary (2013)
• Killzone Shadow Fall (2013)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
• Horizon Frozen Wilds (2017)

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QuoteMedia Molecule, The Flagschip Studio of creativity and originality among SIE 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.
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: 50+
Location: Guildford, Surrey
Key People: Siobhan Reddy (studio director), Alex Evans (technical director), Mark Healey (creative director)

Upcoming Project
Dreams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odfYSiTpXpo) (2020) (Early Access 2019)


PlayStation History

• Little Big Planet (2008)
• Little Big Planet PSP (2009)
• Little Big Planet 2 (2011)
• Tearaway (2013)
• Tearaway Unfolded (2015)
• Dreams Early Access (2019)

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QuoteSIE London Studio is one of the oldest First Party Studios, established in 1993.
 The Studio was formed in 2002 by the merger of Studio Camden and Team Soho.
 They are currently responsible for VR Games
 SIE London Studio developed a virtual reality (VR) rendering technology, called the LSSDK engine, which supports PlayStation 4 and PC
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: 92
 Location: London
Key People:

Upcoming Project


 PlayStation History

• NBA ShootOut
• NBA ShootOut '97
• Porsche Challenge
• Rapid Racer
• Spice World
• This Is Football 2000
• Team Buddies
• This Is Football 2001
• This Is Football 2002
• This Is Football 2003
• Dropship: United Peace Force
• Hardware: Online Arena
• The Getaway
• This Is Football 2004
• EyeToy: Play
• This Is Football 2005
• EyeToy: Groove
• SingStar
• The Getaway: Black Monday
• SingStar Party
• EyeToy: Chat
• World Tour Soccer: Challenge Edition
• Fired Up
• SingStar Pop
• EyeToy: Play 2
• EyeToy: Play 3
• SingStar '80s
• EyeToy: Kinetic
• EyeToy: Operation Spy
• EyeToy: Kinetic Combat
• EyeToy: Play Sports
• SingStar Rocks!
• SingStar Anthems
• Gangs of London
• SingStar Legends
• World Tour Soccer 2
• SingStar Pop Hits
• SingStar 90s
• SingStar Amped
• SingStar Rock Ballads
• Aqua Vita
• SingStar R&B
• Beats
• SingStar
• SingStar Summer Party
• SingStar Vol. 2
• SingStar ABBA
• SingStar Vol. 3
• PlayStation Home
• SingStar Queen
• SingStar Pop Edition
• SingStar Motown
• EyePet
• SingStar Take That
• SingStar Guitar
• SingStar Dance
• DanceStar Party
• EyePet & Friends
• DanceStar Party Hits
• Wonderbook
• SingStar: Ultimate Party
• PlayStation VR Worlds
• SingStar Celebration
• Blood & Truth

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QuoteNot officially revealed yet, Manchester Studio, formerly known as North West Studio, is one of Sony's newest developers.
 Based on the job descriptions regarding the Studio, they are working on a high profile VR Game.
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Studio Information
 Studio Size:
 Location: Manchester
Key People:

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Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia
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QuoteFounded in 1998 Polyphony Digital is the First Party Studio behind the Gran Turismo Games, the most successful PlayStation Franchise.
 Originally a development group within Sony Computer Entertainment known as Polys Entertainment, after the success of Gran Turismo in Japan, they were granted greater autonomy and their name changed to Polyphony Digital.
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: ~
 Location: Tokyo (Japan)
Key People: Kazunori Yamauchi (President)

Upcoming Project

PlayStation History

• Motor Toon GP (1994)
• Motor Toon GP 2 (1996)
• Gran Turismo (1997)
• Gran Turismo 2 (1999)
• Omega Boost (1999)
• Gran Turismo 3 A-spec (2001)
• Gran Turismo 4 Prologue (2004)
• Gran Turismo 4 (2004)
• Tourist Trophy (2006)
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (2007/8)
• Gran Turismo PSP (2009)
• Gran Turismo 5 (2010)
• Gran Turismo 6 (2013)
• Gran Turismo Sport (2017)

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QuoteSIE Japan Studio was founded in 1993 in Tokyo and is one of the biggest First Party Studios of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
 Most well known for a wide variety of Genres & Games like ApeEscape, Loco Roco, Shadow of the Collosus or Astro Bot, they are also functioning as a Publisher and support Studio to external Teams, leading to Projects like Bloodborne, Demon Souls or White Knight Chronicles.
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: ~
Location: Tokyo (Japan)
Key People: Allan Becker (President)
Director's: Keiichiro Toyama (Director = Gravity Rush, Siren, Silent Hill ) - Tsutomu Kouno (Director = Loco Roco) - Takamitsu Ijima (Director = Knack, Knack 2) - Nicolas Doucet (Director = Astro Bot/Team Asobi)

Upcoming Project

PlayStation History

• Ape Escape (1999)
• Legend of Dragoon (1999)
• Pipo Saru (2001)
• Ape Escape 2 (2001)
• ICO (2001)
• Genshi no Kotoba (2001)
• Siren (2003)
• Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed (2004)
• Ape Escape Academy (2004)
• Ape Escape: On The Loose (2005)
• Ape Escape 3 (2005)
• Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
• Siren 2 (2006)
• LocoRoco (2006)
• Piyotama (2007)
• LocoRoco Cocoreccho! (2007)
• The Eye of Judgment (2007)
• Siren: Blood Curse (2008)
• Echochrome (2008)
• The Last Guy (2008)
• LocoRoco 2 (2008)
• LocoRoco Midnight Carnival (2009)
• Trash Panic (2009)
• Numblast (2009)
• The Eye of Judgment: Legends (2010)
• Kung Fu Rider (2010)
• Ape Escape Fury! Fury! (2010)
• Echochrome II (2010)
• Gravity Rush (2012)
• Puppeteer (2013)
• The Playroom (2013)
• Knack (2014)
   Gravity Rush Remastered (2015)
• The Last Guardian (2016)
• The Playroom VR (2016)
• Gravity Rush 2 (2017)
• Knack II (2017)
• Astro Bot (2018)

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External Partners
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QuoteStudio Size: ~ 100
Location: Tokyo (JP)
Key People: Hideo Kojima (Founder/Director), Yoji Shinkawa (Art Director), Shinji Hirano (President), Kenichiro Imaizumi (Producer)

Upcoming Project
Death Stranding (8th November 2019)  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

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QuoteStudio Information
 Studio Size: ~73
Location: Texas (NA)
Key People: Marco Thrush (President)

Upcoming Project

 Playstation History  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

In Development​

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• WILD (WildSheep Studio) - Release TBA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcSXWfG0Tp4)
• Iron Man VR (Camouflaj) - Release 2019/20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IJgh1Vvtgc)
• Predator: Hunting Grounds - Release 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiSmINxtLC8)

Former Partners & Possible Collaborations​

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Support Teams


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Sony XDev:

QuoteXDev Studio Limited collaborates with independent development studios across Europe and other PAL territories to publish content to PlayStation platforms all over the world. XDev has helped to create and publish, titles such as the LittleBigPlanet, Buzz!, MotorStorm and Invizimals series, Super Stardust HD, Heavenly Sword, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, Tearaway and Resogun

 In addition to funding projects, XDev offer full production, project management and game design support. Titles are also supported with community management, online production and dedicated outsourcing management facilities. XDev work directly with Marketing and PR teams in all Sony territories to promote and publish games worldwide.  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

Visual Arts Services Group:

QuoteThe Visual Arts Services Group is a division of SCEA's Product Development Services Group. VASG is a full-production studio located in San Diego that specializes in Animation, Motion Capture, Cinematics, Art and Scanning.
 Visual Arts Services Group, a multi-award winning team responsible for the cinematic performances in premier Sony PlayStation franchises like Uncharted, The Last of Us, Killzone, and other iconic series  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

Sony San Mateo:

Quoteis a video game developer part of SIE Worldwide Studios which is owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment and established in 1998. As implied by its name, it is now based in San Mateo, California but it was relocated from Foster City, California. It is mostly responsible for overseeing the development of first party games by external developers. It co-developed the SOCOM US Navy SEALS series with Zipper Interactive, and the Sly Cooper series with Sucker Punch Productions.  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

Sn Systems:

QuoteSN Systems is a provider of based development tools for games consoles, including the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, the original PlayStation and the Handhelds (VITA and PSP)
 SN Systems was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. in 2005 to provide tools for the PlayStation 3, and future consoles.  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

Other Divisions​

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QuoteSony Interactive's new PlayStation Productions will produce movies and series based on games.
 PlayStation Productions is being led by Asad Qizilbash, an 11-year veteran of Sony's PlayStation marketing group, and overseen by Shawn Layden, chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios. The new production company will develop and produce projects internally, as opposed to licensing PlayStation properties out to external Hollywood studios  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

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QuoteOn April 2016 SIE announced the formation of ForwardWorks Corporation, a studio that is aimed to deploy new services toward the ever-expanding smart device market. Over the past years they released several mobile titles based on intellectual properties of Sony Interactive Entertainemnt or IP's that are strongly connected to the Playstation Brand.

 in 2018 they announced their plans, to push their games beyoned the Japanese Market  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Feb 24, 2020, 05:02 PM-Naughty Dog and SSM are kind of mysterious.  SSM tends to do a lot of development support and ND has had instances where they've done development on two games simultaneously. They're big enough that they could surprise with a new game, but I'm going to say probably not.  

Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 25, 2020, 04:35 PMND are always working on 2 projects,.. they are just staggered.  They will have started on whatever they intend to do next already but it will still be years out because they are almost certainly in pre-production phase.   with that semi-mysterious stand along multiplayer they may even have 3 projects in the works.  

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Feb 25, 2020, 06:45 PMI am probably misremembering.  

I know when the last of us came out, everyone was talking about them having two teams.  

But I thought there was an interview later where they talked about that there aren't exactly two distinct teams.  I am probably misremembering because I can't find the article right now.  I was under the impression that people get moved around a lot and they might have most of the studio working on a game with prototyping on the side or they might have a couple of groups working on games.

Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 26, 2020, 02:26 PMsemantics?

Quote from: kitler53 on Mar 31, 2020, 02:30 AM

Pixelopus

CD NA CA NA PD Entwined Concrete Genie PA NA

Sucker Punch Productions

CD Ghost of Tsushima(2020) CA NA PD Infamous First Light (2014) Infamous Second Son (2014) PA NA

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Feb 25, 2020, 06:45 PMI am probably misremembering. 

I know when the last of us came out, everyone was talking about them having two teams. 

But I thought there was an interview later where they talked about that there aren't exactly two distinct teams.  I am probably misremembering because I can't find the article right now.  I was under the impression that people get moved around a lot and they might have most of the studio working on a game with prototyping on the side or they might have a couple of groups working on games.

Quote from: Legend on Mar 31, 2020, 08:44 PMWhat is media molecule currently working on? I think you have another typo.

Quote(https://www.gematsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SIE_04-01-20.jpg)    Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Studio establishes External Development Department - Gematsu  (https://www.gematsu.com/2020/04/sony-interactive-entertainment-japan-studio-establishes-external-development-department)  Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Studio has established an External Development Department and made various organizational changes to inaugurate the new fiscal year, Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Asia announced. Get the details below. ■ Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Studio...   (https://www.gematsu.com/wp-content/themes/2019/img/favicon.png) www.gematsu.com    
 There are quite a few additional changes to Japan Studio:

QuoteOrganizational Changes as of April 1, 2020

• External Development Department established.
• Product Development Department renamed to Internal Development Department.
• Studio Operations Department renamed to Finance & Administration Department.
• Creative Product Services Department renamed to Creative Services Department.
• Product Technology Department abolished.
• Business Development Department abolished.

Personnel Changes as of April 1, 2020

• Kazuo Kato appointed Internal Development Department Head, External Development Department Head, and Creative Services Department Head.
• Naoaki Aoi appointed to the Finance & Administration Department.

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Quote from: Legend on Mar 31, 2020, 08:44 PMWhat is media molecule currently working on? I think you have another typo.

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Apr 07, 2020, 02:09 AMDreams VR support and implementation of multiplayer in Dreams

Quote from: Horizon on Apr 10, 2020, 04:07 PMProbably looking at Japan Studio, Guerrilla and Insomniac to pick up the slack for the PS5 in the first year or so. BluePoint clearly seem to be doing Demon Souls remake and I would hazard a guess Housemarque's new title is PS5 exclusive as well. The rest probably won't be ready for a while.

Quote from: Horizon on Apr 10, 2020, 04:07 PMProbably looking at Japan Studio, Guerrilla and Insomniac to pick up the slack for the PS5 in the first year or so. BluePoint clearly seem to be doing Demon Souls remake and I would hazard a guess Housemarque's new title is PS5 exclusive as well. The rest probably won't be ready for a while.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 10, 2020, 04:57 PMMy thoughts exactly.

Sony London could have something, probably a small title that gets forgotten.

Polyphony is kind of a wild card. I could see them taking their sweet time, but at the same time it's not impossible that they could have a GT in the next 2 years.

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 10, 2020, 06:33 PMFirst year:

Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac)
Gran Turismo 7
London smaller game
MLB The Show 21 (obviously)

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 10, 2020, 06:47 PMWhich is also going to Xbox.  

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 10, 2020, 07:15 PMOh I must have missed that. Well not like I pay any attention to those games anyway.

Today @MLB, @MLB_Players, @SonySanDiego and @PlayStation announced multi-year, multi-platform video game partnership extensions @MLBTheShow. pic.twitter.com/PEGIRSNUSK

— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) December 10, 2019

? https://t.co/i80AWPYRGA

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) December 10, 2019

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 15, 2020, 10:42 PMI feel really bad for Media Molecule, 2 months after launch and Dreams has been played by a maximum 450k people, its doing awfully. I pretty much stopped playing it completely, its basically just a clusterfuck of early access games of varying quality (with the best being still nowhere near the quality of most real games).

More and more I feel like Dreams was a terrible idea and Sony were dumb to greenlight it. That being said, if MM had put it out in a couple of years with better quality it might have still made good money. I'm absolutely baffled as to how this took 6 years and why MM's "story mode" is only a low quality 3 hour mini story.

Quote from: Legend on Apr 16, 2020, 12:10 AMIt's a great game engine. It could end up making billions.

As a game though, it's Frankenstein's monster. What even is this thing? Why should people buy it?

LittleBigPlanet worked so well because it was a great game without ugc and the ugc felt like free DLC. Some user made stuff was crazy "total conversion" stuff but it mostly fit together.

Dreams however is a service. Very few people will buy it for the story. Instead it's a $40 gamepass for an indie scene. If the games are great it's great but if the games are bad it's bad.


Imo they need to focus on improving the games. Make it so registered PlayStation devs can easily export their games into native PS5 games. Sell them in the store like regular games. Take a cut of the profit or let the game assets be free inside Dreams for remixing. Or something else.

Devs just need a reason to put thousands of hours into Dreams professionally.

At the very least they could let devs shill their patreon.

Quote from: Legend on Apr 16, 2020, 12:10 AMLittleBigPlanet worked so well because it was a great game without ugc and the ugc felt like free DLC.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 17, 2020, 02:56 PMSo if I read this right, the last time Sony announced a game was October 2017.  

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 17, 2020, 02:56 PMSo if I read this right, the last time Sony announced a game was October 2017.  

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 17, 2020, 02:56 PMSo if I read this right, the last time Sony announced a game was October 2017.  

Quote from: Legend on Apr 17, 2020, 06:27 PMSony hasn't announced a major game since 2017 (Ghost of Tsushima) They must be brewing something : PS5 (https://www.reddit.com/r/PS5/comments/g2zyby/sony_hasnt_announced_a_major_game_since_2017/)

Hey we got a plagiarizer on our hands!

QuoteI feel like almost every Sony studio that had a big release mid gen onwards are being told Hey these are your target specs, go ham, to ensure they get the same consistency going into a new generation.


 I think there will be a lot of big games coming from Sony at a very early rate in comparison to previous generations, even though their message so far has been to the hardcore. But that's also exactly who they said they were targeting for this coming gen.  

Quote from: Horizon on Apr 17, 2020, 09:23 PMMedia Molecule have surely accomplished what they wanted with Dreams and their share.create.play genre. They can't really push it any further so they should focus on cool and innovative platforms.I would kill for a tearaway sequel but I doubt the first game sold that well.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 17, 2020, 10:39 PMSony London is kind of weird.  They have pumped out lots of games in the past mostly tiny games.  They also do R & D, but on the whole they are a huge studio.

Based on the past couple years, I expect them to start making more larger games.  Maybe not fully into AAA development.  

Quote from: Horizon on Apr 18, 2020, 09:06 AMThey're not huge though. They used to be massive in the PS3 days having over like 200 people but now they have as many as 80 people. They've downsized considerably. Shu did not do the best managing UK studios albeit Evolution might not have been his fault. London studio used to be ambitious with the Getaway and are now reduced to VR games.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 18, 2020, 10:12 AMSad, I didn't realize they downsized so much.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 18, 2020, 05:26 PMSIE did not like UK this gen.

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 18, 2020, 05:42 PMYeah its really sad to see. Manchester gutted and shut, Evolution sold off, London halved in staff, Guerrilla Cambridge gone. Plus Liverpool were closed last gen as well. Its kind of horrible.

Honestly Sony are lucky they don't have the same reputation for closing studios that EA has, they're almost as bad.

Quote from: Horizon on Apr 18, 2020, 06:27 PMManchester had nothing to show for 5 years. Either what they produced wasn't good, wasn't what they wanted or strategy changed after Jim Ryan took over;VR games aren't generally that profitable.

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Apr 18, 2020, 07:26 PMI've said it before and I say it again, Polyphony should of had the chop before Evolution. I would of gave Evolution the Gran Turismo franchise to work with.

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Apr 18, 2020, 07:26 PMI've said it before and I say it again, Polyphony should of had the chop before Evolution. I would of gave Evolution the Gran Turismo franchise to work with.

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 18, 2020, 06:33 PMBy all accounts they had a game that was well through development and were even recruiting up until a week before they were shut. Sony just deleted the studio out of nowhere, a total sucker move that really didn't get enough bad press.

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 18, 2020, 09:37 PMIf it was either or then sure. We have no idea what happened with Evolution, they did have their game delayed by a year and still massively iced up the launch. No matter how fantastic Driveclub became, that's still a big failing. I think they were done a massive injustice by Sony, since I believe the mess around the PS+ version is what hurt the game the most, but its hard to say they'd do a better job than Polyphony.

If Evolution were better managed they could have been the #1 racing game studio, Driveclub was truly phenomenal.

Quote from: Legend on Apr 18, 2020, 09:29 PMPolyphony makes lots of money though...

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 18, 2020, 10:42 PMShu said that 60 or 70% of all SIE games do not make a profit.  

And over here is PD who basically made a profit before even releasing a full game. Their glorified demo paid for GT 5's development.

Quote from: Horizon on Apr 19, 2020, 09:28 AMWasn't that during the PS3 era? I would imagine all their big games apart from Death Stranding and Driveclub made profit.

Quote from: Legend on Apr 18, 2020, 09:29 PMPolyphony makes lots of money though...

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 18, 2020, 09:37 PMIf it was either or then sure. We have no idea what happened with Evolution, they did have their game delayed by a year and still massively iced up the launch. No matter how fantastic Driveclub became, that's still a big failing. I think they were done a massive injustice by Sony, since I believe the mess around the PS+ version is what hurt the game the most, but its hard to say they'd do a better job than Polyphony.

If Evolution were better managed they could have been the #1 racing game studio, Driveclub was truly phenomenal.

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Apr 19, 2020, 11:51 AMYep. But I wonder what Evolution could of done with the Gran Turismo franchise. They just seem more efficient at putting out a good product.
Driveclub's launch was a disaster and it was delayed. I suspect that's Sony's fault trying to push the game to hard. Yet at PD they always delay their games for years and put out some bad Gran Turismos.

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Apr 19, 2020, 11:51 AMYep. But I wonder what Evolution could of done with the Gran Turismo franchise. They just seem more efficient at putting out a good product.
Driveclub's launch was a disaster and it was delayed. I suspect that's Sony's fault trying to push the game to hard. Yet at PD they always delay their games for years and put out some bad Gran Turismos.

Quote from: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2020, 01:23 PMI mean, bad? I don't remember PD ever making a bad GT. Now, a GT that fails to meet expectations, sure. Evolution couldn't do what PD do because GT isn't about arcade racing, it's about realism.

Quote from: Dr. Pezus on Apr 19, 2020, 01:23 PMI mean, bad? I don't remember PD ever making a bad GT. Now, a GT that fails to meet expectations, sure. Evolution couldn't do what PD do because GT isn't about arcade racing, it's about realism.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 23, 2020, 08:59 PMInsider claims Sony Japan is working on Silent Hill (http://"https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-sony-rebooting-silent-hill-series-update-new-details-further-hint-at-this-check-threadmarks.174815/page-39#post-30910812")

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Apr 24, 2020, 08:34 AMThat would work but what's the reason for Konami letting Sony develop their game?

Quote from: kitler53 on Apr 24, 2020, 01:13 PMnot necessarily true.  

bloodborne was developed by fromSoftware but studio japan also worked on that title.    this could be a similar situation.  



..or it could just be a rumor and a wrong one at that.

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Apr 25, 2020, 12:05 PMI'm just asking why Konami are having Sony come in to make their game and effectively making Silent Hill a PS exclusive. Funds? Lack of inspiration?  Sony paying for exclusivity?
What's the reason. Either way, it could get me back into Silent Hil again.

Quote from: SWORDF1SH on Apr 25, 2020, 12:05 PMI'm just asking why Konami are having Sony come in to make their game and effectively making Silent Hill a PS exclusive. Funds? Lack of inspiration?  Sony paying for exclusivity?
What's the reason. Either way, it could get me back into Silent Hil again.

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QuoteProbably the most famous Studio among SIE, known for constanly delivering high quality blockbuster titles, such as Uncharted or The Last of Us.
 The Studio was founded 1984 by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin as an independent developer, starting their PlayStation Partnership with the iconic Crash Bandicoot title in 1996.
 In 2001 they were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment and in the coming years and generations Naughty Dog became one of the most respected and highly rated Studios in the Gaming Industry.
 Naughty Dog is home to the ICE Team, one of Sony's World Wide Studios central technology groups.
 The ICE Team focuses on creating core graphics technologies for Sony's worldwide first party published titles, including low level game engine components, graphics processing pipelines, supporting tools, and graphics profiling and debugging tools.

Studio Information
 Studio Size: 450 + (https://www.linkedin.com/company/naughty-dog/) (incl. ICE Team)
Location: California
Key People: Evan Wells (President) - Neil Druckman (Vice President)
Director(s): Anthony Newman - Kurt Margeneau - Neil Druckmann
Writer(s): Josh Sherr - Haley Gross
Lead Designer(s): Emilia Schatz - Richard Cambier

Upcoming Project
The Last Of Us Part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPNiIeKMHyg) (June 2020)


PlayStation History

• Crash Bandicoot (1996)
• Crash Bandicoot 2 (1997)
• Crash Bandicoot 3 (1998)
• Crash Team Racing (1999)
• Jak and Daxter (2001)
• Jak II (2003)
• Jak 3 (2004)
• Jak X (2005)
• Uncharted (2007)
• Uncharted 2 (2009)
• Uncharted 3 (2011)
• The Last of Us (2013)
• The Last of Us Remastered (2014)
• Uncharted 4 (2016)
• Uncharted Lost Legacy (2017)

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QuoteSony Santa Monica, also known as the God of War Studio, was established in 1999.
 While developing the highly acclaimed God of War Games, they were also serving as a support studio for external developers working on First Party Games.
 In 2014 the Studio moved from Santa Monica to a new facility in Playa Vista, Los Angeles

Studio Information
 Studio Size: 200~300
Location: California
Key People: Yumi Yang (Head of the Studio) Cory Barlog (Director)

Upcoming Project

PlayStation History

• Kinetica (2001)
• God of War (2005)
• God of War II (2007)
• God of War III (2010)
• God of War Ascension (2013)
• God of War (2018)

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Quotefounded in 1997 Sucker Punch was an independent development studio who has worked solely with Sony Interactive Entertainment since 2000. In 2011 they were acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment.
 Sucker Punch is best known for the Sly Cooper and inFAMOUS series. In 2018 the Studio moved to a new facility, most likely due their team expansion.

Studio Information
 Studio Size: 150+ (https://www.linkedin.com/company/sucker-punch-productions/?originalSubdomain=it)
Location: Washington
Key People: Nate Fox (Creative Director)

Upcoming Project
Ghost of Tsushima  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAvzeopPC8)(July 2020)

PlayStation History

• Sly Racoon (2002)
• Sly 2: Band of Thieves (2004)
• Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves (2005)
• Infamous (2009)
• The Sly Collection (2010)
• Infamous 2 (2011)
• Infamous: Festival of Blood (2011)
• Infamous: Second Son (2014)
• Infamous: First Ligh (2014)

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QuoteFormely known as Blank, Berlyn and Co. and Eidetic, which was founded in 1993, they were aqcuired by SIE in 2000 and renamed into
 Bend Studio became known as the Team behind the Syphon Filter Franchise. During the PlayStation 3 Generation they were mainly working on handheld games for the PSP and PSVITA. With their new IP Days Gone, they are finally making their big comeback into the Home Console business

Studio Information
Studio Size: 130+
Location: Oregon
Key People: John Garvin (Director) Jeff Ross (Director)

Upcoming Project

 PlayStation History

• Bubsy 3D (1996)
• Syphon Filter (1999)
• Syphon Filter 2 (2000)
• Syphon Filter 3 (2001)
• Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (2004)
• Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (2006)
• Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (2007)
• Resistance: Retribution (2009)
• Uncharted: Golden Abyss (2011)
• Uncharted: Fight for Fortune (2012)
• Days Gone (2019)

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QuoteSIE San Diego was established in 2001. The Studio has a long history with sportsgames from NBA to Karting titles. Currently they are delivering the yearly MLB Games.

Studio Information
Studio Size: 90+
 Location: San Diego, California
Key People:

Upcoming Project


PlayStation History

• The Mark of Kri
• NBA 2005
• NBA '06: featuring the Life Vol. 1
• MLB 06: The Show
• NBA '07: featuring the Life Vol. 2
• MLB 07: The Show
• NBA '08: Games of the Week
• Pain
• High Velocity Bowling
• MLB 08: The Show
• NBA 09: The Inside
• MLB 09: The Show
• NBA 10: The Inside
• Pinball Heroes
• MLB 10: The Show
• ModNation Racers
• Sports Champions
• MLB 11: The Show
• ModNation Racers: Road Trip
• MLB 12: The Show
• MLB 13: The Show
• MLB 14: The Show
• MLB 15: The Show
• MLB The Show 16
• Kill Strain
• MLB The Show 17
• MLB The Show 18
• MLB The Show 19
• MLB The Show 20

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QuoteIn 1994 Ted Price founded the Gaming Studio Xtreme Software, which was renamed into Insomniac Games a year later.
 Over the past 20 years Insomniac became the biggest External Partner to SIE contributing to Franchises like Spyro, Ratchet and Clank, Resistance and the newly released Spiderman Game. In August 2019 SIE announced the Acquisition of Insomniac Games and made them Part of their Worldwide Studios.

Studio Information
Studio Size: ~310
Location: Burbank, California (First Studio) North Carolina (Second Studio) (NA)
Key People: Ted Price (President) Bryan Intihar (Director) Brian Allgeier (Director)

Upcoming Project

 PlayStation History

• Spyro the Dragon (1998)
• Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! (1999)
• Spyro: Year of the Dragon (2000)
• Ratchet & Clank (2002)
• Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (2003)
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (2004)
• Ratchet: Deadlocked (2005)
• Resistance: Fall of Man (2006)
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (2007)
• Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty (2009)
• Resistance 2 (2009)
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time (2009)
• Resistance 3 (2011)
• Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One (2011)
• Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault (2012)
• Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus (2013)
• Ratchet & Clank (2016)
• Marvel's Spider-Man (2018)

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QuoteEstablished in 2014, Pixelopus is one of the new SIE Studios of this generation. With Entwined they relesead their first game in the same year
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: 14-18
Location: San Mateo, California
Key People: Dominic Robilliard (Creative Director), Jeff Sangalli (Art Director)

Upcoming Project


 Playstation History:

• Entwined (2014)
• Concrete Genie (2019)

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QuoteGuerrilla 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 SCE in 2005 following the release of Shellshock: 'Nam 67.
 In the current Generation they released their ambitious new RPG Title Horizon Zero Dawn & also created their new Decima Engine, which they share with Kojima Productions.
 The Team will move to a new five floor office in 2019, planning to expand their team up to 400 People
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: 300-400
Location: Amsterdam
Key People: Herman Hulst (Director), John Gonzales (Narrative Director), Mathis de Jonge (Director), Jan-Bart van Beek (Lead Artist)

Upcoming Project

 PlayStation History

• Shellshock: Nam '67 (2004)
• Killzone (2004)
• Killzone Liberation (2006)
• Killzone 2 (2009)
• Killzone 3 (2011)
• Killzone Mercenary (2013)
• Killzone Shadow Fall (2013)
• Horizon Zero Dawn (2017)
• Horizon Frozen Wilds (2017)

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QuoteMedia Molecule, The Flagschip Studio of creativity and originality among SIE 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.
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: 50+
Location: Guildford, Surrey
Key People: Siobhan Reddy (studio director), Alex Evans (technical director), Mark Healey (creative director)

Upcoming Project


 PlayStation History

• Little Big Planet (2008)
• Little Big Planet PSP (2009)
• Little Big Planet 2 (2011)
• Tearaway (2013)
• Tearaway Unfolded (2015)
• Dreams Early Access (2019)
• Dreams (2020)

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QuoteSIE London Studio is one of the oldest First Party Studios, established in 1993.
 The Studio was formed in 2002 by the merger of Studio Camden and Team Soho.
 They are currently responsible for VR Games
 SIE London Studio developed a virtual reality (VR) rendering technology, called the LSSDK engine, which supports PlayStation 4 and PC
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: 92
 Location: London
Key People:

Upcoming Project


 PlayStation History

• NBA ShootOut
• NBA ShootOut '97
• Porsche Challenge
• Rapid Racer
• Spice World
• This Is Football 2000
• Team Buddies
• This Is Football 2001
• This Is Football 2002
• This Is Football 2003
• Dropship: United Peace Force
• Hardware: Online Arena
• The Getaway
• This Is Football 2004
• EyeToy: Play
• This Is Football 2005
• EyeToy: Groove
• SingStar
• The Getaway: Black Monday
• SingStar Party
• EyeToy: Chat
• World Tour Soccer: Challenge Edition
• Fired Up
• SingStar Pop
• EyeToy: Play 2
• EyeToy: Play 3
• SingStar '80s
• EyeToy: Kinetic
• EyeToy: Operation Spy
• EyeToy: Kinetic Combat
• EyeToy: Play Sports
• SingStar Rocks!
• SingStar Anthems
• Gangs of London
• SingStar Legends
• World Tour Soccer 2
• SingStar Pop Hits
• SingStar 90s
• SingStar Amped
• SingStar Rock Ballads
• Aqua Vita
• SingStar R&B
• Beats
• SingStar
• SingStar Summer Party
• SingStar Vol. 2
• SingStar ABBA
• SingStar Vol. 3
• PlayStation Home
• SingStar Queen
• SingStar Pop Edition
• SingStar Motown
• EyePet
• SingStar Take That
• SingStar Guitar
• SingStar Dance
• DanceStar Party
• EyePet & Friends
• DanceStar Party Hits
• Wonderbook
• SingStar: Ultimate Party
• PlayStation VR Worlds
• SingStar Celebration
• Blood & Truth

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QuoteFounded in 1998 Polyphony Digital is the First Party Studio behind the Gran Turismo Games, the most successful PlayStation Franchise.
 Originally a development group within Sony Computer Entertainment known as Polys Entertainment, after the success of Gran Turismo in Japan, they were granted greater autonomy and their name changed to Polyphony Digital.
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: ~
 Location: Tokyo (Japan)
Key People: Kazunori Yamauchi (President)

Upcoming Project

PlayStation History

• Motor Toon GP (1994)
• Motor Toon GP 2 (1996)
• Gran Turismo (1997)
• Gran Turismo 2 (1999)
• Omega Boost (1999)
• Gran Turismo 3 A-spec (2001)
• Gran Turismo 4 Prologue (2004)
• Gran Turismo 4 (2004)
• Tourist Trophy (2006)
• Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (2007/8)
• Gran Turismo PSP (2009)
• Gran Turismo 5 (2010)
• Gran Turismo 6 (2013)
• Gran Turismo Sport (2017)

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QuoteSIE Japan Studio was founded in 1993 in Tokyo and is one of the biggest First Party Studios of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
 Most well known for a wide variety of Genres & Games like ApeEscape, Loco Roco, Shadow of the Collosus or Astro Bot, they are also functioning as a Publisher and support Studio to external Teams, leading to Projects like Bloodborne, Demon Souls or White Knight Chronicles.
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Studio Information
 Studio Size: ~
Location: Tokyo (Japan)
Key People: Nicolas Doucet (President)
Director's: Keiichiro Toyama (Director = Gravity Rush, Siren, Silent Hill ) - Tsutomu Kouno (Director = Loco Roco) - Takamitsu Ijima (Director = Knack, Knack 2) - Nicolas Doucet (Director = Astro Bot/Team Asobi)

Upcoming Project

PlayStation History

• Ape Escape (1999)
• Legend of Dragoon (1999)
• Pipo Saru (2001)
• Ape Escape 2 (2001)
• ICO (2001)
• Genshi no Kotoba (2001)
• Siren (2003)
• Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed (2004)
• Ape Escape Academy (2004)
• Ape Escape: On The Loose (2005)
• Ape Escape 3 (2005)
• Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
• Siren 2 (2006)
• LocoRoco (2006)
• Piyotama (2007)
• LocoRoco Cocoreccho! (2007)
• The Eye of Judgment (2007)
• Siren: Blood Curse (2008)
• Echochrome (2008)
• The Last Guy (2008)
• LocoRoco 2 (2008)
• LocoRoco Midnight Carnival (2009)
• Trash Panic (2009)
• Numblast (2009)
• The Eye of Judgment: Legends (2010)
• Kung Fu Rider (2010)
• Ape Escape Fury! Fury! (2010)
• Echochrome II (2010)
• Gravity Rush (2012)
• Puppeteer (2013)
• The Playroom (2013)
• Knack (2014)
   Gravity Rush Remastered (2015)
• The Last Guardian (2016)
• The Playroom VR (2016)
• Gravity Rush 2 (2017)
• Knack II (2017)
• Astro Bot (2018)

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QuoteStudio Size: ~ 100
Location: Tokyo (JP)
Key People: Hideo Kojima (Founder/Director), Yoji Shinkawa (Art Director), Shinji Hirano (President), Kenichiro Imaizumi (Producer)

Upcoming Project


PlayStation History

• Death Stranding (2019)

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QuoteStudio Information
 Studio Size: ~73
Location: Texas (NA)
Key People: Marco Thrush (President)

Upcoming Project

 Playstation History

• God of War Collection (2009)
• The ICO & Shadow of Colossus Collection (2011)
• Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale Vita (2012)
• Flower (2013)
• Gravity Rush Remastered (2015)
• Uncharted Nathan Drake Collection (2015)
• Shadow of the Colossus (2018)

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• WILD (WildSheep Studio) - Release TBA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcSXWfG0Tp4)
• Iron Man VR (Camouflaj) - Release 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IJgh1Vvtgc)

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Sony XDev:

QuoteXDev Studio Limited collaborates with independent development studios across Europe and other PAL territories to publish content to PlayStation platforms all over the world. XDev has helped to create and publish, titles such as the LittleBigPlanet, Buzz!, MotorStorm and Invizimals series, Super Stardust HD, Heavenly Sword, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, Tearaway and Resogun

 In addition to funding projects, XDev offer full production, project management and game design support. Titles are also supported with community management, online production and dedicated outsourcing management facilities. XDev work directly with Marketing and PR teams in all Sony territories to promote and publish games worldwide.  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

Visual Arts Services Group:

QuoteThe Visual Arts Services Group is a division of SCEA's Product Development Services Group. VASG is a full-production studio located in San Diego that specializes in Animation, Motion Capture, Cinematics, Art and Scanning.
 Visual Arts Services Group, a multi-award winning team responsible for the cinematic performances in premier Sony PlayStation franchises like Uncharted, The Last of Us, Killzone, and other iconic series  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

Sony San Mateo:

Quoteis a video game developer part of SIE Worldwide Studios which is owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment and established in 1998. As implied by its name, it is now based in San Mateo, California but it was relocated from Foster City, California. It is mostly responsible for overseeing the development of first party games by external developers. It co-developed the SOCOM US Navy SEALS series with Zipper Interactive, and the Sly Cooper series with Sucker Punch Productions.  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

Sn Systems:

QuoteSN Systems is a provider of based development tools for games consoles, including the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, the original PlayStation and the Handhelds (VITA and PSP)
 SN Systems was acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. in 2005 to provide tools for the PlayStation 3, and future consoles.  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

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QuoteSony Interactive's new PlayStation Productions will produce movies and series based on games.
 PlayStation Productions is being led by Asad Qizilbash, an 11-year veteran of Sony's PlayStation marketing group, and overseen by Shawn Layden, chairman of SIE Worldwide Studios. The new production company will develop and produce projects internally, as opposed to licensing PlayStation properties out to external Hollywood studios  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

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QuoteOn April 2016 SIE announced the formation of ForwardWorks Corporation, a studio that is aimed to deploy new services toward the ever-expanding smart device market. Over the past years they released several mobile titles based on intellectual properties of Sony Interactive Entertainemnt or IP's that are strongly connected to the Playstation Brand.

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#HorizonZeroDawn 2 will feature "stunning environments," "lush and stunning vegetation," and "industry-benchmark graphics." And FYI, they aren't calling it #HorizonZeroDawn2 pic.twitter.com/nbkzxxSvvt

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Quote from: BananaKing on May 07, 2020, 08:07 PMIt will also feature day/night cycle, rain, and combat.

Quote from: BananaKing on May 07, 2020, 08:07 PMIt will also feature day/night cycle, rain, and combat.

Quote from: Legend on May 07, 2020, 08:22 PMNext you'll tell me it reacts to user input in real time.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on May 07, 2020, 08:27 PMPffft, I don't think that's even possible.  It takes seconds to get the input, several more to render the scene, and several more to put it back on the screen.  

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QuoteThough Naughty Dog is taking a bit of a break after the release of The Last of Us Part II (https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2020/07/09/naughty-dog-hiring-next-project/), the studio still aims to bring in new hires in the near future. Specifically, the company is recruiting for a Level/Environment Designer, Melee/Gameplay Animator, a Tools Programmer, and quite a few other positions. Most are for the development of "narrative-driven content" and "next-generation graphics analysis."

 GamesRadar spotted the listings on the 'Careers' page of Naughty Dog's official website. The heading for the Level/Environment Designer (https://www.naughtydog.com/greenhouse/job/2222683?gh_jid=2222683) specifically makes mention of "Single Player." A Melee/Gameplay Animator (https://www.naughtydog.com/greenhouse/job/2240832?gh_jid=2240832) posting notes Naughty Dog wants animators capable of aiding in the creation of "compelling gameplay for our future project(s)." Whomever fills the Tools Programmer (https://www.naughtydog.com/greenhouse/job/590787?gh_jid=590787) vacancy will work with the ICE Team, one of PlayStation Studios' "central technology groups."  Click to expand... Click to shrink...  

Today we raised the @Guerrilla flag to celebrate their brand new studio space in the heart of Amsterdam pic.twitter.com/pfubWHRm41

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) August 6, 2020

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 06, 2020, 01:37 PM

Today we raised the @Guerrilla flag to celebrate their brand new studio space in the heart of Amsterdam pic.twitter.com/pfubWHRm41

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) August 6, 2020

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 06, 2020, 01:37 PM

Today we raised the @Guerrilla flag to celebrate their brand new studio space in the heart of Amsterdam pic.twitter.com/pfubWHRm41

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) August 6, 2020

Quote from: Xevross on Aug 06, 2020, 02:01 PMThat's amazing. Their new studio looks sweet.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 22, 2020, 04:04 AMSorry I should have put that other post here.  

Insomniac Games is such a crazy studio compared to the rest of SIE.

Between 2006 and 2011, they released 7 PS3 games.  

Between 2015 and 2019, they released a major VR title, 2 major PS4 titles and 10 smaller titles.

These guys put out more PS3 titles than most SIE studios put total titles out in their entire history.

Crazy prediction: 2022, we will see another 2 IG games, one of which will be a VR title.  

Quote from: kitler53 on Oct 22, 2020, 04:28 AMpart of wht makes them such a good aquisition.  they know how to buget thei efforts better than most and never get distracted by BS like cloth simulation...

https://gamingbolt.com/the-order-1886-developer-explains-the-games-stellar-cloth-simulation (https://gamingbolt.com/the-order-1886-developer-explains-the-games-stellar-cloth-simulation)

Quote"One of the big things we did in the last half of last year was we made Abbie the live product lead for Dreams," says Reddy. "That's been a really big step because the live [aspect] is its own product in a way...We're on a big recruitment drive right now because to make the progress we want, we need programmers, and we need designers. What really excites me about all of this is Sony is really behind what we're doing and are investing in the studio to grow."

QuoteAlthough curation was one of the biggest issues that community members raised, another feature that remains a hot topic is the ability to export and monetize Dreams to reach a wider audience outside of the platform. At the moment, it is only possible to export and monetize video, audio, and imagery from Dreams rather than a full creation. Media Molecule co-founder and art director Kareem Ettouney, however, told GamesIndustry.Biz that the studio intends to allow creators to publish their games outside of the Sony ecosystem and "to other devices and beyond."

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Mar 29, 2021, 05:43 PMMedia Molecule Talks Curation And The Future Of Dreams (https://kotaku.com/media-molecule-talks-curation-and-the-future-of-dreams-1846560617)

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 01, 2021, 10:31 AMJapan Studio is gone and renamed Team ASOBI.

Quote from: Legend on Apr 09, 2021, 11:34 PMGuerrilla is pretty good.

However if you believe Bluepoint are working on Bloodborne when their contract with Sony didn’t even last long enough for them to patch in the ability to delete characters in Demons Souls, you’re out of your mind.

— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) April 11, 2021

QuoteDevelop and maintain strong creative and collaborative partnerships across subject areas to help further develop the in-game characters, visual language, and rule sets for fantasy-based worlds

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 20, 2021, 08:36 PMSanta Monica Studio (https://sms.playstation.com/careers/art/sr-character-concept-artist)

Specifically for an unannounced title.  

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 20, 2021, 08:36 PMSanta Monica Studio (https://sms.playstation.com/careers/art/sr-character-concept-artist)

Specifically for an unannounced title.  

Quote from: kitler53 on Apr 20, 2021, 08:59 PMwe already new this.  Alanah Pearce is working on it too.  she confirmed she's writing for santa monica here and later in a tweet said the project is "undisclosed".   maybe that's not "hard" evidence of an unannounced title but GoW Ragnock was already announced by then so specifying "undisclosed" felt intentional to me.

Quote from: BananaKing on Apr 22, 2021, 01:28 PMHopefully this means Sony believes in the studio and want to develop another game. Im scared another ready at dawn situation would happen.

Quote from: Legend on Apr 22, 2021, 03:01 PMGosh darnit thank you for reminding me. Our hype thread for that game was amazing and almost all of us expected Sony to buy them until reviews hit.

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 22, 2021, 03:41 PMI'd forgotten about that. We should get some hype and a Returnal thread going as well. Hopefully this one will be more worthy.

Its funny actually, why did The Order 1886 have so much more hype? This is from a better regarded dev with a better history of games, seems to be a lot more 'next-gen' sounding from the previews, seems like it'll have a lot more play time in its legs.

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 22, 2021, 03:41 PMI'd forgotten about that. We should get some hype and a Returnal thread going as well. Hopefully this one will be more worthy.

Its funny actually, why did The Order 1886 have so much more hype? This is from a better regarded dev with a better history of games, seems to be a lot more 'next-gen' sounding from the previews, seems like it'll have a lot more play time in its legs.

Is the price tag just killing Returnal?

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 22, 2021, 03:44 PMProbably because it looked good, and we thought it would be Ready At Dawn's breakout moment.  Like an Uncharted 2 moment.

Quote from: BananaKing on Apr 22, 2021, 04:05 PMBecause the game looked amazing. It was the first next gen big new ip from Sony. And the setting seemed super amazing.

Honestly, I really liked the game, and always wished it had a sequel. Also infamous and killzone didn't score as high as people hoped. So this was the game people were hoping would be the first must have PS4 game

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 22, 2021, 05:58 PMI know why The Order was hyped, my question was why was it so much more hyped than Returnal is. Most of those things you guys said apply to Housemarque/ Returnal as well.

Quote from: Xevross on Apr 22, 2021, 05:58 PMI know why The Order was hyped, my question was why was it so much more hyped than Returnal is. Most of those things you guys said apply to Housemarque/ Returnal as well.

Quote from: kostacurtasJob Application for Senior Staff Lighting Artist (Lead) at Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation (greenhouse.io)
Job Application for Senior Staff Animator (Gameplay) at Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation (greenhouse.io)
Job Application for Senior Texture Artist at Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation (greenhouse.io)

Job Application for Senior Engine Programmer at Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation (greenhouse.io)

Job Application for Senior Character Technical Director (Blend Shape Artist) at Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation (greenhouse.io)

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 23, 2021, 07:37 PMhttps://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-studios-ot19-the-returnal-of-ratchet-clank-is-on-the-horizon.407436/page-153#post-63512001

Sony Bend is hiring for a lot of Senior staff.

Insomniac is hiring! We have five new job openings for a multiplayer project. Come join us and be part of the #PlayStationStudiosFamily as we work on exciting things!
 
Apply today: https://t.co/WpJzOR39tK pic.twitter.com/eBJzEEtCsR

— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) June 24, 2021

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 24, 2021, 04:33 PM

Insomniac is hiring! We have five new job openings for a multiplayer project. Come join us and be part of the #PlayStationStudiosFamily as we work on exciting things!
 
Apply today: https://t.co/WpJzOR39tK pic.twitter.com/eBJzEEtCsR

— Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames) June 24, 2021

Quote from: Legend on Jun 25, 2021, 02:22 AMBend and London seem like the only big studios that could be ready to show a full game.

Quote from: Legend on Jun 25, 2021, 02:22 AMBend and London seem like the only big studios that could be ready to show a full game.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 25, 2021, 02:43 AMI'm betting Insomniac announces another game before Bend does.

Quote from: kitler53 on Jun 25, 2021, 04:41 AMonly one?

Quote from: Legend on Jun 25, 2021, 01:33 PMBend however could have a teaser shown this year. The game might not release for a while, but it can have a long marketing campaign like ghost of tsushima.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 25, 2021, 01:52 PMBend had some setbacks, and only started working on a new game earlier this year. I would be surprised if we heard from them so soon.  Next year I think.

If they didn't have the set backs, I'd agree completely.  

Quote from: BananaKing on Jun 25, 2021, 01:53 PMHow do we know that

QuoteInstead, one team at the studio was assigned to help Naughty Dog with a multiplayer game while a second group was assigned to work on a new Uncharted game with supervision from Naughty Dog. Some staff, including top leads, were unhappy with this arrangement and left. Bend's developers feared they might be absorbed into Naughty Dog, and the studio's leadership asked to be taken off the Uncharted project. They got their wish last month and are now working on a new game of their own that will be part of a brand new franchise.

No I don't know if that game is still in development. It was all on paper at Bend

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) April 9, 2021

Quote from: BananaKing on Jun 25, 2021, 03:46 PMI mean if Sony has a show and we see

GoW
Horizon
ND multiplayer game
GT7 with release date
And that leaked game mentioned earlier.

I think that's a pretty solid showing.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jun 25, 2021, 04:05 PMASOBI Team: see them next year
Polyphony: GT7 trailer
Insomniac Games: see them either this year or next.
Naughty Dog: this year with TLOU?
Bend Studio: this year with ND?
San Diego:
Santa Monica: God of War trailer
Sucker Punch:
Pixelopus: ???
GG: Horizon trailer?
London Studio: see them next year?
Media Molecule: ???

Some studios could very well have some smaller teams like MM did with Tearaway.  
Or smaller productions like Uncharted TLL.  

Quote from: Legend on Jun 25, 2021, 04:46 PMHorizon had a state of play just one month ago. Would not expect it to show anything.

I think a third party game could fill that spot.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jul 01, 2021, 06:33 PM:'(  :'(  :'(  :'(  :'(

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QuoteNormal (total of 14):
Bend Studio
Guerilla Games
Housemarque
Insomniac Games
London Studio
Media Molecule
Naughty Dog
Pixelopus
Polyphony Digital
San Diego Studio
Santa Monica Studio
Sucker Punch Productions
Team Asobi
XDev
Bluepoint Games <-- would make the total 15, will not be counted for counts below
Support More Well Known + FW (+ above is a total of 21):
PSVA (formerly VASG)
ICE
Malaysia Studio
San Mateo Studio
Playstation Audio
Nixxes
Forward Works
Support Less Known (+ above is a total of 28)
SN Systems
Audiokinetic
CSG
PDSG
ATG
LAMS
SCWT

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jul 21, 2021, 01:27 AMThe Sony Exclusive from Jade Raymond's Haven Games is an online GaaS. : GamingLeaksAndRumours (https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/oo91su/the_sony_exclusive_from_jade_raymonds_haven_games/)

Sony partner Haven Games rumored to be making an online GaaS.  

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Sep 02, 2021, 01:47 AMThere's a rumor that Sony is building a new Japanese studio.  

QuoteDesign features and systems to promote a healthy and fun experience for our player community, engage players in social interactions to create lasting relationships, and where compatible players can create Guild-like groups to explore together

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Sep 28, 2021, 03:38 PMGuerilla job position mentions guilds.  Sounds online multiplayer-ey

Guerrilla (https://www.guerrilla-games.com/join/senior-social-systems-designer)

QuoteBrian Horton - Wolverine
Bryan Intihar - Spiderman 2
Job posting for a Creative Director (MP) - new MP game. Maybe X-Men tie in (and Spiderman?) now that Wolverine is in development. (based on the 'rumor', but could be anything)

With speculation based on the remaining Creative Directors still at Insomniac:

Marcus Smith (wrapped up R&C) - R&C sequel, Sunset Overdrive 2 (led the original), or new IP (hoping)
Chad Dezern (Stormland VR) - VR game for PSVR2?

Quote from: Shinobi(https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maavhneTEA1qdyrbwo4_250.gifv)

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Sep 29, 2021, 08:12 PMI bet they will show up for the VR show next year, just to show everyone how absurd they are.  

Remember when PlayStation Japan accidentally tweeted that PlayStation had acquired Bluepoint Games and they had a nice little graphic they’d made up for the occasion and everything? I love how that kinda just … happened? And never was spoken about or acknowledged again. Amazing.

— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) September 30, 2021

PlayStation Studios Family ???? #FF@TeamAsobi@insomniacgames@Guerrilla@SonySantaMonica@Naughty_Dog@SuckerPunchProd@SonySanDiego@LondonStudioHQ@mediamolecule@Pixelopus@Housemarque@FirespriteGames@bluepointgames@Sony_XDEV@NixxesSoftware pic.twitter.com/CTgblb0SSG

— Bend Studio (@BendStudio) October 8, 2021

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 08, 2021, 04:52 PM

PlayStation Studios Family ???? #FF@TeamAsobi@insomniacgames@Guerrilla@SonySantaMonica@Naughty_Dog@SuckerPunchProd@SonySanDiego@LondonStudioHQ@mediamolecule@Pixelopus@Housemarque@FirespriteGames@bluepointgames@Sony_XDEV@NixxesSoftware pic.twitter.com/CTgblb0SSG

— Bend Studio (@BendStudio) October 8, 2021

Polyphony forgotten.  

Because they don't have a Twitter!?  

???? The PlayStation Studios cycle ???? pic.twitter.com/pejGktWTcO

— PlayStation Studios News (@PS_Studios_WW) October 13, 2021

Quote from: Legend on Oct 15, 2021, 04:30 PMSupermassive must have another ps game in the works. Feels odd including them otherwise.

Also it's funny having lucid there. Top section mostly feels like just whoever helped with the ps5 launch.

Quote from: nnodley on Oct 15, 2021, 04:31 PMweird they didn't add the demon's souls remake to Bluepoint

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 15, 2021, 04:51 PMSorry I should clarify.  The Twitter account and the image are fan made.  Nothing official there.  

Just thought it was a cool chart.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 15, 2021, 04:51 PMSorry I should clarify.  The Twitter account and the image are fan made.  Nothing official there.  

Just thought it was a cool chart.

Quote from: Legend on Oct 15, 2021, 05:33 PMYou need to remember 50% of the users here are idiots.

Quote from: BananaKing on Oct 15, 2021, 09:12 PMThanks bruh

QuoteAs a Co-Dev Producer at Guerrilla, you will help us expand the Horizon universe in new and exciting directions. In this role, you will be part of a specialized group overseeing externally produced game projects.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Oct 25, 2021, 05:05 PMJob Application for Co-Dev Producer at Guerrilla (https://boards.greenhouse.io/guerrilla/jobs/5590045002?gh_src=52e43a892us)

Seems they're going to outsource more Horizon projects?

Brand new role just opened up on my team @Guerrilla: Project QA Lead on an awesome unannounced project, working with an amazing team.
Position is full-time and on site in Amsterdam, NL. HMU with questions if you think you'd be a fit, or know someone!https://t.co/hmpgjXt2FE

— Quinn ???????? #FreePalestine ???????? (@Kittenmeowncer) November 10, 2021

Quote from: BananaKing on Nov 13, 2021, 04:41 PMI think their next game is gonna be a demons souls expansion. A miles morales like game for demons souls.

Quote from: kitler53 on Nov 13, 2021, 05:06 PMworst idea ever.

Quote from: BananaKing on Nov 13, 2021, 07:00 PMWhy?

Quote from: BananaKing on Nov 13, 2021, 07:00 PMWhy?

Today was my first day as Level Designer at @mediamolecule!! ????

— ???? Maggie Mojsiejuk (@MMojsiejuk) November 15, 2021

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Nov 15, 2021, 07:24 PM

Today was my first day as Level Designer at @mediamolecule!! ????

— ???? Maggie Mojsiejuk (@MMojsiejuk) November 15, 2021

Mm making levels confirmed.  8)

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Nov 19, 2021, 03:43 PMDeviation Games: (PlayStation announces investment in Studio on June 10th) 100+ developers, many of which are veterans from Treyarch
Haven Studio: (PlayStation announces investment in Studio on March 16th, 2021), headed by Jade Raymond
Firewalk Studio: (PlayStation announces partnership with Studio on April 22nd, 2021) creating a "AAA multiplayer title", developers from Destiny, Call of Duty, Halo, Mass Effect

QuoteWe are currently working on several AAA-titles alongside our partners, including the next iteration of God of War, as well as in-house projects for both mobile and console platforms.

Quote from: BananaKing on Jan 10, 2022, 07:15 PMThere is no confirmation that firesprite took over twisted metal development

Quote from: BananaKing on Jan 10, 2022, 07:15 PMThere is no confirmation that firesprite took over twisted metal development

QuoteWe were informed late last year that Liverpool-based studio Lucid Games had been ejected from a Sony published project, which was handed to a "recently acquired" first-party team, almost certainly Firesprite

Quote from: kitler53 on Jan 10, 2022, 09:04 PM@the-Pi-guy

personally, i think sony needs a few (or 1 mega studio) that pumps out indie level projects instead of AAA games.  games like journey and echochrome and fat princess have their place.   hell, games like ring fit and brain training and just dance have their place too.   Sony used to believe in a diverse eco system of games and i miss that.

i said in that other thread that these days i'm not all that excited about any games.  i guess i'm just tired of AAA only being shooters or open world and indies all being pixal art.   i'm over generalizing i know but where the fudge are the crazy different games like super monkey ball, patapoon, katamari damacy, boom blox, flower, echochrome...  we have all this power to do anything and games are more the same then ever.   even though i didn't love the game i have a lot of respect for fall guys specifically for trying something crazy new.

get a studio or two to focus on weird new ideas on a lower budget.   something is bound to go "viral" eventually.   ...and if nothing else you'll have plenty of ps+ filler to release.

Quote from: BananaKing on Jan 10, 2022, 09:32 PMWhat id love is for these AAA devs to take on smaller projects and release them between the big AAA games. Hollow Knight was created by like 6 people. Have 6 very talented people from GG start a small game, they can alternate between that and their main game and release it sometime between.

Games like hollow knight, Mario party, Mario tennis, bastion, journey, rocket league, gang beasts. These games can actually sell and be very profitable too.

Sony’s Firesprite studio has taken over Twisted Metal, VGC understands, as Motorstorm’s director is hired.https://t.co/comuXKr7wT

— Andy Robinson (@AndyPlaytonic) January 12, 2022

According to VGC's sources, Sony’s Firesprite studio has taken over Twisted Metal.

This makes it Firesprite's 4th unannounced game in active development. pic.twitter.com/EG6bTTfESU

— Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) January 12, 2022

Quote from: BananaKing on Jan 12, 2022, 08:51 PMI think they have 4 games.

Horizon call of the mountain
Twisted Metal
Dark narrative AAA game
Big multiplayer shooter

If they can pull this off somehow, Firesprite would have been a huge get for Sony. But ik afraid they bit off more than they could chew

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jan 12, 2022, 09:24 PMGiven the size of Firesprite

Quote from: Legend on Jan 13, 2022, 05:06 PMOh wow hadn't realized they have over 200 employees. Yeah that's a sizable studio.

Hello new sprites! We're so thrilled to welcome you all to our team ???? pic.twitter.com/QJjrDbud2N

— Firesprite (@FirespriteGames) January 14, 2022

Quote from: kitler53 on Jan 23, 2022, 01:17 PMit was a let down but not terrible.  

very similar gameplay.  it was more like bioshock 1.2 in a lot of ways. then to top if off the story was terrible.  

so it's not a "bad" game but it isn't worth playing either.

Quote from: BananaKing on Jan 23, 2022, 12:54 PMIs bioshock 2 worth playing?

I played bioshock and I can see why it was such a huge deal. That game coming out in 2007 must have been something else at the time.

But I remember BS2 wasn't well recieved or liked. But is it still worth it?

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jan 23, 2022, 01:26 PMIt was pretty well received:

Bioshock 1- 96
Bioshock 2 - 88
Bioshock Infinite - 94

I think general impressions is that it's a lot like the first game, with a slightly worse story. If you're looking for more Bioshock, it's a good game to play.

Bioshock infinite is a bit controversial, but generally very much liked.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jan 23, 2022, 01:26 PMIt was pretty well received:

Bioshock 1- 96
Bioshock 2 - 88
Bioshock Infinite - 94

I think general impressions is that it's a lot like the first game, with a slightly worse story. If you're looking for more Bioshock, it's a good game to play.

Bioshock infinite is a bit controversial, but generally very much liked.

Polyphony Digital have 300 employees

"Since then, we've had the support of millions of players around the world, and Polyphony Digital has grown from a small team of 15 people back then, to around 300 today"https://t.co/mK691NRor1

— Droid: 8K (@Alejandroid1979) February 3, 2022

Quote from: shinobiYup, there's massive expansion going on across most if not all PS Studios right now.

We’re growing! Come join us and work on ????, ????, and ????! https://t.co/rKL3u4iZaq

— Neil Druckmann (@Neil_Druckmann) February 4, 2022

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Feb 04, 2022, 04:20 PMI think:
Bend Studio (1) - Open world game
Bluepoint Games (1) - ???
Firesprite (4) - MP shooter, narrative adventure, TM, Horizon CotM
Guerrilla Games (2) - Horizon, MP title
Housemarque (1) - ???
Insomniac Games (3+) - Wolverine, Spiderman 2, Multiplayer title
London Studio (1) - multiplayer title
Media Molecule (1) - Dreams
Naughty Dog (3) - TLOU Remake, Factions, ???
Pixelopus (1) - small title with Sony pictures
Polyphony Digital (1) - GT7
San Diego Studio (1) - MLB The Show
Santa Monica Studio (2) - God of War, Cory Barlog IP
Sucker Punch Productions (1) - ??? (Probably GoT)
Team Asobi (1) - ??? (Probably Astrobot VR)


So about 24 games at least.
I bet they are also working on something as well:
Valkyrie Entertainment (1) - small title ???
Nixxes Software (1) - small title ???


So overall, PlayStation probably has 26 games, plus I strongly believe Insomniac is working on a small VR title.

Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 04, 2022, 05:22 PM7. GG probably has 1-2 VR titles as well coming specifically from Cambridge.    it's been a really long time since Rigs which makes me think they already finished one and moved onto another.

Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 04, 2022, 05:22 PM7. GG probably has 1-2 VR titles as well coming specifically from Cambridge.    it's been a really long time since Rigs which makes me think they already finished one and moved onto another.

Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 04, 2022, 05:22 PM6. london studios is on VR as well.  I think they have 2-3 titles as well plus a remaster of blood and truth.

Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 04, 2022, 05:22 PMso they way you're writing it out,.. the only games being made for VR is Asobi's game, horizon CotM, and maybe something from insomiac.

the way i see it is that can't be true.  psvr 2 will flop so hard without solid support and that either means a few exclusives or some of the big 2D titles need to also be VR titles. so either your wishlist is wrong or sony has even more development hidden away somewhere or psvr2 is being sent out to die.  

personally, since we were all surprised to learn ND has 3 titles in the works,.. i think sony probably has another 10-ish games beyond your list that are VR centric like the horizon CotM.   my initial guesses are:
5. GT has a VR release in the works.  seems obvious after sport supported it.

Quote from: kitler53 on Feb 04, 2022, 05:22 PM1. asobi probably has multiple titles.  i agree about astrobot but i'll bet they have another 1-2 in the works plus a remaster of the original astrobot.
2. pixelOpus probably has multiple titles and those titles are probably VR.  they are a very "experimental" studio so i think it makes sense to put them on VR.  
3. i agree that insomiac has something VR in in the works.   I'll also wager their 3 previous VR games are getting ported if legal isn't an obstruction to that.

QuoteThe trick: Haven's main financial backer is the Sony Group. The Japanese giant asked Raymond and her team to submit three blockbuster game projects, and then fund the development of the one deemed best.

QuoteAll that is known about the new game is that it will be a persistent, scalable online environment accessible through a PC or PlayStation console, much like another popular Montreal-based online game, but produced by Ubisoft, called Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege. The action promises to be quite different from that first-person shooter, given Haven Studios' mission to promote inclusion and caring.

QuoteThe Montreal-based publisher is expected to confirm a collaboration with the PS5's main architect, California-based designer Mark Cerny, in the near future. The goal is to have Haven's programmers benefit from his expertise to better exploit the mechanics that hum under the hood of the PS5.

"Our ambition will be to push the technical capabilities of the console further," says Jade Raymond, who herself began her career in video games at Sony. "We will have the opportunity to work with people at Sony who are among the best in the world at what they do. This will allow us to create games of the highest quality," adds Paola Jouyaux.

???? We're hiring!

We're looking for a Senior Concept Artist to join our team on a dark, narrative adventure project with genre-defining goals! ????

Find out more and apply:
?? https://t.co/ladqwNHWCh#GameJobs #GameDevJobs pic.twitter.com/qWFxJbQTDq

— Firesprite (@FirespriteGames) February 15, 2022

Stoked to announce that today I started @FirespriteGames as an 'Associate Game Director' on an awesome story-driven narrative adventure game.

Wish I could say more about the IP, but its the project and team that I was most excited about, coming off the back of #TheLastofUsPartII pic.twitter.com/T0PPgEpOsd

— Pete Ellis (@PeteEllisGames) May 17, 2021

Quote from: BananaKing on Feb 15, 2022, 02:40 PMHorizon call of the mountain
A Multiplayer game
Twisted Metal
And perhaps a new Dark narrative game if it isn't TM.

Thats a lot.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Feb 15, 2022, 03:09 PMGame Director was one of the game designers on TLOU Part II

Stoked to announce that today I started @FirespriteGames as an 'Associate Game Director' on an awesome story-driven narrative adventure game.

Wish I could say more about the IP, but its the project and team that I was most excited about, coming off the back of #TheLastofUsPartII pic.twitter.com/T0PPgEpOsd

— Pete Ellis (@PeteEllisGames) May 17, 2021

I would just keep in mind they're 4x bigger than Housemarque, and they're growing fast.  I would not be surprised if they were actually closer to 350 people now, with how many job listings they keep posting and how many new hires they announce.

I do worry though, that they seem to be built with the express purpose of just making lots of games. Like, throw everything at the wall, and see what ends up being good.

Best case scenario, they might end up being Europe's Insomniac Games.

Quote from: BananaKing on Feb 15, 2022, 03:31 PMYeah usually studios have a hard time keeping multiple projects in development in this day and age. Even studios like ND and CDPR suffered with it.

Hopefully they can manage because a studio like this would be a huge benefit for Sony and for us PS gamers. It will also be nice to get some new IP because most of  the big PS studios now are working on sequels after building successful IP last gen.

Is that a new PlayStation Productions animation? ????

See it on the big screen before the @UnchartedMovie action begins! pic.twitter.com/FB8kXyyMAy

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) February 15, 2022

Absolutely psyched about this project

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) February 15, 2022

I have some great news to share on this doom and gloom of a Monday.. Next Week I start at @FirespriteGames @PlayStation as a Senior Technical Audio Designer! There is still open audio roles available at Firesprite, check them out! Come work with me on something epic! #GameAudio

— Andy George (@AndyGBass) February 28, 2022

Quote from: Legend on Jan 13, 2022, 05:06 PMOh wow hadn't realized they have over 200 employees. Yeah that's a sizable studio.

QuoteHaving grown to over 300 people (we call ourselves 'Sprites'!), this is a fantastic opportunity to directly contribute to our continued growth, while also supporting in the creation and implementation of improvements to our recruitment process


After delivering record hires in 2021, we have ambitious targets for 2022 and are equally ambitious about continually improving the experience we provide both for candidates and stakeholders across Firesprite.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Mar 11, 2022, 02:45 AM300 confirmed!


Firesprite (https://www.firesprite.com/careers/job/026CF194AE)


Insanely huge for a studio that has technically only put out 3 small games....  

And still 34 openings

Quote from: BananaKing on Feb 15, 2022, 02:40 PMCould Twisted metal be their "dark narrative driven project"?

I mean it is a dark game and it does have a story. I really hope it isn't what this is.

But this studio has in development

Horizon call of the mountain
A Multiplayer game
Twisted Metal
And perhaps a new Dark narrative game if it isn't TM.

Thats a lot.

Stoked to announce that today I started @FirespriteGames as an 'Associate Game Director' on an awesome story-driven narrative adventure game.

Wish I could say more about the IP, but its the project and team that I was most excited about, coming off the back of #TheLastofUsPartII pic.twitter.com/T0PPgEpOsd

— Pete Ellis (@PeteEllisGames) May 17, 2021

Quote from: kitler53 on Mar 31, 2022, 03:20 PMso do we get another announcement today related to those other 2 rumors?    

I feel like 3 big announcements in a weeks is too much.   better from sony's perspective to spread them out over 3 weeks to maintain "engagement".   Also, if we don't get something today then i'm calling it that we don't get anything this week.  tomorrow (april fools day) is a terrible day to announce anything real as the day will be filled with much bigger fake announcements or even if your announcements grabs peoples attention most people will distrust it.

Quote from: kitler53 on Mar 31, 2022, 03:20 PMso do we get another announcement today related to those other 2 rumors?   

I feel like 3 big announcements in a weeks is too much.   better from sony's perspective to spread them out over 3 weeks to maintain "engagement".   Also, if we don't get something today then i'm calling it that we don't get anything this week.  tomorrow (april fools day) is a terrible day to announce anything real as the day will be filled with much bigger fake announcements or even if your announcements grabs peoples attention most people will distrust it.

Quote from: BananaKing on Mar 31, 2022, 05:41 PMSony goes on a huge studio acquisitions spree.

"Insiders": sony to buy new studios, could he announced now, or in months.

Man these guys....

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Mar 31, 2022, 05:48 PMWell, Greg delayed his Playstation show, because he heard some rumors, and doesn't want to miss out on talking about it.

So he's explaining what he's heard.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 02, 2022, 02:30 AMIt sounds like the rumor is Sony buying Konami.

But I don't think it's happening.

Seems like a bad idea in the first place.

Quote from: kitler53 on Apr 02, 2022, 03:09 PMI dunno.  

depends on if Sony can buy just the gaming related parts.  pes is a very relavent live service game.  DDR could make a nice comback today as a live service game.  metal gear could be handed back to kojima. Castlevania could easy be a big game if rebooted as well as GoW was.  plus a ton of great classic content for ps+++.  

Quote from: BananaKing on Apr 02, 2022, 03:41 PMThats not worth the billions it would cost.

Quote from: kitler53 on Apr 02, 2022, 04:55 PMhow many billions are we talking here?   double Bungie?   the entire market cap is 9.37 billion.  if Sony could buy just the gaming half and leave the plinko machines behind...

PES probably makes more then destiny by itself.   metal gear is a 10-20 million seller.  Castlevania could easily do 10-20 million if rebooted as well as GoW.  

if these aren't worth it then neither was Bungie.   at 3.6 billion Bungie does a lot less than kanomi.

the industry is consolidating under MS's massive warchest.  it's either buy or miss out and they have some huge names under their belt.   hell, even simple ports of the new/snes turtles games made a big splash of an announcement.

Quote from: BananaKing on Apr 02, 2022, 07:16 PMPES generates money through mobile mostly. Not consoles.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 02, 2022, 08:32 PMIt's a good thing that Firesprite is starting a mobile team.  8)

Quote from: Legend on Apr 02, 2022, 09:22 PM:'(

Quote from: kitler53 on Apr 03, 2022, 02:29 AMyou can say that,..  but unlike movies or mobile where there is a technical skill set that isn't the same as console game development GaaS will always feel like it could have been another GoW or spiderman if the dang business didn't get in the way.

also GaaS games all seem to be huge resource hogs.  

I know we'll still get more games I want but every GaaS will probably annoy me.

....and I'm not so sure it will be a great way to be profitable either.  for every fortnight there are ten destruction all stars.  i have to believe a failed GaaS is a bigger failure than a failed single player.  

Quote from: Toumari, post: 84700036, member: 11297Seems Deviation Games have acquired a 14,000 ft office in Santa Monica, California and are in the process of moving into it.

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Firesprite Updated Job Listing:

"Senior Designer Vehicle Handling (Multiplayer Action)"

"This is the perfect opportunity for an experienced Technical Designer with experience creating racing / driving games and the knowledge, ambition, and impeccable standards to deliver their

— @Zuby_Tech (@Zuby_Tech) April 11, 2022

Great to meet team @NixxesSoftware in 3D today! This talented bunch is adding HUGE value to PlayStation Studios' projects pic.twitter.com/MC6DyB6xbw

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) April 13, 2022

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 13, 2022, 02:13 PM

Great to meet team @NixxesSoftware in 3D today! This talented bunch is adding HUGE value to PlayStation Studios' projects pic.twitter.com/MC6DyB6xbw

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) April 13, 2022

Quote from: BananaKing on Apr 14, 2022, 03:38 PMWell they did mistakenly leak the bluepoint games acquisitions in a similar manner.

Im not sure of Kojima Productions is such a smart buy though. So much of that studio relies on one guy, and he is close to retirement. Kojima Productions should prove they can make a good game without Kojima

Quote from: kitler53 on Apr 20, 2022, 06:14 PM...i still think ads in f2p games is fair.  i still think billboard ads in sports games (or anywhere you'd actually see a billboard in real life) actually feels good.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Apr 21, 2022, 06:19 PMHehe  ;D

Anyways.

What kind of games do we think/hope the following studios are working on?

- Bluepoint games
- Santa Monica Studios
- Naughty Dog
- Bend Studio
- Media Molecule

Quote from: BananaKing on Apr 22, 2022, 12:44 AMMedia Molecule - Dreams PS5. I feel the talent in this studio is wasted sadly. Let them make games instead if wasting an entire generation on an engine

Quote from: BananaKing on Apr 22, 2022, 12:44 AMSSM - Cory's new IP. Sci fi game
Blue point. - 1) Demons souls "expansion". 2) Jack and Dexter trilogy remake

*FTC OPENS PROBE INTO SONY’S $3.6B BUNGIE GAMING: INFORMATION  $SONY

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) May 5, 2022

I mean you're just flat-out wrong. The FTC didn't even look at Microsoft's $7.5 billion deal of Bethesda. But last year the commission got a new boss, Lina Khan, who is ambitious and hungry to fight tech consolidation

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) May 5, 2022

Quote from: Legend on May 05, 2022, 09:42 PMI almost posted it as a joke the other day but imagine if Activision goes through but Bungie doesn't.

Join us tomorrow at 12PM PT / 3PM ET for a special live stream as we unveil our new Bend Studio logo!

???? https://t.co/DHLaANQubY pic.twitter.com/K51BKYHA53

— Bend Studio is Hiring! (@BendStudio) June 6, 2022

Quote from: MattI've heard some cool things, excited to see it eventually.

QuoteWe are currently working on a new IP that includes multiplayer and builds upon the open-world systems of Days Gone, but brings you a whole new world that we are extremely excited to craft for you. We cannot wait to reveal it to you when the time is right.

Quote from: Legend on Jun 08, 2022, 05:05 AMNew Ip! Glad it's not marvel or Uncharted, even though I loved golden abyss.

Sony's Firesprite is moving to a new office that's more than 20 times larger than its current one.https://t.co/Nwa2FU3r9Y pic.twitter.com/678Dkqwdlx

— VGC (@VGC_News) June 14, 2022

QuoteI have friends that work there. I hear that they have 400+ employees and aim to be much larger. They have several games in production and others in pre-prod.

Grateful for the opportunity to have everyone coming to our 1st Townhall! @PlayStation Studios Malaysia is here stay!#WeBuildWorlds pic.twitter.com/LOkgDFQoYY

— Hasnul Hadi ???? (@mistahasnul) June 16, 2022

It's official! The agreement to acquire Haven has closed. Welcome to the PlayStation Studios family, @HavenStudiosInc! pic.twitter.com/rLFjsRYWdy

— PlayStation (@PlayStation) July 11, 2022

QuoteToday, as the deal is finally confirmed, we've caught up with Haven again. And a lot has changed in just a short amount of time. The developer now has 106 employees -- a rise over more than 50 since October last year -- so it's certainly no small indie team anymore.

Quote from: kitler53 on Jul 11, 2022, 06:46 PMtbh,.. i had kind of forgotten haven was acquired so when i saw this posted i had at least a moment when i thought this was new news.

without a game to talk about hard to remember they exist.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jul 11, 2022, 07:13 PMIt's super weird that they tweeted it out like it was new. They've never announced an acquisition closing like this.

I'm kind of wondering if they did that because they aren't going to have any announcements in a while or if they just thought it would be a start to a good week.  

Quote from: kitler53 on Jul 11, 2022, 07:45 PMmaybe they are reminding us of haven because haven's game is next in line to get announced?    

Naughty Dog, a company that for decades was outspoken about not having producers, has spent the last couple years hiring a team full of them. This will undoubtedly have a big impact on the studio’s scheduling, organization, and work culture: https://t.co/OMPjl0WN03

— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) July 20, 2022

QuoteWe know you can't say much, but how is the project coming along?

JR: I'm happy to share that the game is already fun! We play every day and that keeps us inspired to push further.  Our current project will be Haven's first game and our first new IP for PlayStation. We want to deliver the very best game we possibly can. The bar is high, but we have a great team and believe we can create something innovative that people will be excited to play.

Witness what's next.

August 23, 2022 pic.twitter.com/3oO2piSJHe

— Destiny 2 (@DestinyTheGame) July 21, 2022

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Jul 22, 2022, 04:44 PMStill can't believe that Bungie is owned by Sony now.  

Great day with Jason Blundell, Dave Anthony and the team at @DeviationGames. Thanks for an inspiring and super fun day pic.twitter.com/iYFOwWMbr6

— Hermen Hulst (@hermenhulst) August 3, 2022

Quote from: kitler53 on Aug 15, 2022, 07:41 PMSo another haven/deviation situation?

QuoteBut in 2021, Sony closed the developer, and spun Team Asobi out as its own company.

Back then, Team Asobi was around 35 employees, and has since grown to more than 60, and Doucet expects that number to reach around 100 people.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 16, 2022, 01:44 PMTeam Asobi: "We want our games to feel like they're made in Japan" | GamesIndustry.biz (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/team-asobi-we-want-our-games-to-feel-like-theyre-made-in-japan)


The dev team making the next Astro might be twice the size of the last one.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 16, 2022, 01:44 PMTeam Asobi: "We want our games to feel like they're made in Japan" | GamesIndustry.biz (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/team-asobi-we-want-our-games-to-feel-like-theyre-made-in-japan)


The dev team making the next Astro might be twice the size of the last one.

Quote from: Legend on Aug 16, 2022, 11:19 PMI don't think I'll ever understand why they shut down Japan studio just to rebuild it as Asobi.

QuoteHopefully the next astrobot is a big hit.

Quote from: kitler53 on Aug 17, 2022, 03:28 AMI hope they expand to many hundreds and make many games both big and small.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 16, 2022, 11:42 PMIt's starting to feel like they just wanted to reset Japan Studio.  

External development got merged with XDev. Though some of that was cut, it's largely still there.

It feels like the biggest thing that really got lost was the Gravity Rush team. Team ICO split off years prior.

And with how Sony is going right now, maybe something else will replace it.

I'll tell you this much, it'll be something I will spend $70 on. I absolutely love Astrobot and Astro's Rescue Mission.

Quote from: Legend on Aug 17, 2022, 07:00 AMThey could even expand to have multiple teams working together with Asobi as a big Japanese studio.

I still need to play the vr game. The PS5 one was short but great!

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 17, 2022, 06:13 PMPlayStation Games for PC | PlayStation  (US)
  (https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/pc-games/)

8)

Quote from: BananaKing on Aug 17, 2022, 08:00 PMSo is this like their own store?

Because if so, that could be a huge money maker for them. If they can compete with steam and sell even third party games on PC then this could be very big for playstation revenue wise

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 17, 2022, 08:37 PMNah, just seems to be links to the other stores.

But they're clearly continuing to make PC a bigger focus.
Would be curious if they end up making a PC store though.

Quote from: BananaKing on Aug 17, 2022, 08:41 PMIf they are pushing their games on PC, it only makes sense for them to do a store.

Quote from: Legend on Aug 17, 2022, 11:19 PMDoubt they'd make their own store anytime soon. Microsoft had lots of issues with their pc store and learned to just be happy with steam.

Instead I'd expect Sony to just push Epic's store.

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 19, 2022, 06:25 PMDays Gone movie is in the works (https://deadline.com/2022/08/days-gone-sony-playstation-movie-outlander-sam-heughan-1235096286/)

Quote from: BananaKing on Aug 19, 2022, 06:26 PMBut why. They arent continuing with the franchise  

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 19, 2022, 09:19 PMI would guess it's because it's easy to make a zombie movie.

And at this point, it's kind of starting to feel like they're making more movies faster than they're making new games....

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 20, 2022, 08:52 PMI feel like Sony has a relatively small, stable of studios.

 But I think they overall have some of the most prestigious studios. I think most of the other publishers are lucky to have two really really good studios.

Sony has ND, Insomniac, Santa Monica.

Quote from: kitler53 on Aug 20, 2022, 11:53 PMwhen was the last time Sony released an outright bad game?   feels like it's been forever.  I remember quite a few duds back in the PS3 era but pretty much every PS4 release was good.

when was the last time MS released a really good game ...

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 21, 2022, 12:49 AMThe last bad first party title from Sony was probably Knack (debatable).


(Feel like Knack gets too bad of a rap.  The game isn't great or anything, but it's not a horrible title.)

Some of their published titles haven't been as great. But on the whole their first party studio round up is pretty great on average.  

Firesprite and Sony London are arguably their worst studios.

Quote from: kitler53 on Aug 21, 2022, 01:25 AMI could maybe make an argument for destruction all stars.  

the game wasn't fun but it was polished as hell.

Quote from: Legend on Aug 21, 2022, 11:57 PMYeah, pretty dang good list.

List of Sony Interactive Entertainment video games - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sony_Interactive_Entertainment_video_games)

Destruction all stars is the only recent one I wouldn't bother trying out even if it was free.

EXCLUSIVE: PlayStation Productions and Scott Free Productions have launched development on ‘Gravity Rush’—a film based on the 2012 action-adventure video game of the same name, which Anna Mastro is attached to direct from a script by Emily Jerome https://t.co/RmE8qUF0j2

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) August 22, 2022

Quote from: BananaKing on Aug 22, 2022, 05:35 PMWait so there is a sony show happening?

Quote from: BananaKing on Aug 22, 2022, 05:35 PMWait so there is a sony show happening?

Quote from: BananaKing on Aug 22, 2022, 05:35 PMWait so there is a sony show happening?

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Aug 18, 2022, 05:24 PM

Spoiler for Hidden:

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s roughly 10 seconds of footage from the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Helldivers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Helldivers</a> 2 trailer, made by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by PlayStation Studios. <a href="https://t.co/6fDG4aHgGI">pic.twitter.com/6fDG4aHgGI</a></p>&mdash; Adam (@DoodMarvelous) <a href="https://twitter.com/DoodMarvelous/status/1560301711507472395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 18, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>[/size]<br><br>https://www.resetera.com/threads/clip-of-helldivers-2-leaked-on-twitter.621258/<br><br>

Excited for @Guerrilla to see the world of #HorizonZeroDawn thrill fans and reach new audiences. Couldn’t think of a better partner than @SteveBlackmanTV . He’s wildly creative and has a real passion for the game https://t.co/3QRkaL8W4m

— Asad Qizilbash (@aqizil) August 25, 2022

Fans are speculating that art in TLOU1 are indicative of Naughty Dog's new IP. Seemingly would be a fantasy setting.

what do you think? pic.twitter.com/IV9tZZqULW

— Naughty Dog Central (@NaughtyNDC) September 5, 2022

Quote from: kitler53 on Sep 05, 2022, 06:09 PMin the uncharted bar fight their was an Easter egg for TLoU that no one got until TLoU was announced.

I'll guess this is more than likely.    ...or ND has a mean sense of humor.

Quote from: BananaKing on Sep 05, 2022, 06:20 PMOr its just another stavagstarlight

Quote from: Legend on Sep 05, 2022, 06:25 PMYeah I wish that went somewhere. A ND sci fi game could be really interesting if they grounded it like TLOU.

QuotePartnering with other Lead Producers to ensure we have a clear process for requesting, prioritizing, negotiating and delivering of assets for our multiple projects

Quote from: Legend on Sep 08, 2022, 07:25 PMI worry Horizon didn't sell the best. The game came and went.

pic.twitter.com/b8YPAzY13V

— Deviation Games (@DeviationGames) September 8, 2022

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on Sep 08, 2022, 11:03 PM

pic.twitter.com/b8YPAzY13V

— Deviation Games (@DeviationGames) September 8, 2022

Wonder if there was some game or business related disputes.

A couple of people were speculating on Era, because there was a similar leave from Haven a month before they got acquired. But that feels unlikely to me.

Maybe it's the case, that someone's shares get bought out before the main acquisition goes through

But I wonder if it's due to business disagreement/game design disagreements.

• Days Gone (movie)
• Ghost of Tsushima (movie)
• Gran Turismo (movie)
• Gravity Rush (movie)
• Jak and Daxter (movie)
• God of War  (TV)
• Horizon (TV)
• The Last of Us (TV)
• Twisted Metal (TV)