Sony Has Established a New AAA PlayStation Studio

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Summary

  • Sony has opened a new PlayStation studio in Los Angeles, California, as confirmed by a recent job listing.
  • The newly-established internal PlayStation studio is working on a high-profile original AAA IP for PS5.
  • Speculation suggests that the new PlayStation studio could be for a Bungie spin-off team or former Deviation Games co-founder Jason Blundell’s team.

A fresh job posting for PlayStation has revealed that Sony is launching a new AAA game development studio in Los Angeles, California. This as-yet-unknown team represents the 20th studio within the PlayStation family of first-party studios, and they appear to be crafting a fresh, high-impact AAA title tailored for the PS5.

The studios affiliated with PlayStation stand out in the gaming world, causing much anticipation for their upcoming projects. Gamers are always eager to learn about future games from Sony-owned studios like Santa Monica Studio, Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, and many others. In recent times, PlayStation has grown its team of first-party developers by incorporating longtime collaborators such as Housemarque, Bluepoint Games, Firesprite, and more. Now, there’s a new, secretive PlayStation studio that fans should keep an eye on.

Located in Los Angeles, California, a currently unnamed PlayStation first-party game development studio is working on an innovative, AAA original title. The information comes from a recent job posting for a Project Senior Producer that clearly states a new AAA studio has been established in LA. It’s speculated who this internal studio could be associated with, and one plausible candidate is the offshoot PlayStation team working on Bungie’s Gummybears project, which was announced during Bungie layoffs in July 2024, with 155 staff members from the studio set to join Sony Interactive Entertainment over the subsequent quarters.

PlayStation’s Newest Internal Studio Might Have Been Salvaged From a Failed Partnership

It’s quite possible that the new AAA studio from PlayStation will be headed by the team led by Jason Blundell, who is famous for his work on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series. Blundell previously worked with PlayStation as a co-founder of Deviation Games, where they were developing a new AAA game for PS5. However, unspecified issues caused Blundell to leave Deviation Games in 2022, and the studio eventually closed down in March 2024. Interestingly, it was found out in May 2024 that many former employees of Deviation Games had moved to PlayStation, forming a new team under Blundell’s leadership.

Since Blundell’s team has been working on projects for a longer time compared to Bungie’s spin-off team, it’s possible that Sony’s newly established internal studio could be where they are now. It’s unclear what exactly Blundell’s team is working on at the moment, but fans suspect it could be a continuation or revival of Deviation Games’ abandoned AAA project. We may not hear anything significant about this new PlayStation studio for some years, but in the meantime, fans are excited to know that another exclusive PlayStation game is being developed.

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2025-01-10 16:23