Sony canceled two more live service games. One from remake and remaster studio Bluepoint and the other from Oregon-based Bend Studio, developer of Days Gone, the company confirmed to Bloomberg. Neither studio will be closing, but they have not yet said whether there will be layoffs. “We are working closely with each studio to determine their next projects,” a spokesperson said.
Bluepoint is the studio behind the critically acclaimed remakes of Demon’s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus. The company reportedly backed God of War: Ragnarok from 2022 to 2022 and then worked on a live service project that was canceled yesterday, it said in a post on Blue Sky. Bend Studio has been a first-party developer for Sony since 2000, with its most recent project being the action-adventure game Days Gone released for PS4 in 2019.
The cancellation marks Sony’s latest failure in the GaaS (games-as-a-service) space, following the spectacular Concord firestorm in September 2024. The company had a hit with Helldivers II last year, but has reportedly canceled several other live offerings. Games from the last few years, including games based on Spider-Man. Sony Interactive Entertainment has cut approximately 1,120 jobs across its various studios in 2024, including Bungie, Naughty Dog, and Insomniac, part of an unfortunate trend in the industry.
