Housemarque Wants to Develop Bigger and More Ambitious Games Since It Is Now Part of PlayStation - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 August 2021 / 1,389 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment earlier this week announced it had acquired Returnal developer Housemarque and may have leaked an acquisition of the Demon’s Souls remake developer Bluepoint Games.
The CEO and Co-founder of Housemarque Ilari Kuittinen in an interview with GQ said that now they are a first-party PlayStation studio the team hopes to develop bigger and more ambitious games than Returnal.
"Well, at least initially, I think we're looking into what we've done now and building upon it," said Kuittinen when asked if the days of making smaller games like Resogun over.
"Certainly Returnal is kind of a stepping stone for us. When we’re thinking about the future titles, they’ll maybe be even bigger and even more ambitious."
"That's certainly the right conclusion there," he added when asked if Sony would enable the developer to create bigger things. "I think Sony is the partner that’s best positioned to help develop even further.
"Let's face it, these are some of the best game developers in the world. So we're really proud to be part of that group and hope to collaborate and learn from them."
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Returnal was already big and ambitious so if u wanna do something bigger than that then I'm all for it!
Returnal is honestly my GotY so far, and I’m a long time HouseMarque fan. Sony did really good acquiring them, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.
I heard it's going to be so big and so ambitious that they may even consider allowing players to save their game! :)
I get your joke, but have you actually played Returnal? Being able to save is genuinely pointless. Your progress is how your skills improve over time and the suit/ weapon upgrades you earn that make coming back to the same levels a better experience each time. You’re supposed to die and start over.
Yeeeeahhhh...like, I don't much care for roguelike elements either, but that's entirely what this game is at its core.
Ya don't go to McDonalds and ask for chicken parmesan. As a consumer it's your job to know what you're getting into before buying, not buying it without researching it and then bitching about how it's not what you wanted.
I fully understand guys. It was just a harmless joke. The save thing wouldn't even be an issue if not for people having a couple crashes while playing. I am glad for HM success with this one. Personally, I am not big on roguelike games myself and the only reason why I haven't bought it yet is because it's over $100 CDN so I will wait for a sale on it.
It's only $90 CDN, unless you're also including the sales tax for a physical copy?
Exactly, $103.50 in Nova Scotia taxes in for physical copy and apparently we will be charged sales tax on PSN in Canada soon.
https://gamerant.com/playstation-store-tax-canada-2021/
Oh that sucks! I was wondering if they'd ever close that loophole... :'(
Yeah, been getting sales tax since yesterday. Not fun. Makes sense, but after years of not having to pay it, kinda obnoxious.
It's nice to see a AA dev strive to become a AAA dev.
At this stage the only AAA aspect of Housemarque is the price point.
