Housemarque Had Other Offers Before Joining PlayStation - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 July 2021 / 1,495 Views

Sony Interactive Entertainment recently announced it had acquired Returnal developer Housemarque and may have leaked an acquisition of the Demon’s Souls remake developer Bluepoint Games.

Housemarque CEO Ilari Kuittinen in an interview with Finnish publication Yle and translated by VideoGamesChronicle revealed that other companies were also interested in acquiring the studio.

"Usual suspects: big players in the sector from China, Sweden and the US," said Kuittinen. "I have to say that we have had a very special spring and the fact that we were being competed for even feels a little surreal."

He added, "It was clear from our discussions that Sony wanted to buy us because we were doing something that other people weren’t doing. Their starting point has not been that we would start making games according to a formula defined by Sony."

Housemarque recently released Returnal for the PlayStation 5.

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