PlayStation Acquires Demon's Souls Developer Bluepoint Games - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 November 2021 / 2,383 Views
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced it has acquired Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls remake developer Bluepoint Games.
"Today I’m very excited to announce that PlayStation Studios has grown again with the addition of long-time partner Bluepoint Games! From the exceptional PS5 remake of Demon’s Souls to the critically acclaimed PS4 remake of Shadow of the Colossus and remasters of fan favorites like Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, Bluepoint has built a name for itself by creating some of the highest-quality remasters and remakes in the industry," said the head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst.
"With each of its projects, Bluepoint has raised the bar on console-defining visuals and gameplay, and the studio’s vast expertise in world building and character creation will be a huge plus for future PlayStation Studios properties."
Read a message from Bluepoint Games President Marco Thrush below:
We’re thrilled to have officially joined PlayStation Studios!
Austin, Texas has been home base for Bluepoint from when we first founded the studio back in 2006 and we’re now a team of close to 70 super-talented creatives and growing. While the studio has certainly grown over the past 15 years, our cultural beliefs have remained the same- to always push the envelope and create the highest-quality games possible all while having fun doing it. The focus on culture has been instrumental to our success and we’re excited that PlayStation Studios shares a similar culture and vision.
PlayStation has such an iconic gaming catalog and for us there’s been nothing better than to bring some of gaming’s masterpieces to new players. Becoming a part of PlayStation Studios, empowers our team to raise the quality-bar even further and create even more impactful experiences for the PlayStation community.
Thanks to everyone who’s supported us throughout the years – we can’t wait to bring you more amazing games in this next chapter for Bluepoint Games!
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Awesome news and another great win for Sony!
Bluepoint games has done some amazing work in the past with some of their remakes (Uncharted collection, Shadow of the Colossus, Demon's Souls, etc...) that at this point it really is a no brainer for Sony to acquire them.
Hopefully this means we see some other great remakes of classic games in the future.
-VIDEOGAME REMAKE KING NINJA APPROVED-
Kinda obvious, been working with them for years. I hope they get to do their own projects though. Would like to see what their creative minds have.
Another idea is the second team making a sequel to the remake if they are working on an IP that was discontinued by other studio.
Another good get for Sony that won’t impact anyone else much at all. I guess it could be positive for PC gamers, they might work on PC ports.
Very interested in seeing their original work.
Finally put a ring on it!
about time the remasters are more than a coat of paint and resolution upgrade
This is not really news since Sony Japan Twitter accidently leaked it a while ago.
Not a huge fan of acquisitions in general but since Bluepoint seems to have worked pretty much exclusively for Sony anyway, this should have absolutely no negative effect on anyone so I can't really complain. Seems like a solid acquisition for Sony.
I'm shocked shocked I tell you , who would have seen this coming Sony are the masters of the stealth acquisition , they should steal the rights to Thief and have Bluepoint make it.
Happy about this and its a natural one.
Great to see it finally confirmed!
We all saw that coming.
Took them long enough to announce it =p
Gratz!
Great acquisition for Sony! Excited to see Bluepoint's next game
Curious whether they will stay making remakes?
this is the partnership / building trust / and working together for years acquisition,
just like insomniac / returnal devs...
not like fcken microsoft just buying bethesda outright just because they can, hahaha!
Let's just ignore the fact that Microsoft and Bethesda have had a great and constant relationship for the last 20 years.
Another big former multi platform developer now forever stuck on 1 console...
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