Sony acquires remake masters Bluepoint Video games

Sony introduced at the moment that it has added Bluepoint Video games to its PlayStation Studios household of first-party builders.

Within the blog post saying the acquisition, head of PlayStation Studios Herman Hulst mentioned, “With every of its initiatives, Bluepoint has raised the bar on console-defining visuals and gameplay, and the studio’s huge experience in world constructing and character creation will likely be an enormous plus for future PlayStation Studios properties.”

Bluepoint has labored with Sony on remakes of video games like Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls. The 2 have shaped a detailed partnership, so this isn’t surprising information.

“Austin, Texas has been house base for Bluepoint from after we first based the studio again in 2006 and we’re now a group of near 70 super-talented creatives and rising,” Bluepoint Video games president Marco Thrush notes within the announcement. “Whereas the studio has actually grown over the previous 15 years, our cultural beliefs have remained the identical — to at all times push the envelope and create the highest-quality video games potential all whereas having enjoyable doing it. The give attention to tradition has been instrumental to our success and we’re excited that PlayStation Studios shares the same tradition and imaginative and prescient.”

Whereas Bluepoint made its identify with remakes, Thrush told IGN that its subsequent mission will likely be an unique sport.