Playstation Blog has announced that Texas-based Bluepoint Games has now been acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment and will be a first-party Playstation developer. Bluepoint Games has a strong history with the Playstation brand having previously worked on remakes and HD Remasters. Their most notable work is for the Demon Souls Remake the acted as a launch title for the PS5. They also developed the Shadow of The Colossus Remake for PS4 and the Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Gravity Rush HD Remasters.
The president of Bluepoint, Marco Thrush has this to say on Playstation Blog:
“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!”
We wish the best of luck to Bluepoint Games and their future with Playstation.
Playstation has a number of critically acclaimed first-party studios working for them to make upcoming exclusives titles including God of War Ragnarok and Horizon Forbidden West