Sony Interactive Leisure has acquired Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls remake developer Bluepoint Video games, the corporate introduced.
Here’s a message from Bluepoint Video games president Marco Thrush on the acquisition, through PlayStation Weblog:
“We’re thrilled to have formally joined PlayStation Studios!
“Austin, Texas has been dwelling base for Bluepoint from once we first based the studio again in 2006 and we’re now a crew of near 70 super-talented creatives and rising. 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 attainable all whereas having enjoyable doing it. The deal with tradition has been instrumental to our success and we’re excited that PlayStation Studios shares an analogous tradition and imaginative and prescient.
“PlayStation has such an iconic gaming catalog and for us there’s been nothing higher than to deliver a few of gaming’s masterpieces to new gamers. Changing into part of PlayStation Studios, empowers our crew to lift the quality-bar even additional and create much more impactful experiences for the PlayStation group.
“Due to everybody who’s supported us all through the years—we will’t wait to deliver you extra superb video games on this subsequent chapter for Bluepoint Video games!”
Talking to IGN, Thrush teased Bluepoint Video games’ subsequent mission.
“Our subsequent mission, we’re engaged on authentic content material proper now,” Thrush mentioned. “We are able to’t discuss what that’s, however that’s the subsequent step within the evolution for us,” Thrush mentioned, noting that, even with remakes like Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls, the studio was already partially creating authentic content material.
“The transition from remasters to remakes was to check ourselves and push ourselves tougher for the subsequent step.”
Watch a video asserting the acquisition beneath.
