Sony has cut Bend Studio contractors with some being let go after February 14, due to the cancelation of the studio's live service project.
Sony Bend Studio has reportedly cut an unknown number of contractors following the cancellation of its live-service project, check out the details here.
After last week's news that the Bend Studio live service was killed off, the developers are still working on something cool.
Now that Bend Studio's secretive live-service game is cut form Sony's roster, the developer has the chance to return to form.
Sony is once again shaking up its leadership ranks. Effective April 1, Hideaki Nishino will be president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). Nishino was appointed CEO of the division's Platform Business Group last year.
As Sony continues to reexamine its future slate of games following the disastrous launch of Concord last year, the publisher has axed two unannounced games from first-party studios.
The community manager for Bend Studio has thanked players in the wake of news that its latest game has been cancelled. Last week it was reported that Sony had cancelled a live service game being worked on by Bend, as well as another in development at Bluepoint Games.
Sony has canceled yet another unannounced game-service. Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games were behind their development, and one of them was to be a new installment in the God of War series.
Days Gone developer Bend Studio says it "still plans on creating cool shit", following Sony's decision to cancel its
Sony has cancelled two more of their live service games. As reported by Video Games Chronicle, Sony confirmed that one upcoming live service game from Bluepoint Games, as well as a live service game from Bend Studio, were cancelled by Sony.
Last week, Sony canceled two unannounced live-service games that were in development at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. The Bluepoint game was reportedly a live-service God of War game, according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier. Bend Studio’s live-service game remains unknown.
Sony has also canceled Naughty Dog's live service The Last of Us game, with the studio now working on the single-player Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. The company recently entered a strategic partnership with Kadokawa, gaining access to major gaming and anime properties.