Last week, Sony announced that it had acquired Housemarque, the celebrated studio behind critically-acclaimed PlayStation 5 exclusive gameReturnal. Sony made the announcement with a special graphicwelcoming Housemarque to the PlayStation Studios family, but the PlayStation Japan Twitter account released a similar-looking graphic forBluepoint Gamesas well. That tweet was deleted, and no official announcement has been made to date. However, that could change with the upcoming PlayStation State of Play event scheduled to take place on Thursday, July 8.
Thenext PlayStation State of Play eventwill kick off on Thursday, July 8 at 2:00pm PT. Sony has said that the 30 minute long event will mostly focus on third-party games and indie titles that are in development for PS4 and PS5, withDeathloopgetting a nine minute showcase. To keep fan expectations in check, Sony also confirmed that the State of Play will not featureGod of War: Ragnarok,Horizon: Forbidden West, or any information on Sony’s next-generation PlayStation VR headset.
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Prior to Sony’s announcement of the PlayStation State of Play, leaker Shpeshal_Nick leaked the event’s existence. Nick had also said that there was a “big surprise” in store for PlayStation fans, though it seems to have been spoiled ahead of time. According to Shpeshal_Nick’s information, thePlayStation State of Play big surpriseis the official announcement of Sony’s Bluepoint Games acquisition.
What’s interesting about this is that Bluepoint Games has seemingly pushed back against the claims that Sony is acquiring the studio. Since the rumors started spreading that Sony was looking to acquire Bluepoint Games, the studio changed some language on its website and Twitter bio to stress that it is fully independent and self-funded. But whileBluepoint Games has pushed back against the acquisition rumors, it’s always possible that the studio is simply trying to keep the surprise hidden from fans.
If Sony did acquireBluepoint Games, it would make a lot of sense. Bluepoint Games has worked almost exclusively on PlayStation platforms since its inception, with its highest-profile games being PlayStation exclusives. This includesUncharted: The Nathan Drake CollectionandShadow of the Colossuson PS4, as well as theDemon’s Soulsremake on PlayStation 5.
As for what Bluepoint Games will work on next now thatDemon’s Soulsis out, that remains to be seen. Some fans are hoping for aLegend of Dragoonremake, while one of the more persistent rumors suggests thatBluepoint Games is making aMetal Gear Solidremake. Whatever the case may be, fans of Bluepoint Games' work should find out in the years ahead.
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