PlayStation Studios: All Sony First-Party Developers and What They're Working On

@get2sammyb Nice list. I don't think about the Sony devs too much b/c it seems like they are always working on something, probably b/c each game seems to take 3-10 years these days, but I often wonder what's going on with who's making what over at Nintendo, so feel free to share this idea with your mates over at NL.

Any chance of expanding the list to big 2nd and 3rd parties that are particularly focused on Sony, and others like Kojima and the folks making Shenmue 3?

And what's up with Concrete Genie, PO trying too hard to emulate mM?

what about SIE Foster City Studio?

I want a new ape escape game from sie japan studio

@get2sammyb Announced this time last year for 2018, which will be over in less than 3 months, and I can't find a release date for it anywhere besides 2018. And the most recent Google listing is your article from mid-August when Sony released a video, about 2 months ago, so it doesn't seem very 2018 to me.

i wish PlayStation buys quantic dreams.insomniac games.snk. and vanillaware.wow.i ❤ve me some metal slugs.word up son

@Kidfried I hate the term VR "Experiences" especially when last week they released one of the best VR games and one of the best games this year, with 90 metacritic score, ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission.

But for sure, they definitely have bigger unannounced non-VR projects but it's probably already for next-gen.

@adf86 Why say something that isn't true?

It's not about being in a hurry, it's about being left out in the cold wondering if a game is coming out or not when they said it was, and if it is, why don't they give a date, and if it isn't, why not say so?

If you didn't own a Wii U you wouldn't understand. Wii U had 2 types of games, those that got canceled, and those that got delayed. I'm still in recovery mode.

I thought Insomniac was a Sony studio or Sony affiliated studio though

Oh they are FWB lol ok

Ghost of Tsushima is about it for me. Hopefully it's open and exploratory. Visually, it's very much on point.

@get2sammyb Love a list like this! I do think the logos are a bit big though, they seem to take up a lot of space, so you have to scroll quite a lot.

I'm interested to find out what Japan Studio is working on, because it's usually something new and different. Maybe they're also helping out with Ueda and his new game, just like with TLG...

@Kidfried I think @rjejr is talking about Concrete Genie, which was revealed last year with a ''2018'' release window, but I don't think it was at E3 this year.

Great article and I hope Insomniac will join the Dream Team someday. ^^

@Kidfried Those weren't my words

I think it's fine, a delay can happen. I wonder if they'll tell us though. I don't expect it this year, the holiday period is usually way too busy for a game like Concrete Genie. But then we've seen a busy Q1 this year, and a packed September, so it seems like it's never a good time to release a game

Less than I was expecting. I guess they provide support to and fund many of our exclusive games rather than developing them developing them in house.

Now this is a list of exclusives I want to hear about: type 1 exclusivity.

@Kidfried What @Octane said, I was referring to Concrete Genie being very quiet since August and it's due out this year, which has less than 3 months left. mM hasn't shut about up Dreams, they've been promising up a beta for the past 3 years now.

Oh Knack 3 YES PLEASE

Unlike the naysayers above I like Knack its lots of fun.

Wondering if/when Quantic Dream will become 1st party. Of all the 2nd Party studios they would make the most sense. Too bad Ready at Dawn fumbled The Order 1886 otherwise I think Sony would have bought them.

@get2sammyb Can you add SIE China Hero Project (China Ex Dev)? They are a Sony external development arm that helps develop chinese PS4 exclusives. Currently helping develop Monkey King, Lost Soul Aside and a few others.

@get2sammyb You could always make two articles linking to each other

so sie san diego developer of mlb the show franchise is the same as the newly formed studio in san diego that is rumored working on a new uncharted?

@3Above I too would love Sony to acquire Quantic Dream. Really like their unique cinematic games.

@get2sammyb Maybe a section for ''other Sony games'' made by external companies? Like Death Stranding, Spider-Man, Detroit, etc.

I think they could buy 2-3 studios. Especially they have very good conditions - PS4 sells great. Their games sells great, too.
Insomniac, Quantic Dream, From Software (dream ), Remedy, Ready At Dawn or some small like Supergiant Games, Housemarque and expand them.

Few weeks ago,I saw video on yt with same name,but from other creator.funny

Supermassive needs to be a first party studio. 😉

Ah, that yellow diamond logo! Startup memories of the PSOne right there, brings a year to an old man's eye!

The countless hours lost on the PSOne playing games like Spyro the Dragon, Metal Gear Solid, MediEvil, Tomb Raider and the like is why I hope PlayStation will continue to be a thing for as long as I live.

@whywai88
I love Quantic Dream and their games but given what happened between Sony and David Cage is an acquisition possible at this point?
Of course I'd like to hope but I don't know if there's any bad blood between them now. I don't know the full details on what happened so don't know if that close relationship is repairable.

@AdamNovice. I agree with you.and control is doing really good.people loves the game.word ☝ up son

@PS_Nation "Great article and I hope Insomniac will join the Dream Team someday"

Fancy wishing that I win the lottery too?

@Quintumply San Diego Studio's Logo has changed...

Still working on MLB The Show 19 instead of MLB The Show 20? That is dedication

SIE Bend Studio should be working on a new entry of Spyhon Filter instead of wasting there tailents on Days Gone.

Excited for Spider-man 2.

Sony needs MOAR studios! ;-/

Whilst ND is working on The Last of Us, the Uncharted team is surely working on something as well, right?

Sony studios need to branch out...
Santa Monica, Polyphony Digital, San Diego and London Studio need to step out of their comfort zones...
And Japan Studio should be expanded and given unlimited freedom...
The quirkiness of their titles is second to none...

Anyone remember Folklore? Loved that game! Never even sniffed a sequel though. Also, Dark Cloud 3 and yes I say that every thread. Been saying it for the past 15 years.

North America could almost be changed to California when you look at all those studio locations.

This article made me love pushsquare and never left the site after that. Time for a little update, right? ^^

I still lament the closure of Psygnosis/Sony Studio Liverpool..

@get2sammyb don't know if anyone else has raised this, but the studio rumoured to be working on an Uncharted game is actually a separate studio to Studio San Diego. They're both in San Diego, but I believe have completely different management structures and even different premises. Also I thought SIE Manchester had been closed.

Sony need to expand their portfolio.Especially with a developer who can create RPGs on the same creativity level of Bethesda & Obsidian.

@get2sammyb santa monica has also been rumored to be working on playstation all stars 2. And london studio often makes games for new tech so its pretty safe to assume its gonna be a psvr2 title

Didn’t know there was a new Arc the Lad and Wild Arms!
I’m presuming, as the dev is one by Sony, these are actual games rather than mobile phone rubbish(?)

@get2sammyb excited to see what Sony's studios brings us this coming gen 🙂

😶-I keep beating this Drum, but Sony needs to buy CDPR to counter MS buying up ZeniMax Media with Bethesda and other studios that make Western Style RPG's!
😄-As much as I love Sony's current Software Developing Studios, thay desperately need to fill the void left by Microsoft's purchase of ZeniMax Media and CD Project Red developers are extremely talented and would easily be a good fit and smart counter to Microsoft's purchase of ZeniMax Media.

@RicksReflection you have any idea how higly valued CDPR is valued at? It has a market cap of 10.77 billion! Even if they were open to a non-hostile takeover, Sony can't afford them.

Lucky for all, they don't seem in any interest of selling off, because the only ones with the money to buy them are Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Tencent.

I sometimes forget how impressive it has been that Sony developed many of these studios.

I wonder if this list will grow as a result of MS’s purchase of Bethesda...?

Good thing about Sony is they seem to know how to manage studios well. MS have yet to prove that imo...

Does Sony have any AAA epic massive openworld RPGs(not rpg-lite's like HZD) in the works? I was expecting several at launch and we got none. I can't find any on this list so this is making me rather sad.

Such a strong stable of developers and IPs. I couldnt care less about the competition (Xbox) who 'promise' great games that never arrive, or try to blindside with 'Gamepass' filler mediocrity for the most part.

Would really love them to make a few small and large acquisitions to add to this team and diversify their line up. I think Hello Game, Techland & Asobo would all be great pick ups for them and could be a great answer to Microsoft picking up Obsidian and now Bethesda. I think Bluepoint and Housemarque should be considered no brainers. Kojima, Capcom, or Konami are probably all pipe dreams but would be huge to have any of those IP’s under Sony’s control. Honorable mentions I also think would be good fits are Sumo Digital, Endnight, Mediatonic, Unknown Worlds, Drinkbox, Frogwares, & Frictional

@SirAngry Actually, they aren't a separate studio. San Diego Studio has another team within, that is apparently working another Uncharted game. While they are a separate team, they are housed within the same studio. Even Guerilla Games, Naughty Dog or Japan Studio for example, have more than one team.

@BamBamBaklava89 Well they don't have to buy up studios just for IPs. In terms of Konami, they could potentially just purchase exclusive licenses for their properties such as Silent Hill, MGS , Castlevania, etc. I think the best studios that fit their World Wide Studio family are Housemarque, BluePoint and perhaps Hello Games. Techland doesn't seem to fit into that mold personally speaking. Sumo Digital is probably unlikely, but they do have a handful of subsidiaries under their umbrella, so I guess that would depend on price and value in general. I see Sony acquiring a few more studios in the not so distant future, but their more likely to expand their current studios, which is already happening.

@InsertUsername oh I know Sony studios have multiple teams, but I'd heard for m a friend at San Diego they weren't actually attached to San Diego studio... and I thought he'd know being as though he works there.

Y'all talking about studios, I'm still pining for a new Getaway game 😔

@SirAngry I'm going by what is known about this new team being gathered for a rumored Uncharted game. I guess everything will be cleared up eventually when this new game is revealed.

Yeah, if it is an Uncharted game. I assume it is given the people that are being moved over to the team. So y have been growing their studios ever so quietly over the past 3 years. They've been gearing up for PS5, so I guess that's all about to start bearing fruit soon if it all come to plan.

Sony REALLY needs to invest on japanese studios ASAP, way too much is centered around USA.

The new development team is based in the SAN Diego Visual Arts Studio, who are a support team for most first party games. They specialise in things like motion capture.

I do not believe the SAN Diego team that develops the MLB games are based in that same studio or in any way connected.

@Makina I feel like Sony coasted on the fact that Japanese devs only really had one console maker to go to for HD quality games for most of this gen, and that's just not going to be true for next gen with sales of the Switch exploding worldwide and Microsoft making a concerted effort to attract Japanese developers again.

@Quintumply Yeey! Now time for another update

Wait. Arc the Lad and Wild Arms are getting new games, but they are mobile titles? 😭

@get2sammyb

This is a great idea! Thanks for doing this and (hopefully) updating it whenever more info is known. I always wanted something like this.

@ScepticDK what else has she worked on?

@gollumb82 that's why I was asking.

@gollumb82 for the billionth time, has The Last of Us remake been confirmed or is it still a rumour that people are, for some bizzare reason, repeatedly treating as fact?

I think im most excited by Santa Monica Studio's second teams unannounced title, cant wait to see what they have cooking. Would love to see a new ip from naughty dog (its been 8 years) but if all they have coming is factions 2 and tlou remake then that definitely doesn't float my boat

Would love for Sucker Punch to be working on a new Sly Cooper for PS5.

One "exclusive" per year, two tops. To be later ported to PC in 3 years. This new generation has no real exclusives, except for nintendo. Honestly gamepass is looking more appealing every day. I will get a PS5 eventually, but Xbox is a real alternative this gen.

Had no idea Media Molecule was a Sony studio (suppose it makes sense considering Dreams is an exclusive) and even more surprising was the fact they are based up the road from where I live. I go to Guildford town quite often, I see the EA offices but never saw MMs. Cool!

Rather small in comparison to Microsoft now.

@Ypmud It is a Sony studio.

@-Sigma- THQ has how many studio's how many high quality games did they release so far?

@Oscarjpc But a Xbox is a real alternative now?

@710King But what about that gamepass value its all i hear about its getting old fast.

@Flaming_Kaiser Dude you sound bitter? No point in getting all fanboye . Gaming is meant for everyone

I'm looking forward to what Sony can do these next few years to combat Microsoft's Bethesda purchase. Great games are coming

Sony got more California studios than any other studios.you know bluepoint from texas will be next.word up son

@get2sammyb my son loved Concrete Genie!

@get2sammyb Ghost of Ikishima (rumoured) for Sucker Punch, and New IP (rumoured) for Santa Monica

@playstation1995 Not gonna happen they had a massive financial injection from Tencent.

@Flaming_Kaiser. Whats not gonna happen.word up son

@playstation1995 Sorry i read it wrong or i replied to the wrong person Sony buying Quantic Dream.

@Flaming_Kaiser. No problem playa.bluepoint is gonna be the next PlayStation aquisition.word up son

@playstation1995 I hope so they seem a great fit and delivered quite a few gems.

@playstation1995 i agree, bluepoint 100% going to be the next.word up son

@UmaBunda. Oh yeah its happening.word up son

@playstation1995 aw yeah, home slice! No? Okay I'll be quiet. 🥲

Is the San Diego Uncharted rumor even still a thing?

Technically we know that "PixelOpus is collaborating with Sony Pictures Animation on “an exciting new PlayStation 5 title" that's what we were told in June anyway. I remember people thinking it had something to do with that mitchells vs the machines film.

Honestly, I’m just waiting for Dark Cloud 3 after these 16 years.

@BoyoArdee yes , its their worst kept secret , at least the san diego studio is , assuming if the game they are working on is uncharted. i would think it could be tied in with the movie release for an announcement.

Feels good to see Bluepoint on this list now.

@KidBoruto There’s some leaker on Twitter who has gotten a few things right in the past claiming they are working on 2 games currently: an original smaller game, think Miles Morales in terms of length, and then another remake.

Take it with a grain of salt.

My speculation is that Sucker Punch is working on Ghost of Tsushima 2

There are an awful lot of unknowns on that list…

Thats a lot of unknown games.
Still no reason to get a PS5 yet.
Had the chance to get a PS5 last week after a email from BT decided still not worth it just yet.

@playstation1995 Thats not gonna happen the guy is toxix waste. I read their last game didnt really go over well with Sony and they cut of the work with the studio.

@AhmadSumadi Same here i would even take a good remake.

@Quintumply What's new?

Hopefully not too much online crapola

"Every Playstation exclusive in the works"

Won't be exclusive any longer once they all head over to PC.

That being said, I am interested in Spider-Man 2

I couldn't help but notice that the long rumored Uncharted game has fallen off the charts. I came to the same conclusion. Ironically, Uncharted as a series is over before the movie even releases.

@anoyonmus if only nintendo would release on PC . that’s needed the most to dodge their trash & wacky hardware . and online .

The Last of Use was re-released on PS4. Why do we need a remake of a game so recent that still looks excellent? I don't get it.

I definitely miss Japan Studio. After the merger, do you think we might see Team Asobi make some unique IPs, like Japan Studio did, or will they continue to develop Playroom-esque software?

@nomither6 they won’t. They are traditionalist. Would be cool to see happen but not happening nonetheless

@jorel262 that is my question

@Quintumply I thought you had some inside knowledge on newly developed games. Disappointing..!

Even though there are so many studios, i can't help but feel it's not enough, especially with naughty dog entangled on a multiplayer game (and guerrila). A couple more of big studios would round this up better. Theres many support or small studios.
Bethesda's aquisition by Microsoft alone netted them about 5 AAA teams. Sony would do well to prepare a response before they start pumping new games. Elder scrolls 6 is a game that warrants a response. I hope they are preparing for that.

@NeoTokyo404 I think they are gonna develop AAA action games - read - platformers. Be it Astro or (hopefully) an Ape escape revival.
Definitly not more gravity rushes and the type.

@anoyonmus Of course not. Nintendo will keep making exclusives while they keep selling hardware.
What Sony is doing with PC is not well advised for a company that wants to sell hardware. It's only short term money, but it will have a long term loss.

Whilst not a wholly owned subsiduary it is likely that whatever Hideo Kojima is working on next will be a PS5 exclusive. Whether this is a Silent Hill game (Sony were rumoured to have brought the licence from Konami) or something new is open to debate.

I am a little sad that there are no racing titles listed anywhere. Forza Horizon 5 garnered a lot of GOTY awards last month and whilst Gran Turismo 7 is a big deal, its not a new arcade racer.

A new WipEout has surely got to be in the offering as a launch title for the PSVR2 and a new Motorstorm wouldn't hurt either.

I'm expecting Deviation Games to be the next to be acquired.

I think if Kojima was up for sale, it would have happened already along with all of these. Maybe Arrowhead.

Other than that, I have no clue since any other wouldn't be "organic".

Sony should acquire Sloclap. These guys are talented as fuark. Sifu is superb and with the finances of Sony, they could go even bigger.

I'm going to need a pay-rise

No Bungie on the list? They are missing on Wikipedia too. Is that because the sale isnt finalised yet? Or because they are remaining more independent?

@RevGaming i wouldn't mind seeing that , there are a lot of new studios with veteran talent that have worked on big games before. the perfect chance for sony to buy up a couple of those studios and help them grow , and we'll get fresh new games or they can also work on already established sony franchises.

@twitchtvpat
Well there's dreamhaven but I think they are more PC only oriented since it's a revived blizzard. There are a few, but most of them won't probably fit the bill.

@Rob_230 Not a Sony WWS.

@JAMes-BroWWWn Slocap would need a story writer with all that jazz and next gen graphics. They did made a template for a melee only brawl third person action narrative game that will feel different gameplay wise from the other sony games.

@RevGaming one stuido i found interesting is Rebel Wolves which is made up of people that worked on witcher. there is also firewalk which sony is currently working with atm, and a few other studios.

@twitchtvpat witchfire devs too

Does anyone know if there's a way to see only news and no guides in Push Square? Even when clicking on News I get drowned by guides to games I don't even own, would be nice to compartmentalize those to people who are actually interested in them...

@Rob_230 Bungie isn't a part of SIE Studios. It's wholly its own thing.

That Japan section is looking a bit empty...

@get2sammyb @pushsquare. any chance to clear old comments? nearly replied to one years old.

@Apfelschteiner square be on there by the end of the year.

@stvevan That would be too much work. The weekly release article is a disaster, with comments from a year ago, although this having 4 year old comments is even worse. Just calling it like I see it, nothing more.

A cool idea to update every time what Sony's companies are working on and even if they announce new things, well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 But can you make a list like this about games that are developed by PlayStation Studios but not by its first-party companies and developed by third-party companies for Sony like Firewalk Studios and Ballistic Moon?

What I see here is a great opportunity to really expand in Japan. Only two studios in Japan is shameful. Besides bringing in Square-Enix as a subsidiary, Sony needs to make major first party moves in Japan. There are plenty of Japanese games that sell well everywhere. Maybe Sony forgot that?

So to summarise - We have no idea what any of these studios are working on, except Insomniac. Literally everybody else is just guesswork.

@playstation1995 Sony bought insomniac games and Sony won't buy or cant buy quantic dreams anymore they had their chance but didn't and quantic dreams left Sony 2nd party to pursue multiplatform development and then Netease bought them. The others, im not sure about.

I wrote that in October 10 2018 🤔.so of course quantic dream is not bought by sony.i got insomniac studio right. Sony did bought insomniac studio word up son

I wish Sony had picked up Supermassive when they had the chance. Having an in-house Horror studio would have been fantastic.

honestly the fact that there are a lot of games in development that haven't been shown off yet , is pretty exciting. yeah there are rumors out there , some might be true , some might not be true. but imo having those cards to still show makes all the announcements even more exciting. even if its last of us 3 or a sequel to ghosts of tsumia either or both would be great.

Perhaps they could mash together Firesprite and XDEV and give us the Wipeout sequel we're all waiting for, including a mix of the classic dance tracks!

So Sony only have 2 japanese studios?

Reading through this, you can see the problems MS have got, with or without Gamepass.

You forgot to mention that guerilla is working on the burning shores expansion

After Spider-Man 2 there really isn’t anything else to look forward to atm. I hope we get some announcements soon.

It seems like hardly anybody is working on anything that I can look forward to in the near future.

Looking forward to Insomniac and Sucker Punch. Nothing more.

@themightyant Spider-Man 2 and Wolverine were announced in the September 2021 Playstation Showcase. Everything in the 2020 showcases (June and September) except a few indies, FFXVI and Pragmata have all been released.

Those 2 reveals in hindsight do seem to have been about setting up a situation where Sony didn't have to have an urgent showcase in 2022/2023.

San Diego Studio you have the source code for ModNation Racers so just do the decent thing, eh?

@get2sammyb Hello Sammy,

Umm. Please add a new section. Asia 1. PlayStation Malaysia. Oh, and in North America add Bungie (even though they have some independence) or you can list them in a new category called Sony Corporate: 1. Bungie 2. Delight Works (Fate Grand/Order one of the world's biggest mobile games)

Cheers,
Rob

P.S. Looking forward to adding Ballistic Moon and Deviation Games as well.

I hope MM doesn't just stick to Dreams and that's it from now on

fire sprite is making twisted metal 😁😁

@robhammy88 not until it is confirmed, no point getting anyone's hopes up

Definitely need to update MM's section as they are no longer working on Dreams

Edit: Also, didn't Bend studio tease something for Monday? Possibly a game announcement on PS Blog??

So there's a lot of multiplayer on the way

This is a really bad look for me,OK I'll wait and see what these multiplayer 'live service' games play like but I hate multiplayer live service games!I've stuck with sony since 1997 as they always had the games I enjoy but this is not it anymore and if this is where gaming is heading jeesus!!thank god for third parties

It's a mistake to be wasting resources in these meant to be dud live services when they should be working on system sellers.

PlayStation needs to do a showcase soon. The fans are going to start getting rowdy and their expectations will outrun what Sony is actually working on.

A whole lot of bugger all currently announced

@BeerIsAwesome Thanks. I hope @get2sammyb adds Bungie even though it's under Sony.

Oh, and let's hope we here that Ballistic Moon and Deviation Games is part of PlayStation in the near future.

Cheers!

Literally nothing to play in my PS5 I’ve even lent it out to a friend to play TLOU1 &2
No new exclusives to play in the near future either .

I'm pretty sure 100% they don't make kids games at all.
They just keep making more disgusting rated M games.
Well, I don't even care nor even like their games except Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the only 1st party PS5 game I have interest.
I still can depend on 99.99% 3rd party kids games on PS5 to build my PS5 games library.

Wow, I've counted 5 studios working on some online coop live service nonsense. I'm not saying these titles don't have a right to be around, but I think this year has proven that most of these won't have legs for the long run. usually a psplus game, has some players for a short while and is then never to be heard of again. The only way for Sony to make any of those A long term success is to make them multiplatform.
The only live service game I could see myself play would be something in the style of genshin impact or Warframe. The rest just looks like samey junk to me.

This list remains so depressing. I think asobi is the only studio likely to be doing something that interests me at this point. There's 3 studios that maybe have something good unannounced but that really is looking bleak unless they're hiding some aces really well.

Kind of disappointing that most of sony studios doing online games where's it's single player games that put sony studios in the map.

Media Molecule section needs an update; Dreams will shut down support this year and they are working on a new IP.

Lol the doom and gloom gang is back again.

@KidRyan yessir. Go to their Twitter page, they have a sexy looking PS studios logo embroidered on paper with the caption just stating "Monday".

I think it's a new game announcement. On PS Blog. I think it's days gone 2. Contrary to what we see on media, the first one was good and did really well. It makes no sense to ditch it. I'd be surprised if it was not a sequel as PS tend to do sequels. But definitely an announcement for Monday

@PhantomMenace84 you're absolutely right lmao. I just really like bend studio, maybe too much

@PhantomMenace84 @KidRyan let's wait till Monday before we decide nothings happening. I guess chances are slim but just watch out I guess

But like menace said, they are due to announce something, 4 years since days gone. I think days gone was unreal engine 4 so I don't think they'll have too much engine issues. Hopefully they can port over their tech and systems they developed to UE5, but we shall see

@KidRyan no we did not. I read into a mundane post way too eagerly 😔

@KidRyan I don't know anymore. Thinking logically, there won't be that many first party announcements all at once right? Plus we still got already announced games to be shown and final fantasy 16 will inevitably be shown again as well as 7 remake part 2 rebirth thing

@KidRyan when it happens we will celebrate

lol so basically nothing known whatsoever aside from live service predation schemes.

I really dislike this live service route Sony is going.

Well that's a whole load of nothing. Excited for wolverine but that's about it

Well I guess that leaves me with some time to complete the exclusives backlog if that's the best way to put it...

I really prefer single player games with a good story. I don't like the way sony is doing. I think that it would be great to have an equilibrium for every type players.

Fair status. Ah whatever Asobi, Bluepoint, Bend and London (Getaway is missing from that) are doing. Let alone Media Molecule after Dreams. I'm curious. The rest don't care and we kind of have an idea anyway of trilogy/second games and more.

The mobile/live service stuff pass. Firesprite though new VR? Or just another title outside VR?

The PC port studio doing their thing is fine.

No Insomniac VR is something I wonder. All this Marvel when what about their Meta VR skills/talent/equipment why not get them on PSVR2 or some other studio to tie in then just Firesprite or Asobi or the Firewall studio.

Bend 'broke back into AAA status' WTF is that have they not just because oh handhelds oh other IPs weren't? They were under Sony they are AAA budget and quality you people and your BS write ups. Some people seriously need to think further and not so narrow.

Really enlightening...

Still a LOT of unknowns. The 'only' confirmed First Party game I am interested in at this point is 'Wolverine'. Games like Concord, FairGame$, Marathon etc do not interest me at all and I doubt that I'll be interested in a 'Horizon' Live Service too if that is confirmed.

Maybe 3rd Party partners will have games in the near future that will appeal but right now, I am not excited by Sony's future 1st Party Games.

So many studios and so few games.
Lot's of waste on dead on arrival live service games.

@BAMozzy I'm hoping the Horizon Live Service ends up being something like Monster Hunter, but my gut tells me it'll be a good but not long lived fairly vanilla MMO.

But yeah, it is weird having no clue whats coming besides the doomed to fail live service PvP stuff.

Shift Up, Ember Lab, and Arrowhead are curiously missing from this list. Hopefully, Sony rectifies that.

The first party games drought is real

Infamous, Syphon Filter, Legend of Dragoon, LBP, Rachet and Clank, Jak and Daxter a revival of smaller games or IP's would be fantastic.

Sort of amazing how much of the list is still just unknowns. Not much that's on the known list is very interesting other than Astrobot, the assumed Horizon 3, and the assumed GoT, and we don't even know if those will make PS5. But the only chance of "big" games are from Bend, Bluepoint, ND, SSM, and SP, and all of them are unknown. Who knows if these are even going to make the PS5. They really need to reboot the AA games they used to have. And not charge $70 for them. Remember the days when ND and SP could crank out 4 games a generation? Now they crank out one game for 4 generations.

@NEStalgia I would kill for something like a Datk Cloud.

Remake Mark of Kri you cowards lol

team asobi and bluepoint are the studios that im waiting the most for their games! i would love a new platforming astro with a console focus instead of VR, and the new bluepoint IP is making me very curious! i would also welcome another remake from them, Ico would be perfect

@Flaming_Kaiser Oh man, that's still one of the best series ever. It really makes me sad what's happened to Level-5. Let alone the industry as a whole, of course.

@NEStalgia May sound strange but i dont know if its a good thing gaming got so big. It haa always been about the profit but of lately it looks like money is the only thing that still matters.

Waiting on Bluepoint.

Media/Asobi taking their time on their new projects. Other than that I have no reason to even care about anything Sony puts out.

PSVR2 they tried but it's there for third parties which is fine.

The assistance/mobile/PC port ones are doing their thing.RIP WipEout Rush because that just wasn't good even GT4 B Spec was better than it.

I don't even know what their mobile games are unlike the on and off I heard of the cellphone and early PS Mobile before that died era.

Otherwise with London/Japan dead. I have no interest in ANY of the other studios right now. GT7, Ratchet and God of War aren't doing it for me in their current directions and the current other IPs are just not for me. I gave Spiderman 2018 a go I found it a backstep from Sunset Overdrive in open world design the Resistance 2 of Insomniac doing things to fit trends but not enjoyable to me in the game design.

Horizon is fine but didn't hold my attention at all.

God of War 2018 I beat the story still didn't enjoy it.

Bend will make something on par to a degree as the others of a cinematic this and that game.

Bluepoint if they do, sigh sure whatever. They could be really creative or make something in line with the other studios if they do I'm not interested.

The rest as sequels or new IPs taht are probably fine but eh multiplayer of no interest or more cinematic PS4 IP sequels I already wasn't interested in.

For those into them enjoy them they are worth your time. For me I'm not missing out personally.

Third parties I stay on PS4 then or retro games or whatever odd stuff on Switch.

I am struggling to care when it's always cinematic this, passable gameplay that doesn't engage me in the slightest which is why I play games to begin with.

Passable story/worlds but nothing to want to play or played for 20 hours to GIVE IT ENOUGH TIME (Horizon) but still was thoroughly bored at the open world missions or the eh puzzles/combat/platforming in the linear games.

The games they are making make sense for the audiences they are targeting of casuals or hardcore Sony fans but there isn't anything for me here unless it's PS1-3/PSP/Vita or third parties of the particular type no matter how far in progress they are.

@felip Indeed! As much as I enjoy Sony template games, these two studios (maybe also housemarque and MM) seem to be the most promising for delivering titles that can shine in uniqueness.

I'm seeing quite a few studios that haven't put out anything in many years and have nothing formally announced.

I hope one of those live service games sticks so that sony wont need to keep making more live service games.
Sony's single player fans will get fed up if they don't produce much for the PS5 generation.

Time to refresh the story and the comments. 2018, really?

It’s fascinating to see the diverse and innovative lineup Sony has in store across the globe, from Polyphony Digital’s racing masterpieces in Tokyo to the narrative-rich adventures being crafted by Naughty Dog in California. I’m particularly thrilled about the upcoming Astro Bot and Firesprite. This article does an excellent job of highlighting the sheer talent and creativity housed within Sony's first-party developers, and I can't wait to see these projects come to life. 🎮🚀

I think Sony will end up shutting down Firewalk, Haven, Media Molecule and maybe Housemarque in the near future

It’s sad but these guys games aren’t big performers

On the other hand arguably Sony MVP studio this gen has been Nixxes

@Ergoshotz Firewalk and Haven have games coming out imminently, especially Firewalk with Concord. Both games are live service oriented so it all depends how those perform. I’m worried about both of them, but maybe there’s another Helldivers lighting to catch in a bottle for one or both of them. Of the two, I think Firewalk is more susceptible to closure.

As for Media Molecule, I think they might be the biggest ‘sunk cost fallacy’ studio they have. The time and energies put into Dreams must have been enormous compared to the weak commercial performance. Sony are in a tough spot with Mm because they have such critically acclaimed award winning talent there, so I don’t think they’ll shut them down unless their current project fails. I’d give them about two years to have something decent to show off first, and if not then probably they should move on. They already had a bunch of layoffs to the Mm team iirc.

Housemarque is a fairly recent acquisition so I don’t think they are at risk for a few years either, so similarly, as long as they are making progress on their current project and have something to show off soon, I feel like Sony will keep them around.

I agree that none of these four studios make a lot of money for Sony, but they each fill a certain void and provide some diversity to the first party projects. The big money making studios make games of a similar ilk so Sony does need to keep some of the less profitable studios if at all possible.

I suppose Bend Studio and Bluepoint games new projects will be due soon.

I wish sony were to start developing more AA games like they used to. There is always a chance for a cult success in those. Seriously though Naughty Dog needs to release something, the generation is more than half done and nothing from them.

A whole lot of nothing to report on the first party side as of today.

@Steel76 Lol, it’s ridiculous this popped up on the front page.

They got everybody’s attention just to say we don’t know what the hell they’re working on.

Nothing to report.
What we'd like to see is San Diego studios doing something with the ModNation Racers IP as they must have the Road Trip source code on a server somewhere! That said, we'd need Sony to host a server for it and, as LBP has proven, they can't be arsed.

Nothing new except some of them are working on "unknown" projects !!!! What an informative article 😆

don't forget about the 2 not so secret studios the other one being also in san deigo , along with the Jason Blundell lead new studio.

Naughty Dog is currently working on The Last of Us Part 1 remake remastered for PS6 and The Last of Us Part II Remake for Ps6

If there wasn't a smorgasbord of third party games already piling up in my backlog I'd be concerned that there are so many studios we have zero idea about what they're working on... but as it is I'm happy for them to beaver away and hopefully not announce more GaaS future flops.

RIP Neo Koi and Firewalk studios

I wonder what Firewalk's next project is.

@Mintie it sucks we don't know but also the fact they've been able to keep a lot of these games from leaking is crazy. you would think something would have leaked by now , and it hasn't. i can't wait till they show whatever it is they 've been working on.

There really isn’t that much known about Sonys first party at the moment is there?!

Strange considering their release schedule used to be so full. I know games take longer to make blah blah but I can’t help think mismanagement and the desire to make Gaas hits has been massively detrimental to Sony’s usual SP output.

All this at a time when old competitor MS have a massive pipeline thanks to their acquisitions.

Their promise of one AAA game a year sounds like a seriously poor return in my opinion.

Man theres literally nothing of interest from PS studios on the horizon

I thought bend was working on a multiplayer live service title that was cancelled, did they have another game in development as well?

@get2sammyb Housemarque working on a AAA production, original game, they'v confirmed its not Returnal.

Naughty Dog working on a 2nd AAA narrative game (probably LoU3) next to Intergalactic.

@playstation1995 I'm sorry but there's practically no chance Sony would even consider buying SNK. They've been mostly known within the fighting game space, and that's about it. While Capcom gave us Monster Hunter and Resident Evil, and Bamco gave us Dark Souls and Tales Of, SNK is still stuck with only making fighting games, and sadly they aren't as huge as the other two i've mentioned. I highly doubt that Sony would acquire all for exclusive rights on some fighting game IPs that they care less about.

Also, wanting SNK to be bought by them all because you love Metal Slug is pretty selfish. They don't need to be a first party studio just to put their games on playstation, and it's not like SNK even bothers on making a new big Metal Slug game by themselves anyways.

You left out that naughty dog is working on a second project and also you left out two teams lfg and dark outlaws games.

So only Saros and Yotei is announced, plus Fairgames.

Bungie was sold? 🙄

I can see Fairgame$ getting canned if Marathon doesn't hit the mark (Didn't the CEO leave recently), looking at the other studios I have faith that they will all deliver! Are there some missing from this?

@Americansamurai1 I was going to say the same thing.

@Frmknst They already kinda did that - at E3 2018, where the main showcase presentations were TLOU Pt 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding and Spiderman... the one where people had to walk from room to room. They also showed other games but not on the same scale. I seem to remember this presentation didn't get the love it deserved at the time and the reception was rather luke warm? Man what I'd give to have a proper E3 Sony showcase again...

@get2sammyb Missed off the fact Druckmann has announced ND are working on a second game as well as Intergalactic that hasn't been announced yet.

I feel the first party slate is looking a little slim right now.

With development times taking longer it’d be nice if Sony made some studio acquisitions to help increase the output back to PS3 levels, especially in light of MS’s massive studio list.

Though I suppose now MS are releasing on PS maybe they feel they don’t need to. Who knows!

It seems crazy that studios nowadays will release only one, maybe two games on the whole console generation. Some will barely even get one — like Bluepoint (and a remaster at that, excellent though it may be). Most of them will get in one early cross-gen game or port from the prior gen, and then one late gen game. Will Media Molecule even get out one game this generation?! Dreams was PS4 only; never even had a PS5 patch.

Maybe Sony will postpone the PS6, but if they follow the 7 year generational trend we will get a new console in 2027, and I suspect a few of these studios are already working on a PS6 game.

@Th3solution Not Bluepoints fault if they were put on to do a GoW live service game, As I said in my comment I have faith that all the studios will release bangers.

I seen this article for years, I would love an "Sony releases 2025-27 - dates confirmed" piece instead

State of this list is depressing.

@Oram77 Yeah, I didn’t intend to cast any blame or criticism, per se, rather more of a surprising (and disappointing) observation. It is what it is. Development takes ages now. Added to that the poor strategic planning that resulted in several cancelled projects and studio closures and… here we are.

I don’t hold it against Bluepoint or Media Molecule necessarily. It’s just crazy to think they might go the length of the entire generation without a release (Demon’s Souls Remake at launch notwithstanding). I’m sure BluePoint’s PS6 game will be fantastic. And I suspect Mm will squeeze out something on PS5, and it will probably be good too.

The development cycles for even studios that didn’t have years wasted on a canceled project are now around 5-6 years (Taking Ghost of Yotei as an example. Or Death Stranding 2) whereas it was previously about 2 years, especially for sequels. (Again using Sucker Punch as an example — Infamous 2009, Infamous 2 2011, Infamous: Festival of Blood 2011, Infamous Second Son 2014, Infamous First Light 2014.)

I’m not saying anything we don’t already know, development times have increased 2-4x compared to prior generations. It’s one reason why AI may not be such a bad thing as a tool to streamline some of the tasks of development, so long as it doesn’t replace the creative parts of the process. If it can improve efficiency and keep production on track (and keep a studio from being shut down as a result) then maybe that’s a good thing. But that’s a whole other discussion for debate.

I will say also, that despite the drastic ballooning of game development times, there has been an equally significant expansion in number of developers producing games, particularly from emerging markets. As a result there is no shortage of games to play and in fact, we have more games than ever before to choose from. So I don’t necessarily want to imply that it’s doom and gloom.

@Dodoo the problem with that is games cost 100x's more to develop then in the ps3 era. also people keep bringing up the ps3 era , but the reality is that was their worst console era ( i love the ps3 btw) sales wise. They've also invested in single player games as well though , such as stellar blade , phantom blade zero , and lost soul aside.

@Th3solution I feel the gaming dev cycle is long because they are all going after the most photo realistic graphics which takes so much time and money, I have also said I'll take amazing game play over graphics.

@twitchtvpat yes all true and I agree though while these studios are making the normal AAA titles maybe some others could be brought on to make some smaller scale games which are cheaper and quicker to make? The likes of gravity rush, stray etc spring to mind.

@Oram77 Yes, I think that’s true, and also there’s an expectation now that every game has to take 100 hours to complete. The game length has swelled way beyond what the norm was in the past.

But the graphical part you mention is where I wonder why the technology and the tools now available (such as those which involve AI) haven’t progressed to the point where achieving those detailed visuals and complex interactivity haven’t been an obstacle. I’m not knowledgeable about programming or development at all and I know there’s more to it. But I’ve heard that making high quality pixel art is also extremely difficult and demanding. So I don’t know.

Bring japan studio back i want gravity rush 3 😭😭😭😭

@Boxmonkey Why is it depressing? We don’t know anything about the quality of those games, so you must be talking about the quantity. If we add the studios Push Square havent added yet like XDev, Bungie, TeamLFG and Dark Outlaws Games, i count 14 games in development.

I wonder how that compares to other publishers with the same amount of studios. I think they’re doing pretty good.

If you compare it to Xbox for example, who are working on around 16 games at the moment, according to a similar article on PX a few days ago, I’d say its pretty good overall. Especially considering Xbox has around double the studios Sony has

@Dodoo if you look for it , you'll find plenty of those , sword of the sea is one of those and its going to be a ps+ game, there are plenty of hidden gems out there. I feel like when some of these games finally get shown off a few of them are going to make people think okay well this was worth it, i have faith in Corey at least in making something worth waiting for.

@twitchtvpat you’re right and I should caveat my comment by saying I’m only talking Sony first party here. Luckily there’s boat loads of third party stuff out there.

Sony need some more teams to meet demand, people are expecting them to pump out 3-4 first party games per year and that's just not realistic with 14 studios especially when two of those are just solely for MLB and Gran Turismo, plus two others that haven't made a game yet. The money spent on Bunjie should have been split to acquire 3-4 decent developers.

Sony is slacking on exclusives

I want a sequel, but I wish Team Asobi would expand their team so they could work on other games besides Astro Bot. Would be nice other Japan Studio games to come back.

I also wish Polyphony Digital would make another Omega Boost, but unfortunately it is pretty must impossible that it will ever happen and will only make Gran Turismo games.

You left out two teams, dark outlaw games, and team lfg.

I think the only way is to not make only big, 7 years in the making titles like Intergalactic or Physint or but also something a bit smaller like Astro Bot. After all, Clair Obscur was smaller by budget and team size and it 'overtook' the biggest AAAs.

Ah, trip down memory lane time for this now 8 yo article where I have 2nd post but haven’t commented againt since 2018.😱

glad for the update. Sony now owning SP, Insomniac and ND makes me happy b/c they’re the reason I’m a Sony guy, for their big 3 games on PS2, R&C, J&D and SC. Tak was also good bu tI forget who made those.🤷🏻‍♂️

Looking forward to Wolverine, Spiderman 3 and Hoziron 3, but tht’s about it, But that’s enough. Nearly time to retire from gaming for me. I’d play a Greek GoW but only if it’s first confirmed to be a stand alone game and not just the first hlaf of an overarching story like GoW & Ragnarok. I still haven’t played Astrobot which we just got for Christmas so no rush for a sequel for me.🎄

I’d be fine if FF7 Pt 3 was the last game I evr played. FF7 was the 2nd game I played in this modern era of gaming after Parasite Eve, (Iowned Pong, Atari and the like before taking about a 10 yr break before PS1) so FF7 can end it. Glad they said it’s onyx 1 ore game, don’t think Icould hold out long enough for a 4th part.😁

Happy New Year 2026 everyone, w/ many more updates to come. Like every 3~5 years b/c that’s how long it takes games to get made these days.😝

Not much information. The list looks quite.. bad

I would love for Super Stardust to be released for PS5, goodness that game was fun!

That's a grim outlook tbh. Who said we need a PS6 right now?
"What for?" would be my answer.

@GADG3Tx87 (#38) we are friends now. "Old" friends!

I think that this should be a new article every year. The comments go back to 2018. I don't think that is great for discussion. Just my 2 cents. Carry on.

@Makina (#74) imho Playstation should focus way more on the well of crativity that is Japan. Both countries have crazy problematic work cultures, but everything made in Japan for PS back in the day had way more to offer.

@PerpetualBoredom i mean thats like saying why some one would need to upgrade their gpu or any other computer part , by 2027 or 2028 that's 7-8 years after the ps5 came out. new hardware will always be an upgrade over current stuff.

Haven Studios, Media Molecule, Bend Studio likely closed this year or next year if they are unable to ship any games. Anyway GT7 devs likely preparing for GT7 PC port & Xbox port to expand their audiences.
Bluepoint likely doing God of War Remastered Trilogy next.
Btw you forgot to add Nixxes Software here, they are first party studio now

@rhyno_888 GT7 has been ported to PC/Xbox so many times over the last few years I’ve lost count. 😂😂😂 dream on xbots it’s never going to happen

MM focusing on traditional campaign is good. I am really curious about Cory's game, hope it's worth the wait; it's been 8 years since GoW soft-reboot. Hope Firesprite cooks a great AAA.

But I really really need a new Uncharted.

So Saros, MLB and Wolverine 2026, Intergalactic maybe 2027. Fairgames which will gst cancelled and then 9 studios with unannounced projects. Plus Dark Outlaw Games and LFG's projects

@Vivisapprentice

Marathon&Saros&MLB26&Wolverine in 2026.

@Leeg it’s not pointless, we just don’t know.

It’s good to have an update at the year’s start, I found it interesting, and it’s equally interesting that we don’t know what a lot of their studios are working on.

@Leeg this article started all the way back in 2018, and just gets updated every so often.

Jade Raymond left Haven in May… she’s no longer working for Sony.

This list really summarizes what Sony got wrong this gen. Unknown, unknown, unknown, live service, nothing announced, unknown... cool. Thank you Jim Ryan.

As of Feb 2026: Saros, Wolverine, Fairgames, Marathon, Intergalactic. That's everything we know about. There, saved you a read.