Sony’s freshly minted support team, PS Studios Malaysia, which recently moved into a swanky new office space in Kuala Lumpur is working on some top secret PS5 projects. The group – currently 77 employees strong and growing – has assisted production on first-party titles like MLB The Show 22 and The Last of Us: Part I, and while it admits its contribution has been small thus far, its role is growing.
“When we started, the team was very small,” boss Hasnul Hadi Samsudin told an audience at a conference in Malaysia, as reported by IGN. “A lot of what we are doing is asset development for the games, especially for MLB. But now we have a full-fledged art team, so we can do environment modelling, concept art, and we have a brilliant animation team that is working on some games that we can’t talk about right now.”
As games get larger, workforces are growing to help build them. One solution is to outsource projects to external studios who can help do the heavy lifting on smaller details, like creating art assets and animations. This is one of the reasons PS Studios Malaysia has been founded, and eventually it expects to be involved with pretty much every upcoming first-party project under Sony’s umbrella. It has a similar remit to the platform holder’s existing Visual Arts team in San Diego, which works on anywhere from 15 to 25 titles at a time – and even helps on some animated shows for Sony Pictures.
“We want to bring the best quality so that the end user feels that they are playing a PlayStation game and that this is what quality means,” Samsudin said of his ambitions for the studio. “There is a level of expectation that we all have and we all strive for, and at the end of the day, the players will smile and say, ‘This is great.’ It doesn’t matter where it came from – it would be nice for the players to know that it came from all these great people here [in Malaysia], but I hope they will just enjoy the games.”
[source ign.com]
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Last of Us Part 1 Remastered here we come... 🙂
You guys are brutal. 🤣
Can't wait to see what they are. Hopefully some new IP's or a revival and in a genre that Playstation studios didn't do yet. Would love to see a adventure game like Alundra get another chance and challenge Zelda. Back in the day it was a great game, still play it sometimes.
I'm fine with remakes as long as its of ps1, ps2 or ps3 games, especially if it's sly Cooper or Jak and Daxter.
Good remakes are better than no games at all....
@Martijn87 Have been saying the same. Would love to see Alundra come back from the dead.
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@UltimateOtaku91 gee imagine if those games were BC instead
Heavy rain remake maybe? Hey ill buy it again for the ps5. Maybe a new wipeout running 120fps. And i thought the 60fps version at full speed drove me nuts haha
@nomither6 even still, remakes of classics with better visuals would bring a lot more sales, people these days would rather buy a remake than play the original with say ps1 graphics.
And it introduces a new generation of gamers to beloved series (like with FF7 remake and Medievil) and gains new fans for potential future new releases in that series.
Wipeout for psvr2 or a new collection
@nomither6 A remake of Legend of Dragoon, ICO, Syphon Filter in Demon Souls style or BC yeah ill rather have them new yes even at €70.
@UltimateOtaku91 A Demon Souls style remake of Legend of Dragoon, Syphon Filter, Dark Cloud or ICO ill gladly pay full price.
@Flaming_Kaiser fully agree, surely its just a matter of time for dark cloud and syphon filter
@get2sammyb
Hello Sammy, did you add them to the list of PlayStation Developers (Asian section) article you keep updating. That would be most welcome.
Cheers!
@Flaming_Kaiser syphon filter now you talking.word up son
I don't get why everyone is discussing remakes in an article about an expanding studio that can help create art assets for other Playstation Studio?
maybe the long rumored infamous game
Maybe they're making that survival horror deckbuilder metroidvania soulslike immersive sim set in post-apocalyptic Malaysia that I've always wanted.
@Shepherd_Tallon
Since you like Alundra so much:
Loved the game when it came out, rented it loads, got to a weird dungeon puzzle I could never solve, called the helpline (expensive) tips never worked.
Thought it was a glitch in that copy.
Bought another pre-rental at a totally different place, same thing.
Ended up buying it for ps3/psp/vita, but have never played it again in case the same thing happens.
Sound familiar, any tips?
@UltimateOtaku91 xbox series x/s does that via BC , y’know enhancing the game & all , but $ony got people used to remasters so ..
@UltimateOtaku91 @nomither6 If only that were true. Sony Japan was involved in remasters of LocoRoco, Patapon, Parappa The Rapper and Everybody's Golf all for the PS4 (and can be found on Plus FYI, as can Medievil). They sold so well that it closed down Japan Studio and killed the idea of Sony making anything that isn't a third person action game.
@BearsEatBeets it's because PS only releases remakes. The Last of Us Part 1? Already played it as The Last of Us Remastered. God of War Ragnarok? Already played it with a different plot as God of War. It's not like GamePass which actually has new games.
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@feral1975 It does! Was this relatively early in the game? In a mine in the first few hours?
I can remember playing to this point twice, not having a damn clue what to do, and giving up.
I loaned it to my friend after that and a few days later he handed it back to me having beaten the whole game.
I asked him how did he get passed the, was it an elevator in the mine that wouldn't do anything?
That was it. (Having major flashbacks here). There were these big motors in the mine and you had to hit switches with your sword to make them work, but there was one motor by an elevator that just wouldn't do anything.
I asked my friend how he got passed it, and the solution was so damn simple:
The switches legit don't work, so you had to physically get on top of the motor and jump up and down on it to make it start.
Nothing, at least to my memory, but nothing in the game instructed you to do this (or maybe it did and I missed it it). You just had to figure out that the motor needed a kickstart and jump on it.
Was that where you were stuck?
I remember another one I got stuck on later in the game with teleporter pads. 🤔
@Milktastrophe how is God of war Ragnarok a remake lmao.
@C25CLOUD didn't you know that every third person 3d action platformer is a Tomb Raider remake? And every FPS is a Wolfenstein 3D remake? There's nothing new under the sun, apparently
@Flaming_Kaiser A Legend of Dragoon remake would be cool. Though a LoD prequel/sequel would be amazing. The world is awesome, I’d love to see it expanded.
@UltimateOtaku91 There are so many many cool IP's i dont understand they wont release more of those. Also quite a few games could be released to please the people nostalgia and at the same time make a few games that kids and adults could like.
@ThroughTheIris56 Totally agree with you on that but i would even take a remaster like Square Enix did in the early PS4 times with Final Fantasy 10 and that PSP game. And i loved the combat with the turnbased stuff where you had to time your attacks for extra damage on LOD.
@playstation1995 You would think thats a easy win for Sony the Guerrilla engine for a new Syphon Filter a man can dream. I would love to tase for some people untill they cought onto fire again. 🤪
@nomither6 A real remake will look a million times better plus you can update the controls and modernise the game. Framerate and resolution, shaders will not make Tombraider 1 from the PS1 look like a new game.
@Flaming_Kaiser. Syphon filter.tenchu.parasite eve.metal gear.all those amazing ps1 games needs a remake.word up son
@playstation1995 Parasite Eve 2 man i loved that game.
Tenchu was really fun as well, Metal Gear Solid i have seen it remade so many times im not really that bothered i would not have a issue mind you, Syphon Filter the controls alone would make a world of difference.
Dark Cloud and ICO, Twisted Metal World Tour with the original endings and the most important one Legend of Dragoon make that one and i wont complain this whole generation anymore. 🤪
@feral1975 @Shepherd_Tallon @Martijn87 Hi there friends.
Man what a drive down to memory lane that name is for me.
Alundra was my personal hidden gem on PSone back in the day. One of my top favourite games of all time.
It literaly felt like a Zelda game, with the gameplay mechanics, art style and those damn puzzles that sometimes seemed impossible to solve. Still remember beating the game and feel this awesome feeling of acomplisment, the same that I felt after I completed Light Crusader on Sega Mega Drive(Genesis).
Then I played Alundra 2....... Wich I don´t like to talk about 😜
Cheers, stay safe and all the best
@playstation1995 @Flaming_Kaiser Hi there friends.
Can you guys tell me how come Sony has som many great gems from the PSone era and beyond, like Syphon Filter, Alundra, Parasite Eve, Metal Gear Solid, Legend of Dragoon, Dark Chronicles and so on and what does Sony does with them?
Absolutely nothing. I really don´t get it. Maybe with these new aquisitions we might get some of these great games make a comeback, by remake or reboot if need be.
The world of gaming will be better with these titles again.
One can only hope and dream.
Cheers, stay safe and Word Up Son!
@RaZieLDaNtE Alundra 2. That game was probably the most disappointing experience I've ever had in gaming.
I'll say no more. 😅
@RaZieLDaNtE. Yeah i agree with you.sony have so many franchises i want.especialy syphon filter.tenchu come on from software.but i l💚ve sekiro shadow die twice and parasite eve from square enix.word up son
@RaZieLDaNtE Only Parasite Eve is a Square Enix property but i still want a remake of that one. 😢
And yes its bizarre not to do something with these great titles.
Whatever they are working on, I trust they are giving it their all!
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