
We hope you're sitting down for this: Some of Sony's developers are hiring for their next projects.
It's hard to believe, we know, but just take a moment and let it sink in. Take a quick breath, have a think about Sully's moustache, and you'll be alright.
Okay, sarcasm out of the way, it has indeed been pointed out that a number of PS Studios teams have begun a new hiring spree as they get to work on what's coming up next.
Pointed out by Zuby_Tech on X, studios Team Asobi, Housemarque, and Polyphony Digital all have numerous job advertisements, each of them subtly hinting towards their next games.
Going by some of the language used on Team Asobi's open positions, for example, it's not too difficult to deduce it'll be making another cheerful action game. A 3D environment artist is expected to make "playful and stunning looking environment art" with an "emphasis on realistic texturing techniques applied to a playful art style". Sounds like Astro Bot to us, but obviously it could be anything.
Polyphony Digital states outright that it's hiring for Gran Turismo, though that's hardly a surprise. It has many open positions, suggesting it's gearing up as it switches focus from Gran Turismo 7 to the next instalment.
As for Housemarque, things are less clear, though it too seems to be staffing up for what comes after Saros. An ad for principal graphics programmer is looking for applicants to "help drive the next evolution of Housemarque games". Exactly what that is, we don't know, but it rarely makes direct sequels, so there's that.
Anyway, interesting, isn't it? It's always fun to speculate about what's cooking at the various teams within PS Studios, and it seems several of them are getting underway with new projects.
What do you want to see from these developers in future? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source x.com]





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PLAYSTATION MAKES GAMES? Snarky comment etc. etc.
In all seriousness though, Housemarque seem to be scaling up quite a bit. Didn't they get a Platinum Combat guy last year or something. By then SAROS was already far in development, so it seems like they already have a pretty clear plan for the next project.
Hiring for 700 live service evangelists.
How about a Resistance trilogy or Infamous remake from Bluepoint....oh wait.
As long as it isn’t just live service crap, great
There will be a lot of Bluepoint devs applying - or maybe they'll be "f*** you Sony"?
Be funny if M$ bought them out and called them Greenpoint.
Hiring echo chamber specialists across all our studios to ensure everyone believes our live service games are perfect until they crash and burn on release.
GaaS incominnnngggggg! Yes men need only apply.
Studios are hiring all the time for projects to fill in any sort of vacancies that crop up.
Hiring for new games while just firing people that could have made new games.
Half of all studios have laid off staff in the last year. And of those, half again have not found work. And that includes Sony.
I note the sarcasm in the headline, but this legitimately remarkable news. And there will be plenty of applicants to choose from.
Ah yes, GaaS games and AAA that we won't see for the next 7 years, unless they're cancelled and the studios shutdown.
Boy do I not have "high expectations" for the PS6 generation 🤣
They should hire a team of talented experts who excel at remastering older titles. Sony has a wealth of back catalog IP to lean on and we could even get a Bloodborne remaster! 😍
Oh wait
Interesting! No where else seems to be
Anything but gaas garbage
I'm actually excited about what Housermarque will release next, even though i haven't played Saros yet
The mentioned studios have been going strong - although it remains to be seen if Saros can appeal to a wider audience than Returnal - so it makes sense.
@themaladroit if saros doesn’t hit expectations they’ll be released rather than releasing anything new.
Great stuff, looking forward to see what Team Asobi have for us next. I'd be happy with more Astro Bot but I'm hoping for an Ape Escape return which I think they would be perfect for.
Still gutted at missing out on a placement at Media Molecule during uni cause of Covid. None of us that year got a placement, they had to just cancel it and turn it into a 4 year course.
My company does the same thing honestly. We had layoffs in December, and then they were re-hiring to fill those vacancies by January. I don’t pretend to understand things that go on above my paygrade.
@Kumatz I’m not massive on remakes but infamous I’d definitely be down for.
Damn you sony bluepoint could’ve done that!
70 unemployed staff with a MGS question mark above their heads.
I was expecting some news from quiet stuios. These all are succesful and it's obvious they will have new games.
Let's talk about Bend, Media Molecule, Haven etc... Then we have some news.
Got to wonder if Sony reached out to Bluepoint devs about the openings…
It shouldn't be all that shocking. It's clear something difficult went down with Bluepoint whereby the two parties couldn't agree what to put them to work on. It's really disappointing but these things also happen in business.
@somnambulance I suspect Sony tried to poach the most talented staff from Bluepoint.
As themightyant says, I'm assuming Sony has done their best to find jobs for the studios they're shutting down within their own group. So these hires would be for jobs that couldn't be done by people they laid off. But who knows?
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