US EditionSony Shutters First-Party Partner Studio Dark Outlaw Games, Lays Off 50
Dark Outlaw Games shut down after a $200M+ project was canceled; PlayStation also reduces mobile development staff amid broader studio closures and cost cuts.
- On Tuesday, Sony closed Dark Outlaw Games, the studio Jason Blundell founded just last year.
- Prior to launching Dark Outlaw Games, Blundell worked at Deviation Games on an exclusive title, having established himself as a lead on Call and Duty Zombies.
- Sources told Kotaku that Sony canceled a prior project involving Blundell with an initial budget exceeding $200 million, which unraveled in 2024.
- Dark Outlaw Games' closure follows the shuttering of Bluepoint Games just one month ago, adding to a growing list of PlayStation acquisitions.
- Blundell stated, "Sony doesn't start up first-party studios all the time," reflecting a broader shift as the company increasingly closes these entities.
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PlayStation Shuts Down Dark Outlaw, the Studio Founded by Former Call of Duty Lead
Studios have been closing left and right lately, and it doesn’t seem to be slowing. Reports show PlayStation shuts down Dark Outlaw, a first-person studio formed just last year by former Call of Duty lead Jason Blundell. “I’ve had the amazing opportunity to create a new studio within PlayStation Studios for Sony,” Blundell said a year ago in an interview with Jeff Gerstmann. “The studio is called Dark Outlaw. We’ve been working away in the shado…
Sony recently shut down Bluepoint Games, the "Masters of Remasters." A sad development, but now another studio is closing its doors. This time it's Dark Outlaw Games. The studio was founded about a year ago as an incubation team... (See article: PlayStation: Sony closes another development studio)
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