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PlayStation To Acquire AAA Multiplayer Developer Firewalk Studios

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Sony is acquiring Firewalk Studios from ProbablyMonsters to help build an original AAA multiplayer game. Sony has been investing heavily in multiplayer games recently, acquiring Destiny maker Bungie and Jade Raymond-led Haven Interactive Studios last year. Sony now owns the popular sci-fi shooter Destiny 2, has a multiplayer game in development at Haven, and is making a multiplayer title set in the growing Horizon universe at Guerrilla Games.

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Variety

PlayStation to Acquire Game Developer Firewalk Studios

PlayStation has struck a deal to acquire game developer Firewalk Studios from ProbablyMonsters Inc, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced Thursday. Firewalk, which is currently developing an untitled AAA multiplayer game for Playstation 5 and PC, will collaborate alongside PlayStation brands including Bungie and Haven Interactive Studios to create constantly updated “live service” games for PlayStation consumers. […]

1 year ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Verge

PlayStation acquires Firewalk Studios, which is building an “original AAA multiplayer game”

Image: PlayStation Sony is acquiring Firewalk Studios from ProbablyMonsters to help build an “original AAA multiplayer game” for PlayStation 5 and PC, Sony announced on Thursday. Sony has been investing heavily in multiplayer games recently, acquiring Destiny maker Bungie and Jade Raymond-led Haven Interactive Studios last year, and it revealed in February 2022 that it’s planning to release more than 10 live service games before March 2026. We …

1 year ago·United States

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ComicBook.com

PlayStation Acquires Developer Firewalk Studios

Sony has today announced that it has officially purchased Firewalk Studios, which will be joining the lineup of developers that make up PlayStation Studios. Over the past few years, PlayStation has been snatching up a number of various companies that have included the likes of Housemarque, [...]

1 year ago

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ComingSoon.net

PlayStation Acquires New Multiplayer Developer

Sony has been bulking up its first-party lineup over the last few years by sucking up studios like Insomniac Games, Housemarque, and Nixxes Software, just to name a few. It has added yet another developer to the list by acquiring Firewalk Studios. Firewalk Studios has not yet released a game, but is developing an original AAA multiplayer title for PlayStation 5 and PC. It is a fairly new studio that opened its doors in 2018 and was under Probabl…

1 year ago

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