Tag: Deviation Games
News Sony Partner Deviation Games Shuttered Before Shipping Its First PS5 Project
And that's the end of that
It’s been said countless times, but it’s worth repeating: shipping games is hard. It’s especially difficult to cultivate new studios, regardless of whether they’re founded by veterans with insane talent, like ex-Treyarch veterans Jason Blundell and Dave Anthony in this instance. There was a lot of excitement around...
Rumour Deviation Games' High Profile PS5 Exclusive Has Been Cancelled
Prognosis negative
Developer Deviation Games' quietly struggling PS5 exclusive has reportedly been cancelled, according to industry insider and analyst Colin Moriarty and a source familiar with the project. Moriarty says he learned of the recent layoffs weeks in advance from the source and that the project has now been scrapped. Moriarty reveale
News Deviation Games' PS5 Exclusive Project Doesn't Appear to Be Progressing Well
Layoffs hit Sony partner hard
Deviation Games was one of a flurry of new studios Sony signed exclusivity arrangements with earlier in the generation, but while the likes of Haven Studios and Firewalk have since been officially acquired by the Japanese giant,
News Deviation Games Co-Founder Jason Blundell Departs Studio
Dave Anthony will continue to lead as CEO
Deviation Games is a studio founded by ex-Treyarch developers Jason Blundell and Dave Anthony, who worked on various Call of Duty projects prior. The studio announced Blundell's departure on Twitter, and details as to the reason why are scant at the time of writing. Anthony will continue to lead the...
News Sony Partner Deviation Games Shooting Mocap for PS5 Project
As PlayStation's Hermen Hulst visits team
PlayStation Studios bigwig Hermen Hulst visited partner Deviation Games this week for an update on its super-secret PS5 project, and it looks like mocap is already well underway. According to his Instagram page, actor David Paladino – who’s starred in a number of popular US shows, like NCIS and CIS:...
News Sony Partner Deviation Games Expands with New Canadian Studio
Recruiting at a rapid rate
New studio helmed – ironically – by Call of Duty alumni Deviation Games is expanding at a rapid rate as work begins in earnest on its debut project, which will be published under the PlayStation Studios umbrella. Such is the speed of its growth, in fact, that it’s already opened a second office to complement its Los...
News Sony Partner Deviation Games to Enter Full Production on PS5 Game in 2022
Finding the fun
Sony has acquired a lot of developers in 2021, but it’s also signed partnerships with exciting new teams like Deviation Games and Haven Studios. These aren’t particularly engaging unveilings because the outfits are just finding their feet, but they are led by veteran visionaries, like former Treyarch chief Jason Blundell in the...
News Sony: PlayStation Studios Is Expanding, and Always on the Lookout for Incredible Experiences
"Doesn't matter how we set up organisationally"
Sony has been working with Deviation Games, the new studio founded by Treyarch veterans, for well over a year now – but the team’s project is still a “little way out”. Speaking with Eurogamer.net, PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst said “we’re not announcing a game but a partnership”,...
