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Sony canceled two more live service games, including a God of War title


Sony canceled two unannounced live service PlayStation games, one of which was believed to be a God of War game.

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports that Sony has canceled live service games in development at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games, a report that was confirmed by a Sony spokesperson.

While Schreier’s article doesn’t describe the games in detail, he later turned to BlueSky to confirm that the game Bluepoint was working on was a live service God of War title.

Sony’s spokesperson confirmed that both games had been canceled “following a recent review,” but emphasized that neither studio would close as a result of the cancellations.

“Bend and Bluepoint are very successful teams that are valued members of the PlayStation Studios family, and we are working closely with each studio to determine what the next projects are,” they told Bloomberg.

BREAKING: PlayStation has canceled two more games from live service, from subsidiaries Bend and Bluepoint, Bloomberg has learned. Fans have long wondered what Bluepoint has been working on over the past few years. I can report that it was a live service God of War game. www.bloomberg.com/news/article…

– Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier.bsky.social) 2025-01-16T23:09:48.705Z

Bend Studio’s last game was 2019’s Days Gone, which released to mixed critical reception.

The studio posted a job opening in March 2024, seeking a lead project manager with “hands-on game development experience in leadership roles shipping AAA live service games.”

PlayStation acquired Bluepoint in September 2021, almost a year after the release of its last game, a remake of Demon’s Souls on PS5 launch day.

The studio hasn’t released anything since, although it did provide supporting work during the development of God of War Ragnarok.

Last June, Bluepoint president Marco Thrush said that the studio, best known for its work on remakes and remasters, aimed to work on original content in the future.

Sony’s success with live service gaming experienced extreme ups and downs last year. Helldivers 2 was undoubtedly one of the surprise success stories of 2024, selling 12 million copies on PC and PS5 in its first 12 weeks.

On the other hand, Concord has to be considered the biggest flop of last year, as Sony withdrew the game from sale and took it offline just two weeks after its release.