The studio is already working on its first triple-A multiplayer title for PlayStation only.
Week of buying and selling of video game studios. If a few days ago SEGA made the Rovio studio, creators of Angry Birds, for 706 million dollars, Sony has now announced the acquisition of Firewalk Studios, which will join the PlayStation Studios family. In this way, the Japanese add to their ranks a great team of talented creators, including Destiny veterans, who They are now working on their first triple A multiplayer titlewhich will arrive exclusively on PlayStation.
“Since we announced our collaboration with ProbablyMonsters and Firewalk in 2021, we have been very impressed with the great ambition of the team to create a new multiplayer game that offers new ways of communication and collaboration for all players“, said Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios. “The studio shares our passion for creating amazing worlds based on great games, and that’s why we want to continue to invest in their mission. We look forward to seeing Firewalk bring all of his technical and creative expertise to PlayStation Studios to continue to deliver great experiences for our players.“.
Great news: @FirewalkStudios is joining the PlayStation Studios family!
Learn more about this talented team and their plan to connect players in new and innovative ways in their ambitious upcoming multiplayer game: https://t.co/30jQNY3qen pic.twitter.com/8wB3pEsbrH
—PlayStation (@PlayStation) April 20, 2023
Along with the news, Tony Hsu and Ryan Ellis, studio head and game director at Firewalk Studios respectively, have shared an open letter to celebrate the news in which they admit that its objective “is to make those experiences available to players around the world“.
The future of PlayStation
In recent days, there has been talk about the possibility that the new PlayStation portable console has a release date, a rumor to which the possibility of a new PlayStation Showcase has been added to show all the news that is coming to the environment of the Sony consoles. However, we will have to wait for big bombings for a while longer, according to those who think that the company hides everything from the public eye. possibility that the purchase of Activision Blizzard does not go ahead if the regulatory bodies so decide…