Report: Sony Cancels Two More PlayStation Live Service Games, One Being God of War
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Concord was just the start of PlayStation’s live service game troubles, as a new report claims that two unannounced titles have been canceled. The big shock? One of those happened to be a live service God of War game.
Bend Studio (Days Gone) and Bluepoint Games (The Nathan Drake Collection, Demou’s Souls PS5) are said to be developing these games.
Years of Work Have Been Flushed Down the Drain for Both Sony Bend and Bluepoint Games
As Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reported, PlayStation has canceled two more live service games. While details are scarce, sources close to Jason tell him that Sony Bend and Bluepoint Games are the studios affected by the cancellation. The publisher is working closely with each studio to minimize layoffs. The good news is that neither studio will face closure, a fate that Concord’s studio, Firewalk, saw after the game shut down a few weeks after release.
“Bend and Bluepoint are highly accomplished teams who are valued members of the PlayStation Studios family, and we are working closely with each studio to determine what are the next projects,” a spokesperson told Bloomberg.
As for what these canceled projects were, Jason revealed that Bluepoint Games was working on a live service for God of War. No, you aren’t reading that wrong, God of War was going to have a live service game, as in an online multiplayer. That’s not to say the series never had a multiplayer game, as God of War Ascension featured a multiplayer mode. But it was just that, a mode never meant to be some grand live service. It never really did catch on in popularity back then, either. It’s rather disappointing to learn that Bluepoint games were working on a GaaS (Games as a Service) title instead of an original IP or a remake, as they did for 2020’s Demon’s Souls.
There are no details on Sony Bend’s game, though we did break a story last year with images of a military-themed third-person shooter. Based on several job listings, we speculated that it would be a live service, and based on today’s news, this seems to be the case.
At least neither studio will face closure, though we expect layoffs to be announced soon.
Given how Concord turned out, we can’t say we’re sad that more Sony live service games have yet to be released. We know how big of a moneymaker live service games are, but to have these many studios chase after it? We’re glad to see Sony’s colossal failure with Concord seems to have taught them a lesson.
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Good. Cancel them all. No need for live service GoW or any other IP to be turned into a live service garbage dump.
If we must get a new GoW, bring back ANGRY KRATOS and set it in Egypt or back in Greece. The last two games were so boring, the axe sucked and Kratos was a moron. Kill off his annoying son and set him on a new path of rage and vengeance.