And who knows what else we might see from that folder in the near future. That seems like a very strange error to make unless that image was already sitting in a social media manager's folder, waiting for the upcoming announcement to be public.
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It's nice that the PC port is good, since most such ports are embarrassing disasters (howdy, GTA4). They’re very, very targeted acquisitions of teams that we know well."Ĭould there be more Sony studio purchases coming soon? Observant Sony-watchers noticed that the PlayStation Japan Twitter account revealed the Housemarque acquisition with an image containing the logo for Bluepoint Games, best known for remasters and remakes, including the PS5 version of Demon's Souls. It's hard to screw up a Spider-Man game these days, since nobody's really changed the swinging mechanics since Spider-Man 2 perfected them, so yes, I did rather like the game- though I played it on PS3.
It's not like we're going around and just making random acquisitions. "I'm always looking for people that have a similar set of values, similar creative ambitions, and work very well with our team that we can further invest in and help grow as creators.
"We're very selective about the developers that we bring in," Hulst told GQ.
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But will Spider-Man PS4 become Spider-Man PC. Speaking to British GQ magazine earlier this week, though, Hulst said Sony isn't trying to keep up in an arms race with Microsoft's many recent studio purchases. Spider-Man is out now on PS4, and by all accounts is a great game worthy of the hero. Head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst hinted at Nixxes' porting focus in a statement, saying the studio has "a passion for improving games and for delivering the best possible experience for gamers." Nixxes founder and Senior Director Jurjen Katsman said the studio "can’t wait to get to work and so excited to bring our technical and development expertise to an IP powerhouse like PlayStation Studios." Advertisementįurther Reading Microsoft purchases Bethesda Softworks in industry-changing acquisition Acquiring two studios in the space of a week is highly unusual for Sony, whose last major developer acquisition was Spider-Man studio Insomniac for $229 million in 2019. After Horizon: Zero Dawn hit the PC last year, Sony said in its annual report that it "will explore expanding our 1st party titles to the PC platform in order to promote further growth in our profitability." Then, in May, Sony listed Uncharted 4 under the "more PC releases planned" section of an investor report, alongside the recent PC port of former PlayStation exclusive Days Gone.
Further Reading Sony lists PC version of Uncharted 4 in investor reportThat makes Nixxes an especially intriguing acquisition for Sony, which has been slowly dipping an increasing number of toes into the PC gaming space in recent years.