A live service God of War game by Sony’s Bluepoint, based on the franchise’s relaunch games, was reported as cancelled by Sony.
The report in Bloomberg also claims another unannounced title by Bend Games was cancelled as well. Bluepoint was best known for its remakes of Playstation classics Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls, as well what its site calls an “overhaul” of the first Uncharted title.
The studio was silent about its current work, though Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports that the studio was working on the game for “the last couple of years.” Sony claims the studios will not close in the wake of these cancellations, and in the meantime, they’re working with them to figure out what projects they’ll take on next.
No other details about these cancelled games are known at the time. After a wave of acquisitions and partnerships over the past decade by the hardware giant, there have been some hits and misses for Sony’s attempted live service games.
It saw a smashing success with partner Arrowhead Studios’ Helldivers 2, despite some exclusivity bumps requiring Sony accounts, but its project later last year, Concord, shuttered two weeks after launch.