PlayStation to buy Jade Raymond's Haven Studios: Sony's first developer in Canada
Christopher Dring
Head of Games B2B
Monday 21st March 2022
Haven Studios LLC
Sony Interactive Entertainment
PlayStation has agreed to fully acquire Haven Studios, the development team led by Assassin's Creed, Star Wars and Google games veteran Jade Raymond.
It follows Sony's initial investment in the studio in March last year. Ever since, the team has been working on an exclusive new IP for PlayStation, which has now been revealed as a 'live service experience built upon a systemic and evolving world'.
Post-acquisition the studio will continue to be run by the current management team in close collaboration with PlayStation.
The acquisition will mark Sony's first foray into the huge Canadian games development scene, which is responsible for some of the world's biggest AAA games. PlayStation joins the likes of Tencent, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Nintendo, Warner Bros, Activision Blizzard, Take-Two, Square Enix and Sega, which all operate studios in the country.
Haven Studios currently boasts over 60 employees and is the 18th developer to join PlayStation Studios. You can read more around the reasoning behind the acquisition in our interview right here.
"Haven Studios is an emerging studio with an exceptional team of talent, and we're delighted to welcome them into PlayStation as our first game development studio in Canada," said Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan.
"The studio's focus on creating an original AAA multiplayer game will not only flex the power of PlayStation 5 but will further expand upon the diverse catalog of gaming experiences that can only be found on PlayStation."
Raymond is a games industry veteran. Alongside launching massive franchises such as Assassin's Creed and Watch Dogs, she also set up Ubisoft Toronto
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