Sony Creates PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, Acquires Savage Game Studios

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Sony has acquired Savage Game Studios, which will join the company’s newly created PlayStation Studios Mobile Division. 

This new division will operate independently from PlayStation’s console development and instead focus on creating “innovative, on-the-go experiences based on new and existing PlayStation IP,” according to a PlayStation Blog post. Savage Game Studios is one of the first studios to join this new division, and PlayStation says the Savage team is working on a “new unannounced AAA mobile live service action game.” 

“Today, we announced that we have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Savage Game Studios, a hugely talented team of creatives with many years of experience making some of the most popular mobile games enjoyed by players around the world,” head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst writes in the blog post. “They were founded a few years ago with the goal of fearlessly exploring bold new ideas. We share their timeless ambition to innovate, along with a continued drive to expand our audience and bring PlayStation to more people than ever before, making them a perfect fit to join PlayStation Studios.” 

Hulst writes that players shouldn’t be worried that this new acquisition and mobile division will take away from the company’s efforts to bring games to the PlayStation console community. He says that much in the same way the companies move into the PC space has been additive to the overall PlayStation community, its mobile game output will do the same. 

“Our mobile gaming efforts will be similarly additive, providing more ways for more people to engage with our content," Hulst writes.

Here’s what Savage Game Studios CEO and co-founder Michail Katkoff has to say about the acquisition: 

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