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Bluepoint Games, a studio renowned for its remasters and remakes, has been bought by PlayStation Studios. Sony has a long history of working with Bluepoint, notably on the recent Demon's Souls remake for PlayStation 5, the Shadow of the Colossus remake on the PS4, and the remasters of the first three Uncharted games on the PS4, as well. Interestingly, this announcement comes with the news that for the first time in fifteen years, they will be creating an original title. In an interview with IGN, Bluepoint Games president Marco Thrush said the following:

"Our team is a very highly experienced team, the average experience among most people is about 15 years, and all of them come from original development. It's not like we're a bunch of developers that got trained up on making remasters and remakes. We have that original game development mindset in our hearts, and that's what we're now ready, finally ready with the support of Sony to push forward and show what we can do, and show what PlayStation can do."​

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Thrush also said they are not yet ready to reveal their new title, or exactly what "original content" means. It could be a new IP, a sequel to an existing franchise, or an enhanced remake that combines their experience at remaking games with some original content of their own.

Source (PlayStation Blog announcement)
Source (IGN interview)

 

[Viri]

Will it be good, or is it going to be like GF working on something not Pokemon?

 

[sarkwalvein]

Oh no, what a surprise!

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Hopefully they'll work on Jak & Daxter trilogy or Ratcher & Clank quadrilogy after this; those two PS2-exclusive series NEED to be brought back!

Either Bluepoint, or Toys For Bob, I don't care who.

 

[ov3rkill]

Well, most of their games were made for Playstation anyway. Hope to see some interesting titles soon.

 

[ZeroFX]

whoa never saw that coming...

 

[DAZA]

i hope they arnt doing the metal gear series then... as much as i love those games im not getting a playstation just for that!

 

[Deleted member 323844]

Their first game was a semi-original IP, Blast Factor. It was nothing more than a 1080P/60FPS Geometry Wars clone with a motion twist, but.. at least it was their IP.

 

[Deleted member 534570]

"Original Content"

 

[CMDreamer]

A company dedicated to remasters and remakes will be focused on creating original content... under the control of the worst copycat brand out there... Really?

 

[Esdeath]

Don't really get why they get such a studio to make a new IP when it seems to be famous for remakes, except of course they want to do it and have a good concept.
( hope they will do some bloodborne remake after that though, it deseves it)

 

[subcon959]

Don't really get why they get such a studio to make a new IP when it seems to be famous for remakes, except of course they want to do it and have a good concept.
( hope they will do some bloodborne remake after that though, it deseves it)

I doubt many people get into game dev to just be stuck making remakes. They are probably genuinely excited to be given a chance to create something.

 

[Deleted member 546149]

I mean, we'll just have to wait and see if it's good

 

[Xzi]

Not a big surprise. I wonder if their first original game will be a Soulslike though.

 

[KingVamp]

Kind of reminds of Nintendo and Next Level Games.

 

[eyeliner]

These poor bastards are screwed. Anything they'll release will be forever marked by a no release of whatever remaster/port of whatever idiot "gamers" want.
I feel bad for them already.

 

[asthepalacesburn]

They are f***ed. Seriously.

 

[Spider_Man]

Ho

These poor bastards are screwed. Anything they'll release will be forever marked by a no release of whatever remaster/port of whatever idiot "gamers" want.
I feel bad for them already.

Yea because we have seen this already with its ps remasters.

But anyways, how is this even news when we already knew sony bought them.

 

[Dr_Faustus]

Hopefully it does not end up in the same way that Sony's other Internal studios went, such as Superbot when Playstation All-Stars came out.

Oh wait, Bluepoint was on that too apparently. I guess Sony is not done slaughtering studios yet.

 

[CoolMe]

Hope they'll will work on something new other than just doing another remaster of something.. Now that they're probably financially stable under Sony's wing, they'll have time/resource to come up with something interesting.