Sony Group is shutting down Bluepoint Games, the Austin-based studio best known for its popular and acclaimed remakes of Demon’s Souls of the Colossus and Uncharted. As reported by Bloomberg, this decision comes after what Sony described as a “recent business review”. Also, the decision to shut down Bluepoint Games will result in the layoff of roughly 70 employees. The report adds that the studio will officially shutter in March.
Confirming the decision to shut down Bluepoint Games, a PlayStation spokesperson told Bloomberg, “Bluepoint Games is an incredibly talented team and their technical expertise has delivered exceptional experiences for the PlayStation community. We thank them for their passion, creativity, and craftsmanship.”
A legacy of remakes
Bluepoint Games was founded on 2006 and the studio earned the reputation of delivering some high-quality remasters and remakes of some classic titles. The impressive portfolio of the company includes Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and the 2018 remake of Shadow of the Colossus. Also, the studio’s most-popular and celebrated project was the Demon’s Souls remake, which launched alongside the PlayStation 5 in 2020. Sony acquired Bluepoint Studio in 2021, shortly after the success of Demon’s Souls’. The company later tasked the studio with co-developing God of War: Ragnarok in 2022.
What went wrong
After Rangnarok, Bluepoint started working on the development of a live-service God of War game. But unfortunately the project got canceled in January 2025. At the time, PlayStation said it was working with Bluepoint to determine its next project. Instead, the studio is now being shut down, marking a sudden end to one of PlayStation’s most respected subsidiaries.
Sony may push PS6 launch to 2028
A new report claims that the launch of next-generation gaming consoles like PlayStation 6 (PS6) and others may get delayed due to RAM shortages. According to a report by Insider Gaming, “RAM modules have increased in price by several hundred percent in the past few months due to the demand for AI”. Stating that this seemingly may not go away anytime soon, the report says that RAM availability could continue to be a bottleneck. “Or at the very least, the RAM shortage will mean that prices will continue to hike,” it adds.
“It leaves console producers in a very tricky spot moving forward, and while consoles have traditionally been subsidised to a certain extent in the past, it seems like RAM availability and price increases will mean that the next-generation of consoles, which were already believed to be much higher in price than previous generations, could be extortionate,” the report says.
