PlayStation is shutting down Bluepoint five years after acquisition

Back in 2021 in the midst of an acquisition spree, Sony acquired Bluepoint Studios to bolster its first-party PlayStation game development pipeline. Now just a few years later, Sony is shutting the studio down.

In a very unexpected move, Sony PlayStation has confirmed today that it is winding down its Bluepoint studio. The news was first broken by Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, confirming that around 70 employees will lose their jobs due to the shutdown.

In a statement, a PlayStation spokesperson confirmed the news saying: “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 craftmanship.”

The decision to close Bluepoint comes after a recent Sony ‘business review'. Apparently, after shipping the Demon Souls remake during the PS5's launch period, Bluepoint spent some time working on a live service God of War game, but this project was ultimately cancelled last year. The studio had been putting new game pitches together throughout 2025 but Sony seemingly opted to not pick any of them up.

Prior to joining PlayStation Studios in 2021, Bluepoint was viewed as the gold-standard studio for remasters, having worked on the Uncharted Nathan Drake Collection, Gravity Rush Remastered, the God of War Collection, and the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. Considering that Sony just announced full remakes of the original God of War Trilogy, the closure of Bluepoint certainly comes at an odd time – they likely would have been perfect for such a project.

KitGuru Says: This shutdown came out of nowhere but unfortunately, Sony wasted a lot of money on cancelled live service projects over the past six years, so some cuts were bound to be made at some point.

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