Playstation Studios is one of the biggest and most popular studios in the gaming world. Playstation Studios consists of 13 main studios including the ones behind the God of War franchise and the Horizon franchise. They are two of the biggest gaming franchises in the world, yet they are just a taste of what PlayStation Studios actually owns. Now, they have bought Firesprite, the studio behind The Persistence, as well.
The Buyout
In an exciting new acquisition, Sony’s PlayStation Studios are now welcoming Firesprite as the 14 studio in their family. Many members of Firesprite come from SIE’s very own Studio in Liverpool and this would be a homecoming for them. Sony and Firesprite have worked together previously as well with games such as The Playroom (PS4), Run Sackboy, and The Playroom VR (PS VR).
“Today is an incredibly exciting day for Firesprite as we join PlayStation Studios with the backing of Hermen and the entire PlayStation Family. We are very much looking forward to the next part of our journey!”, wrote Firesprite.
Earlier, PlayStation gave them the opportunity to create their own IP, The Persistence. Sony gave them the creative freedom to explore, innovate, and release the popular survival horror game. Now they have become a first-party studio and have the full support of PlayStation to explore and innovate.
Firesprite
For those who are unaware, Firesprite is a video game developer formed by former members of Studio Liverpool based in the United Kingdom. Studio Liverpool, also called Psygnosis is a subsidiary of Sony since 1993, so most Firesprite members have already worked with Sony. Apart from that, five people in the studio’s core leadership team have worked on games for every PlayStation console.
So, Firesprite and Sony seem to have been bound together since the beginning and this collaboration just seems perfect. As mentioned above, Firesprite’s most celebrated game is the survival horror game The Persistence. They have also worked on Air Force Special Ops: Nightfall. As of now, they are working on “Theaters of War”, a large-scale Combined arms multiplayer game mode for Cloud Imperium Games’ Star Citizen.
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