We’re only a couple of weeks into the new years, but some big games have already been canceled before they were even announced. That comes via a report from Bloomberg, which indicates that PlayStation has canceled two live-service games being developed by its first-party teams at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games, the latter of which was reportedly working on a live service God of War title.
The report notes that per an internal memo, PlayStation is now “working closely with Bend and Bluepoint to determine what are the next projects and plan to do everything we can to ensure there is minimal business impact.”
Sony had grand ambitions for live service titles in recent years, with the company at one point having a dozen of these games in development. Unlike its single-player titles, which launch on console first before later getting Windows PC ports, PlayStation has openly embraced launching its live service games on PC day one.
The publisher has seen mixed results so far, with 2024 bringing Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2, which rapidly sold over 12 million copies across PlayStation 5 and PC. Later the same year, PlayStation launched player-vs-player shooter Concord before pulling the game from sale due to extremely low sales, then shuttered Firewalk Studios, the Washington-based developers.
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