- Bluepoint Games reportedly pitched four new projects, including two remakes, before its closure.
- Two of these were remakes based on existing single-player PlayStation IPs.
- PlayStation rejected the pitches, fearing the viability in the current market.
Following immense disappointment last week, Sony’s closure of Bluepoint Games has only now begun to set in. Many still believe this closure is a huge missed opportunity due to the current demand for remakes in the industry.
In fact, a report suggests that Bluepoint Games intended to make a remake for Sony not too long ago. The studio even pitched two remakes to Sony, both of which were rejected.
Why it matters: PlayStation has a huge back catalog of games from the PS2 and PS3 eras that could use the remake treatment, especially given that its own big-budget AAA releases take so long to come out now.
According to Detective Seeds’ latest report after conversations with former employees, Bluepoint Games followed up on the cancellation of the God of War live-service project with multiple pitches to Sony.
The studio is said to have pitched as many as four titles, two of which were remakes based on single-player PlayStation IPs. According to the report, Sony believed neither of these games would succeed in today’s market and quickly rejected these pitches.
This became the final nail in the coffin for the studio since pressure was quickly mounting. The report outlines that the God of War cancellation and multiple pitch rejections led to dwindling morale within the team, and many developers had already left the studio by the time it was shut down.
Although the report did not specify which projects were picked for remakes by Bluepoint Games, the likes of Infamous, Sly Cooper, Motorstorm, etc. immediately come to mind as suitable picks. It is possible that the team even pitched remakes for the God of War Greek trilogy.
The report says that one of the two pitched remakes is now being worked on within Sony by a different studio. As such, it seems Sony has changed its mind on the viability of this project.
Although there is reason to believe that the aforementioned project is the remake of the God of War trilogy, this game may still be a mystery to the public. Anyhow, Bluepoint Games’ situation becomes even sadder knowing the fact that the team hoped to remake an existing PlayStation IP prior to being shuttered.
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Avinash is currently pursuing a Business degree in Australia. For more than 5 years, he has been working as a gaming journalist, utilizing his writing skills and love for gaming to report on the latest updates in the industry. Avinash loves to play action games like Devil May Cry and has also been mentioned on highly regarded websites, such as IGN, GamesRadar, GameRant, Dualshockers, CBR, and Gamespot.
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