Sony shuts down Bluepoint Games, the PlayStation subsidiary behind remakes of older games like Demon's Souls and Uncharted; ~70 employees will lose their jobs

The PlayStation subsidiary previously made remakes of games like 'Demon's Souls' — Sony Group Corp. is shutting down Bluepoint Games …

Bloomberg 2026-02-20 Jason Schreier

Context & Ripple Effects

Bluepoint’s closure extends a PlayStation retrenchment that previously included a planned 900-person PlayStation reduction and the closure of London Studio. It follows the later shutdown of Firewalk and Neon Koi after Concord was taken offline, showing cuts have reached both new-game bets and established internal teams.

The immediate significance is not just another headcount reduction: Sony is eliminating a studio identified with updating older PlayStation properties, narrowing one route for reusing its back catalog.

First-order effects

About 70 Bluepoint employees lose their jobs, and Sony ends Bluepoint’s role as an in-house developer of remakes such as Demon's Souls and Uncharted.
PlayStation loses a dedicated internal team for remake work; any projects or plans tied to the studio will need to be cancelled, reassigned, or handled externally.

Second-order effects

Sony’s remaining PlayStation studios and external partners may face greater pressure to absorb any remake work Sony still wants to pursue, while the company weighs that work against new-game development.
The closure further concentrates PlayStation’s development portfolio in fewer teams after the earlier layoffs affecting Insomniac, Naughty Dog, and Guerrilla, reducing management’s internal options for specialized projects.

Third-order effects

If this pattern continues, PlayStation’s studio strategy may become more selective: fewer owned teams, with investment concentrated in projects that clear a higher commercial bar.
The sequence of layoffs and closures suggests portfolio discipline is shaping PlayStation’s production capacity across both experimental releases and catalog revivals, though the mix of future in-house versus partner-led work remains unclear.

The trend: PlayStation is consolidating its game-development organization, trimming both newer bets and specialized legacy-franchise capacity as it prioritizes a smaller set of projects.

Discussion

Gameranx Ryan Parreno on x
Sony Is Shutting Down Bluepoint Games In Its 20th Year
@nuhre_ @nuhre_ on x
This statement is so tone deaf it actually annoys me. Sony whining about budget management while closing Bluepoint Games is insane. I just know they've got other studios hemorrhaging money on live-service slop. [image]
@stealth40k @stealth40k on x
Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games less than 5 years after acquiring them. A sad end for what was a great studio. https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]
@okami13_ Kami on x
Demon's Souls Remake is the game that sold me on the PS5 as a huge FromSoft fan. Still one of the most ‘next-gen’ looking games to this day. Bluepoint deserved a shot at an original single player game, or at least to keep doing remakes. [image]
@zuby_tech @zuby_tech on x
Bluepoint Games Pedigree: #BluepointGames [image]
@tomwarren Tom Warren on x
Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games, the studio behind the Demon's Souls and Shadow of the Colossus remakes. Sony first acquired Bluepoint in 2021, and is now closing the studio less than 5 years later https://www.theverge.com/... [image]
@domsplaying Dom on x
I get PlayStation is “operating in an increasingly challenging industry environment,” as Hulst says, though this is a direct result of prior management & decision-making around a misguided services push. Sending my best to all former Bluepoint employees. https://www.gamesindustry…
@shpeshal_nick @shpeshal_nick on x
I'm still trying to understand the logic behind this Bluepoint are one of the most technically talented studios in the world who specialise in Remasters/Remakes and ports PlayStation is porting their games to PC and always doing Remakes/Remasters... I just...what? [image]
@pirat_nation @pirat_nation on x
Gamers are extremely mad after PlayStation Studios posted a marathon trailer following Bluepoint Games' shutdown, one of fans' favourite studios. [image]
@realradec @realradec on x
This is heartbreaking and a total failure from PlayStation Bluepoint's an expert in remasters/remakes, and yet they were put on a God of War Live Service instead of another remake after Demon's Souls? Generational fumble by Sony RIP Bluepoint Games. Thanks for the memories ❤️ [im…
@neogamespark @neogamespark on x
Shutting down Bluepoint after forcing em to work on a now cancelled live service God of War game instead of what they're actually capable of.... Ain't nobody at PlayStation gonna see heaven after this.
@modernvintageg @modernvintageg on x
Just sad news today hearing about Bluepoint Games closing. I feel for my friends who worked there. They produced best-in-class remasters and remakes that made videogames better. Under Sony they were mismanaged and released nothing. Set up for failure. What a waste.
@stealth40k @stealth40k on bluesky
Sony is shutting down Bluepoint Games less than 5 years after acquiring them. — A sad end for a great studio. — Source: Bloomberg — bloomberg.com/news/article... [image]
@peteskerritt.com Pete Skerritt on bluesky
The sooner this industry burns to the ground, the better. — It's already a multi-alarm fire and the roof is collapsing, but people are pretending that the building can be saved. — I assure you, it cannot.
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