Summary
- Sony has opened a new PlayStation studio in Los Angeles, California, as confirmed by a recent job listing.
- The newly-established internal PlayStation studio is working on a high-profile original AAA IP for PS5.
- Speculation suggests that the new PlayStation studio could be for a Bungie spin-off team or former Deviation Games co-founder Jason Blundell's team.
A recent PlayStation job listing confirms that Sony has opened a new AAA game studio in Los Angeles, California. This unannounced team is the 20th studio under the PlayStation first-party umbrella, and seems to be working on a new high-profile AAA IP for PS5.
PlayStation's first-party studios are among the most renowned in the games industry, which naturally results in a lot of hype around their projects. Fans are constantly on the lookout for news about future PlayStation games from Santa Monica Studio, Naughty Dog, Insomniac Games, and more. In recent years, PlayStation has also expanded its roster of first-party teams by acquiring longstanding development partners like Housemarque, Bluepoint Games, Firesprite, etc. Now, there's a secret new PlayStation studio fans should watch out for.
Based in Los Angeles, California, this currently-unnamed PlayStation first-party studio is developing a "ground-breaking" original AAA IP. Word comes by way of a recent PlayStation job listing for a Project Senior Producer, which explicitly confirms a "newly-established AAA studio" in Los Angeles. There are a few potential theories around whom this internal studio could be for, and one possible candidate is the spin-off PlayStation team developing Bungie's Gummybears incubation project. This was announced during the Bungie layoffs in July 2024, where 155 of the studio's staff members were confirmed to be folded into Sony Interactive Entertainment over the next few quarters.
PlayStation's Newest Internal Studio Might Have Been Salvaged From a Failed Partnership
Another likely occupant of PlayStation's new AAA studio is the team led by Jason Blundell, a renowned Call of Duty: Black Ops developer. Blundell had previously collaborated with PlayStation as a co-founder of Deviation Games, where the nascent studio was working on a new AAA IP for PS5. However, undisclosed turbulence led to Blundell exiting Deviation Games in 2022, and the studio ultimately shut down in March 2024. Interestingly, it was discovered in May 2024 that a lot of former Deviation Games employees had joined PlayStation as part of a new team helmed by Blundell.
Given that Blundell's team has been in gestation for a longer period than the Bungie spin-off team, it wouldn't be surprising if PlayStation's new internal studio is housing the former. As for what Blundell's team may be developing is anyone's guess, but fans speculate it might be continuing or rebooting Deviation Games' ill-fated AAA project. It could take several years until Sony announces anything pertinent to this new internal studio, but for now, fans are glad to know that there's one more PlayStation first-party game in the works.
