Sony Game Cancellations: Studios in the Dark Reports of Surprise Project Axing
Reports suggest Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games were unaware of Sony game cancellations until media leaks.
There might be further upheaval on the waves of development for Sony it would seem, as there might be a fresh round of cancellations about to sweep away more budding "games-as-a-service." But this is where matters become foggy: did anyone tell the studios either? According to renowned insider Jeff Grubb, the developers at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games reportedly found out about their projects being axed in a rather undignified way-through the media. Imagine finding out your hard work is shelved via a news leak! He suggests this has put those studios in a precarious situation, trying to figure out their next steps with Sony and possibly facing the dreaded prospect of staff reductions. "Developers at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games reportedly learned about the cancellation of their projects simultaneously with everyone else, from leaked media information." - Based on reports by Jeff Grubb Schreier Counters: Not a Surprise Of course, it turns out that not everybody boug…