Sony Playstation: First Party Studios & their Current Projects

For lack of a better place to put this, going back to the tease Verendus posted years ago of Activision and Warner Bros each developing a PS4 exclusive, can we assume he was talking about the Crash Bandicoot Remaster Trilogy and Batman VR?
 
So now PlayStation has this gap between first party IP exclusives that goes from Shadow Of The Beast (May 17) and The Last Guardian (October 25). Im wondering which games will fill that gap. These are expected to hit 2016:

Kill Strain (in beta forever already, F2P)
Drawn To Death (also in beta forever already, F2P)
The Tomorrow Children
Wattam
What Remains of Edith Finch
Everybody's Golf
Gravity Rush 2
Bound (now has a VR mode, will prob launch alogside PSVR)
Here They Lie (another one that works both with or withouth PSVR, also prob launching in October)

Plus the PSVR only games
RIGS
The Modern Zombie Taxi Co.
VR Worlds
Tumble VR
Rush Of Blood
Playroom VR
Farpoint


(No Man's Sky of course its beeing treated as an exclusive with all the marketing and its launching in August, but its not a first party IP)
 
I honestly think Kill Strain and Drawn To Death are sent out to die. But all I need is Wattam, The Tomorrow Children and Everybody's Golf and I'm set.
 
F4r0_Atak said:
Guerilla Games (Amsterdam):
All seem to point out that most of the studio (if not all of them) are working on Horizon Zero Dawn. Although, it is possible a very small (like you said) may be prototyping their next project (could be another new IP, but it it will most likely be a Horizon sequel, if it does well).
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I would be very surprised if Horizon isn't successful enough to become a franchise, and I expect it'll be soaking up all of their resources over there. Looks like a mammoth game.
 
Triggerhappytel said:
I would be very surprised if Horizon isn't successful enough to become a franchise, and I expect it'll be soaking up all of their resources over there. Looks like a mammoth game.
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yeah, I pre-ordered a lot of stuff, but Horizon is the one I have most confident in not canceling.

Looks like Sony may have a hit on their hands, I’m expecting a multi-million dollar seller if reviews and word-of-mouth is good.
 
When it comes to games the Spider-Man IP is Sony's for the foreseeable future

"We've had a long history of success with Activision, and we still have a great relationship with them," Ong said. "But the future of the Spider-Man console games is with Sony and Insomniac. We're delighted about this partnership, and that's something that's going to continue forward. With [regard to] other console partners, stay tuned. There's many more interesting additional things to come. But Activision is in the past, with regards to Spider-Man."
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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-06-15-spider-man-leads-marvels-epic-new-console-strategy
 
Hmm, I have another feeling about Horizon. I don't think it'll sell well but let's see. I would love for it to be a good game but I just don't see it yet.
 
That would be depressing if Horizon is a critical and commercial failure since it's Sony's most promising new IP this gen. But I have faith in Guerrilla to deliver based on what they've shown so far and the hiring of New Vegas' writer. And there is a lot of interest in the game online (5 million views of the latest trailer and 1 million for the gameplay) so I think it will most likely do somewhat well commercially.
 
"We knew that this year we had an exceptionally good line up of games to talk about so why not get everything else out of the way and just talk about them?” said House. “So we made it very video heavy.”


“We now think of these events as shows,” he said. “It’s about trying to strike the right balance between delivering information and entertaining people who are tuning in to watch from home. There were meaty announcements but also it was hopefully entertaining.”
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The God said:
Wonder if this means other Marvel IP could go to other publishers? Like if Microsoft or Nintendo get rights to make Iron Man games or something like that.
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I think it's very possible. Marvel's goal seems to simply be to have the best games made with Marvel characters. They want Sony and Insomniac to treat Spider-Man with the same care that they would with their own IP. So it doesn't seem like they care who licenses the games just as long as they're great games. Marvel is on top of the world when it comes to movies, but they've had to look on as DC has dominated with games like Arkham and Injustice. So they want to end that.
 
FelipeMGM said:
So now PlayStation has this gap between first party IP exclusives that goes from Shadow Of The Beast (May 17) and The Last Guardian (October 25). Im wondering which games will fill that gap. These are expected to hit 2016:

Kill Strain (in beta forever already, F2P)
Drawn To Death (also in beta forever already, F2P)
The Tomorrow Children
Wattam
What Remains of Edith Finch
Everybody's Golf
Gravity Rush 2
Bound (now has a VR mode, will prob launch alogside PSVR)
Here They Lie (another one that works both with or withouth PSVR, also prob launching in October)

Plus the PSVR only games
RIGS
The Modern Zombie Taxi Co.
VR Worlds
Tumble VR
Rush Of Blood
Playroom VR
Farpoint

(No Man's Sky of course its beeing treated as an exclusive with all the marketing and its launching in August, but its not a first party IP)
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Bound was confirmed for August 16th on the E3 pre-show.

RIGS, VR Worlds, Tumble VR, Rush of Blood and Playroom VR are all confirmed for October 13th.

Gravity Rush 2 was reconfirmed for this year also, but no date yet.

The others I guess could come out at any point - I get the feeling Edith Finch will support VR based on it being a first-party first-person adventure game though, so that might not be out until PSVR is.
 
So is TGS a safe bet for Japan Studio's JRPG? Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, and Crash Remastered shenanigans at PSX?

Zukkoyaki said:
Wasn't sure where else to post this but I have seriously never been more impressed with a Sony line-up of upcoming games. Just the AAA ones:

- God of War
- Days Gone
- Spider-Man
- Horizon
- Detroit
- Dreams
- The Last Guardian
- Gran Turismo Sport
- Gravity Rush 2

I am legitimately interested in every one of these with GTS as the lone exception. It's just so diverse and loaded with new IP as well. Uncharted, Ratchet, and MLB got the ball rolling earlier this year in terms of PS4 exclusives and now the next couple of years look ridiculously stacked. What's crazier is the fact that Naughty Dog and Sucker Punch, two of their premier studios, also have unannounced games brewing. Not to sound like a complete fanboy but I feel incredibly excited to be a PlayStation gamer right now.
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Seriously, I'm down for all of this, including GT. Great time to own a PS4.
 
Off-Kilter said:
So is TGS a safe bet for Japan Studio's JRPG? Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, and Crash Remastered shenanigans at PSX?
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If the internal Japan Studio JRPG actually exists and has a big budget I would guess E3, Verendus said if it fails they will never try something like it again IIRC so they would want it to have a huge debut at the biggest possible event.

At PSX if it hasn't already been revealed I could see Naughty Dog announcing the UC4 singleplayer DLC there. Sucker Punch's next game probably not, Sony hasn't announced any AAA first party games at PSX and Shuhei said they tend to keep bigger game announcements for E3. But it's possible they could change their approach.
 
Out of boredom I'll guess when Sony's announced big games without release windows are coming (and I can look back at this post and probably laugh at some of these guesses being wrong):

Detroit: Become Human (Q2 2017)
Dreams (Q3 2017)
Wild (Q3 2017)
Spider-Man (Q4 2017)
God of War (Q1 2018)
Days Gone (Q2 2018)
Death Stranding (Q2 2019)

*These are 2017 and on games and only AAA except Wild, though that's a very ambitious game.
 
i am currently updating the OP - if you guys know about some big rumours that happend during the past weeks, let me know

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DriftingSpirit said:
Naughty Dog and Cambridge as well.
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Well yeah, I mean, Naughty Dog are doing story DLC and Cambridge is doing RIGS, so I guess that is some of the things they're working on.

Anyway, I got new Sony games in the door today! Gravity Rush HD, God of War 3 Remastered and Heavy Rain / Beyond Remastered. Will receive Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection tomorrow.

I still haven't bought Ratchet & Clank or Uncharted 4 though.
 
Madridista said:
Well yeah, I mean, Naughty Dog are doing story DLC and Cambridge is doing RIGS, so I guess that is some of the things they're working on.

Anyway, I got new Sony games in the door today! Gravity Rush HD, God of War 3 Remastered and Heavy Rain / Beyond Remastered. Will receive Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection tomorrow.

I still haven't bought Ratchet & Clank or Uncharted 4 though.
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Nah, I mean new games. ND has something else in the oven but we may not see it for a while. I believe another Killzone was said to be in the works as well and I think Cambridge is doing it. Oh, and PixelOpus but they are still a small studio right now.

Nice. Get into Gravity Rush Remastered than check out the E3 footage for Gravity Rush 2.
 
DriftingSpirit said:
Nah, I mean new games. ND has something else in the oven but we may not see it for a while. I believe another Killzone was said to be in the works as well and I think Cambridge is doing it.

Nice. Get into Gravity Rush Remastered than check out the E3 footage for Gravity Rush 2.
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The E3 footage looks alright. I don't know when I can get into Gravity Rush HD though. Currently I'm doing Mafia 1 and The Order: 1886, and after that I'll do Heavy Rain HD (completed it on PS3) and Max Payne 1. So maybe thereafter, I'm just not that excited to get going with Gravity Rush. I did play a little bit of it on Vita a long time ago.
 
Really hope sucker punch is doing another infamous, second son was a let down but it's a good start for what could a really good game. Flesh out the routes again. They also should've went with the i2 evil ending as canon imo.
 
I wonder what new Sony games could be announced throughout the rest of the year as it seems that most every studio that would be ready to show something significant is accounted for with few exceptions.

Sucker Punch and Naughty Dog are most likely too early, they will probably be the double-whammy at E3 next year ala Bend and Santa Monica this year. Northwest Studio has only been around for about a year so they probably aren't going to show anything.

As far as in-house studios go, PixelOpus and London seem to be the most likely to announce something relatively soon.PixelOpus hasn't released a game since Entwined in 2014 and their style of artsy-fartsy games tend to show up at Gamescom and PSX. I would beg them for PSX. Studio London has VR Worlds in October but I doubt that's all they're working on as they have over 200 staff and haven't released a substantial game in quite awhile. I can see them announcing another compelling VR game at either Gamescom or PGW to help carry momentum for PSVR.

There are a couple of wild-cards in play and by that I mean Japan Studio and Guerrilla Cambridge. Japan obviously have their hands full with TLG and Gravity Rush 2 but they have hundreds of staff there that could have the wheels turning on something else. We've already heard rumors of Knack 2 and a AAA JRPG which could potentially be their next wave of games (They do seem to work in waves like releasing Knack and Puppeteer in 2013 and two new games this year). Cambridge was hiring for a AAA shooter a while back so they could surprise everyone with a new Killzone or something.

And who knows what they will announce at TGS if Sony has anything themselves to announce at all there.

It's a bit of an interesting time. With presumably three conferences left this year, Sony is either going to be light on announcements, be dominated by smaller games and publishing deals with companies like Tarsier and Ovosonico, or have a big surprises in store.
 
JuanLatino said:
i couldn't find the post, but iirc Shinobi was hinting that Sucker Punch is working on a new IP.

I think they are a candidate for E3 2017
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Was having this discussion on Twitter with some friends earlier.

We came to the conclusion that if it were not a new IP, they'd have probably announced another Infamous by now.

Given that the first Infamous on PS4 was launched only 3 years after the previous Infamous, they'd be on track for release next summer. And we can't say the shift to new hardware would hold them back, because they were one of the few amazing developers who managed a near launch title that wasn't just a port.

Either way, for them to not announce a game this year means to me, they are shaking things up fairly substantially.

I'm excited. They're the most underrated first party developer to me.
 
JuanLatino said:
no he is not banned - regarding the JRPG he said this at the end of 2014 (Sony JRPG still exists. Last I knew, they were pushing past pre-production. We're also pushing forward with approaching more people to get further projects off the ground)

In 2015 he also mentioned the the 3 most exciting internal Sony Games in his eyes and the Sony Japan RPG was also mentioned.

i think this year is/was actually the first year where we got a realistic Chance for this Game to be announced. But since its a big project and we know Sony lets it studios take their time, i think a 2017 reveal is more realistic --> especially after The Last Guardian and Gravity Rush 2 are out
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Pretty sure the quote I remember from him was mid year 2013 at the latest during E3, not late 2014. I remember because I still hadn't been accepted to neogaf yet and I've been accepted in December of 2013 (had to check). So it's either E3 2013 or E3 2012 on when I read it.
 
Pound_lb003 said:
Was having this discussion on Twitter with some friends earlier.

We came to the conclusion that if it were not a new IP, they'd have probably announced another Infamous by now.

Given that the first Infamous on PS4 was launched only 3 years after the previous Infamous, they'd be on track for release next summer. And we can't say the shift to new hardware would hold them back, because they were one of the few amazing developers who managed a near launch title that wasn't just a port.

Either way, for them to not announce a game this year means to me, they are shaking things up fairly substantially.

I'm excited. They're the most underrated first party developer to me.
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This. +1

N.Domixis said:
I hope its a new IP and take a break from IF. IF never stood out to me and always felt boring.
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Maybe for you... but it was one of the legit best superhero-action game I could find. I never was into Prototype (looked, played and sounded boring AF). It was also before Batman Arkham Asylum came out too... :P

This.
 
Zukkoyaki said:
I wonder what new Sony games could be announced throughout the rest of the year as it seems that most every studio that would be ready to show something significant is accounted for with few exceptions.

Sucker Punch and Naughty Dog are most likely too early, they will probably be the double-whammy at E3 next year ala Bend and Santa Monica this year. Northwest Studio has only been around for about a year so they probably aren't going to show anything.

As far as in-house studios go, PixelOpus and London seem to be the most likely to announce something relatively soon.PixelOpus hasn't released a game since Entwined in 2014 and their style of artsy-fartsy games tend to show up at Gamescom and PSX. I would beg them for PSX. Studio London has VR Worlds in October but I doubt that's all they're working on as they have over 200 staff and haven't released a substantial game in quite awhile. I can see them announcing another compelling VR game at either Gamescom or PGW to help carry momentum for PSVR.

There are a couple of wild-cards in play and by that I mean Japan Studio and Guerrilla Cambridge. Japan obviously have their hands full with TLG and Gravity Rush 2 but they have hundreds of staff there that could have the wheels turning on something else. We've already heard rumors of Knack 2 and a AAA JRPG which could potentially be their next wave of games (They do seem to work in waves like releasing Knack and Puppeteer in 2013 and two new games this year). Cambridge was hiring for a AAA shooter a while back so they could surprise everyone with a new Killzone or something.

And who knows what they will announce at TGS if Sony has anything themselves to announce at all there.

It's a bit of an interesting time. With presumably three conferences left this year, Sony is either going to be light on announcements, be dominated by smaller games and publishing deals with companies like Tarsier and Ovosonico, or have a big surprises in store.
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Sucker Punch isn't early at all. They're 2 1/4 years into the new game and will be 2 1/2 years into their new game by the time an announcement rolls around. This is also for one of the teams that's already released a PS4 game and is comfortable with it. There's no reason their game shouldn't be announced by PSX at the latest.

ND is probably going to show their new game at E3 next year. No way their B team isn't working on another game despite conflicting reports.

GG Team #2 I'm sure is working on another game as well. Though their game is likely at Q4 2018 release unless it's another open world game like Horizon lol
 
N.Domixis said:
I hope its a new IP and take a break from IF. IF never stood out to me and always felt boring.
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I feel bad for you.

Infamous is one of the best series in the history of gaming, forever, and I love it. It's always played amazingly and been super fun, and it gets a bad rap and I don't like everything about it, and 2 probably wasn't the best, but my love for it is fairly unconditional. You're missing out by not loving it and accepting some flaws for the overall fun. It's fun. There. I said it.

EDIT: Discalimer: There might be the tiniest bit of hyperbole in here, especially the 'history of gaming forever' part... But my sentiment stands.
 
Maybe Sony got the license for another Marvel hero and that's what Sucker Punch are working on? Hulk? Cap? Iron Man? Black Panther?! Ooh, I'm getting tingly just thinking about it!
 
Sucker Punch has to be a new IP. Shinobi said they weren't working on Infamous.

Edit - Infamous 2 was a great game.
Edit2 - I demand a Sly Cooper announcement this year.
 
The God said:
How likely is Japan Studio making Bloodborne 2 by themselves?
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Why you asking? You should know... more than any of us! XD

Tonky said:
The chances of it happening are quite slim though...unless it's Sanzaru.
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Unlikely... as they've said in a few interviews that Sony didn't commissioned them for Sly 5. Could SIE/Sony have found another studio to work on it? What are they (Sanzaruu) working on anyway?
 
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