Sony Interactive Leisure’s PlayStation London Studio has formally closed its doorways.
Based in 2002 and based mostly in Soho, London, the first-party studio labored on The Getaway collection and was chargeable for the Singstar franchise.
It additionally developed quite a few video games for PlayStation’s EyeToy digicam, Wonderbook, and PlayStation VR titles VR Worlds and Blood & Fact.
Extra lately it had been engaged on an on-line co-op fight sport set in a fantasy London.
In February, Sony introduced plans to shut the studio as a part of wider cuts that might see the PS5 maker lay off 900 staff worldwide, or about 8% or its workforce.
For over twenty years London Studio has been dwelling to some exceptionally proficient and fantastic folks within the video games trade. As we shut the doorways, and all go ahead to new adventures, we needed to say a heartfelt thanks, to all our previous and current, gamers and colleagues… pic.twitter.com/gXe4MnU6SI
— PlayStation London Studio (@LondonStudioHQ) Might 21, 2024
“For over twenty years London Studio has been dwelling to some exceptionally proficient and fantastic folks within the video games trade,” the studio mentioned in a farewell message.
“As we shut the doorways, and all go ahead to new adventures, we needed to say a heartfelt thanks, to all our previous and current, gamers and colleagues who’ve supported us over time. We’ve had one wild and fantastic journey!
PlayStation’s latest restructuring additionally led to job losses at Spider-Man studio Insomniac, Final of Us developer Naughty Canine, and Horizon Name of the Mountain creator Firesprite.
Commenting on the transfer, Hermen Hulst, who has since been appointed as PlayStation’s joint-CEO, mentioned the corporate was “reevaluating” the way it operates and that the layoffs had resulted within the cancellation of unnamed sport initiatives.
