It appears like Bend Studio‘s reside service AAA PS5 sport escaped the current PlayStation job cuts and sport cancellations unscathed. The studio hasn’t revealed something about its new venture past confirming that it’s a brand new IP, leaving followers to select up clues from official job descriptions.
Sony canceled various reside service PS5 video games, however Bend Studio continues to be hiring
The final replace we acquired from Bend Studio was in January this yr, when it assured followers by way of a tweet that it’s nonetheless “cooking.” Nonetheless, PlayStation underwent mass layoffs final month, adopted by venture cancellations. Quite a few the reside service video games that Sony had greenlit as a part of its push into games-as-a-service have additionally been canceled. Nonetheless, Bend Studio is seemingly secure.
Noticed by a Reddit consumer, a brand new job commercial printed by Bend reveals that the developer is looking for a lead venture supervisor for its thriller IP. The time period “reside service” is talked about at the least 3 times within the description. The perfect candidate is anticipated to steer the sport’s reside companies technique, have hands-on expertise of AAA reside service video games, and have beforehand led a transition from conventional “boxed product” studio to a reside service growth studio.
Earlier job descriptions have revealed that Bend Studio’s sport is about in “an entire new world.”
