Name of Responsibility veteran Jason Blundell, who’s labored on a few of the collection’ largest video games, is now heading up a brand new studio for PlayStation by the identify of Darkish Outlaw Video games.
This information was revealed in an interview with gaming journalist Jeff Gerstmann (by way of PCGamesInsider), throughout which Blundell revealed that he is been “working away within the shadows” on a recreation that has but to be introduced.
Blundell goes on to say that it is a “privilege” to have the ability to work as a part of a first-party Sony studio, though I am fairly certain that a few of Sony’s newer casualties might need one thing to say about that evaluation.
Blundell additionally acknowledges within the interview that Sony “would not arrange first-party studios on a regular basis” and says he is “excited” to be engaged on Darkish Outlaw’s debut venture, though he would not reveal what that venture is.
If Blundell’s previous expertise is something to go by, nevertheless, we will in all probability assume that it will be a first-person shooter of some form, and since he is a Name of Responsibility veteran with expertise engaged on the collection’ Zombies modes, Darkish Outlaw’s recreation may nicely have stay service components.
Whether or not or not that is a logical transfer for Sony stays to be seen; the corporate’s most up-to-date stay service shooter experiment, final 12 months’s Harmony, resulted in catastrophe. The sport was shut down in simply two weeks and its developer was subsequently shuttered for good.
This additionally will not be Blundell’s first foray into improvement for PlayStation; after leaving Treyarch in 2018, he based Deviation Video games, which was engaged on a brand new IP for PlayStation. Nonetheless, Blundell left in 2022, and the developer then closed its doorways final 12 months.
Blundell additionally is not the one Name of Responsibility veteran to depart the Activision “household” and begin his personal studio; again in February final 12 months, fellow vet David Vonderhaar introduced the muse of BulletFarm, a brand new AAA studio engaged on its first recreation with funding from NetEase.
After all, it stays to be seen whether or not Vonderhaar’s studio will be part of the procession of NetEase studios dropping their funding or shedding workers members. Keep tuned for extra.
