After buying up Returnal-creator Housemarque and porting specialists Nixxes Studio earlier this year, Sony has expanded its ranks once again. This time it’s Firesprite who invited into the PlayStation Studios heat.
The British developer was originally founded in 2012, and consists of several members from the former Sony studio Studio Liverpool. Firesprite has collaborated with Sony on several occasions, including on The Playroom, The Playroom VR and the mobile game Run Sackboy Run.
– Firesprite is a creative and ambitious studio that is skilled in building incredible experiences that really show the potential of our consoles. The team’s technical and creative qualities will be very important as we build on our great catalog of exclusive games, and I think you will be happy with what we have in store, said PlayStation manager Hermen Hulst about the acquisition.
The announcement also included a statement from Firesprite top Graeme Ankers. However, this was mostly about the studio’s history, so exactly what Firesprite will work with at Sony, we did not get any insight into.
The collaboration with Cloud Imperium Games to create a multiplayer thing for Star Citizen, with the working title Theaters of War, was also not mentioned. That game is scheduled to be released only on PC, and whether Sony will try to get a PlayStation version is unclear.
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