Sony's Impressive List of Gaming Studio Acquisitions

While Microsoft is making some really big moves in the gaming industry. Sony also has made some very nice moves of its own in the past by acquiring some very impressive game studios which have produced wonderful pieces of art in the shape of beautiful games.

Sony recently announced that they acquired Bungie a few days ago. This is definitely one of the biggest news of this year and its only the start of February 2022. Looks like we are going to have a very interesting year on our hands with Microsoft and Sony both looking into buying more and more studios.

Here is a list of Sony's First-Party Studios

  • Bend Studio (Days Gone)
  • Bungie (Destiny 2)
  • Bluepoint Games (Demon's Souls Remake)
  • Firesprite (The Playroom)
  • Guerrilla Games (Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West)
  • Housemarque (Returnal)
  • Insomniac Games (Ratchet & Clank series, Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales)
  • Media Molecule (LittleBigPlanet)
  • Naughty Dog (Uncharted, The Last of Us , The Last of Us Part II)
  • Nixxies Software (known for PC ports)
  • Pixelopus (Concrete Genie)
  • Polyphony Digital (Gran Turismo)
  • Sucker Punch Productions (Ghost of Tsushima)
  • Team Asobi (Astro's Playroom)
  • Valkyrie Entertainment (God of War's co-dev; known for co-developing games)
  • xDev (Sackboy: A Big Adventure's co-dev; known for co-developing games)
  • San Diego Studio (MLB The Show)
  • Santa Monica Studio (God of War)

(Source: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/a-look-at-playstations-games-and-studios-following-sonys-bungie-acquisition/1100-6500143/)

As you can go through the amazing list of games these studios have produced. Sony has given us best sellers after best sellers.

We also have a list of games that are upcoming and most probably will be best sellers again after their release.

PlayStation's Future First-Party Releases (Confirmed Dates)

  • Horizon Forbidden West--February 18, 2022
  • Destiny 2: The Witch Queen--February 22, 2022
  • Gran Turismo 7--March 4, 2022
  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2--2023
  • MLB The Show 22--April 5, 2022

PlayStation's Future First-Party Releases (In-progress/Release Date TBA)

  • Bend Studio's (Days Gone Dev) unnamed new IP
  • Bungie's non-Destiny unnamed new IP
  • Insomniac Games' Marvel's Wolverine
  • Media Molecule's Tren
  • Naughty Dog's unnamed standalone multiplayer

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