deviation gamea AAA developer owned by game consolewas shut down before launching its first game.
You may not have heard the name Deviation Games before, but to give you a quick refresher, the studio was founded by former Call of Duty heads Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell. Established in 2020. The studio was revealed in 2021, with PlayStation providing financial support to the studio to develop new AAA IP. Unfortunately, the studio has now closed, GamesIndustry.biz reports. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of Deviation Games,” chief human resources and operations officer Kriste Stull shared on LinkedIn.
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“I would like to express my deepest gratitude to our entire team. Thank you for your hard work, dedication and contributions to Deviation; I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to work with each and every one of you. The video game industry, we will be hosting a Social event, we hope any/all companies/studios can attend. If you are interested in attending, please contact me directly. To all the deviants out there, we will always cherish the memories we have created together. Thank you for being a part of our journey Part of it. Go for it!”
It is worth noting that in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz in 2021, Anthony said about working with PlayStation: “It’s definitely exciting. For us, we’ve never been in a situation like this before, and we’ve Everything we could ask for. From day one of the studio we have complete financial security for years to come.
“Now, by partnering with Sony, we can be who we are. Not only that, when we bring people into the studio, we can assure them that this is our culture. We can create, innovate and pioneer without fear sex.”
No reason for the studio closure was given, but PlayStation did recently announce that it would be cutting 900 jobs and closing its London studio entirely. The closure of Deviation Games is just the latest in a series of closures and layoffs, with EA recently laying off 5% of its workforce.
