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[Gaelyon]

I'm currently playing The Persistence ("free" on PS+) and it's a surprisingly good game if you like indie futuristic 3D rogue like. The game has modest budget and simple graphics but is quite addictive... if you're persistent.
So Firesprite with a much bigger team/budget should be interesting.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Heard of the PC ports, but not of the studio you think might be responsible for them

I confused them with Nixxes Software. Had to do a Google search.

 

[AJUMP23]

That is a lot of space. And space is the final frontier. These are the voyages of a Sony developers as they embark of a 5 year mission to seek out new funding and new programmers in an effort to increase stock holder value.

 

[ButchCat]

Blimey, that's half of Liverpool.

 

[yurinka]

Bungo is almost 1300 people according to that document and they make a DLC every 18 months or so.

According to Bungie they will release "at least" one (so maybe more) new IP before 2025. Which means they have at least two in full production. Plus they are also working on bringing their IPs to movies or tv shows.

Mojang is also working on another project, Minecraft Legends and I’m pretty sure they’re supporting Minecraft Dungeons along side Minecraft. It’s not that surprising when you think about it.

As I remember they also released another Minecraft for China, another one for phones (with AR) and they did at least a tech demo for Hololens (I'd assume they didn't continue working on it and moved it to mobile instead).

 

[The_hunter]

Table for the mildly curious

bungie 1275, that was a big get for Sony

 

[MasterCornholio]

bungie 1275, that was a big get for Sony

Why is Bungie so big?

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

bungie 1275, that was a big get for Sony

The fact Bungie went from independent to Activision...to independent again and now to Sony while maintaining their level of quality and keeping a huge team is honestly signs of a great management team if we forget all the allegations of sexism, crunch, abusive leaders .

Now seriously...i'd like to see how they managed to pull off being independent from a company like Activision and keeping up doing what they always did.

 

[PharaoTutAnchAmun]

"organic grow"

 

[John Wick]

Bungie being that big is surprising to me.

Now you know why they cost so much. That's like 5 normal studio worth of talent.

 

[skit_data]

Bungie really is a big studio, makes the $3.6 billion (technically 2.4 + 1.2 for deferred payment) seem less crazy.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Studio Spotlight - Firesprite

 

[DeepEnigma]

Why Liverpool?

 

[SLB1904]

Can't wait for horizon vr. Pre order ready to go

 

[remember_spinal]

this studio might be the real wildcard in sonys library and acquisition spree. They are huge, if their games turn out good thats a lot of new first party games per year

 

[Mibu no ookami]

firesprite must have something really impressive that Sony bought them a whole building....

They didn't buy the building, they are leasing it.

What's interesting is that we're in a time where no one wants to do a 10-year commitment. I'm guessing that they got an absolute steal on the terms of the deal because no one else wanted it and no one else was willing to do a 10-year lease.

But what it does suggest is that Sony is looking to expand more in the UK. Which means we need to look at recruiting but also acquisition.

Lucid Games, though I can't imagine Sony was thrilled with Destruction All Stars.

Wushu Studios is also a possibility but again, can't imagine sony was impressed with DAS.

I think you'll see heavy recruiting but also subleasing of the space out to other studios and companies.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

The fact Bungie went from independent to Activision...to independent again and now to Sony while maintaining their level of quality and keeping a huge team is honestly signs of a great management team if we forget all the allegations of sexism, crunch, abusive leaders .

Now seriously...i'd like to see how they managed to pull off being independent from a company like Activision and keeping up doing what they always did.

Activision never owned them, they only had a publishing deal and that deal had an expiration date (10 year). They both felt like they weren't going to renew the deal and agree to end terms early. And really the deal only ended about a year early.

And they've really only been "independent" for 3 years and in this time they've only published DLC for an existing game.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Usually the face I make after a good Indian curry

 

[Mibu no ookami]

It's worth noting that they only have 17 job recs open at the moment, which isn't to say much because we don't know when they are moving in, but I think this is a very much down the line move more than anything.

 

[John Wick]

Why Liverpool?

Isn't this where Psygnosis was based?

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Isn't this where Psygnosis was based?

Yeah I was just referring to Loserpool FC.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Studio Spotlight - Firesprite