Every Studio Owned By Sony (& What They Are Working On)

Following Sony's acquisition of Firewalk Studios in early 2023, the Japanese giant now boasts 21 major first-party development studios, most of which have a strong track record for delivering high-quality games and ports. With this in mind, the future is looking bright for both the PlayStation 5 and those who've been lucky enough to get their hands on one of Sony's ninth-gen consoles.

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While it can be easy to keep track of what some of Sony's larger studios are working on though, the inner workings of others are not quite as well-publicized. Those hoping to find out what all of Sony's first-party studios are currently developing will therefore need to do a little digging. Well, either that or check out the carefully curated compilation of news and rumors down below.

Updated August 11, 2023, by Tom Bowen: With each passing month comes a wave of new rumors, not to mention the occasional new acquisition. In the past year or so the PlayStation Studios family has continued to grow in size, with three more big acquisitions announced by Sony. For those looking for a list of every major Sony-owned game studio or anyone hoping to get a better idea of what all of the main first-party PlayStation studios are currently working on, the following article should prove to be helpful.

Bend Studio

Bend Studio spent a good chunk of the last few decades working exclusively on PSP and PS Vita titles, but returned to home console duties a few years ago with the popular survival game, Days Gone. Sadly, the studio's next big project won't be a sequel despite a petition for one garnering more than 150,000 signees. Instead, Bend Studio is working on a new IP that builds upon the open-world systems first introduced in Days Gone. Job listings seem to suggest that it will be a multiplayer game.

Bluepoint Games

Prior to getting snapped up by Sony in late 2021, Bluepoint Games had made quite a name for itself as one of the best studios for HD remasters and remakes around. Since the acquisition, however, there has been no official news regarding Bluepoint Games' next project.

Bungie

Bungie is one of the latest studios to join the Sony family, with news of the acquisition breaking in early 2022. For the immediate future, however, Bungie will continue working on Destiny 2, with the Final Shape expansion expected to launch at some point in 2024. The studio is also working on a new Marathon title, which, like Destiny 2, seems destined to be another live service game.

Firesprite

The Japanese developer has typically worked as a support studio, providing the finishing touches on several of Sony's best first-party titles. After finishing work on Horizon Call of the Mountain, there's been no solid news on what the studio would be working on for Sony next, though the team is known to be co-developing Star Citizen: Theaters of War alongside Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium.

Firewalk Studios

Sony first began working with Firewalk back in early 2021 when a deal was struck to bring the studio's first AAA project Concord over to the PS5. A few years later, Sony struck a deal to acquire Firewalk Studios from American game company ProbablyMonsters, while also announcing that Bungie and Haven Studios would be helping out with the development of Concord, which is slated for release at some point in 2024.

Guerrilla Games

Following the huge success of Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West, it came as no surprise when news of a third Horizon game first began circulating in April of 2023. In addition to this, the studio is known to be working on a new multiplayer Horizon game, though leaked footage of the title from early 2023 suggests that the project may still be several years away.

Haven Studios

Haven Studios was acquired by Sony in early 2022 and is currently working on a new AAA multiplayer title known as Fairgame$. Members of the team are also thought to be working with Firewalk Studios to assist with the development of Concord; another multiplayer title.

Housemarque

Housemarque is one of the more recent studios to have been snapped up by Sony following the huge success of the developer's 2021 PS5-exclusive, Returnal. Since the acquisition, things have been a little quiet, though rumors suggest that the studio's next project will be based on a new IP, which would seemingly dash any hopes of fans getting a Returnal sequel anytime soon.

Insomniac Games

Insomniac Games and Sony always had a strong relationship, but it wasn't until 2018 that the Japanese Giant proposed making things exclusive. Since then, the developer has released several of the best PlayStation exclusives of all time, including Marvel's Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Insomniac Games is currently working on Marvel's Spider-Man 2 as well as a game based on Wolverine. The former is slated for an October 2023 release, but there's still no word on when exactly Marvel's Wolverine might drop.

London Studio

Sony's London Studio released some huge titles back in the day but hasn't done all that much over the past decade save for a few PSVR games. That could all be about to change though, with the studio currently working on a cooperative multiplayer game set in a fantasy version of London. Details about the project are scarce at the moment, but according to Studio Head Tara Saunders, it will be the developer's most ambitious project to date.