Sony shuts down Dark Outlaw Games and downsizes mobile games development as PlayStation continues to rethink plans
News Source : Eurogamer.net
News Summary
- Dark Outlaw Games - a studio founded barely a year ago - is being shut down.
- Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell was leading the development efforts at the new company before Sony pulled funding from the studio.
- Around 50 workers have been affected by these additional cuts.
- According to J-Soul, PlayStation will be moving away from the mobile game market, though previously announced titles will continue their journey (at least for now).
- This doesn't seem to affect external collaborations like the one with NCSoft for an online Horizon game.
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