{"id":40605,"date":"2021-09-30T14:58:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T21:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=40605"},"modified":"2021-09-30T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T23:00:32","slug":"playstation-finally-announces-its-acquisition-of-blueppoint-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=40605","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation announces its acquisition of BluePoint Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/e71ec50f471b1a4b7346811472b904a2b92d25a4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/e71ec50f471b1a4b7346811472b904a2b92d25a4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/e71ec50f471b1a4b7346811472b904a2b92d25a4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/e71ec50f471b1a4b7346811472b904a2b92d25a4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/e71ec50f471b1a4b7346811472b904a2b92d25a4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/e71ec50f471b1a4b7346811472b904a2b92d25a4.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps not the best-kept secret, <strong>PlayStation<\/strong> has put the rumors to rest and confirmed their acquisition of <strong>BluePoint Studios<\/strong>.  A few months ago, the official Twitter account for PlayStation Japan had seemingly accidentally posted the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nibellion\/status\/1409822833631502338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1409823081191940100%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Farticles%2Fplaystation-bluepoint-games-acquisition-leak\">wrong image<\/a> mentioning the BluePoint acquisition, setting fire to fan speculation ever since. Today, however, they are publicly part of the PlayStation family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcoming Bluepoint Games to the PlayStation Studios Family\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3OH977tutoE?start=1&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you weren&#8217;t aware, BluePoint is the studio responsible for some of the best Sony exclusive remakes of late, from the critically acclaimed PS5 remake of<em><strong> Demon&#8217;s Souls<\/strong><\/em> remake to the PS4 remake of the timeless classic <em><strong>Shadow of the Colossus.<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rumor is their next project will be a remake of the very first <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/2020\/09\/rumor-metal-gear-solid-to-get-an-exclusive-remake-for-the-ps5\/\">Metal Gear Solid<\/a>, exclusively for PS5, of course. Time will tell if that&#8217;s true, but whatever the case, you can bet the studio&#8217;s expertise in world-building and character creation will be a huge asset for future titles from PlayStation Studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony acquires yet another studio to produce exclusive future properties. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":40607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[2846,544,1114],"class_list":["post-40605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videogames-2","tag-bluepoint-games","tag-playstation","tag-ps5"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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