Housemarque acquired by Sony PlayStation — Bluepoint Games might be next

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Housemarque Joins PlayStation
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Sony announced today that Housemarque is joining the PlayStation Studios family. Several Housemarque titles developed in the last decade were published by Sony, so this acquisition isn't much of a surprise especially after Returnal's critical success on the PS5.

Housemarque Managing Director, Ilari Kuittinen, detailed the acquisition in a PlayStation Blog post. He wrote, "with the backing of SIE and its family of studios supporting us, we can truly grow into our place in the industry and show what Housemarque can create with no limitations."

PlayStation could also be acquiring Bluepoint Games after PlayStation Japan accidentally uploaded an image of the developer's logo alongside the rest of the Sony-owned studios. 

Sony Acquires Bluepoint

(Image credit: Sony)

The cover of Bluepoint's Demon's Souls is visible in the background, so it's probably not a mistake. Someone at Sony put the graphic together, so it seems likely that Bluepoint Games will be joining the PlayStation family. Sony might have avoided a joint announcement as to not take the spotlight away from either team.

Claire Tabari
Claire Tabari
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Self-described art critic and unabashedly pretentious, Claire finds joy in impassioned ramblings about her closeness to video games. She has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism & Media Studies from Brooklyn College and five years of experience in entertainment journalism. Claire is a stalwart defender of the importance found in subjectivity and spends most days overwhelmed with excitement for the past, present and future of gaming. When she isn't writing or playing Dark Souls, she can be found eating chicken fettuccine alfredo and watching anime.