The company will also guide Sony’s live service game projects with its experience.
Following the $3.6 billion acquisition of Bungie by Sony, chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki revealed that the Destiny developer is working on a “big new IP” and the company plans to leverage Bungie’s experience in the live service space going forward. While Sony is reportedly planning to release 10 live service games by 2026, it is not yet clear whether Bungie will develop any of these games. However, since the focus is on this issue in the official statement, we can say that Bungie will definitely focus on live service in its new game project. It is also claimed that Naughty Dog, which developed Last of Us and Uncharted, is working on one of these live service games.
First details about Bungie’s new game projects
The only statement Bungie has made for the upcoming game project for now is that it will not be exclusive to PlayStation for the moment. The company also added that cross-platform support of existing games, Destiny 2, will continue.
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan recently said that the decision to buy Bungie was driven by a strategy to “extend the reach of PlayStation to a much wider audience” and “enhance the gaming experiences we build”. Speaking about what Bungie will bring to PlayStation, Totoki also expressed his expectations and said, “Our studios will learn from Bungie, we strongly wish Bungie will be willing to work closely with us.” Let’s look at Bungie, which brought Halo to the Xbox in the early 2000s and paved the way for first-person shooters on consoles, in its adventure with Sony. what will it gainwe will see together.
What is a live service game?
Live service game refers to games with a stream of new content added continuously after launch. Designed to keep you playing years after launch with a variety of content, these games are different and addictive than traditional single player games that can be completed in a set time. As examples of live service games, we can count productions such as GTA online, Warframe, Path of Exile and Destiny 2.