PlayStation and Bungie are collaborating on live service games. New game projects and Sony’s future plans.
Following Sony’s acquisition of Bungie a few years ago, SIE Live Service Center of Excellence The initiative carried out under the name was not brought to the agenda much. However, this partnership still continues and new developments are taking place. Bungie’s Bridget O’Neill announced that PlayStation is building the foundation of Bungie’s creative team to support live service games. O’Neill stated that this collaboration offers a great opportunity to share experience with other studios developing live service games.
Bungie and PlayStation Partnership
Sony has made several ventures into live service games since acquiring Bungie. Helldivers 2 And Concord Games like have been released, but these games have had varying success. Also from Haven Studio Fairgame$ and Bungie’s new game marathon is also on the way. In the same period The Last of Us The multiplayer spin-off project was canceled.
Bringing Bungie’s expertise in live service games to the PlayStation ecosystem provides a significant advantage in the development of new games. According to O’Neill, live service gaming is a challenging and highly competitive market. Therefore, PlayStation and Bungie’s collaboration has the potential to make a huge difference in the industry.
There have been some changes in the team since Sony acquired Bungie. Following the layoffs at the beginning of the year, 220 Bungie employees lost their jobs and 155 employees were integrated into Sony. However, Bungie’s Destiny 2 will continue to release DLC until 2026 for marathon It was announced that he continues to work on it.
Following the announcement of Sony’s live service center, efforts to learn from Bungie accelerated. Although Helldivers 2 Even if it succeeds, Concord Some projects, such as, may have fallen below expectations. However, this partnership is an important beginning for PlayStation in the field of live service games.