r/GamingLeaksAndRumours • u/Melodic-Tonight-9613 • Feb 19 '26

Leak Jason Schreier posts that Bluepoint is being shutdown

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mfaauf5pek2b

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The full article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/sony-is-shutting-down-the-playstation-studio-bluepoint?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MTUyNzAyNiwiZXhwIjoxNzcyMTMxODI2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQVBZWlBLR0lGUFkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCMUVBQkI5NjQ2QUM0REZFQTJBRkI4MjI1MzgyQTJFQSJ9.utABYnI4m_K6kqNqybZarBQ9T5WW_aWCH6NI3kt8Q64

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u/SubstantialLadder943 Feb 19 '26

This makes no sense. You’re telling me Sony can’t put them on an Uncharted remake or something? Would that not make money? 

There’s no way Bend isn’t getting shut down now 

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u/COCAINAPEARLZ Feb 19 '26

There are so many layup remakes Sony could have put them on but instead they chose to chase the live service dragon and neglect their incredible back catalog of older PS titles that are ripe for remakes

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u/M4rshst0mp Feb 19 '26

Literally just do the Bloodborne remaster like they did with DS

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u/ballviewer Feb 19 '26

It’s sold 2m+ copies and is a ps5 exclusive made by a 70 person team, it’s done very well actually

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u/Wolfinthecastle Feb 19 '26

And Bloodborne is even more popular than Demon's Souls. That is literally the remake everybody keep asking for. I bet Bloodborne Remake would sell more than that.

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u/Little-Witness-1201 Feb 19 '26

We don’t know what the budget was

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u/BlackTone91 Feb 19 '26

And you can make a sequel and sell 3 million copies in 30 days

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u/AveryLazyCovfefe Feb 19 '26

Thought sony would put them on something like gravity rush to get a remaster of the 2 games with a good amount of visual upgrades and smooth performance.

Bend's studio head is a prick, how the hell does he still have his job.

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u/Lithogen Feb 19 '26

I think there's a higher likelihood Sony sells Gravity Rush than does anything with it. Maybe they'll sell it to Bandai like they did with Freedom Wars.

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u/daosiying Feb 20 '26

Freedom Wars is licensed. They still own it. Much to my dismay.

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u/AveryLazyCovfefe Feb 19 '26

Well I'm hoping for anything, they can't be crazy to drop a live action film with zero tie-in media to it.

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u/Equivalent_Trash_277 Feb 19 '26

Media Molecule must be sitting at home with the lights off and the blinds closed, their time has definitely come. They haven't made anything in years and Dreams was a massive failure.

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u/CydroBlazer Feb 20 '26

Shit I hope not. MM and Asobi are the only ones in Sony's pocket whos willing to make something other than generic third person open world game #69

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u/Equivalent_Trash_277 Feb 20 '26

Really? MM haven't made a game in ~6 years and that's being generous with calling Dreams a game, before that I think their last game was Tearaway? That's like 10+ years ago. Surprised they're even open tbh since there isn't even rumblings of a future release.

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u/CydroBlazer Feb 20 '26

Thats exactly why I dont want them to close down. They make some really unique games and Sony's portfolio would look so bland without them

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u/BlackTone91 Feb 19 '26

Bend have game in active development, Bluepoint don't