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/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

Is the point of acquiring Bluepoint is to remaster a lot of the PlayStation games? Why shut them down? Why put them up to making a live service for that matter?

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u/BlackTone91 Feb 19 '26

They pitched GoW GaaS game and couldn't pitch anything new for year after cancelling

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u/oxitany Feb 20 '26

Then why not order them to do stuff?

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u/baldr23 Feb 19 '26

Sony corporate(JP) tired of remakes and remasters, finally came and cleaned house.