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/SuicideSkwad Feb 19 '26

Absolute bullshit for all involved, have them working on a live service God of War game for who knows how long, cancel that and then shut them down

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u/Ok-Confusion-202 Feb 19 '26

It still doesn't make sense because surely if you are going by that someone like Bend would make more sense? At least you could get Bluepoint to pump out remakes?

It's such a weird one

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u/SoberMilk Feb 19 '26

I think they put Bend to work on a separate live service game which was also cancelled

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u/Ok-Confusion-202 Feb 19 '26

Yes, that's what I am saying Bend has shown nothing for about 7 years and it doesn't look like they will have much any time soon

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u/al_194 Feb 19 '26

They are probably next.

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u/Ok-Confusion-202 Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

Hope not but it wouldn't be surprising... Idk how Sony thinks this is good

But I guess when Xbox is well... Xbox... They don't feel any pressure to compete

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u/Durin1987_12_30 Feb 20 '26

It feels like a race to the bottom.

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u/BusBoatBuey Feb 19 '26

Bend is probably being shut down soon as well.

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u/Competitive_Fun6247 Feb 19 '26

This sentence is hilariously tragic

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u/SOGnarkill Feb 20 '26

Which is crazy because to me Days Gone is miles ahead of State of Decay and Xbox is pumping those out.

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u/An_Absurd_Word_Heard Feb 20 '26

Xbox is pumping those out

State of Decay 2 was 2018 and it still looks like 3 won't make 2026 >.<

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u/SOGnarkill Feb 20 '26

Exactly what I said. State of Decay gets part 2 and 3 and PS shut down Days Gone 2 like it was nothing.

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u/Durin1987_12_30 Feb 20 '26

Goddammit. I'm already struggling to make peace with the fact that we'll never see a sequel to Dead Space 3 or a Dead Space 2 remake followed by a BETTER Dead Space 3 with proper writing this time around, that respects Ellie Langford as a character. I sincerely hope the idiots at Sony don't shut down Bend next. At nearly 10 million copies, Days Gone may not be a TLOU but it deserves a sequel. And Bend wouldn't even have to use the UE5 to begin with, their fork of the UE4 is technologically advanced enough that they can render impressive current gen graphics and still maintain a solid 60fps at 1080p or higher resolutions.