Sony has apparently setup a new internal studio with former Deviation Games developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This report comes from Michael Anthony, the former technical director for Deviation Games, on Linkedin where he indicated in a post that previous Deviation employees were now working at Sony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I hear that a lot of previous Deviation Games employees have setup their own studio at Sony working on an undisclosed new IP,” said Anthony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“All the people I see working there that have signed up are top class developers and hope that you can create a top class new IP with your studio that hopefully gives you all the time you need to create a quality product and not have to deal with red tape from previous projects.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This news comes as a surprise given Sony’s plan to \u201ccommence a reduction of our overall headcount globally by about 8% or about 900 people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These layoffs will impact all of the company’s businesses around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deviation Games was founded in 2020 by two veterans of the Call of Duty development team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the studio failed to release its first title and was shortly thereafter hit by layoffs before being closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n