According to a user on ResetEra, Bluepoint would be very close to being bought by Sony; who would have been very impressed with the talent of the team and the results obtained in the first place with the remake of Shadow of the Colossus, and for the recent Demon's Souls. According to the user known on the web with the nickname of "MarsipanRumpan", a source familiar with the development team would have confided to him that the software house and Sony would be finalizing an agreement regarding the acquisition of the studio by the company. Japanese company.
To push Sony to want the guys from Bluepoint in their team first party roster, would have been the excellent job done with the recent remake of Demon's Souls. Even though the title was only released today, the high quality that the game offers is under everyone's eyes; result of a great team that is not the first vote that ends up in the spotlight by re-proposing a great classic of the recent history of the video game.
Still according to the user of ResetEra, the announcement of this acquisition should arrive in a few month, February 28, 2021 to be precise. Also according to this rumor, the agreement should give Bluepoint Games the opportunity to develop a new game belonging to a completely new IP; which would be a nice task after the team has made it big through great remakes. What do you think of this rumor? Would you see the Bluepoint guys well within Sony's portfolio of internal teams?
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