With the current console generation now in its latter half, the PlayStation 5 A massive success for Sony with over 65 million units sold and record profits. More importantly, though, PlayStation's first-party teams have pumped out a plethora of critically acclaimed games for the PS5 over the past four years, such as God of War Ragnarok, Marvel's Spider-Man 2The Demon spirits remake, Astro Bot, Gran Turismo 7, Horizon Forbidden Westand much more.
However, many PlayStation fans wonder what this future output will look like. Sony has a stable of more than 19 first-party studios, but many of the PlayStation teams have been quiet about their development projects for some time. Going forward, though, Sony promises major tentpole PS5 titles on an annual basis, so it's worth looking out for rumored games PlayStation fans might see from its first-party studios in the coming years.
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Games rumored to be in development at one of PlayStation's biggest first-party studios
Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studios, Guerrilla Games, and Insomniac Games are the four major studios under the PlayStation banner. Of these, Naughty Dog has gone the longest without releasing a new game. The studio is reportedly developing two projects, Brand new IP and The last of us 3. As for what will be the first release, rumors claim that Naughty Dog's new IP will be its next game. Another team working on A The new IP is Santa MonicaBut not only that, the studio is reportedly in development Another main line god of war Entry and a The spin-off title centers around Atreus Also (which could easily be one and the same).
Game studios are often very secretive about their projects, so the rumored PlayStation games discussed here should be taken with a grain of salt.
Guerrilla is a highly successful observer horizon franchise, so it's not too surprising that the studio is working on more horizon Games. It was confirmed in 2022 that Guerrilla is one Multiplayer horizon Game and third mainline entry At some stage of production, but one report horizon The MMORPG developed in collaboration with Korean studio NCSoft has been bubbling for a while now. Last but not least is Insomniac, where the December 2023 data breach leaked the studio's entire game release roadmap for the next nine years, including heavy hitters. Marvel's Spider-Man 3a poison Spin-off, new Ratchet and clank Entry, and also one The X-Men the game.
Every rumored PlayStation first-party game in development
- Firesprite: until 2 am
- Guerrilla Games: Horizon MMO
- Nixxes Software: God of War Greek Saga remasters
- Santa Monica Studios: Another mainline God of War game and Atreus spin-off
- Anonymous Jason Blundell Studios: Currently unknown, possibly ongoing Deviation game project
As far as upcoming projects from other PlayStation studios go, Firesprite's previous job listings largely indicate that it's in development. until the morning The sequel. Further lending evidence to this rumor are the recently released extended ending sequences. until the morning Remake that teases the continuation of the story.
Nixxes Software cut its teeth on the PlayStation Studios roster with high-quality PC ports of PS4 and PS5 games. Leading the studio's development Horizon Zero Dawn RemasteredHowever, Sony may be expanding Nixes' role beyond the company's PC porting team. Conveniently, Nixxes was recently rumored to be working on a remastered Greek collection. god of war Games. These remasters will reportedly be released in 2025 god of war It's the series' 20th anniversary, so fans won't have to wait long to see if this rumor pans out.
Aside from the rumored games, there is an entire PlayStation team whose existence is currently unconfirmed. The studio is reportedly set up with the talent of Deviation Games, a fledgling team that Sony partnered with two years ago. Unfortunately, Deviation Games had to close its doors earlier this year after facing financial difficulties, layoffs, and key creator exits, including one of Deviation's co-founders, Jason Blundell. Interestingly, Blundell is leading this mysterious PlayStation studio, but it is yet to be determined what he and the team are working on. A running theory is that the studio may continue to play diversions with Blundell at the helm, but it will be several years until this is confirmed.
PlayStation 5
Sony's PlayStation 5 is part of the ninth console generation and debuted with a launch lineup that included Demon's Souls and Astro's Playroom. The console comes with a Blu-ray disc, although a digital-only version is also available at a cheaper price.
