New PlayStation First-Party Studio Dark Outlaw Games Revealed

Sony’s
line-up
of
first-party
developers
has
grown
once
again.
Led
by
Jason
Blundell,

the
new
team’s
existence
has
been
something
of
an
open-secret
for
some
time
now,
which
is
perhaps
why
it’s
first
official
appearance
was
rather
low-key.

Jason
himself
lifted
the
lid
on
his
new
studio
in
an
interview
conducted
by

Jeff
Gerstmann.

“I’ve
had
the
amazing
opportunity
to
create
a
new
studio
within
PlayStation
Studios
for
Sony,”
he
revealed.
“The
studio
is
called
Dark
Outlaw
[Games
and
we’ve]
been
working
away
in
the
shadows
for
a
while,
and
when
we’ve
got
something
to
talk
about,
we’ll
step
out
into
the
light.”

“But
you
know
the
story
for
me
is
about
the
game,
not
about
the
studio,”
he
continued,
“so
the
reason
why
we’re
not
doing
a
fanfare
or
shout
about
it
from
the
rooftops
is
like,
let’s
get
something,
right?”.

Blundell
previously
worked
on
the
Call
of
Duty
games,
acting
as
co-head
of
Treyarch
as
well
as
director
of
the
Zombies
mode.
He
left
in
2020
to
found
Deviation
Games
in
2021
which
was
backed
by
Sony.
However,
the
studio
ran
into
problems
in
2023
which
resulted
in
numerous
lay-offs.
Deviation
ended
up
formally
shutting
down
last
year,
and
since
then
there
have
been
a
number
of
reports
and
rumours
suggesting
Blundell
had
been
hired
by
Sony
directly
and
had
been
charged
with
forming
a
new
studio.