this right here is the only game they ever made
I don’t believe they have the personel for original content.
Have a studio that has never made their own original content make a sequel to two of Sony’s most well-received franchises?
Get outta here with that crazy talk.
The easiest way to give the studio a chance is to allow them to make their own version of the 6th archstone for Demons Souls.
Every studio starts from Zero. Last time I checked many of the members of Bluepoint are Ex Retro Studios employees who worked on Metroid prime. So their competence is not in question.
If they can make their own version 6th archstone I'm sure they can make a sequel.
Looking at the Demon's Souls game credits (so ignoring people hired after that game or working in another project) Bluepoint has a lot people experienced working previously in important original games before joining the studio, these are only some of them:
- Producers who worked on Titanfall, Resident Evil 5, Okami, GoW Ghost of Sparta or Journey.
- Programmers who made the Metroid Prime trilogy or worked in games like Sunset Overdrive, Titanfall or Batman: Arkham Origins – Blackgate. Concept artists from Diablo II, Starcraft, Warcraft III or WoW.
- Tech artists from the Metroid Prime games, Days Gone, Doom 2016, Prey 2016 or Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Mario Kart 7, Titanfall, Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus, Munch’s Odyssey, Star Wars The Old Republic, Batman: Arkham Origins – Blackgate.
- Environment artists from Baldur’s Gate 1 and 3, the three Metroid Prime, Neverwinter Nights, Mario Kart 7, Donkey Kong Returns and Tropical Freeze, Mafia III, Ghost of Tsushima, Titanfall, Star Wars The Old Republic, Recore, Epic Mickey 2, Doom 2016, Fallout 76, Everquest II, Telltale's Walking Dead/Batman/Borderlands, Batman: Arkham Origins – Blackgate, Darksiders II
- Visual effects artists from Mortal Kombat X, Injustice, various Fight Night, Doom 2016, Ryse, Stranglehold, Call of Duty: Black Ops or Call of Duty: MW3
- Character artists from WoW, Starcraft II, Diablo III, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch
- Animators from Killer Instinct 2013, Star Wars The Old Republic, Epic Mickey, Darksiders II, Star Wars The Force Unleashed
- Lighting artists from CoD BO II, CoD IW
- Designers from Darksiders, Darksiders II, GoW Ascension, Hulk (2008), The Red Star
And remember, this guys got a 92 Metacritic in their most recent project, which was a remake of a game that back then nobody bought. They are very talented and have many experienced people to work on original games. They are also -like all the other Sony internal development studios- hiring a lot to grow.
I think they will keep doing remakes/remasters, that’s the core of the studio, what they are known for.
Let’s not forget Sony owns the Amiga IPs if I’m not mistaken. Shadow of the Beast was one of the first to come out.
Yes, when Sony bought Psygnosis also got their IPs. When they bought Firesprite+Fabrik they had many former Liverpool Studio workers, some of who already where there back in the Psygnosis days.
Soul Reaver. For the love of God.
Hopefully MGS
Or Vagrant Story..
They won't work on these games because they aren't Sony IPs and the company who bought the studio is Sony. So they will work on existing Sony series or in brand new ones.
MGS is the only remotely possible one because Sony is making the MGS movie so they could have teamed up with Konami to make a remake to promote the movie, but still is very difficult.