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Perrott
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One of the masterminds behind Black Ops and Zombies over at Treyarch, if I'm not mistaken.Who?
tmlDan
Member
Yep, and was at deviation games before leaving, after that nobody knew where he went.
This is the first time, i believe, we knew he was still with Playstation studios(well working there now, was working with before). Which is weird given he was already technically working with them at Deviation till it didn't work out.
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March Climber
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Snowdonhoffen
Member
Interesting. Even if Deviation's game is dead, at least the manpower is still there.
I think Jason Blundell is a really good director and seems to love sci-fi, time travel, alternate dimensions and lovecraftian things so I think he could do some creative stuff.
But there's no denial he could also work on shooters. Maybe work on Killzone, Resistance or SOCOM.
I think Jason Blundell is a really good director and seems to love sci-fi, time travel, alternate dimensions and lovecraftian things so I think he could do some creative stuff.
But there's no denial he could also work on shooters. Maybe work on Killzone, Resistance or SOCOM.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Interesting... does this mean that Sony is building a new team or a studio with Jason Blundell at its helm? 
Btw, this is the announcement Deviation sent out when Blundell left last year:
Btw, this is the announcement Deviation sent out when Blundell left last year:
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StealthGoblin
Banned
It's either naughty dog or Santa Monica.
Santa Monica's studio is huge and I mean huge.
Wouldn't be surprised if they've got Barlog's team, this game and the next GOW in production.
Santa Monica's studio is huge and I mean huge.
Wouldn't be surprised if they've got Barlog's team, this game and the next GOW in production.
Baki
Member
Sounds like he liked working with PS but didn't like the direction of Deviation Games (or he was forced out). He joined in July 2023, the same time Sony likely cancelled their project with Deviation games. I wonder if it's a new studio they're building or Jason is building a team within an existing studio like Santa Monica.
Ronin_7
Banned
Zombie Planet
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Awesome! This is good.
yurinka
Member
Both Jason and JC left Deviation, but they seem to be back, or Sony is building a new studio in LA and they both joined it.
According to JC's LinkedIn (someone postead a screenshot in his twitter replies, but I no longer see the tweet, so maybe was deleted) the studio he's working on is in LA, where Deviation is. A city where as far as I know, Sony doesn't have any studio.
So either both are back to Deviation or Sony is building a new studio in LA with ex-Deviation staff.
Also, the top Sony guy said in the fiscal report Q&A that the dozen GaaS were still there but some of them delayed (later TLOU Online got canned), meaning the Deviation game was likely delayed or rebooted but not cancelled.
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
ohhhhhh i was confused.
this is super weird.
this is super weird.
StealthGoblin
Banned
Santa Monica is in LA. Santa Monica is home to many studios as it is hotbed of talent. Sony have Naughty Dog and Sony Santa Monica based there and Xbox have The Initiative based out of there. Blundell is there because Treyarch is from Playa Vista, which is 25mins away from Naughty Dog etc
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yurinka
Member
Investigating a bit more, I see he left Deviation in May and joined SIE in July, half a year ago.
The thing is, it says there he works presentially in a SIE office from LA, not remotely for some studio in other city. But unless I'm wrong, SIE doesn't have any LA studio.
Deviation is in LA too, and both him and Jason Blundell worked in Deviation. Maybe Sony just created a new, unannounced studio in LA with former Deviation staff to work in the Deviation game?
The thing is, it says there he works presentially in a SIE office from LA, not remotely for some studio in other city. But unless I'm wrong, SIE doesn't have any LA studio.
Deviation is in LA too, and both him and Jason Blundell worked in Deviation. Maybe Sony just created a new, unannounced studio in LA with former Deviation staff to work in the Deviation game?
Oh, I see. I thought Los Angeles and Santa Monica were different cities. But I see in LinkedIn that the Sony Santa Monica staff and the office itself are listed in LA.
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tmlDan
Member
Are you referring to this? it seems they're not saying much.
People are speculating that David Vonderhaar is also involved since he is a part of a new studio with no name either and started around the same time:
yurinka
Member
Yes. It's weird. Because, if they joined SSM or ND why not mentioning it? Why should they want to keep it secret? The most reasonable idea seems to be that SIE created a new studio there, maybe to reboot the Deviation game, and hired the people they considered from Deviation. Which would be a weird move. Or maybe they are working on a new game in a new SIE studio. In both cases it would make sense from Sony's side to keep quiet until the project seems stable.Are you referring to this? it seems they're not saying much.
People are speculating that David Vonderhaar is also involved since he is a part of a new studio with no name either and started around the same time:
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Baki
Member
Not that weird, maybe Deviation had good talent and game on their hands, but terrible management and leadership. So Sony decided to take back their funding and take the game in house as they own the IP.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
Gold Member
Guess the news has finally arrived at insider gaming as they put out a report on this yesterday:
insider-gaming.com
Sony Possibly Building New Studio Of Ex-Deviation Games Talent
Sony could potentially be putting together a new internal studio, made of employees who worked at Deviation Games.
insider-gaming.com
Perrott
Gold Member
I hope this works out better than the last time Sony tried to build a secret studio in California (VASG's spin-off development team, which started development on The Last Of Us Part I).Guess the news has finally arrived at insider gaming as they put out a report on this yesterday:
Sony Possibly Building New Studio Of Ex-Deviation Games Talent
Sony could potentially be putting together a new internal studio, made of employees who worked at Deviation Games.