Published: May 13, 2021 3:36 PM IST
Sony’s PlayStation Studios is currently working on over 25 PlayStation 5 games, out of which nearly half will be originals and not sequels or spinoffs according to a report by
We already know four of the games that the company is working on. These include Horizon Forbidden West, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, God of War: Ragnarok and Gran Turismo 7. 21 platform games would help the PlayStation 5 a lot, considering that, platform exclusives are releasing extremely slowly, for example, Gran Turismo 7. Also Read - Sony expects PlayStation 5 shortages could continue till 2022
Sony might also not produce all of the games that are unaccounted for, as the PlayStation Studios branding is a bit murky. The branding does not mean that Sony owns the developer, it just means that they brought the game up as a first-party. Also Read - Sony plans to integrate Discord into PSN in 2
PlayStation Studios Boss Says Over 25 PS5 Games Are in Development
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Herman Hulst, the head of the PlayStation Studios group of developers, has some good news for anyone who owns a PlayStation 5 and is looking forward to using the console more in the future. Hulst said the PlayStation Studios teams have over 25 different games in development which are planned for the newest PlayStation console. More exciting for those looking for something truly new is the fact that nearly half of those 25 games are based on new IPs.
Hulst spoke about the future of the PlayStation 5 in an interview with Wired where he discussed some of the games in development right now. The co-founder for
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Love Death + Robots’ episode ‘Beyond the Aquila Rift’, it will strike a chord here. You play an astronaut named Selene who is stuck on the planet Atropos. You relive the moment her spaceship crashed on a loop. There are two characters in the game Selene and the ever changing Atropos.
If you have ever seen the first
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Prometheus by Ridley Scott, Atropos looks like it has jumped right out of the planet where they discovered the Derelict. Replacing H.R Gieger’s organic art with fairly generic architecture, the mood is still there, as every area is shrouded in a thick mist, with all sorts of creatures. This game is a study in great environmental storytelling.