Sony Forms New First-Party Studio, Dark Outlaw, With Call of Duty Veteran

Sony has arrange a brand new first-party studio, Darkish Outlaw Video games, inside its PlayStation Studios umbrella. The studio is headed by Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell, who confirmed the brand new PlayStation unit in an interview Monday. Darkish Outlaw is presently within the strategy of hiring extra employees, Blundell stated. He didn’t share any particulars concerning the studio’s first challenge, however stated an announcement would come when there was one thing to speak about.

Sony Units Up Darkish Outlaw Video games 

The trade veteran introduced Darkish Outlaw Video games in an interview with Jeff Gertsmann printed Monday. “I’ve had the superb alternative to create a brand new studio inside PlayStation Studios for Sony. The studio is known as Darkish Outlaw Video games. We have been working away within the shadows for some time and once we’ve received one thing to speak about, we’ll step out into the sunshine,” Blundell stated in direction of the top of the interplay.

Blundell steered that Darkish Outlaw was nonetheless within the strategy of finalising its first challenge and stated the studio was “staffing up”.

“However you already know the story for me is concerning the recreation, not concerning the studio, so the rationale why we’re not doing a fanfare or shout about it from the rooftops is like, let’s get one thing, proper?” Blundell stated.

“It is such a privilege to have the ability to do it with Sony as a brand new first-party studio. You understand, Sony do not arrange first-party studios on a regular basis. To have that privilege is humbling. I am actually excited,” he continued.

Blundell stated the studio was nonetheless “staffing up” and had been “occurring for just a little little bit of time”, however did not touch upon what the studio was doing precisely. The previous Treyarch developer stated it was presently about “getting the staff to gel, getting the concepts clicking” and testing assumptions. Blundell stated the staff will “work tirelessly” to get its first challenge prepared.

Blundell is thought for his work on the Name of Responsibility franchise at Treyarch. He was liable for single-player campaigns and the Zombies throughout a number of COD titles, together with Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 2, Black Ops 3 and Black Ops 4.

The trade veteran left Treyarch in 2020 to type Deviation Video games, which was backed by Sony to create an authentic triple-A IP for the platform. Blundell, nevertheless, left Deviation in 2022 and the studio was later hit with vital layoffs, earlier than shutting down in 2024.