30% of developer Bend Studios pay after Sony cancels live service
Blog Andrew Joseph 11 Jun , 2025 0
Sony has put about 30% of its employees in Bend Studio, the first-party developer of PlayStation 4 Open-World games Missing for a few days. The publisher confirmed the layoffs in a statement to GamesPot.
According to Bloomberg Jason Schreierabout 40 people were fired from the studio.
Sony also confirmed in its statement Bend Studio has been making live service games Earlier this year, but the game has been cancelled, the studio is working on a new, unnamed project.
“Earlier this year, Bend Studios introduced a concept of live service,” the statement said. “After careful consideration, we chose not to move forward. As the team’s focus shifted to the next project, we made strategic changes to better position the studio for long-term success. As part of this transition, part of the workforce was conducted in the studio. The decision was not made easily. We are very grateful for the contribution of all the meaningful training affected and creative direction.”
Sony has canceled multiple games since announcing its focus on Destiny 2 developer Bungie Bungie. Live service games for December 2025but in 2023 Shrink this number to only six. Bend layoffs are just the latest things that many Sony has done in recent years Firewalk Studios Close In launching live first-person shooter Concord and Layouts in Bungie After the acquisition and release of the last major expansion of Destiny 2, Final shape.
The latest closure is also Sony's London Studio and Deviation Gameboth are closed in 2024. The latter’s studio was closed before the first game was shipped, founded in 2020 by veterans Dave Anthony and Jason Blundell, summoned by staff. Both studios are reportedly engaged in games cancelled in closed sessions.
It is reported that in addition to the game cancelled by Bend, Sony also The title of God of War was canceled on-site serviceand Developer Naughty Dog canceled our last one onlinethis is the new multiplayer game in the popular single player series.
Sony has also had some success in the field service field, especially Hell 2 From the developer arrow game, where More than 12 million copies sold Since its release in 2024.