If you need to know what new video games are popping out for PS5 right here’s a listing of what every of Sony’s inner studios are engaged on in the mean time.
A number of PlayStation 5 house owners wish to criticise the console for not having sufficient first social gathering video games, and it’s not arduous to see why. Sony didn’t handle to launch a single main blockbuster final Christmas, with the writer’s solely exclusives being Astro Bot (which was critically acclaimed however not a large vendor) and the disastrous Concord.
Sony’s 2025 launch schedule is wanting simply as slim, with the most recent State of Play from February 2025 relying virtually fully on third social gathering releases. So, until you might be keenly listening to each hearsay and piece of stories, it’s straightforward to imagine the corporate has only a few video games presently in lively growth.
To get a real concept of the present state of the PlayStation enterprise, let’s run by all of Sony’s inner builders and take a look at to determine what they’re presently engaged on and when their subsequent recreation is likely to be out.
Naughty Dog
While The Last Of Us continues to be a sizzling commodity because of the TV present, Naughty Dog’s subsequent challenge shouldn’t be The Last Of Us Part 3 however relatively a brand new 80s impressed sci-fi IP entitled Intergalatic: The Heretic Prophet.
Its transient reveal at The Game Awards 2024 suggests will probably be one other third individual motion recreation, though perhaps one not as reliant on stealth as The Last Of Us and Uncharted. It has no launch date, however this can be Naughty Dog’s first wholly authentic recreation for the PlayStation 5.
The studio’s PlayStation 5 output has to this point consisted of remasters of its PlayStation 4 video games (together with 2020’s The Last Of Us Part 2) and a full remake of the primary The Last Of Us.
Admittedly, Naughty Dog was meant to launch a The Last Of Us multiplayer recreation, after it opted to chop multiplayer from The Last Of Us Part 2. It would’ve additionally been certainly one of Sony’s many deliberate stay service video games, nevertheless it was cancelled so Naughty Dog may follow making single-player video games.
Speaking of, Naughty Dog has stated it has a number of single-player initiatives within the pipeline. What any of them are, although, is a thriller, with loads of rumours/theories pointing to a 3rd The Last Of Us, a fantasy recreation, and even a brand new Uncharted.
Santa Monica Studio
Considering Santa Monica Studio has been making virtually nothing however God Of War video games since 2005, everybody expects the studio to be engaged on one other sequel subsequent. While that’s a reasonably secure guess, a God Of War 6 shouldn’t be assured to be Santa Monica’s subsequent launch.
In the wake of 2022’s God Of War Ragnarök, producer Cory Barlog stated Santa Monica was engaged on a number of initiatives however didn’t say what any of them had been. Santa Monica has offered no updates since then, however proof factors to certainly one of them being a brand new IP, probably one other sci-fi recreation alongside Naughty Dog’s.
That stated, there have been a number of rumours and theories about new God Of War initiatives, starting from a half-sequel to remasters of the unique Greek video games and even a prequel.
Sucker Punch Productions
After the success of 2020’s Ghost Of Tsushima, a sequel for the PlayStation 5 was all however assured. Sucker Punch didn’t verify that although, till late 2024, with the sequel sporting the title Ghost Of Yōtei.
Set 300+ years after the primary recreation and that includes a brand new feminine protagonist, Ghost Of Yōtei is to this point Sony’s solely first social gathering unique scheduled for 2025. Technically although they by no means stated it was a sequel and it may probably be a half-sequel within the fashion of Spider-Man: Miles Morales.
Beyond that, there’s nothing to counsel Sucker Punch is engaged on the rest. There had been as soon as rumours of the studio revisiting its Sly Cooper and InWell-known franchises, however Sucker Punch shut these down in 2022, including that no such initiatives had been in growth wherever inside Sony.
Bend Studio
Following 2019’s Days Gone, Bend Studio was meant to maneuver onto a brand new multiplayer IP, with was described as a AAA army shooter. Like many different Sony stay service initiatives, although, it was cancelled earlier than something extra official was shared.
As such, there’s no telling if Bend has the rest to fall again on or if it must pitch new concepts to Sony. There was as soon as speak of the studio making a brand new Uncharted, however workers reportedly wished to do their very own factor, leading to some leaving and the remainder asking to be taken off the challenge.
Ironically, regardless of Sony cancelling plans for a sequel, the corporate does take into account Days Gone worthy of getting an up to date remaster for PlayStation 5. It comes out in April 2025 and contains new modes that can even be added to the PC model as DLC.
San Diego Studio
San Diego Studio could be the most dependable of the PlayStation studios because it’s very straightforward to guess what it’s engaged on. They’ve accomplished actually nothing however make annual MLB The Show video games since 2018 and this 12 months’s entry is already set to reach in March 2025.
This 12 months will mark the sequence’ departure from (most) final gen techniques, because it’s solely slated for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch. Otherwise, there’s by no means been something to counsel San Diego Studio will work on one thing apart from the baseball video games it’s recognized for.
Insomniac Games
Everyone is aware of that Insomniac’s subsequent challenge is its Wolverine recreation, which was teased again in 2021. It’s the query of when it’ll truly come out – or get a brand new trailer – that continues to plague the studio.
The challenge suffered a serious setback on the finish of 2023, when hackers stole a major quantity of knowledge and leaked particulars on-line, together with incomplete gameplay footage and plot particulars.
Insomniac assured the Wolverine recreation wouldn’t be cancelled in consequence, however whereas there was no point out of a delay, the incident undoubtedly had an impact on its growth.
The similar hack additionally unveiled a launch schedule for a number of unannounced Insomniac initiatives. This included a brand new Ratchet & Clank, a Venom spin-off, and Spider-Man 3, however Insomniac apparently additionally had plans for an additional Marvel recreation starring the X-Men and a brand new IP.
It’s very possible these plans have been adjusted or fully modified because of the hack. And given how quiet the studio’s been about Wolverine, it wouldn’t be shocking if Insomniac opted to launch one thing else first and preserve Wolverine on the backburner for some time longer.
Bluepoint Games
Bluepoint Games was Sony’s go-to for remasters and remakes, with its most up-to-date challenge being 2020’s Demon’s Souls, which was one of many very first PlayStation 5 exclusives.
After Sony purchased the studio in 2021 although, Bluepoint stated its subsequent challenge could be one thing fully authentic. Years glided by with none updates, just for it to become certainly one of Sony’s stay service video games.
Said recreation was reportedly a God Of War spin-off, however with its cancellation in January 2025 (alongside Bend Studio’s stay service recreation), there’s no telling if it’s moved onto one thing else. Maybe Sony will decide to play issues secure and stick Bluepoint on one other remake, however nothing’s been confirmed.
Haven
With Sony cancelling stay service video games left and proper, it’d be straightforward to imagine Fairgame$, the debut title for Canadian studio Haven (which Sony purchased in 2022), would meet an identical destiny.
So far, that doesn’t seem like the case, with insider data claiming inner reactions to Fairgame$ have been optimistic. Still, Haven should be going through a variety of stress to succeed, lest it undergo the identical destiny as Concord developer Firewalk Studios.
Although there was by no means a launch date to start with, insider Jeff Grubb claimed in his Game Mess Decides podcast that Fairgame$ received’t be out this 12 months and has been pushed again into 2026.
Guerrilla Games
Confirmed by job listings in 2022, relatively than any teaser trailer, Guerrilla Games can be increasing its Horizon IP with a devoted on-line multiplayer spin-off.
Leaked alpha footage from early 2023 confirmed its new cartoony artwork fashion, however the last product may wind up wanting very completely different, contemplating Guerrilla has given no actual updates on its progress since.
Guerrilla additionally successfully confirmed a full sequel to Horizon Forbidden West will occur. But with the studio possible targeted on the multiplayer recreation, Aloy’s adventures in all probability received’t proceed till the PlayStation 6 arrives.
Media Molecule
After launching its recreation creation software Dreams for the PlayStation 4 in 2020, Media Molecule spent the subsequent 4 years supporting and updating it. We all the time anticipated it might finally be ported to the PlayStation 5, however that by no means occurred and there have been fears the UK studio could possibly be shut down.
Support for Dreams resulted in 2023, with Media Molecule confirming it might be engaged on one thing new, unrelated to Dreams. There’s no arduous proof to counsel what this new challenge is, however the studio’s previous expertise with the LittleBigPlanet video games factors to one thing that makes use of user-generated content material not directly.
Housemarque
About a 12 months after the launch of Housemarque’s PlayStation 5 debut, Returnal, the studio stated its subsequent recreation could be a brand new IP relatively than a sequel. As of the February 2025 State of Play, we now know that recreation is titled Saros and can be out in 2026.
While it has no direct ties to Returnal, it is extremely a lot a non secular successor, because it too can be a 3rd individual motion roguelike. What little data that was shared on the PlayStation Blog suggests will probably be a barely kinder expertise than Returnal was however in any other case we all know nothing concerning the recreation in the mean time.
Firesprite
Another studio Sony acquired in 2021, alongside Housemarque and Bluepoint Games, Firesprite has since made the Horizon Call Of The Mountain VR spin-off, however its future is in any other case unclear.
While it was assumed the studio had been purchased for its VR experience, 2022 job listings pointed to certainly one of its future initiatives being a standard narrative pushed horror recreation and it was reportedly dealing with a Twisted Metal reboot too.
The latter has apparently since been cancelled, following layoffs at Firesprite, and there’s no telling if the horror recreation is alive or not. Plus, in accordance with a Eurogamer report, the studio had already bled away most of its workers, barring certainly one of Firesprite’s founders, after Call Of The Mountain’s launch in 2023.
Executives from Sony’s XDev assist studio took over Firesprite and the brand new management was quickly criticised for alleged poisonous behaviour, though Sony apparently dismissed the complaints.
Polyphony Digital
Ever since Gran Turismo 7’s launch in 2022, Polyphony Digital appears to have been fully devoted to routine updates, including new automobiles, addressing points, and incorporating a VR mode to coincide with the PlayStation VR2.
The studio did launch a free-to-play recreation entitled My First Gran Turismo in December 2024, nevertheless it’s basically a trimmed down model of Gran Turismo 7, meant to coax individuals into shopping for the total recreation.
As far as new video games go, it’s secure to imagine Polyphony is doing a little work on a Gran Turismo 8. Studio CEO and sequence producer Kazunori Yamauchi even hinted at it in 2023, however there’s no signal of it launching any time quickly.
Its launch may rely on how worthwhile Gran Turismo 7’s microtransactions are. Sony is unlikely to ever share precisely how a lot cash it makes from them, but when they’re widespread sufficient the writer could not really feel any stress to push out a sequel till the PlayStation 6 arrives.
Team Asobi
Hopefully, Sony will now view Team Asobi as an essential a part of the PlayStation enterprise, because of the important success Astro Bot. It could not have bought in addition to Sony’s larger blockbusters, nevertheless it garnered a variety of status and received a minimum of 4 awards at The Game Awards 2024, together with Game of the Year.
This has inspired Sony to pursue extra family-oriented video games and we’d be shocked if that didn’t embrace at the least one Astro Bot follow-up. The actual query is whether or not Team Asobi’s subsequent challenge can be one other conventional platformer or one thing else fully.
It may even return to the VR effectively based mostly on its expertise with Astro Bot: Rescue Mission. Although that’s unlikely contemplating Sony seems to have misplaced curiosity in making its personal VR video games.
Bungie
Destiny 2’s story could have concluded with it’s Final Shape growth, however Bungie continues to be supporting the sport, albeit with smaller content material updates. No doubt a consequence of The Final Shape’s underperformance and one other swathe of layoffs.
In the meantime, Bungie appears to be shifting its focus to its Marathon reboot, one other certainly one of Sony’s upcoming stay service video games, which hasn’t had a significant replace since its 2023 reveal.
In addition, the studio is helping NetEase Games with a Destiny cell spin-off titled Destiny: Rising. It was additionally supposedly engaged on one other multiplayer recreation codenamed Gummy Bears – which has been described as a cross between League Of Legends and Super Smash Bros. – nevertheless it’s reportedly been taking out of Bungie’s palms and handed to a unique, unidentified studio.
Marathon could possibly be a make it or break it second for Bungie, since there’s been virtually nothing however unhealthy information popping out of the studio because it was acquired by Sony in 2022.
Aside from a number of layoffs, missed efficiency targets, and low morale, there have been issues of Bungie shedding what independence it has and being fully absorbed into Sony, so there’s so much using on the sport’s success.
Sony is but to have a single profitable stay service recreation since taking Bungie on, with most of its deliberate initiatives having been cancelled (Helldivers 2 was revealed by Sony however not made by any of their inner, first social gathering studios).
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