Sony Sets Up Dark Outlaw Games
The trade veteran introduced Dark Outlaw Games in an interview with Jeff Gertsmann printed Monday. “I’ve had the wonderful alternative to create a brand new studio inside PlayStation Studios for Sony. The studio is named Dark Outlaw Games. We’ve been working away within the shadows for some time and once we’ve bought one thing to speak about, we’ll step out into the sunshine,” Blundell mentioned in direction of the top of the interplay.
Blundell prompt that Dark Outlaw was nonetheless within the means of finalising its first undertaking and mentioned the studio was “staffing up”.
“But you understand the story for me is in regards to the sport, not in regards to the studio, so the explanation why we’re not doing a fanfare or shout about it from the rooftops is like, let’s get one thing, proper?” Blundell mentioned.
“It’s such a privilege to have the ability to do it with Sony as a brand new first-party studio. You know, Sony do not arrange first-party studios on a regular basis. To have that privilege is humbling. I’m actually excited,” he continued.
Blundell mentioned the studio was nonetheless “staffing up” and had been “occurring for a bit little bit of time”, however did not touch upon what the studio was doing precisely. The former Treyarch developer mentioned it was at present about “getting the staff to gel, getting the concepts clicking” and testing assumptions. Blundell mentioned the staff will “work tirelessly” to get its first undertaking prepared.
Blundell is thought for his work on the Call of Duty franchise at Treyarch. He was chargeable for single-player campaigns and the Zombies throughout a number of COD titles, together with Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Black Ops 3 and Black Ops 4.
The trade veteran left Treyarch in 2020 to kind Deviation Games, which was backed by Sony to create an unique 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.
