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Sony shuttered Dark Outlaw Games, led by Jason Blundell, clarifying its scrapped PS5 title wasn't a live-service game and noting a tough business climate for first-party PlayStation projects.
Sony has shut down the first-party studio Dark Outlaw Games, founded by Jason Blundell, as part of PlayStation’s broader restructuring to ensure long-term sustainability, with additional reported staffing adjustments across mobile and other efforts.
PlayStation is closing its first‑party studio Dark Outlaw Games, formed in March 2025 by ex‑Call of Duty: Zombies lead Jason Blundell, with about 50 staff laid off as the studio winds down. Details behind the shutdown are not disclosed, and Sony is also trimming its mobile development team. This marks the second Blundell studio to be shuttered after Deviation closed in 2024.
Sony has shut down Dark Outlaw Games, the PlayStation first-party shooter studio founded by ex-Treyarch producer Jason Blundell after Deviation Games’ canceled live-service project; the closure follows other recent Sony studio shutdowns (including Bluepoint), highlighting a turbulent period for PlayStation’s first-party efforts during the PS5 era.