Sony has cancelled two more live service games, reportedly including a God of War title

Sony has cancelled two unannounced live service PlayStation games, one of which is believed to have been a God of War game.

Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports that Sony cancelled live service games in development at Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games, a report which was confirmed by a Sony spokesperson.

While Schreier’s article doesn’t describe the games in detail, he then took to BlueSky to confirm that the game Bluepoint was working on was a live service God of War title.

Sony’s spokesperson confirmed that both games had been cancelled “following a recent review”, but stressed that neither studio would be closed down as a result of the cancellations.

“Bend and Bluepoint are highly accomplished teams who are valued members of the PlayStation Studios family, and we are working closely with each studio to determine what are the next projects,” they told Bloomberg.

Bend Studio’s last game was 2019’s Days Gone, which had released to a mixed critical reception.

The studio posted a job listing in March 2024, looking for a lead project manager with “hands-on game development experience in leadership roles shipping AAA live service games”.

PlayStation acquired Bluepoint in September 2021, almost a year after the release of its last game, a PS5 launch day remake of Demon’s Souls.

The studio hasn’t released anything since then, though it did provide support work during the development of God of War Ragnarok.

Last June, Bluepoint president Marco Thrush said the studio – which was best known for its work on remakes and remasters – was aiming to work on original content going forward.

Sony’s success with live service games saw extreme highs and lows last year. Helldivers 2 was undoubtedly one of the surprise success stories of 2024, selling 12 million copies across PC and PS5 in its first 12 weeks.

On the other hand, Concord has to go down as the biggest failure of last year, with Sony pulling the game from sale and taking it offline within just two weeks of its release.