Japanese game media Famitsu today (29) issued a high-level interview between SIE and Finnish game developer Housemarque, revealing the news that SIE has acquired Housemarque, which is also the 13th developer under PS Studios.
Housemarque was founded in 1995. During the PS4 period, he developed “Resogun”, “Alien Kingdoms”, and “MatterFall” (MatterFall). The latest work is PS5’s “Returnal” (Returnal).
Housemarque currently has about 80 employees and is considered a relatively small studio in PS Studios. However, Housemarque has plans to expand. SIE believes that the games produced by Housemarque have inherited some factors from Japanese games.
The head of PS Studios Hermen Hulst stated that his relationship with Housemarque began in 2006, when Hermen was still producing “Kill Zone: Liberation Movement” at Guerrilla Games, and encountered some technical difficulties, and Housemarque’s team helped them solve them. He believes that Housemarque is a very technical team.
Ilari Kuittinen, CEO of Housemarque, said that “Death Return” was produced with the assistance of SIE. They hope to expand steadily, and are happy to see that PS Studios can get a lot of other resources after the acquisition, and the studio can focus more on development. They are also studying the 3D sound of PS5 and the use of DualSense controller.
This acquisition has actually been discussed in early 2020, but Ilari Kuittinen hopes to finish “Death Return” before discussing the acquisition. They think “Death Return” is quite successful, not only trying and showing new technology applications, but also players The reaction between time is also quite good. At the end of the interview, they also hope that players can further look forward to their next work.
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