Darkish Outlaw Video games, the studio based by former Name of Responsibility developer Jason Blundell, is shutting down amid larger cuts to PlayStation general, based on a report from Jason Schreier.
Blundell’s earlier studio, Deviation, was partnered with Sony and closed in 2024. As for the broader cuts, round 50 persons are dropping their jobs throughout PlayStation, together with on the cell groups.
In 2025, Blundell mentioned it was “such a privilege” to begin a brand new studio with PlayStation. “Sony does not begin up first-party studios on a regular basis, so to have that privilege is humbling,” he mentioned. Additionally on the time, Blundell mentioned the group had been working “within the shadows” for a while. The studio’s sport was by no means revealed, nonetheless.
Sony’s careers web page nonetheless has a job listing up for Dark Outlaw. It says the studio was aiming to make “the following groundbreaking AAA authentic IP” as a part of a “lean and extremely environment friendly” growth setup.
As for Blundell, he was was instrumental within the creation of Name of Responsibility’s massively common Zombies mode throughout his time at Treyarch. He labored on various Name of Responsibility video games through the years, and he directed 2015’s Black Ops 3.
GameSpot has contacted PlayStation in an try and get extra particulars.
The closure of Darkish Outlaw comes not lengthy after Sony closed Bluepoint, a studio identified for persistently nice remakes.