PlayStation and Sony Interactive Entertainment have established a new studio known as Dark Outlaw Games. Jason Blundell will lead the studio.
Jason Blundell has previously worked on the Call of Duty: Black Ops franchise as producer, campaign design director, and game director on the Campaign and Zombie modes. The studio is currently in the status of building a staff. Blundell confirmed more details about the new venture in an episode of Jeff Gerstmann’s Bonus Podcast. He states the following:
“I’ve had the amazing opportunity to create a new studio within PlayStation Studios for Sony. The studio is called Dark Outlaw. And so Dark Outlaw Games have been working away in the shadows for a while, and when we’ve got something to talk about, we’ll step out into the light. But you know the story for me is about the game, not about the studio, so the reason why we’re not doing a fanfare or shout about it from the rooftops is like, ‘let’s get something,’ right?
And it’s such a privilege to be able to do it with with Sony as a new first-party studio. You know, Sony doesn’t set up first-party studios all the time. So to have to have that privilege is humbling—it’s really nice. I’m really excited.”
Lastly, PlayStation and Dark Outlaw Games will reveal more about its first project in the future. The next major PlayStation game, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, will release for PlayStation 5 on June 26. Pre-orders for the game and its collector’s edition are available now.
