It's also interesting why JC is only now allowed to make a job update public. Let's see if there is an official statement from Sony this week or if it will be made public next year.
When under NDA you're allowed to say you're working in that company or studio, or that your coworker or boss is this or that person. What you can't talk is about the game if it isn't announced. And if it's announcced, you can't talk about details, speciall unannounced parts of it unless they authorize you to do so. But well, there are small differences between companies. Maybe some are more strict (specially the ones that are public companies).
As we all know he left Deviation games late last year
Deviation Games has announced that one of its founders, Jason Blundell, has departed from the company. The studio relea…
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But it appears he’s back at playstation now
Somebody in the twitter replies posted a screenshot of JC's LinkedIn page, and shows JC is working for PlayStation Studios in LA. So this means that the Deviation game for PS Studios wasn't cancelled, confirming what the top Sony guy said in the fiscal report Q&A.
And as far as I know, PS Studios doesn't have any office in LA, but Deviation is in LA. So feels weird to see in his Twitter and LinkedIn PlayStation instead of Deviation. Maybe they are being acquired by Sony and the deal is pretty much closed?
And as far as I know, yes he left Deviation. Maybe he's back, or maybe this JC didn't know he left?
Wonder if the project at deviation wasn’t making progress so they cancelled the game and gave him a check he couldn’t refuse to work on another GAAS they already had in development? Maybe he helps with like concord and fair games and gives them input kind of like bungie but on a smaller scale?
Or maybe as the Sony top guy said in the Q&A the Deviation game wasn't cancelled, but only delayed, as other GaaS games did.
Still exciting news. At first I thought maybe he was hired by Firewalk
I thought the same. But after investigating a bit JC is working in a PS Studios game in LA, California. City where Deviation is. Firewalk is in Bellevue, Washington.
Edit: seems JC was a former Deviation community manager, didn't know it. Now I think about it... maybe Sony created a new studio with ex-Deviation staff like these two?
