Playstation building new internal development studio out of VASG with help from ND veterans

[Remember_Spinal]

Did they say its a New IP or did Neil just say unannounced title?

Unannounced but we know it isn’t TLOU3 and most likely not Uncharted. In fact, I don’t see Neil working on another uncharted game again at this point.

I guess that doesn’t rule out Jak and Daxter though lol

 

[Yurinka]

I just noticed that they edited the job offers and removed the parts mentioning Sony VASG and that this studio collaborates with Naughty Dog.

 

[Yurinka]

I think VASG is gonna help ND a lot.

Well, what VASG did always since was created many years ago was to help Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studios, Guerrilla Games, Japan Studio and even 3rd party games.

Regarding ND, I think they worked in all Uncharted and TLOU games.

 

[Kokoloko]

I just noticed that they edited the job offers and removed the parts mentioning Sony VASG and that this studio collaborates with Naughty Dog.

What do you think that means?

 

[Kokoloko]

Unannounced but we know it isn’t TLOU3 and most likely not Uncharted. In fact, I don’t see Neil working on another uncharted game again at this point.

I guess that doesn’t rule out Jak and Daxter though lol

Lol Id rather a JaknDaxter than TLOU3 right now. I loved TLOU2, but another IP not called Uncharted or TLOU from the main teams please. New single player IP from Naughty Dog, yes please

 

[Gediminas]

Lol Id rather a JaknDaxter than TLOU3 right now. I loved TLOU2, but another IP not called Uncharted or TLOU from the main teams please. New single player IP from Naughty Dog, yes please

Here we go, we have product for you - it is called Factions

 

[Remember_Spinal]

Lol Id rather a JaknDaxter than TLOU3 right now. I loved TLOU2, but another IP not called Uncharted or TLOU from the main teams please. New single player IP from Naughty Dog, yes please

Yeah, next year is factions and the tv show and maybe remaster of TLOU2, im good on anything else from that franchise for a while and its one of my favorite game series.

We need new blood from ND

 

[Darth Vader]

Yeah, next year is factions and the tv show and maybe remaster of TLOU2, im good on anything else from that franchise for a while and its one of my favorite game series.

We need new blood from ND

I want them to close the story on TLOU and release new IP. I dont mind not getting any more Uncharted games, let them finish one story and start a new one.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

this is the problem with sony games being so story heavy-cinematic. Eventually you geet tired of the characters.

Nintendo can make mario, zelda, kirby games for like 30 more years and no one will care because they are gameplay first and they always add new twists and re-invent the formula.

If sony want to keep making uncharted and TLOU games they need to do what nintendo does and find ways to change the formula up. They did it with god of war when the IP was damn near dead in the water after PS3.

Factions will be enough to carry the last of us franchise into the future and they will be able to conclude the last game with some new gameplay changes and vastly updated graphics, maybe even a new POV character but Uncharted won’t be a big seller if they come back with more of the same after 6 entries.

Thats what did the Tomb Raider franchise in.

 

[Yurinka]

From early rumblings, I want to assume that Factions multiplayer is far, far bigger in scope than strictly factions pvp would be.

Im totally expecting The Division but with heavier narrative and honestly… just bigger than that too.

Im expecting an absolute juggernaut and a development budget that far exceeds any of their previous. There’s no way it’s just some shit spin off.

I understand the nonsensical hate internet lords have for online games but irregardless… Factions might be Naughty Dog’s biggest project to date.

It took Bungie 2-3 years to compensate losing Activision support studios. Division has a new support team altogether and a Rainbow Six team on the br. The amount of resources that are gonna be needed is immense.

I also do not think it’s this start up studio. I think live service development would’ve been specifically mentioned.

Druckmann said at the reveal that it's the biggest project they ever had at ND.

 

[Yurinka]

What do you think that means?

I think it means that as seen in this thread some people mistunderstood what they were saying there so they removed it.

I think they are hiring a producer for the San Diego team that did work on the TLOUP1 remake. A team created by Sony Visual Arts Services Group staff who made that remake, codeveloping it with Naughty Dog.

Some people like in this thread thought it's a different new studio that will have staff from Naughty Dog and that can work in Uncharted 5. Which I think it isn't the case.

Sony VASG is a support team that since many years ago did help with cinematics and animations in a ton of AAA games from Sony (SSM, ND, Insomniac, Guerrilla, Japan Studio...) and 3rd party but mostly animation and cinematics only. A small portion of VASG staff created this new team in San Diego because wanted to lead their own projects instead of continuing as a support team. First they wanted to make movies or tv shows using CG/cutstene material from games, Sony didn't greenlight it and told them to focus on games.

Later they thought about making an Uncharted 1 remake because thought it would be easier to get a greenlight and because they already had material they made for a failed test of an Uncharted CG movie/tv show. But saw that it needed too much effort for them in areas like coding and game design to update it properly, so moved to TLOU1 remake because they thought that wouldn't need to update a lot of gameplay and that a lot of engine tech could be reused from TLOU2. TLOU1 remake got greenlighted and released.

When Jason Shredder leaked the TLOUP1 remake he mentioned that it was greenlighted before Hermen got promoted to be in charge of PS Studios and when Hermen saw the project of the remake didn't like it, thought they were spending too much budget and resources for what they had done until then, to the point he asked that Sony VASG spinoff to go back to their support role and asked ND to take the lead to complete the rest of the development of the remake with a better balance between quality and budget.

The role of being in charge of the resources, budget and meeting milestones of a game is the producer. So if you ask me, I think Hermen/PS Studios/SIE wasn't happy with the work of the producer that this team had in TLOUP1 and once they shipped the remake they are looking for a different producer to replace him for their next project.

 

[stebin alex]

Did they say its a New IP or did Neil just say unannounced title?

I just assumed it is, since in Neil bio on Twitter, it says That Future game.... and I think they want to do a new thing.
In April 2021, we had an interview with Even Wells, and he said their latest project just finished pre-production, and I'm assuming it's that single player, so we should, we be hearing about it soon enough.
I initially thought it was the multiplayer game, but we have many leaks for TLOU online, dating back to 2018/19, and it was very much functioning gameplay.

 

[Remember_Spinal]

new PlayStation studio based in San Diego, CA. Our team seeks to impact SIE positively by inspiring the thoughts and emotions of players worldwide through an amazing gaming experience. Currently we are co-developing an exciting new project with Naughty Dog in a beloved franchise.

• Assist with design oriented tasks on an exciting Sony IP-based project

Jobs at PlayStation Global

boards.greenhouse.io

 

[Darth Vader]

Jobs at PlayStation Global

boards.greenhouse.io

This screams as Uncharted 5.

 

[Yurinka]

Jobs at PlayStation Global

boards.greenhouse.io

This screams as Uncharted 5.

So we can confirm that the 'new studio' is the San Diego Sony VASG spinoff created by Mumbauer that is working on TLOUP1 codeveloping it with ND. We know that they are working on the TLOUP1 PC port, they are not done developing TLOUP1.

A game design intern would fit for the minor adaptations that a game needs for a PC port, like adapting keyboard and mouse controls, and extra settings or options, verifying that the game is properly designed to make sure differences on performance or specs, or even different aspect ratio displays don't affect gameplay or cause bugs, etc.

 

[Darth Vader]

So we can confirm that the 'new studio' is the San Diego Sony VASG spinoff created by Mumbauer that is working on TLOUP1 codeveloping it with ND. We know that they are working on the TLOUP1 PC port, they are not done developing TLOUP1.

TLOU Pt 1 has released already, I'm confident that the job role is mentioning another game. I suspect U5 (so that ND can move to other things) or even TLOU Pt 3.

 

[Kokoloko]

So we can confirm that the 'new studio' is the San Diego Sony VASG spinoff created by Mumbauer that is working on TLOUP1 codeveloping it with ND. We know that they are working on the TLOUP1 PC port, they are not done developing TLOUP1.

A game design intern would fit for the minor adaptations that a game needs for a PC port, like adapting keyboard and mouse controls, and extra settings or options, verifying that the game is properly designed to make sure differences on performance or specs, or even different aspect ratio displays don't affect gameplay or cause bugs, etc.

TLOU Pt 1 has released already, I'm confident that the job role is mentioning another game. I suspect U5 (so that ND can move to other things) or even TLOU Pt 3.

I just hope they announce there beloved franchise after Naughty Dog’s new IP. Its gonna be proper annoying to hear another Uncharted is coming after a TLOU remake and we havent had a new IP from Naughty dog in 10 years…

After Naughty Dog announces a new single player IP, then yes gimme another Uncharted or JaknDaxter, TLOU3. Just give me something new from my favourite developer first.

 

[Yurinka]

TLOU Pt 1 has released already, I'm confident that the job role is mentioning another game. I suspect U5 (so that ND can move to other things) or even TLOU Pt 3.

I just hope they announce there beloved franchise after Naughty Dog’s new IP. Its gonna be proper annoying to hear another Uncharted is coming after a TLOU remake and we havent had a new IP from Naughty dog in 10 years…

After Naughty Dog announces a new single player IP, then yes gimme another Uncharted or JaknDaxter, TLOU3. Just give me something new from my favourite developer first.

TLOUP1 has been released on PS5, but not in PC. They are working on the PC version now.

A game design trainee job offer matches with a PC port because it requires small work that everyone can do, like a trainee. It's also more likely that the support team would make the port instead of ND.

We know they are working in the PC port, makes sense that this particular team would be involved in the port and the job offer matches the work needed in a port. So it's super likely that are working on the port.

This team wasn't capable to make an Uncharted 1 remake because their team was basically people from art and animation and lacked design and coders, and that was the reason of why they pitched TLOUP1 instead. If they weren't capable of making an Uncharted 1 remake they won't be able to make Uncharted 5 and even less a new IP because it's way more complex.

Pretty likely after releasing the PC port of TLOUP1 they will help on the TLOU Factions game doing support stuff. That game in addition to be so big, being a GaaS will need a lot of post launch content.