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PlayStation is officially closing Dark Outlaw Games, a first-person studio formed in 2025. This marks the second PlayStation studio to be shuttered in recent weeks.
As fans know, PlayStation announced in February that Bluepoint Games would shut down in March 2026. Bluepoint was a prestigious studio responsible for remakes like Shadow of the Colossus and Demon’s Souls. After assisting with God of War Ragnarok and working on a canceled God of War live-service game, Bluepoint apparently could not lock down another project and would subsequently be shuttered by PlayStation. Now, Dark Outlaw Games has been dealt a similar hand.
Sony is Shutting Down Dark Outlaw Games
Dark Outlaw Games was announced and formed almost exactly a year ago, in March 2025, and its shuttering has been reported by Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier. It was founded by former Call of Duty lead Jason Blundell, who is most known for the Black Ops series and Zombies game mode, although there have been no reveals for Dark Outlaw Games’ first project. It’s worth noting that Blundell also led a previous studio, Deviation Games, which was shut down in 2024. It’s unknown if more details regarding Dark Outlaw Games or the IP it was working on will ever surface.
Schreier also reports that PlayStation is making more cuts, specifically within its mobile game development departments. Around 50 people have reportedly been laid off, and this is just the latest wave of layoffs, cancellations, and studio losses in recent weeks for PlayStation and beyond. The industry appears to be hemorrhaging talent and developers amid ongoing economic concerns, investment issues, and the like.