Death Strandinghas been added to the PlayStation Studios banner and this has further fuelled the Kojima Studios acquisition speculations.
Resetera userToumarihas spotted that PlayStation has changed its PlayStation Studios banner and addedDeath Strandingto it. This is quite a significant development, as the only games that are present in the game are all developed by PlayStation’s first-party studios. Notably, the game thatDeath Stranding replaces isConcrete Genie.Concrete Genieis a PlayStation exclusive, so it is quite a surprise that Sony would replace an exclusive with a game that is available on all platforms.
Death Stranding Joins PlayStation Studios Raising Acquisition Speculations
If you look at the other changes to the banner, you would find this change even more noteworthy. The new additions includeDemon Soulsas well, which is yet another PlayStation exclusive. Apart from that, the banners forMLB,Horizon, andGran Turismowere updated. WhileMLBis not a PlayStation exclusive, it is one game that is developed by PlayStation first-party studios and available on Xbox as well.
Rumors around the Kojima Studios acquisition have been going around for a while now, and this change has fuelled it even further. Sony has been on the lookout for more acquisitions after its massive acquisition of Bungie earlier this year, and it will not be surprising to see Kojima Studios being one of the developers to join the team.
If Sony actually ends up acquiring Kojima Studios, it could turn out to be quite big considering these games have one of the biggest fan following in the industry. Kojima Studios, on the other hand, has reportedly been working on a new project which hasn’t been announced as of now. With the offices being relocated and a new project in the pipeline, we should be hearing something big really soon.
