Sony buys Haven Studios: Jade Raymond’s new team joins PlayStation Studios

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the acquisition of Haven Studios, the study led by Jade Raymond whose foundation was announced just a year ago. The close relationship between this team of veterans and PlayStation was already made clear at the time, but now the purchase has been made public, which means that become part of PlayStation Studios. His first project, still unknown, has also been in development for at least a year; when it is published it will be exclusively for PS5 and PC.

Herman Hulst, director of PlayStation Studioshas celebrated the announcement of the agreement in a press release published by PlayStation USA: “Jade brings us a great experience backed by her achievements in the sector and a contagious passion for creating games. Her Haven team brings together industry veterans who have collaborated on some of the biggest and most beloved games and franchises,” it says in the statement.

“We have been empowered and encouraged to bring our bold vision to life”

Jade Raymond, CEO and Founder of Haven Studiosalso wanted to share a few words regarding the acquisition agreement: “You have empowered and encouraged us to bring our bold vision to life and make our dreams come true. We couldn’t be more excited about this opportunity to strengthen our alliance”. Thanks to this acquisition, Raymond’s team will be able to work in collaboration with studios such as Guerrilla Games, Naughty Dog, Media Molecule or Isomniac Games.

Haven Studios works on a multiplayer triple A for PS5 and PC

The announcement of this acquisition has also served to find out more information about the mysterious Haven Studios project, confirming some of the theories that were circulating about the video game and expanding the information we already had a bit more: the press release talks about he like a “new and original” triple-A video game, so it is ruled out that it is part of a known intellectual property. There is also talk of being a multiplayer that “aims bring players together in a positive and meaningful way in an experience focused on freedom and excitement that they hope will entertain gamers for years to come.”

Raymond has mentioned similar concepts before, noting that this first Haven Studios project plans to be a “online game, persistent and expandable” which also aims to “bring the technical capabilities of the console [PS5] beyond”. For this they are collaborating directly with Mark Cernyarchitect of hardware Sony’s new generation, which will add its experience to the group of veterans that make up this new PlayStation Studios team.

Another idea that has been brought up to describe this project is the self-expression of the players: “We want to create worlds where players can escape, have fun, express themselves and find a community. We want to put our passion into a project. We want to make something wonderful for people to experience. Because we believe in the power of games to brighten people’s lives,” they said in the studio’s official announcement.

This is all the information we have at the moment on the first Haven Studios project, which we still its release date has not been specified.