Sony has announced through the PlayStation Blog that it’s acquiring Haven Studios to add the company’s talent to its own PlayStation Studios. There’s no point going to out to see what titles Haven Studios has under its belt because it’s still working on its first game, but the employees there have worked on plenty of big-name games including The Sims, Assassin’s Creed, and Star Wars: Battlefront.
The studio is around one year old and headed by Jade Raymond who founded Ubisoft Toronto and Motive Studios. In a statement, she said:
“As a [Sony Interactive Entertainment] first-party studio, we will have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the world’s most renowned development teams, including studios like Guerrilla, Naughty Dog, Media Molecule, and Insomniac Games, the creators of games that have inspired us as players and developers for years. We’re excited to learn from these world-class studios, as well as the exceptional central creative, technology and marketing teams whose expertise will enable us to deliver even better games to players.”
In her statement, Raymond also said that Haven Studios’ first new IP is on track to deliver an AAA multiplayer experience that delivers a world focused on “freedom, thrill, and playfulness”.